Gordon Bellamy is an American video game executive and USC professor. He has previously been a visiting scholar at the USC Games and has been head of the USC Bridge incubator program. He also serves as President and CEO of the Gay Gaming Professors and has served on the Board of Director of TheWaveVR and has previously been an executive... read full bio
Ashleigh Banfield is a Canadian-American journalist who has been a host and legal expert for the HLN TV network; she is also a former host of Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield and Early State on CNN. As of now, Banfield is a backup host for the television series, Live PD. Banfield graduated from Queens University with a B.A. in political... read full bio
Dean Carter is currently apart of human resources, finance, legal, and shared services at Patagonia. Prior to working for Patagonia, Carter has been an account executive and sales manager for P&G, Manager at Pearle Vision, HR Business Partner and Staffing Manager at Pier 1 Imports, Director and Chief HR Officer for Fossil Group, Inc., and Chief HR Officer at Sears... read full bio
Doug Keeley is a leadership junkie, founder of The Mark of a Leader, and a master storyteller. Prior to founding The Mark of a Leader, Keeley spent several years working in the marketing and communications industry where he served Fortune 500 clients. He started The Mark of a Leader as a means to showcase some of the world’s greatest brands,... read full bio
Erin Bury is a marketer, technology expert, and entrepreneur. She has been named one of Marketing Magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30”, and she is the managing director at Eighty-Eight. Bury has worked with brands such as PayPal, Shopify Plus, Telus, Sony Pictures Television, and numerous start-up companies. She is an advisor and investor at Pressed News & Willful and is... read full bio
American journalist Jodi Kantor is well-known for her compelling investigative reporting and perceptive analysis. She has made it her career's work to bring attention to pressing social issues and unearth untold truths as a journalist for the New York Times and a contributor to CBS This Morning. Among Kantor's journalism achievements is her role as one of the first reporters to... read full bio
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, also known as just Kennedy, is an American political commentator, game show host, and television personality. She currently anchors her own show, “Kennedy”, on the Fox Business Network and is also a contributor for Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered” and “The Five”. Kennedy earned her Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from UCLA and from there, started her career as... read full bio
American journalist and investigative reporter Megan Twohey is well-known for her powerful reporting on important social issues as well as her relentless pursuit of the truth. Twohey, who is currently employed at The New York Times, has made it her life's work to bring attention to and hold people accountable for their actions. Twohey has investigated a wide range of important... read full bio
Mitch Joel is a journalist, publicist, founder of Six Pixels Group, was president of Twist Image, and a founding partner of Distort Entertainment. He started his career working in Montreal as a freelance music journalist and as a publisher and editor of two music magazines. From there, he worked at Mamma.com where he held the title of Director, Sponsorship and... read full bio
Stan Sthanunathan is currently the Executive Vice President of Consumer and Market Insights at Unilever. Previous jobs that Stan has had include working as a Manager of Insights for Coca-Cola, their Research Manager and Head of Business and Consumer Insights, Director of Knowledge and Insights, Vice President of Knowledge and Insights and Global Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Insights.... read full bio
Tami Reller is currently the CEO and Executive Chair of Duly Health and Care. Before that, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of UnitedHealth Group as well as the EVP and CMO and the Chair of the Board of Directors for SPS Commerce. Prior to her work with UnitedHealth Group, Reller has been the CFO of Great... read full bio
Kwame Onwuachi is an American-Nigerian chef based in Washington, D.C. He was recently featured in Food & Wine magazine as one of it’s Best New Chefs and he has been a contestant on the series “Top Chef”. Onwuachi started his career in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he became the head chef on a boat serving crews that were cleaning up... read full bio
Alex Stamos is a computer scientist, cybersecurity expert, business leader, entrepreneur, and the former chief security officer at Facebook. He is currently working to improve the security and safety of the Internet through his teaching and research at Stanford University. He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s Freeman-Spogli Institute and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution. Stamos graduated with... read full bio
Eliana Johnson is an American conservative journalist who has worked for National Review magazine. She had since been promoted from media editor to Washington Editor for National Review. Most recently, Johnson has become National Political Reporter at Politico where she is a White House Correspondent. Since becoming a White House Correspondent, Johnson has been first to break news several times.... read full bio
Brad Todd is the founding partner of OnMessage Inc., a Republican Media Strategist, and co-author of the Washington Post best-selling book, “The Great Revolt”. Todd combines front-line political campaign experience with authentic rural, blue-collar roots to explain how Donald Trump gained power and how Republicans gained charge of government. Todd and his partners are the only agency in America that... read full bio
Samra Zafar is a speaker, scholar, social entrepreneur, and writer who is best known for her best-selling memoir, “A Good Wife”, which tells the story of how she was a teen bride and survivor of domestic abuse. At only 16, Zafar was forced into an arranged marriage and had to leave her family and move to Canada where she immediately... read full bio
Bobby Berk is an American interior designer and television personality. He is best known for being the interior design expert on the Netflix series “Queer Eye”. Berk had a rough upbringing; he was adopted and left home at 15 because of the difficulties he faced with being gay. He sometimes lived on the street and ended up getting a job... read full bio
Fran Hauser is a best-selling author, media executive, and startup investor. As a startup investor and advisor, Hauser has helped to fund and advise companies such as HelloGiggles, Levo, Mogul, The Wing and Gem&Bolt. Hauser graduated summa cum laude with a BBA and MBA in Business Administration from Pace University. She went on to start her career in finance where... read full bio
Gopi Kallayil is currently the Chief Evangelist in Google Social for Brands at Google. He works on growing customer brands through digital marketing while working with Google’s sales teams and customers. Prior to working as the Chief Evangelist, Kallayil has been the Chief Evangelist in Brand Marketing for Google. He’s also been an engagement manager for Syntel, an associate for... read full bio
Jeremy Gutsche is a NY Times best-selling author, keynote speaker, CEO of Trend Hunter and Host of Future Festival. Trend Hunter is the world’s largest, most popular trend firm and an Innovation Accelerator. Future Festival is the “World’s Best Innovation Conference” and Gutsche is the keynote speaker on innovation and trends. He is also an Innovation Keynote Speaker and Management... read full bio
