Madeleine Arthur is a Canadian actress who is best known for playing Young Willa Warren in the television series “The Family”. She was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and she was a competitive gymnast before changing her career to acting. Arthur later made her acting debut playing Meg in an episode of “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour”. Since... read full bio
Margot Lee Shetterly is the author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. Her award-winning book was developed into a feature film produced by FOX, known as Hidden Figures. Growing up, Shetterly was immersed in the world of science—her father was a Langley Research Center scientist... read full bio
Jeff Chang is an award-winning author focused on topics of culture, politics, and art (in various forms). His books have garnered honors from the American Book Award to the Asian American Literary Award. He has authored books including Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, Who We Be: The Colorization of America, and We Gon’ Be Alright:... read full bio
Brittany S. Hall is an American actress who is best known for playing Rosalie on the television series “Satisfaction” and Amber Kelley on the HBO television series “Ballers”. Hall graduated from Frostburg State University with a degree in theatre. From there, she studied at Premiere Actors Studio as well as at Ivana Chubbuck Studios. Hall went on to make her... read full bio
London Brown is an American actor, comedian, radio host, impressionist and dancer who is best known for playing Reggie on the HBO television series “Ballers”. Brown was born and raised in Los Angeles and has gone on to be one of their best of up-and-coming stand-up comedians. As a comedian, Brown has performed at The Comedy Store, The Comedy Union,... read full bio
Donovan W. Carter is an American actor who was born in Washington, D.C. When Carter was two years old, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he lived for around 6 years before settling in Los Angeles, California where he’s lived ever since. Carter was always drawn to acting since a young age and he also had a love for sports.... read full bio
Brielle Barbusca is an American actress who is best known for playing Jaden Kagan on the television series “The Starter Wife” and for voicing various characters on the television series “Wonder Pets!”. Barbusca is a New Jersey native and she started her career working as a print model and in commercials. From there, Barbusca made her acting debut on an... read full bio
Lily Kershaw is an actress and singer who is best known for her music being featured in and for acting in the television series “Criminal Minds”. Kershaw has released two EPs, “The Music’s for the Sad Man”, “Lost Angeles”, and one studio album entitled “Midnight in The Garden”. Some of her best known songs include “Miss America”, “As It Seems”,... read full bio
Jackson A. Dunn is a young up-and-coming actor who has most recently played the lead role of Brandon Breyer in the film “Brightburn”. Dunn was born in San Diego, California, and he started acting at only 4 years old when he played the Grinch in his preschool play. From there, Dunn made his acting debut playing Young Jessie Ernst in... read full bio
Justin Hires is an American actor and stand-up comedian who is best known for playing Detective James Carter on the television series “Rush Hour”, Wilt Bozer on the television series “MacGyver”, and Juario on the film “21 Jump Street”. Hires was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, and he went on to graduate from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. Hires... read full bio
Stormi Maya is an actress, producer, and director based in New York City. Starting her career out in New York City had her performing primarily in theater before transitioning to television and film. Maya’s theater credits include ‘The Color of Grass is Less Green’, ‘Sketch of New York’, and ’12 Angry Women’. Maya has also modeled for Playboy International. She... read full bio
Margot Bingham is an American actress and singer who is best known for playing Daughter Maitland in the television series “Boardwalk Empire”. Some of her other notable roles in television include playing Kendra in “In Between Men”, Billie in “Matador”, Nina in “The Family”, Evie in “New Amsterdam” and Clorinda in the Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It”. Bingham’s film... read full bio
Chyna Layne is a Jamaican-American actress who is best known for playing Rhonda in the film “Precious” and for playing Shemekka Epps in the Netflix television series “She’s Gotta Have It”. Layne has been in numerous independent films over the years and her film credits include “A Deeper Love”, “Back Stab”, “Cadillac Records”, “The Eddie Black Story”, “All Screwed Up”,... read full bio
Chloe Fineman is a stand-up comedian and actress who is a featured player on Saturday Night Live. She is known for her impressions of celebrities and studied improv at Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. Fineman has been featured in outlets such as Wall Street Journal and Vulture. She was named a JFL New Face Characters and she performed with UCB.... read full bio
Purna Virji is the current Senior Manager of Global Engagement for Microsoft. She has been named by Adweek as one of the year’s young influentials and has been a Chairman of the Judging Panel at the Drum US Search Awards two years in a row. For her role with Microsoft, Virji develops content narratives and evangelizes Microsoft products and services... read full bio
Jeff Leitner is a social innovation pioneer and high-stakes strategist who is architect of the Unwritten Rules. He is founder of Insight Labs, a fellow at New America, an inaugural innovator in Residence at the University of Southern California, and author of ‘See Think Solve: A Simple Way to Tackle Tough Problems’. He has also been co-founder of the UX... read full bio
Robert X. Cringely is the pen name of American journalist and technology writer who is also known as his name Mark Stephens. Stephens graduated from the College of Wooster with a B.A. and he went on to earn his M.A. in Communication from Stanford University. As Cringely, Stephens has written in publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek,... read full bio
Bob Brisco is the CEO and creator of Internet Brands, which started as a start-up and has grown into a company with over 250,000 clients. Brisco earned his B.A. in Economics and Journalism from the University of Southern California. He then went on to earn his M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles’ The Anderson School of Management. Brisco... read full bio
Duane Forrester is the Vice President of Industry Insights for Yext and is author of ‘How To Make Money With Your Blog and Turn Clicks Into Customers’. Over the years, Forrester has worked for companies such as Casino Nova Scotia, SEMPO, Sports Direct Inc., has been the Senior Program Manager of SEO at Microsoft, worked in marketing & PR for... read full bio
Wil Reynolds is the founder and Director of Strategy for Seer, an interactive SEM/SEO consulting firm. Reynolds started Seer Interactive by himself operating out of his living room. Reynolds earned his education at the University of Delaware. He started his career as a Portal Strategist at NetMarketing. From there, he worked as a Web Producer for Aon before started Seer... read full bio
