Malcolm Kushner (Santa Cruz, CA) is an internationally acclaimed consultant on humor and communication as well as a professional speaker and trainer. His clients have included IBM, Hewlett-Packard and AT&T. The creator of the Cost of Laughing Index—a price index of the 16 leading humor indicators in America—he has been profiled in Time, USA Today, and the New York Times and has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, and "The Larry King Show."