Richard DesLauriers is a retired FBI special agent who was in charge of the Boston Division. During his time working in Boston, DesLauriers was in the middle of the Boston Marathon Bombing and helped lead the team that tried to find the crime boss Whitney Bulger. He also worked on dismantling the Russian spy ring which led to questions of... read full bio
Edward Snowden is an American whistleblower and computer security consultant who is best known for leaking information from the National Security Agency while working there as a CIA employee and subcontractor. Snowden leaked several surveillance programs that was run by the NSA and Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance. Snowden was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and he went on to... read full bio
Marcus East is the Technical Director at the Officer of the CTO at Google. Through his work with Google, East works alongside a team of other CTOs that help harness the power of Google Cloud with numerous clients of Google. East is known for being a critical problem solver through technology. He has previously earned his BSc in management and... read full bio
Patty McCord is a human resources consultant and executive. She has been chief talent officer at Netflix where she played a big part in establishing their corporate culture of empowering employees but only retaining those whose performance is excellent. McCord has been featured in outlets such as, Harvard Business Review, NPR, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal. She has... read full bio
Director of the health program MenAlive, Jed Diamond has been a licensed psychotherapist for four decades. Author of Male Menopause and The Irritable Male Syndrome, he has been on the Board of Advisors of the Men’s Health Network since its formation. Jed is also a member of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male and serves as... read full bio
Greg Dyke attended Hayes Grammar School before attending York University to study politics. He began his broadcasting career in 1977 at London Weekend Television after a brief stint as a journalist. He was appointed director-general of the BBC in January 2000, and during his four years there, he launched four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, two... read full bio
Jon is a strategist, author, speaker, and coach for Facebook marketing. He started using Facebook for work in 2007 while employed by the National Basketball Association. After establishing JonLoomer.com and his Facebook Page as go-to sources for Facebook marketing research, tutorials, and tips in less than a year after launching Jon Loomer Digital, Jon. Jon is one of the foremost authorities... read full bio
Sexy for Life, which was published in 2012, was co-authored by Marilyn Diamond and her husband, Dr. Donald Schnell. Fit for Life, one of the all-time best-selling books, was written by her. In her bikini at age 67, Marilyn is the only diet author in history to be willing to display the outcomes of her brand-new Sexy for Life program.... read full bio
David Ignatius always finds the most compelling method to relate a tale. Ignatius examines the various moving elements of the globe and makes sense of them, whether it is through his award-winning foreign policy column in the Washington Post or one of his nine bestsellers. Ignatius engages readers and audiences of all different types. David Ignatius has been reporting on... read full bio
Making Mental Health an Essential Health: My Journey Patrick J. Kennedy had a strong belief that mental health should be a top concern for the country from the beginning of his career in public service. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 stands out from the others after 16 years in Congress and the passage of innumerable... read full bio
Professor Dr. David Sinclair, a renowned expert on aging and best-selling author, is considered as the finest authority on human lifespan. Dr. Sinclair is the director of a renowned research group that has uncovered the causes of aging and ways to slow it down. He is a professor in the Genetics Department at Harvard Medical School. Author of the New... read full bio
Over 50,000 people are inspired each month by author, executive coach and motivational speaker Ryan Leak. Every year, he develops more than 15,000 leaders from Fortune 500 organizations and professional sports teams. His widely shared Surprise Wedding tale has been covered by the Today Show, Good Morning America and a number of other media sources. He is the author of Chasing Failure: How... read full bio
With the San Francisco 49ers for 28 years, Jim Mercurio is in his third season as executive vice president and general manager of Levi's Stadium. He formerly held the positions of vice president and general manager of stadium operations for six years. Mercurio currently has overall responsibility for the stadium and event operations, including executive management of the food and... read full bio
Nick Webb was a successful entrepreneur and innovator long before he was one of the most sought-after futurist speakers in the world, working on the front lines and competing against many of the biggest companies and succeeding. He still has a full schedule of business obligations despite taking part in numerous international speaking and media events. Nick works with Fortune 500... read full bio
The co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, a provider of collaboration tools that aid teams in planning, debating and completing shared work is Mike Cannon-Brookes. The collaboration tools from Atlassian are used by more than 160,000 major and small organizations worldwide, including businesses like Spotify, NASA, Mercy Ships, Sotheby's and Visa. Mike is a board member of Zoox and a technology investor outside of Atlassian,... read full bio
The co-founder and co-CEO of Atlassian, a provider of collaboration tools that aid teams in planning, debating and completing shared work, is Scott Farquhar. The collaboration products from Atlassian are used by more than 150,000 major and small organizations, NFPs and government agencies worldwide, including businesses like ANZ bank, Spotify, Twilio, Mercy Ships and Visa. The corporate philanthropy initiative Pledge 1%, which aims to... read full bio
Innovative strategist, business developer, expert in sports and cultural diplomacy and public affairs officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves, Omari Faulkner oversees human capital investment, organizational diversity, workforce development, veteran outreach and strategic company investments in his capacity as Employer of Choice Ambassador for ManTech International. Mr. Faulkner played basketball for the men's team at Georgetown University while there. He worked for the... read full bio
Benoit Degeville, who co-founded Snowflake, is now in charge of the Product division. Benoit is a world authority on self-tuning database systems and parallel execution. Benoit worked with Oracle for more than ten years before starting Snowflake as a key architect in the SQL Manageability team and as the lead architect for parallel execution in Oracle RAC. Benoit was employed... read full bio
Resiliency Inc., a pioneer in assisting schools to enhance school atmosphere, curriculum and discipline, is led by Horacio Sanchez as President and CEO. Horacio is regarded as one of the leading authorities in the country on building student resilience and utilizing brain science to enhance academic results. He is a recognized expert on emotional disorders and resilience by the Maladaptive Committee... read full bio
At the renowned Ron Clark School, an avant-garde middle school and center for teacher preparation in Atlanta, Kim Bearden serves as executive director, language arts instructor and cofounder. More than 85,000 educators from all over the world have visited Kim's classroom and taken part in her workshops to learn more effective strategies for involving students, developing relationships with them, encouraging academic... read full bio
