Phillip Picardi is an American journalist and editor who is best known for being the editor-in-chief of Out. Picardi attended Central Catholic High School where he became one of the founders of the now-annual student fundraiser, Catwalk4Cancer. Upon graduating from high school, Picardi studied at New York University. He started his professional career as an intern at Teen Vogue. He... read full bio
Sasha Velour, a multi-talented American drag queen, artist, and businesswoman, rose to prominence after taking first place in the ninth season of the popular reality competition "RuPaul's Drag Race." Velour, who was raised in Champaign-Urbana and was born in California, attended University Laboratory High School before beginning the voyage of varied encounters that would determine her career. After graduating from high... read full bio
Ryan O’Connell is an activist, author, and writer. He is best known for speaking out on his upbringing and growing up with cerebral palsy and discovering he was gay in his 20’s. Ryan has published a book “I’m Special And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves” which has been adapted in a short-form series for Netflix that’s produced by Jim Parsons... read full bio
Calboy is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He began to gain popularity after the release of his single “Envy Me”, which earned millions of streams. Calboy started his career in seventh grade learning how to use ProTools and FL Studio through YouTube videos. It took him a few years but his hard work paid off and soon he was... read full bio
Idles are a rock band from the United Kingdom who formed in Bristol in 2009. Their name is styled as IDLES. Joe Talbot handles the vocals for the band, while Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan each play guitar, Adam Devonshire plays bass, and Jon Beavis is the drummer (drums). Their first studio album, titled "Brutalism," was issued in 2017 to... read full bio
Ziyi Zhang is a Chinese actress and model. She first gained internation recognition after playing Jen Yu in the film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. Zhang was born and raised in Beijing, China. She started dancing at the young age of 8 and by 15 was appearing in television commercials and won the national youth dance championship. When she turned 17,... read full bio
Navid Negahban is an American Iranian actor who is best known for playing Sultan in the live-action version of “Aladdin” and Amahl Farouck in the series “Legion”. Navid was born in Iran and he started acting on stage while he was only 8 years old. Later on in life, Navid moved to Turkey and then Germany where he worked for... read full bio
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor who is best known for playing Katsumoto in film “The Last Samurai”, a role in which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Watanabe started his acting career after graduating from high school and moving to Tokyo. He then started acting in a theater troupe and then gained popularity after... read full bio
Bill Nighy is an English actor who is best known for playing Billy Mack in film “Love Actually”, Davy Jones in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, and Viktor in the “Underworld” films. Nighy studied at Guildford School of Acting to train for stage and film and spent two seasons at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, before making his stage debut... read full bio
Gemma Jones is an English character actress who is best known for her roles on stage and on screen. She is best known for playing Mrs. Dashwood in the film “Sense and Sensibility”, Bridget’s Mum in the “Bridget Jones” film, and Madam Pomfrey in the “Harry Potter” films. Jones studied at the Royal Academy of Drama Art, where she won... read full bio
Stephen Graham is an English actor who is best known for playing Andrew ‘Combo’ Gascoigne in television series “This Is England” and it’s sequels. Some of his other well known roles include, playing Tommy in film “Snatch”, Scrum in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, and Al Capone in series “Boardwalk Empire”. Graham made his television debut playing Mickey in... 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
Mikaela Shiffrin is an American two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She started her career competing in FIS-sanctioned races and when she met the age she won a Nor-Am Cup super combined race. After winning more races, Shiffrin made her World Cup debut in the Czech Republic. Since starting, Shiffrin has competed in 8 seasons in the... read full bio
Auli’I Cravalho is an American actress and singer. She was born in Kohala, Hawaii and during her time in high school, sang soprano in the glee club. An Oahu talent agency discovered Cravalho during a charity competition and encouraged her to audition for the lead role in Disney film “Moana”. She ended up auditioning and won the role making it... read full bio
Adam Bierman is the co-founder & CEO of MedMen Enterprises, the nation’s most recognized brand in the emerging marijuana industry. He is a leader in institutional practices, professional standards, and clear and reasonable regulations that will take the cannabis industry to it’s next phase. Bierman started MedMen with his partner Andrew Modlin. The duo started MedMen with the though of... 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
Amber Baldet is currently the CEO and co-founder of Clovyr and a blockchain speaker. Clovyr makes modern application development flexible and easy to use to the blockchain domain. It empowers teams of all sizes to grow products to production much faster than before. Prior to Baldet’s work with Clovyr, she has previously worked as an application developer with Avalon Research... read full bio
Lucky Chops are a high-energy brass funk band that consists of members Josh Holcomb, Daro Behroozi, Joshua Gawel, Charles Sams and Raphael Buyo. The band plays instruments such as the trombone, tenor sax, trumpet, drums, and sousaphone. Lucky Chops started playing in New York City where they formed and since then, has gone on to grow fans all over the... read full bio
Multifaceted professional Nicholas Webb is well known for his skills in innovation, leadership, and customer experience. Webb has made a name for himself in the realms of business and education as a keynote speaker, best-selling book, professor, CEO, and prize-winning inventor. As the founder and CEO of LeaderLogic, a well-known management consulting and training company, Webb equips companies to successfully negotiate... read full bio
Tucker Pillsbury, better known as his stage name, Role Model, is an American musician from Portland, Maine. Prior to releasing music through his name Role Model, he used to release rap music on SoundCloud. Role Model has released an EP, “Arizona in the Summer” which was influenced by a life threatening ski accident which put him in a cast for... read full bio
