American professional ice hockey defenseman Noah Hanifin plays for the Vegas Golden Knights. He has played for the Calgary Flames and the Carolina Hurricanes, who selected him fifth overall in the NHL Entry Draft. Daniil Miromanov, a first-round draft pick, and a conditional third-round pick were sent to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Hanifin in a three-team trade; in return,... read full bio
Noah Glass is a software developer, best known for his early work launching Twitter and Odeo, a podcasting company. He worked on several projects with Marc Canter, founder of Macromind which later became Macromedia, birthplace of Shockwave and later Flash animation & multimedia software. Glass developed an application that allowed a user to enter an audio blog entry from a... read full bio
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan referred to Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law professor and novelist, as "one of the lights of his generation." He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and writes a weekly column for Bloomberg View, making him a public intellectual for his time. He was listed as one of the "75 most influential... read full bio
American actor Noah Gregory Centineo is renowned for his work in both film and television. He was born on May 9, 1996, and from 2015 to 2018, he played the main character in the television series The Fosters, where he gained notoriety. However, it was his roles in a number of Netflix romantic comedies that made him more well-known and... read full bio
Noa Santos is the CEO and co-founder of Homepolish, an interior design startup. He studied business and architecture at Stanford and went on to start his career at an interior design firm in New York City. He quickly found himself wanting to branch out and start his own company and started off designing Will Nathan’s apartment and the duo went... read full bio
Talented producer and director Nneka Onuorah is well-known for her powerful storytelling and thought-provoking films. She has left a lasting impression in the world of film and television because of her enthusiasm for highlighting overlooked cultures. Onuorah, who was born in 1988 in Queens, New York, was brought up in the LeFrak City area. Her varied heritage—a Nigerian father and an... read full bio
Nneka Ogwumike, the WNBA MVP and champion, was chosen first overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA Draft. Nneka, a proud first-generation Nigerian American and resident of Texas, is a champion of equality, opportunity, women's emancipation, health and wellness. She is hailed as the ideal role model. She led the WNBA Players' Association (WNBPA) in successfully renegotiating a ground-breaking... read full bio
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian-American visual artist based out of Los Angeles, California. Crosby was born and raised in Enugu, Nigeria and moved to Lagos when she was 10 years old. Shortly after, her mother won the U.S. green card lottery and two years later, at 16 years old, her family moved to the United States. Crosby later graduated... read full bio
Niurka is a transformational coach, speaker, and entrepreneur who has been empowering people for the last two decades to achieve their highest potential in all aspects of their lives. With a mission to inspire social transformation through inner evolution, she has guided hundreds of thousands of people to elevate the way they think, speak, and live. In 2000, Niurka launched her... read full bio
Nitesh Verma is an accomplished business executive and entrepreneur, with a proven track record of success in building and growing partnerships and driving revenue growth for businesses across a range of industries. He currently serves as the Head of Enterprise & Partnerships at Snappy Kraken, a leading provider of marketing automation technology for financial advisors. Verma has over a decade of... read full bio
Filmmaker, lecturer, and creator of Imagination.org and Interconnected Media, Nirvan Mullick is headquartered in Los Angeles. With millions of views, Nirvan's short video Caine's Arcade went viral and transformed the life of a nine-year-old boy with artistic abilities. Nirvan started Imagination.org after Caine's Arcade to encourage children's creativity all across the world. He also came up with the Global #CardboardChallenge, which... read full bio
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. Nir founded two tech companies and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups, venture... read full bio
Nina Teicholz is a journalist and author who is best known for her New York Times best-selling book ‘The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.’ Teicholz is from Berkeley, California, and she earned her degree in American Studies after studying at Yale and Stanford and she went on to earn her master’s degree... read full bio
Nina Tandon is a biotech specialist. She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, a “grow your own bone,” bone reconstruction company. Utilizing patient stem cells, EpiBone is able to reconstruct and repair bone-related injury. Apart from her work with EpiBone, Tandon is a professor of Electrical Engineering at the Cooper Union and an electrical and biomedical engineer at Columbia... read full bio
Ninotchka "Nina" Garca, a well-known Colombian-American fashion writer, author, and editor-in-chief of Elle, was born on May 3, 1965. She has been a judge on the renowned Bravo/Lifetime reality television program Project Runway from the program's beginning. Nina Garca, a Colombian native, was raised in a family with a history in the import-export industry. Her interest for the sector was sparked... read full bio
Nina Easton is an American author, journalist, TV commentator, and entrepreneur. She is co-founder of SellersEaston Media, a private-client service that curates stories of the legacies of leaders in business, public service, and philanthropy. She is co-chair of the Fortune Global Forum, which brings CEOs from around the world together, and chairs Fortune Most Powerful Women International. Easton has emceed... read full bio
Nimma Bakshi now holds the position of President for the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP-SV). The Association for Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) is the largest organization in the world that is devoted to the advancement of business alliance practices and professional development. Nimma has led diverse, high-performance teams to implement global collaborative processes and... read full bio
CEO, Author and Strategist, Nilofer Merchant provides a secret sauce" for Fortune 500 companies attempting to win markets. As a successful top management thinker, Merchant shares her new-age business insights to help others understand the changes needed to excel in this fast-paced, ever-changing world. Her unique and collaborative approach to strategic planning enables her to drive innovation, and lead strategic... read full bio
Nilaja Sun is a dramatist, performer, and arts educator. The critically praised solo work Pike St., which was commissioned and produced by Epic Theatre Ensemble and presented at the Abrons Arts Center, was recently given an extended run by her. The show began its tour this year at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and has since moved... read full bio
A well-known futurist, researcher and media personality, Nikolas Badminton is the team leader at Exponential Minds, a company that provides expert advice to organizations, billion-dollar corporations, progressive governments and the entertainment industry. The end result is a future that is more resilient, with empowered workers, fresh, inventive goods and amazing growth. United Nations, NASA, UK Home Office, Government of Canada, United Way, Google, Microsoft, Rolls... read full bio
