Ashley Webster

Ashley Webster joined FOX Business Network (FBN) in September 2007 as the Overseas Markets Editor.

 

Webster spent the past 10 years as the main anchor of the Emmy Award-winning nightly newscast on WZTV-TV (FOX) in Nashville, TN. Before joining WZTV-TV, Webster was anchor for two daily newscasts at WGBA-TV (NBC) in Green Bay, WI. There, he received an Associated Press Award for Best Documentary for his coverage of the Gulf War. Webster also served as an anchor of the evening newscasts for KSWT-TV (CBS) in Yuma, AZ. He began his journalism career as the news director for KTVH-TV (NBC) in Helena, MO. Previously, he had spent six years in London, working in the banking sector for Bank of Montreal and Lloyds Bank. He is a native of Brighton, U.K., and was raised in Los Angeles, CA. 

Webster received his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from California State University.

Neil Cavuto

Neil Cavuto serves as senior vice president, managing editor and anchor for both FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network (FBN). Cavuto anchors FNC's Your World (weekdays 4-5 p.m. ET) and Cavuto on Business (Saturdays 10-10:30 a.m. ET). He also is host of FBN's Cavuto (weekdays 8-9 p.m. and 11 p.m.-12 a.m. ET). Additionally, Cavuto oversees business news content for both networks.

 

Prior to joining FNC, Cavuto anchored and hosted more than three hours of live daily programming for CNBC, including the network's highest-rated show, Market Wrap. He also served as a contributor to NBC's Today Show and NBC News at Sunrise. Previously, Cavuto was the New York bureau chief for PBS Television's Nightly Business Report and Washington bureau chief for Investment Age Magazine.

 

Cavuto has covered a variety of business and political stories, including the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 financial meltdown, the 1987 stock market crash and both Persian Gulf Wars. He has reported firsthand on the economic policies of American presidents since Jimmy Carter and covered major corporate scandals from Enron to Tyco. In fact, Cavuto's live prison interview with former Tyco Chief Executive Dennis Kozlowski was a business television first.

 

The Wall Street Journal has called Cavuto the "best interviewer in broadcast business news," and MarketWatch has deemed him "the very soul" of the FOX Business Network. Financial author James Glassman has named him "the best interviewer on TV, period."

 

Cavuto is author of the New York Times bestsellers "More Than Money: True Stories of People Who Learned Life's Ultimate Lesson" and "Your Money or Your Life." A former White House intern during the Carter administration, Cavuto graduated from Saint Bonaventure University and received his master's degree from The American University. He and his wife Mary have three children: Tara, Jeremy and Bradley.

"PSYCHOS"

Deirdre Imus, Tony Powell, Bernard McGuirk, Sid Rosenberg, Curtis Sliwa and Lionel are PSYCHOS!

Geoff Martin

Geoff Emerick is without a doubt one of the most innovative and influential audio engineers of all time. Joining the renowned Abbey Road studios when he was just fifteen years old, he served as assistant engineer on many of the Beatles’ early hits, including “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” and “A Hard Day’s Night.”  Incredibly, he became the group’s full-time recording engineer a few months shy of his nineteenth birthday.

Working closely with producer George Martin, Emerick manned the board for the Beatles’ most adventurous forays, including Revolver and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as the live worldwide television broadcast of “All You Need Is Love” (the first time such a feat was ever attempted) and what many call the greatest double-sided single ever released: “Penny Lane” / “Strawberry Fields Forever.” He also recorded much of Magical Mystery Tour, the White Album, and Abbey Road.

Following the dissolution of the group, Emerick forged an active career as an independent engineer and record producer, continuing to work with Paul McCartney on many of his solo efforts (including the multiplatinum Band On The Run) as well as with other major artists such as Elvis Costello (producing his acclaimed Imperial Bedroom album), Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, America, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Robin Trower, Split Enz, and Ultravox.  He is the recipient of four Grammys, including a 2003 Technical Grammy, awarded for “pushing the boundaries of studio recording techniques to new frontiers of creativity and imagination.” In 2006, Emerick published his critically acclaimed memoir, “Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles,” co-authored by renowned music journalist Howard Massey.  He remains active in the recording field today, producing Nellie McKay’s groundbreaking debut album Get Away From Me and 2015’s follow up My Weekly Reader, as well as numerous recent projects with Paul McCartney (including his recently released six-part VR documentary series PURE McCartney) and Cheap Trick, among others.

Leif Babin

BIO: Leif Babin, Lieutenant Commander, US Navy Reserve

 

Leif Babin, co-founder of the leadership firm Echelon Front LLC, is a highly decorated former U.S. Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran who applies leadership lessons from the battlefield to building high-performance, winning teams in any industry.

 

As a SEAL Platoon Commander during a historic combat deployment to Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006, he led some of the heaviest, sustained urban combat operations in the history of the SEAL Teams. He and his SEAL task unit played a crucial role in the U.S. Army 1st Armored Division “Read First” Brigade’s victorious campaign now known as “The Battle of Ramadi,” which helped to changed the course of the war in Iraq. Leif’s task unit became the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq war.

 

Leif then served for two years as the primary leadership instructor for all SEAL Officers graduating from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training where he reshaped SEAL leadership instruction based on his combat experience. His guidance and mentorship prepared the next generation of SEAL leaders to meet the challenges of the most difficult battlefields across the globe with extraordinary success. 

 

As Operations Officer for a SEAL Team, Leif led a 500-personnel Naval Special Warfare Squadron through a rigorous 12-month training cycle and combat deployment to multiple locations on three continents. Within this capacity, Leif served as Operations Officer for a Special Operations Task Force in Iraq and directed a highly successful campaign that targeted al-Qaeda linked terrorist networks. In 2009, he again deployed to Ar Ramadi, Iraq where he witnessed the miraculous changes in peace and security that his SEAL Task Unit helped bring about with the “Ready First” Brigade of the 1st Armored Division three years before. Leif was then promoted to Executive Officer, second in command of a SEAL Team.

 

In 2011, Leif left active duty to found Echelon Front LLC, a consulting firm specializing in leadership training, high-performance team building and crisis management that applies the principles crucial in the success of the SEAL teams to the business world. Clients include companies in private equity finance, banking, retail, insurance, gas and oil, real estate, pharmaceutical and construction industries.   

 

Leif is frequently invited to speak on U.S. military strategy and foreign policy matters. His editorials have been published in the Wall Street Journal and National Review and he has appeared on a variety of national television news and radio programs.  Leif is a National Security Fellow for the Foundation of the Defense of Democracies, a Washington D.C.-based think tank focused on national security and foreign policy. Additionally, Leif serves on the board of directors for The Little Warriors Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the children of fallen and severely wounded U.S. Navy SEALs. He remains a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.