Jesse Klaver is a Dutch politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives and the Leader of GroenLinks. He has also previously chaired the youth union of the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond. Klaver started his career as a member of the board of DWARS, the youth organization of GroenLinks. He has studied social work at the Avans University... read full bio
John Edmonds is an American artist and photographer who is based out of Brooklyn, New York. Edmonds rose to fame after the release of his intimate portraits of lovers, close friends and strangers. Edmonds has earned his BFA at the Corcoran School of Arts & Design and has gone on to earn his MFA in Photography from Yale University. Edmonds... read full bio
Josh Butler is a house and techno DJ and producer from Manchester, England. Butler rose to fame after the release of his debut single “Got a Feeling” which earned him awards from Beatport and DJ Mag. Butler has since released remixes for artists such as Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, and Joris Voorn. He has performed at festivals such as Glastonbury,... read full bio
Jason Gardner is the founder and CEO of Marqueta, Inc. which is a debit card transaction processer that gives companies more control over which transactions are approved for customers or workers through issued cards. Well-known companies that use Marqueta include Square and Instacart. Gardner started his career working as a General Manager at Benattar Marble & Granite Co. From there,... read full bio
Jonathan Grimm is the co-founder and CTO of Toast, Inc., which is an all-in-one restaurant technology platform that was built specifically for restaurants in mind. Grimm’s work with Toast includes spearheading the software and technology efforts, focuses on scalable infrastructure as well as technology architecture. Grimm began his career working for Endeca where he was a technical consultant and then... read full bio
JNTHN STEIN is an electronic artist, producer, vocalist, writer, multi-instrumentalist and performer from Oakland, California, who is currently based out of Los Angeles. Stein finds influence through several different genres of music including soul, rock, hip-hop, and jazz, which results in his own unique genre of music. Over the years, Stein has worked with artists such as A$AP Ferg, Sebastian... read full bio
Juan Diaz, also known as “Baby Bull”, is a Mexican-American professional boxer who has competed in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions. Diaz was born in Houston, Texas, and he has previously held the unified WBA (Super), IBF and WBO lightweight championships and the IBO lightweight championship. Diaz began his career as an amateur boxer where he won 13 National... read full bio
Joshua Clottey, also known as “Grand Master” and “The Hitter”, is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who has competed in light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions. Clottey was born in Accra, Ghana, and he began his career playing football before setting his sights to boxing. Clottey rose to fame after winning his first 20 fights, 14 of which were... read full bio
John Ruiz, also known as “The Quietman”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in the heavyweight division. Ruiz has previously held the WBA heavyweight title and has been the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title. Ruiz was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and during his amateur career he competed in the World Championships as well... read full bio
Joe Calzaghe, also known as “The Pride of Wales”, “The Italian Dragon” or “Super Joe”, is a Welsh former professional boxer who has competed in super-middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions. Calzaghe has previously held world championships in two weight classes as well as the unified WBA (super), WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal super-middleweight titles, and the Ring light-heavyweight title.... read full bio
Jermain Taylor, also known as “Bad Intentions”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in middleweight and super middleweight divisions. He is the most recent undisputed middleweight champion after winning the WBA (undisputed), WBC, IBF WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal titles after defeating Bernard Hopkins. His accomplishment made Taylor the first, and only boxer to date, to claim... read full bio
James Toney, also known as “Lights Out” or “The Dark Emperor”, is an American former professional boxer who has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, which include the IBF and lineal middleweight titles, the IBF super middleweight title, and the IBF cruiserweight title. Toney has competed in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions over... read full bio
James Walter “Buddy” McGirt is an American former professional boxer and boxing trainer from Brentwood, New York. McGirt was a world champion in two weight classes, he held the IBF junior welterweight title as well as the WBC and lineal welterweight titles and competed in light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions. As a boxing trainer, McGirt has worked with... read full bio
James “Bonecrusher” Smith is an American former professional boxer from Magnolia, North Carolina who previously held the WBA heavyweight title. Smith has previously served in the U.S. military and worked as a prison guard before beginning his career as a boxer. During his amateur career, Smith held a record of 35-4 before turning professional. During his professional career, Smith competed... read full bio
Joachim Low is a German football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of the Germany national team which he has helped lead a win at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Low began his career playing with SC Freiburg. Over the course of his professional career... read full bio
Jim Denevan is an American artist who is best known for creating temporary land art on surfaces such as sand, earth, and ice, which are then erased by natural causes such as rain or the weather. Denevan’s art usually ranges in scale from small works of art to works that are as big as a city. Most of Denevan’s artwork... read full bio
Jax Jones is an English DJ, songwriter, record producer, and remixer, who rose to fame being featured on Duke Dumont’s single “I Got U”. Jones was born in London, England, and while growing up, he was immersed into all different genres of music. Jones always had a fascination with music and started studying classical guitar at a young age but... read full bio
Jeff Sparr is an artist, teacher, and mental-health advocate who is the co-founder of PeaceLove. Sparr began PeaceLove as a means to support mental illness after battling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder most of his life. Sparr began painting to help cope with his OCD and found it a creative outlet that helped him with his symptoms and helped him feel... read full bio
J.T. Poston is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Poston was born in Hickory, North Carolina, and he began his golfing career in high school where he shot a NCHSAA golf tournament record of 63. Poston went on to continue playing golf in college at Western Carolina University. While playing at Western Carolina University, Poston... read full bio
Jayson Lusk is an American economist, researcher, writer, and speaker who is currently the Distinguished Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University. Lusk has previously earned his B.S. in Foot Technology from Texas Tech University and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University. After graduating from graduate school, Lusk began... read full bio
