Renowned author, YouTube personality and culinary writer for the New York Times Priya Krishna is a well-liked, respected and influential food journalist who also champions diversity storytelling in the food media and elsewhere. Indian-ish: Recipes and Articles from a Modern American Family, which Priya co-wrote with her mother, is one of her best-selling works. Eater, Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, The... read full bio
Founder and CEO of The Agency, a $1 billion brokerage that has been revolutionizing the real estate industry for more than ten years, is industry disruptor Mauricio Umansky. Umansky founded The Agency with a purpose to disrupt the market by developing a distinctive culture anchored in the basic principle of collaboration. Umansky holds the distinction of selling the most properties... read full bio
Hollywood producer, novelist and tech entrepreneur Chad Sanders is a pioneer in the fields of values-driven leadership, innovation, and establishing equity in the workplace. Chad began his career with Google and later worked as the Head of Expansion for a start-up that Kaplan ultimately purchased. He switched to a creative career in writing nonetheless because he felt racially alienated in these... read full bio
Chef, performer, author, TV personality, entrepreneur and viral videos on social media displaying his culinary prowess and endearing nature have made Eitan Bernath famous. Bernath has effortlessly transitioned from viral popularity to mainstream prevalence thanks to his irresistible charm, which attracts 3B views annually from more than 350M people in more than 150 countries. Since he developed a passion for food at the... read full bio
Grant Williams, a professional basketball player, is a leader both on and off the court. He has won the SEC Player of the Year award twice in a row and serves as Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association. He is regarded as one of the best players in the history of his college team by its supporters and the... read full bio
Founder, CEO and self-made magnate Emma Grede is a trailblazing, highly successful CEO who is renowned for creating amazing teams and enduring companies. Good American, the first totally inclusive fashion line that honors all facets of female power, was founded with Emma as its CEO and Co-Founder. Together with Khloé Kardashian, she founded Good American and planned the biggest denim launch... read full bio
Charlie Davies is an Olympian, a professional soccer player and a philanthropist who is dedicated to inspiring and encouraging others. In addition to playing for the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team at the Olympics, Davies has a twelve-year international playing career that includes stops in Sweden, France, Denmark and MLS. He works as a broadcast commentator for the New England Revolution, Major... read full bio
As the basketball team's head coach, Scott Drew, a two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, has changed Baylor, taking them to nine NCAA Tournaments and the National Championship. Drew's drive, optimism and commitment to excellence are evidenced by the unheard-of rebirth of the Baylor squad. He shares his team-building success tactics with audiences who are energized by his sincerity and... read full bio
Chief Executive Officer of Endeavor, a multinational sports and entertainment conglomerate that owns market-leading brands like WME, IMG and UFC, is Ariel Emanuel. Emanuel co-founded the original Endeavor after moving up the ranks of Hollywood talent agencies and he then oversaw the largest merger of talent agencies in history to create WME. Later, he guided the organization into a strategic alliance with... read full bio
Award-winning journalist, author and historian Caleb Gayle is a key participant in discussions on how history affects race and identity in the present. Gayle completed both his MBA and master's degree in public policy from Harvard Business School and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government as a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans after studying as a Truman... read full bio
David Grutman, a well-known innovator, businessman and venture capitalist with a base in Miami, has stakes in the hospitality, technology, wellness, consumer goods and food and beverage sectors. Grutman is the founder of the prestigious Groot Hospitality, which has a number of upscale eateries, nightclubs and hotels in Miami and Miami Beach and runs them (with imminent expansion across the U.S. and internationally).... read full bio
Jarrett Harper is an activist for criminal justice and foster care reform who wants to stop the pipeline from foster care to jail, improve rehabilitation services for people leaving the system and end life sentences for children. Jarrett overcame 20 years of mass incarceration and the foster care system in California. At the age of 16, after enduring unspeakable anguish and torture,... read full bio
Marcus Hutchins, a respected authority on cybersecurity, is credited with thwarting the WannaCry ransomware campaign, one of the biggest cyberattacks in history. Marcus discovered and activated the hidden "death switch" contained within the malicious software's code, stopping the global danger and "saving the internet" as it was contaminating and erasing the data on hundreds of thousands of machines around the... read full bio
Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son, written by Richie Jackson, was released by HarperCollins. The Tony Award-nominated Harvey Fierstein play Torch Song was most recently produced by this acclaimed Broadway, television and film producer. He co-executive produced the John Cameron Mitchell written and directed movie Shortbus, as well as the seven seasons of Showtime's Nurse Jackie (a Golden... read full bio
The Senior Editor and a founding member of CNN's Kfile, the premier investigation team for the social, mobile generation, is the investigative journalist Andrew Kaczynski. Kfile, a "scoop squad" that has received high accolades, is renowned for finding breaking news online through research, fact-checking and investigative reporting. Kaczynski began his career as a political reporter for BuzzFeed before moving on to... read full bio
Richard Lapchick, a pioneer for racial equality and author, has used his position in the sports world to promote inclusiveness. For more than 50 years, he has urged players to speak out against injustice and has provided consulting services to businesses as a specialist in managing diversity. Along with Billie Jean King, Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela, he was listed on... read full bio
TV personality, author, expert big wave surfer and and contemporary waterman, Kai Lenny is the definition of a multi-hyphenate. Kai is the undisputed king of large wave surfing, stand-up paddling (SUP) racing, tow-in surfing, kite surfing and hydrofoiling, the latter of which he invented on the open sea. Having been a surfer from the age of five, Kai was a sponsored professional athlete... read full bio
Brian Mackenzie is a pioneer in the creation and use of specialized protocols to improve human health and performance and an innovator in human performance on stress adaption. His work harnesses and combines strength, conditioning, endurance, mobility and respiratory-based training methodologies to produce previously unheard-of good outcomes. His procedures have been utilized to improve the health of persons with various chronic... read full bio
Over 200 live television programs have been written and produced by Jon Macks, including the Tony Awards, the Golden Globes, the Emmy Awards and a record 25 Academy Awards, for which he served nine times as head writer. Jon wrote almost 100 jokes a day, every day, for Jay's 4,610 Tonight Shows, making him the #1 political comedy writer during the Tonight... read full bio
With a background in competitive golf, including collegiate, amateur and professional levels, as well as expertise in the fields of motor learning, psychology and biomechanics, Cameron McCormick has established a name for himself as a sought-after coach for players who have reached or are aiming for high levels of competitive mastery. The clientele of McCormick ranges from novice to professional athletes. Since he was... read full bio
