Kristen briefly worked as a model after high school before deciding she wanted to be respected for her intelligence as well as her appearance. Kristen attended Wiley College, an HBCU, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in ethical leadership. At Wayland Baptist University, she pursued further studies and graduated with a master's degree in training and development. She is a... read full bio
Gordon Ramsay's blind chef, Christine Ha, won season three of "MasterChef." Recipes from My Home Kitchen, her debut cookbook, became a New York Times best-seller. She has been a U.N. speaker on disability awareness, a U.S. Embassy culinary arts envoy abroad, a judge on MasterChef Vietnam, and a co-host on the Canadian cookery program Four Senses. Ha has a Bachelor... read full bio
Join Rebekah Gregory on her amazing journey as she presents her captivating talk, "Building Resilience to Cross Your Finish Line." This presentation deviates from the norm by providing a genuine examination of recovering from life's most trying times—a story that is both incredibly relatable and incredibly motivating. Rebekah's narrative starts with her protecting her son from the Boston Marathon bombing, an... read full bio
After earning a degree in computer science from Duke University, Brett Williams started an illustrious career that expertly combined his scientific prowess with his military leadership. Williams, who was commissioned into the Air Force as a pilot, gathered 28 years of priceless experience overseeing aircraft operations before changing his focus to IT and cybersecurity. Williams led a powerful team of 400... read full bio
Nicole Lapin is a technology and finance journalist who has anchored for CNBC and CNN Live and appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International. She is an advocate and supporter of women taking charge of their finances and author the book Rich Bitch, a finance guide for women. She hosts an AOL Originals Shows titled ""I'll Never Forget... read full bio
Erica Orange is the Executive VP and COO of The Future Hunters, one of the most prestigious futurist consulting firms in the world. In these roles, Erica focuses on new social, technological, economic, political, demographic and environmental trends- and recognizes the strategic implications (the “So what”) of those trends for a number of the leading Fortune 500 companies, trade associations... read full bio
Eric is an executive advisor, coach, trainer and keynotes major leadership and sales meetings around the world. He is also the author of several executive and emerging leader development programs that are used across the globe and have been translated into 7 different languages. Eric's new book "Moving to Great....Unleashing Your Best in Life and Work" was released... read full bio
Lissa Rankin is a NY Times Best Selling Author, mind-body medicine physician, and founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute training program. Her book, Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, found great success in the public and medical eye. Rankin shares her views on self-healing, empowering patients to heal themselves. She has appeared on TEDx Talks,... read full bio
Judson Laipply is an American motivational speaker and dancer. He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance viral video clip, and has worked as a public speaker for several years. He has previously served as the state president of The Ohio Association of Student Councils. Laipply has earned her Bachelor’s from Bluffton University and went on... read full bio
Since 2016, Elin Hauge has focused primarily on AI while bridging the gap between business and data-driven technology for more than 20 years. She has honed an excellent ability to link corporate strategy and the use of AI via her work with company executives and tech entrepreneurs. She constantly debunks jargon and trendy terms, gives fresh insights to well-known problems and... read full bio
Dr. Jennifer Golbeck is the foremost world leader when it comes to social media research and topics of communication. As a speaker, she talks with audiences about ways to best leverage, along with eh incredible amount of social data is available for you to access, whether that be for you personal lives or your professional one. The second that social... read full bio
Alex Sheen is the founder of ‘Because I Said I Would’, which is a social movement and nonprofit that works to ensure the betterment of humanity through promises and to build a community that are driven to help others. Sheen’s story is one with a heartfelt message, his father passed away from cancer and through his father Sheen started Because... read full bio
Mariana Atencio is a Venezuelan correspondent, speaker, author, and Peabody award-winning bilingual journalist who works for NBC News and MSNBC. Atencio is the only Latina that is a correspondent on NBC News. Atencio grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, and earned her undergraduate degree from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello. She later earned her master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School... read full bio
Jamelle Bouie is an American journalist, columnist, and writer, who is currently a journalist and columnist for The New York Times and a political analyst for CBS News. Through his work as a writer, Bouie covers political topics such as elections, history, racial politics, campaigns, national affairs, and culture. Bouie was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and he went on... read full bio
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Samuel Jerrold Jerry Kaplan, (best known as Jerry Kaplan), is an American computer scientist, Artificial Intelligence expert, author, technical innovator, futurist, and an entrepreneur. He is known in the field for pen computing, and tablet computers. Kaplan is the founder of GO Corporation, the co-founder of OnSale, and co-founder of Winster. He is also a Fellow at the Stanford Center... read full bio
Jon Youshaei is a YouTube marketer, business writer, and creator of Every Vowel. Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur have featured him as a top marketer. He helped YouTube grow their communities and help create viral content. Currently, he is working for Instagram as a Product Marketing Manager for IGTV. Youshaei has published his writing through Forbes and Time magazine and... read full bio
Some have referred to Kyle Scheele as "the patron saint of crazy ideas". Kyle is always looking for wacky ideas that yield absurdly large results, whether it's throwing the world's first fake marathon, eulogizing 21,000 people with a Viking funeral, or amassing a million TikTok followers in just 25 hours. His work has appeared in publications such as Fast Company,... read full bio
Chris Fowler is a sports broadcaster for ESPN, known best for his work on College GameDay for college football. For nearly thirty years, Fowler has been the primary studio host for college football. He replaced Brent Musburger as the play-by-play announcer for the Saturday Night Football series on ABC; he was also selected to announce a College Football Playoff Semifinal... read full bio
