Stephen Karam is an American screenwriter and playwright who grew up in a Lebanese-American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Karam went on to earn his degree at Brown University and then was an apprentice at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where he met Arian Moayed and P.J. Paparelli, whom he collaborated with on ‘columbinus’ and directed ‘The Humans’ in Chicago with. After... read full bio
Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer who was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. Maruyama is known for always smiling on the golf course and his nickname is The Smiling Assassin. Maruyama previously studied at Nihon University and went on to turn professional after graduating. Maruyama began his career on the Japan Golf Tour and became one of the leading... read full bio
Sarah M. Broom is an American writer who has recently released her debut book, ‘The Yellow House’. The Yellow House is a memoir that has gone on to be featured in outlets such as the New Yorker, The New York Times, the Star Tribune, Publishers Weekly, the Washington Post, and more. The book has been named one of the top... read full bio
Shaka Senghor is the author of the New York Times Best-Selling “Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison.” Writing My Wrongs is a memoir of Senghor’s story after being sent to prison at 19 years old for second-degree murder. While incarcerated, Senghor began reading and writing which he used as an outlet for the pain he... read full bio
Susan L. Taylor is an American editor, writer, and journalist from Harlem, New York City. She has previously been the editor-in-chief of Essence and is one of the most influential black woman in journalism. Taylor began her career at Essence as a freelance fashion and beauty editor when the magazine was founded. After working for Essence for 11 years, Taylor... read full bio
Sherrilyn Ifill is an American lawyer, law professor, and President and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which is the nation’s premier civil rights law organization that fights for racial justice and equality. With the NAACP, Ifill has been the seventh president of the Legal Defense Fund and has also been the second woman to lead the organization. Ifill... read full bio
Solomon Thomas is an American football defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. Thomas was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he began his football career playing at his high school where he was a four-star recruit, was named the USA Today High School All-American and ranked among the best in his class. Thomas went on to play... read full bio
Sarah Jones is a performer, poet, and award-winning playwright who is best known for her multi-character, one-person show “Bridge and Tunnel,” which was originally produced Off-Broadway by Meryl Streep. Since the debut of Bridge and Tunnel, the show has gone on to become critically acclaimed on Broadway and has earned her a Tony and Obie award. Jones is also an... read full bio
Steve Leach is an American ice hockey former professional player and ice hockey coach from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leach began his career in his youth playing hockey for the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Boston Braves minor ice hockey team. From there, he went on to play ice hockey in high school before playing at the University of New... read full bio
Darak Figueroa, better known as his stage name StaySolidRocky, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter who was born in San Antonio, Texas, and was raised in Richmond, Virginia. Figueroa found his love for rapping and music while in high school. He started freestyling and posting his music to Instagram where he began building fans. After a few years of releasing... read full bio
Sophia Messa is an up-and-coming pop singer-songwriter who was born and raised in New York. Messa is a first generation American and her parents are immigrants from Brazil and Russia and she uses her Brazilian and Russian backgrounds in her music. Messa has previously studied at The Professional Performing Arts School where she has been classically trained in vocal performance... read full bio
Sergei Samsonov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played as left wing forward in the NHL. Samsonov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and while growing up, he played in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. He also played for CSKA Moscow before going on to be drafted by the Boston Bruins in the NHL... read full bio
Harrison McQueeney, better known as his stage name Souly Had, is an up-and-coming RnB and hip-hop musician from Schenectady County, Duanesburg. While growing up, Had knew he wanted to pursue a musical career after seeing so many people making it back. For five years he went on to work on his career and put in over 10,000 hours of work... read full bio
Susan Annunzio is a leader in authority on eBusiness-Leadership. She is best known for her work to help businesses with high performance. She has previously worked with The Center for High Performance where she has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and has led them to be a leader on strategy attainment and business transformation. Through her work on... read full bio
Simon Anholt is a British policy advisor, author, consultant, and keynote speaker who is creator of the Good Country project. Anholt has been known to be a world expert on managing corporate as well as national identity and reputation. He began his career founding an international strategy firm in London where he also began developing Culture Mapping, which led him... read full bio
Sterling Anderson is an American businessman who is co-founder of Aurora Innovation, and has previously had a long career working with Tesla. Anderson is an expert in autonomous vehicle technology and has previously earned his M.S. in Robotics as well as his Ph.D. in Robotics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While earning his Ph.D., Anderson began doing research while at... read full bio
Saikat Chakrabarti is an American political advisor, activist, and software engineer who has previously served as the chief of staff for U.S. Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Most recently, Chakrabarti has left his work as chief of staff to run New Consensus, a group that promotes the Green New Deal. Chakrabarti was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and he has earned his... read full bio
Steve Hanke is an American economist who has been the applied economist at the Johns Hopkins University. He has also been the Senior Fellow and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and has been co-director of the Johns Hopskins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and Study of Business Enterprise. Hanke earned his... read full bio
Stelios Haji-Ioannou is a Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur who was born in Athens, Greece, and was born into a wealthy family. Stelios is best known for being founder of the low-cost airline, eastJet. Stelios has earned his BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and went on to earn his MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School.... read full bio
Sunny Grosso is the coaching and culture chief for Delivering Happiness. Through her work with Delivering Happiness, Grosso works with companies to create more success for them by helping them to build sustainable work cultures through what is known as, the science of happiness. She also helps her teams to define and live their unique culture internally and does this... read full bio
