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
Jonas Kjellberg is a speaker on digital transformation, an author, investor and co-creator of Skype. As co-creator of Skype, Kjellberg was also their managing director for several years and while under management, he helped generate 90 percent of their revenue stream. Apart from Skype, Kjellberg has also been CEO and founder of Campuz Mobile and Optimal Telecom. He has founded... read full bio
Chris Barton is a speaker, and co-founder and former board director of the mobile application Shazam. He went on to sell Shazam to Apple for over 400 million dollars. The mobile application Shazam helps users figure out any song playing with just a click of a button. Of his time there, Barton turned the idea of Shazam into profit. After... read full bio
Simone Giertz is a Swedish YouTuber, inventor, maker, host and robotics enthusiast. Giertz has previously studied engineering physics but dropped out after a year and started creating inventions after being inspired by the open-source hardware community in Stockholm. Giertz nickname that she gave herself on YouTube is “queen of shitty robots” and on her channel she creates mechanical robots that... read full bio
Judith Spitz, Ph.D is the founder and Executive Director of Break Through Tech and is the former CIO of Verizon. With Break Through Tech, Spitz has made initiative that helps women and underrepresented groups earn a higher education and career in tech through innovation, career access and community building. Spitz has been featured in Crain’s list of Notable Women in... read full bio
Shannon Bream is a well-known American television news anchor, reporter, and lawyer who has distinguished herself as a major player in the media industry, particularly as a result of her affiliation with Fox News. Bream, who is well-known for hosting the prime-time show "Fox News @ Night," also holds the position of Chief Legal Correspondent for the prestigious Fox News... read full bio
Erica Dhawan is an American keynote speaker, author, a leader on Connectional Intelligence, podcast host, and founder and CEO of Cotential. Cotential is a global consultancy that helps organizations transform by improving their collaboration across teams, business units, customers and stakeholders. Dhawan is best known for being a leading authority on 21st century collaboration as well as connectional intelligence. As... read full bio
Ellen Latham M.S. is the creator and co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness Franchise, is an innovator, author, physiologist, and keynote speaker from Niagara Falls, New York. As a physiologist, Latham has had a lifelong passion for health and fitness which is what inspired her to design what is known as “The Ultimate Workout”, which was the foundation of Orangetheory fitness. While... read full bio
Ruth E. Carter is an American costume designer for film and television from Springfield, Massachusetts. She has been known for mastering the look of multiple periods and genres in envisioning the clothing and appearance of each character or performer. Various films that Carter has worked on over the years includes “Jungle Fever”, “Malcolm X”, “What’s Love Got to Do with... read full bio
Jayathma Wickramanayake is a Sri Lankan international civil servant who is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. Jayathma was born in Bentota in Sri Lanka and she earned her bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Colombo. While studying at the University, Jayathma became runner-up in the first competition by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Youth Affairs to... read full bio
Varun Sivaram is an American businessman who is the Chief Technology Officer of ReNew Power, which is India’s largest renewable energy company. Sivaram earned his B.S. in engineering physics and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University where he was also awarded with a Truman Scholarship. Sivaram went on to earn his Ph.D in condensed matter physics from the... read full bio
Brian Armstrong is a businessperson who is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Armstrong earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Rice University and he went on to earn his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Rice University as well. Armstrong went on to start his career a team lead intern at IBM and went on to... read full bio
Audrey Gelman is an American entrepreneur and political staffer who is founder of the women’s co-working space and social club, The Wing. She is also known for being the inspiration for the character Marnie on the HBO television series “Girls”. Gelman studied at Oberlin College but left after two years to work on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for U.S. President. After... read full bio
Melina Matsoukas is an American director for films, music videos, commercials and television. She has won two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards for directing the music videos for Rihanna’s single “We Found Love” and for Beyoncé’s “Formation” single. Matsoukas graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and she earned her MFA in cinematography from... read full bio
