Robert Laszewski is the President of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, Inc., which is the Washington DC policy and marketing consultancy that he founded. Laszewski is known as the guy to go to for all healthcare matters by the Washington media. He started his career working in the health insurance marketplace for 20 years and he has previously worked as... read full bio
Belleruth Naparstek is an American social worker, psychotherapist, author, teacher, and producer of a guided imagery library of self-administered audio programs. Naparstek has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 30 years and is the creator of Time Warner Health Journeys. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and earned her Master’s degree in clinical social... read full bio
John Tamiazzo, Ph.D., is an author and doctor who is an expert in the fields of human potential, health, wellness, imagination, and transpersonal psychology. Transpersonal psychology is the study of the states of our consciousness during dreams, love, hypnosis, imagination, meditative states, spirituality, and transcendence. Tamiazzo has been the program director for the Calabasas Neuropsychiatric Institute, Woodview Calabasas Psychiatric Hospital,... read full bio
Joe Tye is a values-based leadership expert and author who is the founder and head coach of Values Coach Inc. Through Values Coach Inc., Tye consults, trains, and coaches several hospitals and health systems to help them to build a more positive Culture of Ownership. Tye has earned his B.A. in Economic History from Lake Forest College and has gone... read full bio
Bowen White, MD is a physician, medical clown who is a healthcare consultant and colleague of Patch Adams. White shares insights with others with his clown persona known as “Dr. Jerko.” White wants others to know that he isn’t normal and that he doesn’t consider normal to be healthy. He has published a book all about the subject titled, “Why... read full bio
Ann Richards is a life coach and mindfulness expert whose passion is to inspire individuals and groups to be the best version of themselves. Richards feels it is her purpose to share the opportunity and knowledge to be able to wake up happy every single day and wants to give people the right tools to have that mindset. Richards began... read full bio
Fatima Doman is a best-selling author, speaker, and the founder and CEO of Authentic Strengths Advantage. As a motivational speaker, Doman has spoken on strength and transformation in numerous different countries and is also a voice on engagement, well-being, positive change, and sustainable high performance. Doman has earned her Advanced Executive Coaching Certification from the Columbia Business School Coaching Program... read full bio
Joe Flower is an author and healthcare futurist who is a thought leader on the changes in healthcare in the United States and around the world. As an author, Flower has published the book ‘How To Get What We Pay For: A Handbook for the Revolutionaries – Doctors, Nurses, Healthcare Leaders, Inventors, Investors, Employers, Insurers, Governments, Consumers, You.’ He has... read full bio
Brady Gill is a speaker, writer, performer, and is co-creator of Custom Camps & Camp Anywhere. Gill began his career working as a summer camp counselor, which he immediately loved. Since then, Gill has gone on to work with connecting people with their communities and the world around them. Gill began directing summer camps and after school programs and even... read full bio
Julie Silver, MD is an associate professor and the associate chair for strategic initiatives at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and she is also an author, businesswoman, and cancer survivor. When she was only in her 30’s, Silver was named as one of Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by the Boston Chamber of Commerce but... read full bio
Bradley Schurman is Founder and CEO of The Super Age – a global strategic research and advisory firm helping public and private organizations understand the challenges and harness the opportunities of demographic change, with a focus on population aging. The Super Age works to ensure that these subjects are considered across organizational strategies from human resources, marketing and communication, public... read full bio
Ravi Ramamurti is a business professor and strategy and innovation expert who is the University Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy and Director of Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University. Ramamurti has previously earned his BSc in Physics from St. Stephens College, Delhi University and went on to earn his MBA from Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad before earning... read full bio
Jesse Holland is an award-winning journalist, speaker, author, educator, and television personality. He is best known for being one of the first African American journalists to cover the Supreme Court full-time. Holland was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and he earned his bachelor’s in liberal arts with an emphasis in journalism and English from the University of Mississippi. He went... read full bio
Payton Head is an activist and community leader who was the former President of the Missouri Students Association. Head focuses on fighting hate with love, and helps develop cultures that are grounded in equity. Head began his work in activism after the events that happened in Ferguson and he started working on improving race relations in Missouri. While working as... read full bio
Damon Davis is an American artist, musician, and filmmaker who works in painting, illustration, music, film, printmaking, and public art. He uses his art to tell stories on systemic oppression and his best-known work is called “All Hands On Deck,” which has been featured as a permanent collection at the Smithsonian’s Nation Museum of African American History and Culture. His... read full bio
Rosa Clemente is an American community organizer, political commentator, independent journalist, and activist who was previously the vice presidential running mate for Cynthia McKinney in the U.S. Presidential election. Clemente was born and raised in Bronx, New York. She has earned her B.A. from State University of New York, Albany, and has earned her MPS from Cornell University. She is... read full bio
Rachel Cargle is a writer, speaker, lecturer, and activist whose work circles around the intersection of race and womanhood. Cargle uses her social media to create meaningful conversations, to encourage critical thinking, and have meaningful engagement with people from all over the world that she wouldn’t normally have the chance to talk to. As a speaker, Cargle has talked on... read full bio
Keith Boykin is an American author, television personality, journalist, and political commentator. Boykin is from St. Louis, Missouri, and he has earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College and has earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School. While studying at Harvard, Boykin became editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and was also leader of the campus diversity movement.... read full bio
Mike Africa Jr. is a hip-hop artist, writer, motivational speaker, and a member of the MOVE organization. Mike is the son of two political prisoners who were sentenced to 100 years and prison and Mike himself, was born in prison. After his mother gave birth to him, he was placed in an orphanage where he had a rough upbringing. He... read full bio
Damon Young is an American writer, editor, author, and co-founder of the website VerySmartBrothas. Young was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and while in high school, he played basketball and was able to earn a basketball scholarship to Canisius College, where he earned his M.A. degree in English. Young later co-founded VerySmartBrothas, which is a dating and relationship blog that also... read full bio
