Mark Bowden is an author, journalist, screenwriter, and teacher. His book Black Hawk Down; A Story of Modern War, is an international bestseller, which spent more than a year on The New York Times bestseller list and was made into a motion picture that earned two Academy Awards. Bowden’s other books include The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958,... read full bio
Doug Rauch is a businessman who was the former President of Trader Joe’s. During his time with Trader Joe’s, Rauch grew the company from a small local chain to a company who has stores nationwide. He was known for being an expert on marketing innovation and crafting corporate cultures. He has shared his leadership with the company to develop a... read full bio
Kate Ancketill is an expert in innovation and is founder and CEO of GDR Creative Intelligence. Over the course of her career she has consultanted companies such as Coca-Cola, Hilton, Macy’s, Tesco, Lego, Capital One, Microsoft and P&G on emerging trends and talks on power of transformative technology for industries such as hospitality and retail. Ancketill’s work with GDR Creative... read full bio
Marga Hoek is a global award-winning author, speaker, and thoughtleader of sustainable business and capital. She is a member of Thinkers50 for having a combination of being a true visionary and for understanding and applying the commercial realities of business. Hoek is also a voice for G7 Climate Change, Cop 23, and G20. She has been featured in Thinkers 50... read full bio
Beverly Gooden is an American victims’ rights advocate who is known for being the creator of the viral hashtag ‘#WhyIStayed’. Gooden was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and while growing up she lived in foster care before being adopted by the Gooden family. Gooden went on to study at Hampton University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communications.... read full bio
Stephanie Korey is an American businesswoman who is an executive chairman of the luggage retailer, Away, and the former CEO and current co-CEO of the company. Korey has earned her B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and has gone on to earn her M.B.A. from Columbia Universities’ Columbia Business School. Korey began her career working for the executive development... read full bio
Bill Whitaker is an American television journalist who is best known for being a correspondent for the CBS News program, “60 Minutes.” Over the course of his career, Whitaker has tackled topics such as race and policing in America from cities such as Tulsa, Cleveland, and Chicago. He has also covered the opioid epidemic, the Syrian refugee crisis, the data... read full bio
Kate Snow is a journalist who is the anchor for NBC Nightly News Sunday, is a senior national Emmy award-winning correspondent for NBC News and is host of Relentless with Kate Snow. Over the course of her career, Snow has reported on headlines which include the opioid epidemic, politics, LGBTQ topics, and more. As a speaker, Snow talks on being... read full bio
Winner, of Chef Wanted with Anne Burell Focusing on innovative Italian food with a fresh, modern twist, Chef Williams won her current job at this fancy-night-out Beverly Hills destination, part of the Four Season Los Angeles complex, by competing for it on TV. Trained at the Global Culinary Academy in San Francisco, Chef Williams cooked under Wolfgang Puck at Spago... read full bio
Darryl Robinson is known as ""the ultimate cocktail specialist."" He got his first taste of mixology tending bar at his childhood home, where his family often entertained. This was followed by a stint at the famed Kings Arms Tavern in Williamsburg, Va., where Darryl mastered the skill of high-volume bartending. Darryl became truly inspired by innovative cocktail making and recognized... read full bio
Janelle Shane is an American optics research scientist, AI researcher, writer, and speaker, who is best known for her blog, AI Weirdness. She is also known for her debut book, “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place.” Shane has previously studied electrical engineering at Michigan State... read full bio
Pieter Abbeel is an Belgian Professor who is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Berekeley Robot Learning Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also co-director of the Berkeley AI Research Lab at Berkeley. Abbeel has also been co-founder of covariant.ai, which is a start-up that teaches robots skills. As a businessman,... read full bio
Ioannis Ioannou is a Professor, advisor, keynote speaker, and influencer on topics which include corporate responsibility and sustainability leadership. Ioannou has previously earned his B.A. in Economics and Mathematics before going on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard University/Harvard Business School. While finishing his Ph.D., Ioannou began working as an associate and Ph.D. intern at Analysis... read full bio
John Humphrys is a Welsh broadcaster, journalist, and host, who has been known for his work with BBC, having been the presenter for the ‘Nine O’Clock News,’ and for presenting the program ‘Today,’ as well as hosting the television show ‘Mastermind.’ Humphrys was born in Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales, and he left school at 15 years old to pursue a career... read full bio
Dennis Hong is a Korean-American mechanical engineer, inventor, innovator and roboticist who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and founder of RoMeLa, the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at UCLA. Hong is best known for his research on robot locomotion and manipulation, humanoid robots, and autonomous vehicles. Through his research, he has gone on to invent robots... read full bio
David Epstein is an American journalist, investigative reporter, and a New York Times bestselling author of the book “The Sports Gene”. As a writer, Epstein focuses on writing about the science that circulates sports, which range from performance enhancing drugs, and more. Him and his colleague, Selena Roberts, were the two that broke the news on Alex Rodriguez testing positive... read full bio
Steve Mann is a Canadian engineer, professor, and inventor, who is known for specializing in augmented reality, computational photography, and high dynamic range imaging. He is the founding member of the IEEE Council on Extended Intelligence and is co-founder of InteraXon. He has also been co-founder and CTO of Blueberry X Technologies and is chairman of MannLab. Mann was born... read full bio
Gunter Pauli is a Belgian entrepreneur, author, and economist, who is best known for his book “The Blue Economy.” Pauli was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and he graduated from Loyola’s University before going on to earn his masters in business administration from INSEAD. He later went on to be founder and Chairman of PPA Holding, and founder and CEO of... read full bio
Carlos Paez Rodriguez, also known as “the man of the iron spirit,” is best known for being one of the only survivors from the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that crashed near the Andes. During his time fighting for survival, Rodriguez had to resort to cannibalism to stay alive and was only 18 at the time of the crash. By... read full bio
Jim Sciutto is an American news anchor and former government official who is currently the chief national security correspondent for CNN. Sciutto has previously earned his degree in Chinese history from Yale University where he graduated cum laude. He went on to begin his career working in television as a moderator and producer of the PBS program, ‘The Student Press,’... read full bio
