Varun Sivaram is an American businessman who is the Chief Technology Officer of ReNew Power, which is India’s largest renewable energy company. Sivaram earned his B.S. in engineering physics and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University where he was also awarded with a Truman Scholarship. Sivaram went on to earn his Ph.D in condensed matter physics from the... read full bio
Brian Armstrong is a businessperson who is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Armstrong earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Rice University and he went on to earn his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Rice University as well. Armstrong went on to start his career a team lead intern at IBM and went on to... read full bio
Audrey Gelman is an American entrepreneur and political staffer who is founder of the women’s co-working space and social club, The Wing. She is also known for being the inspiration for the character Marnie on the HBO television series “Girls”. Gelman studied at Oberlin College but left after two years to work on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for U.S. President. After... read full bio
Melina Matsoukas is an American director for films, music videos, commercials and television. She has won two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards for directing the music videos for Rihanna’s single “We Found Love” and for Beyoncé’s “Formation” single. Matsoukas graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and she earned her MFA in cinematography from... read full bio
Jess Morales Rocketto is the Political Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and is also Executive Director of Care in Action. She is known for her political advocacy campaigns that focus on sexual harassment, economic justice, immigration reform and the future of work for domestic workers in the United States. Apart from her work with the NDWA, Rocketto... read full bio
Desus Nice is a Jamaican-American comedian, podcaster, and YouTube personality from New York City, New York. He gained attention as one-half of the duo Desus vs. Mero, a podcast that was released on Complex TV. The podcast later became a talk show that has been featured on Viceland as well as Showtime. Nice earned a degree in Literature from the... read full bio
Max Schrems is an Austrian activist, author, and lawyer from Salzburg, Austria. He is best known for his campaigns against Facebook for privacy violation and it’s violation of European privacy laws and transfer of personal data to the US National Security Agency as part of the NSA’s PRISM program. He is also known for being the founder of NOYB –... read full bio
Zion Williamson is an American professional basketball player who has played small forward and power forward positions for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Williamson was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and while growing up he played basketball as well as soccer and football. By the time he was 9, he started waking up at 5 a.m. every day... read full bio
James Lawrence, also known as The Iron Cowboy, is a record setting triathlete, author and motivational speaker from Calgary, Alberta, Canada who is now based in Utah. Lawrence currently holds the world record for the most Ironman-distance triathlons completed within a single calendar year, which he holds 50 in 2015. That completion is now considered the greatest feat of human... read full bio
The Midnight is an American synthwave and electronic band that consists of members Tim Daniel McEwan and Jamison Tyler Lyle. The band was formed after the duo met at a co-writing workshop in North Hollywood, California. The Midnight rose to fame after the release of their debut EP “Days of Thunder” which contained their first two singles “WeMoveForward” and “Gloria”.... read full bio
Curtis Jones is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who performs under several names such as Green Velvet, Geo Vogt, Cajmere, Half Pint, Curan Stone and Gino Vittori. His music is a mixture of techno, house and minimal and he was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Jones rose to fame after releasing his debut album “Constant Chaos” under the... read full bio
Stefan Kozalla, better known as his stage name DJ Koze, is a German music producer and DJ who is based out of Hamburg, Germany. DJ Koze rose to fame after the release of his debut EP, “The Gekloppel Continues”. Since then, he’s gone on to release numerous EPs and three studio albums. DJ Koze has also released several remixes for... read full bio
Brandon Bass is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. Bass was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and started his basketball career playing in high school at Capitol High School. While there he was part of the second-team Parade All-American. Bass went on to play college basketball at Louisiana... read full bio
Bradley Beal is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the NBA who plays as shooting guard. Beal began his basketball career in high school playing for Chaminade College Prep in Creve Coeur, Missouri. While playing in high school, Beal represented the United States at the FIBA World Under-17 World Championship as well as the FIBA Americas... read full bio
Brandon Jennings is a former professional point guard for the NBA. When he was a senior in high school, Jennings set the school record for points in a season, and his impressive performance throughout the year earned him some of high school basketball’s most prestigious honors: Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award, Gatorade Player of the Year, Parade Magazine... read full bio
Billy Ray Bates is a retired American professional basketball player who played shooting guard in the NBA and overseas. Bates was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and began playing basketball at his high school, McAdams High School. He went on to play college basketball for Kentucky State University and after graduating, was drafted 47th overall in the NBA draft by the... read full bio
Ben McLemore is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the NBA as a shooting guard. McLemore was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and began his career playing basketball at his high school Oak Hill Academy and then Christian Life Center. During his time playing in high school, McLemore was considered a four-star recruit by... read full bio
Three-time NBA All-Star, Deron Williams, is a retired point guard who played in the NBA and in the Turkish Basketball League. Williams received several awards throughout his time with the University of Illinois, including being named a consensus Second Team All American, as well as being named Big Ten All-Tournament Team and All-Final Four team. He was also honored as... read full bio
Brook Lopez is an American professional basketball player who plays center for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. Lopez was born in North Hollywood, California, and began his professional career playing basketball at San Joaquin Memorial High School. From there, he went on to play college basketball for Stanford University where he played for two years before going on to... read full bio
C.J. McCollum is a shooting guard/ point guard for the Portland Trailblazers of the NBA. McCollum graduated from high school as the leading scorer in the school’s history with 1405 career points and was named Gatorade Ohio Boys Basketball Player of the Year. As a freshman at Lehigh University, he made Patriot League history, as he was the first freshman... read full bio
