John Waters is an electric vehicle pioneer, energy strategy consultant, and engineer and design leader of GM’s EV-1 Electric Car. He is an entrepreneur and business development professional who has experience in enterprise development, strategic planning, and production of engineered products and solutions. He is currently researching and development lightweight, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Prior to working as a CEO... read full bio
Joel Swisher is an environmental engineer and clean energy technology specialist. He is an internationally recognized expert on analysis, design, and evaluation of utility energy efficiency, distributed generation, and emission reduction programs. He’s also an expert on the development and finance of carbon offset projects. Swisher earned his Ph.D. in energy and environmental engineering from Stanford University and also earned... 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
Scott Amyx is a managing partner at Amyx Ventures. He is also a TEDx Speaker, IBM IoT Futurist, Forbed New York Business Council Member, Singularity University and Smart City Accelerator Mentor, and more. Amyx is author of the book “Strive: How Doing the Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success”. He has also set to publish the book “The Human Race:... read full bio
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer who is best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She is the former director of the Center for SETI Research and holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. She has been featured in Discover magazine as one of the 50 most important women in science.... read full bio
Yossi Vardi is an Israeli entrepreneur and investor who is one of Israel’s first high-tech entrepreneurs. He has founded and helped build numerous tech companies in fields such as software, energy, mobile, water technology, electro-optics and Internet. Vardi graduated from the Technion in Haifa with a B.Sc. in industrial management engineering and went on to earn his M.Sc in Operations... read full bio
Hugh Herr is an American biophysicist, engineer, and rock climber. Growing up, Herr was a prodigy rock climber and by only 8 years old he had scaled the face of the Mount Temple in the Canadian Rockies and at only 17, he was known to be one of the best climbers in the United States. After getting caught in a... read full bio
Peter Fingar is a cloud computer & technology expert, thought-leader and best-selling author. He is an internationally recognized expert on business strategy, globalization and business process management. As an author, his book “Business Process Management: The Third Wave” has been used for the BPM trend in the 21st century. Fingar has worked with companies such as GTE Data Services, American... read full bio
Joseph F. Coughlin is Director of the MIT AgeLab and expert on Disruptive Demographics. He provides insights on how demographic change, technology, social trends and consumer behavior will converge to drive future innovations in business and government. Coughlin is the author of the online publication Disruptive Demographics at MIT. He has been featured in Fast Company Magazine’s “100 Most Creative... read full bio
Jeff Immelt is an American business executive who has worked as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He has recently retired as chairman of the board of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric. He had been selected as CEO by their board of directors to replace Jack Welch and prior to being CEO, Immelt had headed up GE’s Medical Systems... read full bio
Maria Zuber is the Vice President of Research and E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at MIT, as well as Principal Investigator of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission- an effort to map the Moon’s gravitational field. She is the first woman to head an MIT science department and the first to lead a NASA planetary mission. She... read full bio
Mohanbir Sawhney is an author, scholar, professional speaker, consultant, and management expert. He is the McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology at the Kellogg School of Management and an adviser to several large organizations on e-commerce strategies. Sawhney was born in Kalaikunda, India, and holds a Ph.D. in marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned... read full bio
Chris Hogan is a motivational speaker, best-selling author, and a personal finance expert. He is best known for speaking on subjects such as investing, retirement, and wealth. Hogan has published two books, ‘Everyday Millionaries’ and ‘Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age; It’s a Financial Number’, the latter of which was a number one national best-seller. Hogan is also known for... read full bio
Rachel Cruze is an American author and activist who is best known for writing about personal finances and for being the daughter of Dave Ramsey. She is the co-author of the book, ‘Smart Money Smart Kids’ that she wrote with her father and the book reached number 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Cruze earned her B.A.... read full bio
Dr. Ayana Elizbaeth Johnson is a policy expert, marine biologist, strategist, and is founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv as well as founder of Urban Ocean Lab. Ocean Collectiv is a consulting firm that focuses on conservation solutions and Urban Ocean Lab is a think tank for coastal cities. Johnson earned her B.A. from Harvard University in Environmental Science and... read full bio
Anjali Kumar is co-founder of The Justice Department, a women-led firm that works on legal counsel and business strategy development for females. She is also an attorney, advisor, author and an “idea acupuncturist”. Kumar graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical ethics. She went on to earn her JD from Boston University School of Law and after... read full bio
Professor Americus Reed II is the Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School. He is co-founder of Persona Partners and is a leading expert on “identity”. Reed researches on the role consumers play in guiding buying decisions. He researches on how social influence, attitudes, values, judgments and social identity shape consumer’s purchase decisions and behavior. His research has been featured... read full bio
Ellen Pao is an American attorney, investor, and activist who co-founded the non-profit Project Include. She gained popularity after filing a gender discrimination suit against her former employer, Kleiner Perkins. Pao was born in New Jersey and learned how to code from her mother when she was only 10 years old. She later graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s... read full bio
Shlomo Benartzi is a behavioral economist, accounting for psychology and its role in how people make economic choices. Utilizing his research, Shlomo works to solve social issues in the modern day. Shlomo has pioneered programs designed to help people make better financial decisions. His projects include Save More Tomorrow (SMarT) and the VOYA Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation. Benartzi shares... read full bio
Trent Shelton is a former American football wide receiver who is known the founder and president of the Christian non-profit RehabTime. The non-profit works to uplift, empower and demonstrate change from within with faith, mindset, self-care, relationship building and leadership. He is author of the book ‘The Greatest You: Face Reality, Negativity, and Live Your Purpose’. Shelton is known for... read full bio
