Lisa Sun is CEO & founder of GRAVITAS. Gravitas is a clothing company whose mission is to catalyze confidence in women. Sun first heard the word gravitas during her first professional review and from that point on, she looked to seek gravitas to be successful in her life and business. She found gravitas in being inspired and inspiring her peers,... read full bio
Michael Coates is the former CISO at Twitter and Former Head of Security at Mozilla. He has worked in the information security space for several years working to protect hundred of millions of people worldwide. Currently, Coates is the CEO and co-founder of Altitude Networks. Prior to his work with Altitude, Coates worked securing Twitter’s systems and user data. As... read full bio
Dr. Jeff Chen MD/MBA is the Founder and Executive Director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative. He is known for being the nation’s leading expert on the play between the policy, business, and science of cannabis, hemp, and CBD. Chen is a graduated for the dual degree MC/MBA program at UCLA. He has spent four years working to accelerate research... 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
Patti Solis Doyle is an American political operative who has previously been a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. She is an alumna of Northwestern University where she graduated with a B.A. in communications. She started her career working on Richard M. Daley’s campaign for Mayor of Chicago. She went on to Little Rock where she became... read full bio
Jessica Yellin is an American journalist who has previously been Chief White House Correspondent for CNN in Washington, D.C. Yellin graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude where she was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She joined CNN as a Capitol Hill correspondent before making her way to Chief White House correspondent. During her time with CNN she... read full bio
Susan Etlinger is an industry analyst with Altimeter Group. Her work with Altimeter includes conducting research on how the explosion of data is affecting individuals and institutions. As an adviser, Etlinger has been asked by several Fortune 500 companies, startups and the public sector to advise on data strategy. She is best known for authoring two reports, “The Social Media... read full bio
Norman Ornstein is an American political scientist, author, and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is co-author of “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism”. Growing up, Ornstein was a child prodigy and graduated from high school at 14 and going on to graduate from college... read full bio
John Ellis is a technology and futurist keynote speaker, author, software expert and former Head of the Ford Developer Program with Ford Motor Company. During his time working for Ford, Ellis’ team came up with SmartDeviceLink, the open source version of AppLink technology that connects brought-in devices to vehicles. His team also delivered a ground-up design and development of a... read full bio
David Kidder is an entrepreneur, author, and angel investor who is currently the co-founder and CEO of Bionic. Bionic works with the world’s largest enterprises to help them with new growth and compete with other companies based on tools, methods, models, and talent of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Kidder graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BA in Industrial... read full bio
Erica Javellana is the Employee Relations Manager at Zappos and Speaker of The House for Zappos Insights. She started her career with Zappos in the HR department where she became known for her ability to blend HR and the Zappos culture. Prior to working with Zappos, Javellana worked in the HR department within retail, hotel, casino, and food and beverage... read full bio
Scott Steinberg is a well-known business strategist, technological authority, and visionary futurist who is known for his extraordinary insights into the rapidly changing fields of business and technology. Steinberg has carved up a significant position as a sought-after industry influencer because to an unwavering dedication to innovation and a keen awareness of market trends. As a skilled business thinker, Steinberg's knowledge... read full bio
Chief Almir Narayamoga Surui is the Surui Tribe leader and a political activist. For over 15 years, Surui has been fighting to save his Surui tribe and the Amazon rainforest and he is credited for almost single-handedly bringing his tribe back from the brink of extinction. Amidst several death threats for his oppositions to mining, logging, Surui relies on the... read full bio
John Register is recognized as a wonderful person who overcame hardship and continues to motivate others with his accomplishments and salient remarks. He not only overcame his own obstacles to win a silver medal at the Paralympics, but he also showed the remarkable strength of will and resiliency. John Register's path to success is proof of his unflappable attitude. He competed... read full bio
Nadya Tolokonnikova is a Russian student, political activist, and performance artist who is a member and founder of the Anarchist Feminist group Pussy Riot. As an activist, Nadya has spoken before the British Parliament, US Congress, and European Parliament to advocate for human rights in Russia. Nadya has also published three books, “Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to... read full bio
Career-adroit master Tory Johnson is the originator and CEO of Women For Hire, which is the only producer of high quality recruiting events for women. Johnson is the Workplace Contributor on ABC's Good Morning America, where she reaches an impressive number of viewers on an extensive variety of job-related issues and difficulties. Her “Deals & Steals” segment airs every Thursday,... read full bio
Korie Robertson is an author, philanthropist, and reality television star who is best known for her role on the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty”. She is the daughter-in-law of Phil Robertson and is the wife of Willie Robertson. She studied at Harding University and has been jointly named alongside her husband as Outstanding Young Alumni. Robertson is an advocate for... read full bio
Paul Tough is a Canadian-American author, speaker and journalist. He has been a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and his writing has also been in outlets such as the New Yorker, the Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, and in the op-ed page of the New York Times. He has previously been an editor for the New York Times Magazine... read full bio
Jia Jiang is an author, blogger, and entrepreneur. He is the owner of Rejection Therapy, a website that is home to Jiang’s personal blogs and products and services to help customers become fearless. Jiang graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Computer Science. From there, he went on to earn his MBA in Marketing from Duke University-The Fuqua... read full bio
Melanie Mitchell is a Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University and is also a Member of the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute. Mitchell graduated from Brown University with a major in mathematics and she went on to earn her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan. During her time at the University of Michigan,... read full bio
