Mark Stevenson is an author, broadcaster, businessman, speaker, futurologist, and on top of it, also a musician and comedian. As an author, Stevenson has published two bestselling books, “An Optimist’s Tour of the Future” and “We Do Things Differently”. Stevenson graduated from the University of Salford with a first-class honors degree in Information Technology. From there, he started working for... read full bio
Michelle Howard is a retired United States Navy officer who was the first female to become a four-star admiral. She accomplished several firsts through her career including being the first African-American woman to command a U.S. Navy ship, was the first admiral selected from the U.S. Naval Academy class for rank rear admiral. She was also the first African-American and... read full bio
Nathaniel Ru is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of the restaurant sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is a restaurant that serves to give their community real food and works with local farmers to create their menus based off of what’s in season and what’s fresh. All of sweetgreen’s food is made from scratch and they use produce delivered the morning it’s made.... read full bio
Sean M. Carroll is a cosmologist, and a theoretical physicist that specializes on the subjects of dark electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, gravitation, statistical mechanics, foundations of physics, and poetic naturalism. Carroll has been a research professor at the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology and has also been a contributing writer for the blog Cosmic Variance, and publications... read full bio
Sophia Amoruso is an American entrepreneur who is best known for being the founder and owner of the women’s fashion retailer, Nasty Gal, which has previously been named one of the fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. Since then, Amoruso has been featured in Forbes as one of the richest self-made women in the world. She has founded Girlboss Media,... read full bio
Stan Phelps is an author, Forbes contributer, speaker, and IBM futurist. As a speaker, Phelps is a TEDx speaker and has spoken on every continent and for several Fortune 100 brands such as UPS, Target, ESPN, Citi, and more. During his speeches, Phelps tells his clients that their most important stakeholders are their customers and employees. He focuses on loyalty... read full bio
Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. She grew Backstage Capital from the ground up, all while she was homeless. Backstage Capital is a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Since Hamilton started Backstage Capital from scratch, it has... read full bio
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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
Sara Ross is a speaker and currently the founder and Chief Vitality Officer at BrainAMPED, which is a research and strategy firm that shows how we succeed at work and in life by sharing brain-based, vitality-enhancing strategies to create happier and healthier performing leaders and workplaces. Prior to founding BrainAMPED, Ross has been worked in sales account management in business... 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
