American multi-faceted personality Mark McKinnon is well-known for his substantial achievements in the fields of politics, journalism, and reform activism. He has played a diverse range of positions, leaving a lasting impression on the political landscape of the United States. In his role as co-host, creator, and executive producer of the Showtime documentary series "The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show... read full bio
Jean Case is an American businesswoman who is the Chairman of the Board of National Geographic, CEO of the Case Foundation, philanthropist, investor, Internet and impact investing pioneer, and author. Her and her husband Steve Case, created the Case Foundation and have gone on to join the Giving Pledge. As an author, Case has published the book “Be Fearless: 5... read full bio
Duncan Wardle, who formerly served as Disney's Head of Innovation and Creativity, is a well-known name in the innovation and creative industries. Wardle was instrumental in promoting innovation and guiding the creative direction of teams from a variety of Disney departments, including Marvel, Pixar, Disney Parks, ESPN, Lucasfilm, Imagineering, and Animation, throughout his entire employment there. His contributions were crucial... read full bio
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
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
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
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
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
Steven Canals is a screenwriter who is best known for co-creating and co-executive producing the FX television series “Pose”, alongside Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Pose has broken barriers on television and has been the first scripted series to have five transgender series regulars and has had 140 LGBT actors. Canals graduated from UCLA’s MFA Screenwriting program and earned his... read full bio
Antoni Porowski is a Canadian chef, actor, television personality, and model who is best known as the food and wine connoisseur on the Netflix reality series “Queer Eye”. Porowski graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Arts. From there, he moved to New York City and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Porowski... read full bio
Dream Hampton is an award-winning filmmaker, cultural critic, hip-hop journalist, and writer who broke ratings records with her work in “Surviving R. Kelly”. Hampton was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended New York University. She studied at the Tisch School of the Arts and started creating films while there. She made a documentary during her time in school that starred... read full bio
Shep Doeleman is a SAO Astronomer, author, and Harvard Senior Research Fellow who is a professor of physics at Harvard University. He researches super massive black holes with sufficient resolution to directly observe the event horizon. Doeleman and his group use telescopes that observe a mm wavelengths to create an Earth-size telescope using the technique of Very Long Baseline Interferometry.... read full bio
K.T. McFarland is a speaker, political commentator, and government official who served as the Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump early on in his administration. She was also a staff member on the United States National Security Council and at the defense Department. Earlier on, K.T. worked part-time as a typist or note taker at the White House... read full bio
Kate Obenshain is a conservative politician, journalist, and political commentator. She is also the vice president of the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and a regular guest on the Fox News Channel. Kate attended the University of Virginia, and while there, she worked as an editor of a conservative university newspaper publication called the Virginia Advocate. Early on in her career,... read full bio
Isaac Lidsky is an American author, speaker and CEO of ODC Construction. He has previously been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which led to him progressively losing his sight and going blind. Prior to losing his sight, Lidsky was an actor who was best known for playing Weasel on series “Saved by the Bell: The New Class”. Lidsky has been the... read full bio
Thomas Frey is a speaker and American futurist. He is founder and Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the Westminster, Colorado DaVinci Institute. He has previously been an engineer with IBM for over 15 years. As a speaker, Frey has given speeches to NASA, Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, Capital One, Boeing, Visa, Ford Motor Company, and many more.... read full bio
Philip Evans is a big data expert, senior partner and managing director at BCG Consulting. He has founded BCG’s media sector and has consulted for corporations all over the world in consumer goods, media, financial services, and high-tech industries. He has also advised governments. Evans is also an author and has been co-author of several articles and the best-selling book... read full bio
Rajat Paharia was the founder and Chief Product Officer of Bunchball, Inc. He is known as the father of gamification and founded Bunchball, which launched the social gaming and gamification industries. Paharia graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in computer science. He then went on to earn his M.S. in computer science from Stanford University. Paharia started his career... read full bio
