Jedediah Bila is an American author, television personality, and columnist who has been a co-host for “The View” and has been a Fox News contributor for “Red Eye” and “Outnumbered”. Bila graduated as the valedictorian from Wagner College with a B.A. in Spanish and went on to graduate with her M.A. in Spanish literature from Columbia University. She started her... read full bio
Jesse Brown is a Canadian digital media expert, journalist, businessperson, and futurist. Brown started Canadaland, a talk show podcast which most of his journalistic activity is channeled through. Brown was the investigative reporter that reported the story about the violence and sexual harassment that Jian Ghomeshi was giving women in the workplace. Growing up, Brown started an underground student newspaper... read full bio
Julian Castro is an American Democratic politican who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama. Prior to serving as secretary of housing and urban development, Castro was a member of the San Antonio City Council from the 7th district and he then went on to become Mayor of San Antonio for... read full bio
Juliette Kayyem is a CNN commentator, homeland security specialist, Harvard faculty member, author, and host of the "The SCIF" podcast on WGBH. Kayyem has established herself as a top expert in the subject of homeland security with a wide and outstanding history. Kayyem demonstrates her great business sense and leadership abilities in her role as CEO of Zemcar. She also frequently appears... read full bio
Jacob Ming-Trent is a stage and television and film actor. On stage, he is best known for performing on Broadway in productions of ‘Shrek The Musical’ which he played Straw, Papa Ogre, and Shrek in. He’s also known for playing Ronald McCowan in the Broadway production of ‘Hands On a Hardbody’. On screen, Jacob is best known for playing Ron... read full bio
Jean Case is an American businesswoman who is the Chairman of the Board of National Geographic, CEO of the Case Foundation, philanthropist, investor, Internet and impact investing pioneer, and author. Her and her husband Steve Case, created the Case Foundation and have gone on to join the Giving Pledge. As an author, Case has published the book “Be Fearless: 5... read full bio
Joyce Vance is an American lawyer who has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. During her time there, she was the first female U.S. Attorney, nominated by President Barack Obama. Vance graduated from Bates College with a B.A. Magna Cum Laude and went on to earn her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School... read full bio
Jim Bankoff is an American businessman who has served as chairman and CEO of Vox Media. He graduated from Emory University with a bachelor’s in international studies. He went on to earn his Master of Business Administration degree at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Some of his earliest jobs included working as a production assistant for Washington... read full bio
John Cameron Mitchell is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known for writing and playing Hedwig in the Obie Award-winning Off-Broadway rock musical ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’; and going on to star in and direct the feature film version of the play. Mitchell started his acting career on stage and his first professional role... read full bio
Joe Cole is an English actor who is best known for playing John Shelby in series “Peaky Blinders”. He got his start after being accepted into the National Youth Theatre and went on to act on stage in productions of, ‘The Bill’, ‘Holby City’, and ‘School Season’. He made his television debut in the series “The Bill”. Since then, other... read full bio
Joel McKinnon Miller is an American actor who is best known for playing Don Embry in series “Big Love” and for playing Scully in the series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”. Growing up, Miller took opera singing lessons and went on to study theatre at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He went on to make his television acting debut in the series “Murphy... read full bio
Justina Machado is an American actress who is best known for playing Vanessa Diaz in the series “Six Feet Under” and Penelope Alvarez in the Netflix series “One Day at a Time”. She started her career growing up where she participated in her school plays. Machado also studied dance at Franklin Fine Arts Center and performed with the Latino Chicago... read full bio
Josh Lucas is an American actor who is best known for playing Mitch in series “The Firm”, Jake in series “The Mysteries of Laura”, Hansen in film “A Beautiful Mind”, Jake in film “Sweet Home Alabama”, Talbot in film “Hulk”, Dylan in film “Poseidon”, and Ted in film “The Lincoln Lawyer”. Upon graduating from high school, Lucas moved to Los... read full bio
Jason Clarke is an Australian actor who is best known for playing Tommy Caffee on the series “Brotherhood”. He made his acting debut in the series “Halifax f.p.”. From there, he was in series such as, “Mercury”, “Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac”, “Wildside”, “Blue Heelers”, “All Saints”, “Home and Away”, “Farscape”, “White Collar Blue”, “Stingers”, “The Chicago Code”, and... read full bio
John Waters is an electric vehicle pioneer, energy strategy consultant, and engineer and design leader of GM’s EV-1 Electric Car. He is an entrepreneur and business development professional who has experience in enterprise development, strategic planning, and production of engineered products and solutions. He is currently researching and development lightweight, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Prior to working as a CEO... read full bio
Joel Swisher is an environmental engineer and clean energy technology specialist. He is an internationally recognized expert on analysis, design, and evaluation of utility energy efficiency, distributed generation, and emission reduction programs. He’s also an expert on the development and finance of carbon offset projects. Swisher earned his Ph.D. in energy and environmental engineering from Stanford University and also earned... read full bio
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer who is best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She is the former director of the Center for SETI Research and holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. She has been featured in Discover magazine as one of the 50 most important women in science.... read full bio
Joseph F. Coughlin is Director of the MIT AgeLab and expert on Disruptive Demographics. He provides insights on how demographic change, technology, social trends and consumer behavior will converge to drive future innovations in business and government. Coughlin is the author of the online publication Disruptive Demographics at MIT. He has been featured in Fast Company Magazine’s “100 Most Creative... read full bio
Jeff Immelt is an American business executive who has worked as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He has recently retired as chairman of the board of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric. He had been selected as CEO by their board of directors to replace Jack Welch and prior to being CEO, Immelt had headed up GE’s Medical Systems... read full bio
Jenna Dewan is an American actress and dancer who is best known for playing Nora Clark in the film “Step Up”. Dewan started her entertainment career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson which later led her to dance alongside artists such as Missy Elliott, Mandy Moore, Toni Braxton, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Ciara, Christina Aguilera and Pink. This led... read full bio
