Overcoming the physical challenges of severe scoliosis, Coady gives back by volunteering and mentoring for Easter Seals. Read more »

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializes in political biography. Her book on Lincoln, Team of Rivals, has been cited by Barack Obama and The Daily Show. Read more »

A leading pollster and analyst of national political races, Hart was profiled by The Daily Pennsylvanian at U.Penn, where he teaches communications. Read more »

After attending medical school with the goal to design medical instruments, this family physician finally returned to his passion — inventing. Read more »

This Maine boat builder has developed a national and international reputation for producing high-end yachts with timeless lines. Read more »

This nationally known guru of bilingual education established Portland as one of the nation’s premier providers of all-encompassing services designed to ease the transition of students into a new culture and a new language. Read more »

This jack-of-all-trades baseball veteran is the go-to guy for the Boston Red Sox. Read more »

A self-described "roads scholar" teaches entrepreneurship at Pepperdine and heads up the university’s annual Business Plan Competition. Read more »

This prolific and popular author, who created the Spenser, Sunny Randall, and Jesse Stone series, has written more than 60 books. His Web site's brief bio notes that Colby is his alma mater. Read more »

"Clams aren't very sexy," says a stalwart director of the institute that grows clams to reseed Maine clam flats and that is a rising star in marine research. Read more »