Dr. Milton Chen is a senior fellow and executive director, emeritus, at The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit operating foundation that creates the acclaimed website Edutopia.org on innovative K–12 education. He spent twelve years as GLEF's executive director. He was the founding director of San Francisco's KQED Center for Education (PBS) for ten years before... read full bio
Mohan Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan academic, economist, and physicist who specializes in topics which include climate change, water resources, sustainable development and energy. Through his work, Mohan has been the Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which led him to share the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Mohan earned his B.A. with Hons. in Engineering from... read full bio
Molly Wright Steenson is a design strategist, author, architectural historian and associate professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. She earned her PhD in architecture and urbanism from the 60s to the 80s. At the start of her career, she worked for companies including Netscape, Scient, Reuter and a wide variety of Fortune 500 and smaller, creative companies. As... read full bio
Nancy Snowden has always tried to do things her own way. She is an educator by profession, a dream seeker by temperament and an avid student of brain science. She loves to look at an ordinary opportunity and carve out the path that cultivates her zeal for life and passion for helping others, from earning her bachelor's degree in English, Creative... read full bio
A very well known nationally syndicated journalist, broadcaster, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and literacy advocate Nelson Lauver has a very successful career. But most importantly...he's a guy who beat the odds. Nobody would have ever guessed that at age 29, Nelson Lauver was functionally illiterate. Nelson's struggle with literacy was a result of his severe dyslexia that had gone undiagnosed. Nelson... read full bio
Nigel Nicholson is the Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School where he has been working for over 30 years. Nicholson has previously earned his B.A. from Cardiff University before going on to earn his Ph.D. from Wales. Prior to working as a professor, Nicholson has worked as a journalist and was a commentator on business issues. Since... read full bio
Known as The New Einstein" on television, Olympia LePoint is an award-winning rocket scientist, science entertainer and educator striving to help people overcome fear. Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist is her debut self-help, educational book created to empower adults and students to ace math and science without doing more math problems. As... read full bio
Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator and scholar. He worked as a teacher, teacher educator, and policy adviser in Finland and was actively engaged in planning and implementing education reforms in Finland in the 1990s. He has served the World Bank in Washington, D.C. (2003-2007), the European Commission (2007-2009) and the OECD as an external expert advising foreign governments in... read full bio
Patrick Awuah is an educator, engineer, and entrepreneur who is working on building new ways of higher education in Ghana, where he is from. Awuah has founded Ashesi University, which has gone on to earn him several awards and honors some of which include The Order of the Volta, John. P. McNulty Prize, MacArthur Fellowship and the Wise Prize of... read full bio
Philanthropist, investing guru, Kinkos founder and serial entrepreneur Paul Orfalea struggled through his school years because of conditions we now recognize as Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Paul credits these disabilities as the blessings that allowed him to see the world differently from his peers. Because I couldnt read, I learned from direct experience. Experience is a harsh teacher,... read full bio
Pekka Himanen is a Finnish philosopher who is an expert on the information age. Himanen has studied philosophy with computer science as a minor at the University of Helsinki before going on to earn his Ph.D. from philosophy, making him the youngest person to earn a Ph.D. in Finland. Himanen has been known for his research work in Finland at... read full bio
Peter Hines is a keynote speaker, researcher, author, and founder and chairman of S A Partners, which is a consultancy company that is based out of the United Kingdom. Hines has earned his B.A. as well as his M.A. in Geography from University of Cambridge before going on to earn his MBA in Business and Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management... read full bio
Philip E. Tetlock is a Canadian-American writer who is expert on political forecasting, political psychology, forecasting and decision making. Tetlock was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and he has finished his undergraduate work at the University of British Columbia before going on to earn his Ph.D. from Yale University. Tetlock has previously served on the faculty of the University of... read full bio
The eminent sociologist Rashawn Ray is known for making substantial contributions to the study of sociology and public policy. At the University of Maryland, where he holds the prestigious position of Sociology Professor, he conveys knowledge and molds the minds of aspiring academics. In addition, Ray holds the position of Senior Fellow at the prestigious Brookings Institution, where he conducts... read full bio
Richard H.K. Vietor is currently the Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and has also been the senior associate Dean for the Asian Initiative. Vietor has previously earned his B.A. in Economics from Union College, his M.A. in History from Hofstra University, and his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pittsburgh. He has previously... read full bio
Richard Thaler is an American economist who is currently the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Thaler was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and he earned his B.A. from Case Western Reserve University before going on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University... read full bio
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Robert Engle is an American statistician who has previously been the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Clive Granger for their work in analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility. Engle was born in Syracuse, New York, and he earned his B.S. in physics from Williams College before going on to earn his... read full bio
Robert J. Gordon is an American economist and the Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. Gordon is an exceptionally experienced professor, regarded as one of the leading experts on long-term economic growth as well as unemployment and inflation. In 1962, he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and received... read full bio
Robert Lacey is a British historian and writer who is best known for his biography books that he is published on notable historic figures which include Queen Elizabeth II, Eileen Ford, and Henry Ford. He is also known for working as a historian for the Netflix original series, “The Crown.” Lacey has previously earned his BA in History and went... read full bio
