Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing and branding expert, author, keynote speaker, and co-founder and CEO of Bell + Ivy, a marketing and PR firm. Prior to founding Bell + Ivy, Johnson has been a Partner and Director of Marketing for RankLab, a digital marketing agency. Johnson is also an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance and has been... read full bio
Nadya Okamoto is an activist and social entrepreneur. She is best known for founding and being the executive director of PERIOD, a non-profit that provides menstrual hygiene products to the homeless and people in need. She has also published the book, “Period Power”. Okamoto has been a candidate for Cambridge City Council, when she announced her candidacy she became the... read full bio
Pam Paquet is a Certified Canadian Counselor with a high level of training and registration who belongs to the prestigious Canadian Counseling Association (CCPA), a national counseling organization. Her remarkable educational background includes a Bachelor's degree from the University of Regina and a Masters degree in psychology from the University of Northern British Columbia. Paquet, who specializes in therapy and... read full bio
Raymond Braun is a media entrepreneur, political commentator, television personality, social media influencer, and an LGBT leader. Braun is currently the founder of RWB Media, Inc. which is a consulting company that focuses on social marketing and outreach. Prior to founding his own company, Braun ran social campaigns, was programs lead and LGBT marketing lead for YouTube and Google. During... read full bio
Sam Zien, better known as Sam the Cooking Guy, is a television cook and cookbook author that is based in San Diego, California. Zien started his career almost as a traveling host after a life-changing trip to Tokyo but that career stopped after the September 11 attacks. After that, Zien changed his mindset and decided that simplifying cooking was something... read full bio
Nic Sheff is an American author best known for his memoirs, "Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines", and "We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction". Nic is the son of author David Sheff, who wrote "Beautiful Boy" about Nic's battle with addiction, which turned into a film. Sheff was only 11 when he first got drunk, this led down a long... read full bio
Joe Delagrave is a Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby player and a motivational speaker. Growing up, Delagrave played any sport possible and ended up playing Division II football at Winona State University. Unfortunately his life changed when he went on a boating adventure with his friends and it quickly turned into a life altering accident. He went from a college football player... read full bio
Nafissa Thompson-Spires is an author and assistant professor of English, African American Studies, and Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois. Nafissa earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois and went on to earn her PhD in English from Vanderbilt University. She has published her first book, “Heads of the Colored People”, which takes... read full bio
Caylin Moore is an author, Rhodes Scholar, speaker, and role model. He speaks for every kid who is deprived of hope in downtrodden communities. He shares his story of growing up in one of the most impoverished, gang-infested communities in the US in his book “A Dream Too Big: The Story of an Improbable Journey from Compton to Oxford”. Moore... read full bio
Cameron Kasky is an American activist and advocate against gun violence. He is co-founder of the student-led Gun Violence Prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD. He helped lead this group after becoming a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shortly after, he helped organize the March for Our Lives nationwide student protest. Kasky has previously... read full bio
Brian Fanzo is a millennial keynote speaker who educates businesses on digital marketing and emerging technologies. He has previously worked for the Department of Defense in cybersecurity and went on to be a technology evangelist at a cloud computing startup. Fanzo is the founder of iSocialFanz, which has helped digital and influencer strategies with brands such as Applebeers, Dell, Adobe,... read full bio
Bryce Hoffman is an American author, speaker, strategic advisor, and consultant. He is President of Red Team Thinking, which is the world’s leading provider of decision support and red teaming for business. Hoffman graduated from San Francisco State University with a major in Anthropology and Philospohy, had a Fellowship in Economics from California State University-East Bay and studied at the... read full bio
Lindsay Angelo is a thinker, speaker, and adviser. She partners with brands and organizations to help with strategy and telling their stories through keynotes on the future of consumerism and innovation. Prior to her work as a speaker and advisor, Angelo worked at lululemon working on their global growth strategy, marketplace opportunities, new concepts, and growing the company to be... read full bio
Andy (Andrew) Boynton is a business expert. As an author, professor, and speaker, Boynton has extensive experience delivering essential knowledge about business to various audiences. Boynton is currently the Dean of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management and co-creator of DeepDive, an innovation consultation group. Boynton has prior experience as a professor of strategy and leadership at IMD, Switzerland. His... read full bio
Markus Giesler is an associate professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business. His main research focus currently is market system dynamics, or the study of how consumers and other social factors are shaped by various markets. He has been recognized by Wired, Fortune, and Poets & Quants as an outstanding business expert. Notably, he was named on the... read full bio
Ari Wallach is a public policy, organization, and innovation strategist. For over 20 years, Wallach has worked with change-focused businesses to push for social equality. He is a founder and CEO of Synthesis Corp., a government, NGO, foundation, and corporation consultant group. Wallach is interested in positively impacting systems including transportation, mental health, education, economics, and climate. Wallach also created... read full bio
Scott Anthony is an innovation and entrepreneurial expert. A well-known speaker on topics of growth and innovation, Anthony is also an author and member of various venture programs. Anthony was a judge in Wall Street Journal’s Innovation Awards, is a member of the Board of Directors of Media General, and a member of the Leadership Innovation, and Growth Program at... read full bio
Michael Wesch is an associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. He also works on media ecology and the field of digital ethnography, where he studies the effect of new media on human interaction. Wesch graduated summa cum laude from the Kansas State University Anthropology Program and has since been a faculty member after earning his Ph.D. in... read full bio
LaToya Ruby Frazier is a mixed media artist and Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. With a focus on industrialism, environmental justice, social inequity, and history, Frazier utilizes video and photography to share her interpretations of the issues. Her work has been exhibited internationally at exhibitions including the Brooklyn Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Institute of... read full bio
Jelani Cobb is a journalist, professor, and speaker on topics of race in America. This expert on race is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Cobb specializes in African American history, ranging from post-Civil War to 20th century politics. Cobb is a regular columnist for The New Yorker and... read full bio
