Deborah Lee James is an American politician who has previously served as the United States Secretary of the Air Force, being the second woman to ever hold the position. James was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and she went on to earn her B.A. in Comparative Area Studies from Duke University before going on to earn her M.A. in... read full bio
Francois Hollande is a French politician who has previously served as President of France. Hollande was born in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, France, and he has earned his bachelor’s in law from Pantheon-Assas University and went on to study at the Institut d’etudes politiques de Paris as well as at the Ecole nationale d’administration. He then went on to serve in the... read full bio
Thomas Hoenig is an American businessman who is known for working in economics, banking, and leadership. Hoenig is the vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Hoenig was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, and he went on to earn his B.A. in economics and mathematics from... read full bio
Fred Hochberg is an American businessman and civic leader who has previously served as the Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank and Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Hochberg was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and he has earned his B.A. from New York University and his MBA from Columbia University. Hochberg went on to begin his... read full bio
Shawn DuBravac is an author, futurist, President of Avrio Institute, former chief economist of Consumer Technology Association, and a senior economist. DuBravac has previously earned his B.A. on Economics from Brigham Young University, his M.A. in Economics from George Mason University and his Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University. DuBravac began his career working as a research analyst for... read full bio
James R. Coltharp is founder and president of The KeePressing On Project LLC, an FCC expert and senior executive, advisor, and creative leader. Coltharp has previously earned both his BA and MA in economics from Miami University. He went on to begin working in federal government affairs as an executive and strategist for economics where he led policy strategy and... read full bio
Tim Broas is an American lawyer and diplomat who is best known for previously serving as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands under the Presidency of Barack Obama. Broas was born in Detroit, Michigan, and he earned his B.A. from Boston College before going on to earn his J.D. from the College of William & Mary. After earning his... read full bio
Ori Brafman is a New York Times best-selling author, and a leadership and organizational dynamics expert that specializes in other topics which include conflict resolution, and non-kinetic strategy. As a consultant, Brafman has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies which include the U.S. military, NATO, the Obama White House, the National Academy of Sciences, Google, Amazon Microsoft, Cisco, and YPO.... read full bio
Stephanie Flanders is a British former broadcast journalist, market strategist, editor, and presenter who has been best known for being the BBC economics editor. Flanders has previously earned her degree from Balliol College, Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics before going on to be a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University. Flanders began her career first working as an economist at... read full bio
Otmar Issing is a German economist who serves as President of the Center for Financial Studies. Issing was born in Wurzburg, Germany, and he began studying economics at the University of Wurzburg before going on to begin working as a research assistant there. He then earned his Ph.D. before going on to be Director of the Institute for International Economic... read full bio
Hans-Olaf Henkel is a German politician who is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, the Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists, and a publicist. Henkel was born in Hamburg, German Reich, and he studied at the Universitat fur Wirtschaft und Politik which later merged with Hamburg University. Upon earning his degree, Henkel went on to begin working... read full bio
Ian Pearson is a British politician who has most previously been the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. Pearson was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, and he has previously earned his BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford, before going on to earn both his MA and Ph.D. from the University of Warwick. Pearson began his political career... read full bio
Chris Patten is a British politician who was previously the 28th Governor of Hong Kong. Patten was born in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, and he has previously studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated with second-class honors. Patten went on to begin working in politics first for the campaign for John Lindsay. He then went on to work... read full bio
Kathryn Parsons is a British tech entrepreneur who is best known for being co-founder and co-CEO of the London tech startup, Decoded, which works to increase digital literacy by providing a signature one-day course that helps train participants to learn how to code in a day. Parsons was born in Highgate, London, and while growing up, she had a love... read full bio
Tara Schuster is an author, playwright and television entertainment executive who was previously the VP of Talent and Development at Comedy Central. Schuster began her career with Comedy Central first working as an intern for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” before helping to launch the series “Key & Peele.” Schuster has earned her BFA in Literary Arts and History... read full bio
Debra Searle is a British adventurer, author, television presenter and speaker who is best known for having rowed across the Atlantic Ocean alone. Throughout her career, Searle has also founded five companies some of which include Well Hung Art Company, which promoted art work of smaller artists online, Shoal Projects Ltd, which managed Searle’s rowing career as well as other... read full bio
Beto O’Rourke is an American politician who has most previously served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas’s 16th district and who has also previously campaigned for United States Senate, and for President of the United States. O’Rourke was born in El Paso, Texas, and he began his political career working as a summer congressional intern... read full bio
Edmund John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley is a British businessman who is best known for have previously served as the CEO of BP, the energy company. Browne was born in Hamburg, Germany, and he has earned his First Class BA degree in physics from University of Cambridge, before going on to earn his MS in business from Stanford University,... read full bio
Belinda Parmar is a British entrepreneur, activist, speaker, and campaigner who is the CEO of The Empathy Business. Parmar has previously earned joint honours in French & Spanish at The University of Manchester and went on to begin her career working as a planner for OgilvyOne. Since then, she has gone on to be a consultant professor for Syracuse University,... read full bio
Adrian Bradshaw is a former British Army officer who has served as the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has previously served as Director Special Forces, and Commander Land Forces. Bradshaw has previously studied at Bloxham School, then went on to earn his BSc from the University of Reading, and his MA in International Relations and MSc in Defence Studies from... read full bio
