Disability rights advocate Anastasia Somoza has been fighting for equality since she was nine. It all began when Anastasia asked President Bill Clinton to help mainstream her twin sister into the New York City public school system. Like Anastasia, her sister was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Thirteen years later, as a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention, Anastasia was... read full bio
Anastasia Cole Plakias is the Vice President and co-founder of Brooklyn Grange, the leading green roof farming business in the US. When the business launched, most people had never considered whether arugula could grow several stories above bustling city streets. Plakias had a challenge ahead of her: not only did she have to convince the wider world that growing vegetables... read full bio
Ananda Lewis has always loved the stage, but her passion for social justice is stronger. As a teenager, she volunteered at the Head Start agency, helping kids from poor families. After a traumatizing episode with a boyfriend, Ananda focused her energies on teaching young girls about date rape and abstinence. While attending college, her spare time was spent volunteering at... read full bio
Anahita Reilly is currently the Vice President of the Navy Federal Credit Union. Prior to that, she was a Senior Director and Capital One and formerly served as the Chief Customer Officer at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Her job was to improve GSAs customer service and they use quantitative and qualitative data and human-centered design methods to identify... read full bio
Ana Palacio is a Spanish politician who has previously been the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Palacio was born in Madrid, Spain, and is the daughter of Luis Maria de Palacio y de Palacio who was the 4th Marques de Matonte. She previously graduated with honors from Lycee Francais with a degree in mathematics before going on to continue to earn... read full bio
Ana Navarro is a Nicaraguan-born American political commentator, strategist, and is best known for her commentating for series and networks such as, CNN, CNN en Español, ABC News, Telemundo, and co-host for The View. Navarro was born in Nicaragua but moved to the United States at a very young age because of political turmoil. She went on to graduate with... read full bio
The Young Turks, an internet news program, is hosted and produced by Ana Kasparian, who has established a reputation for herself. Beginning as a temporary producer for the show in 2007, she worked her way up to her current prominent position. She also made an appearance on the show's television broadcast, which was broadcast on Current TV. The impact of Kasparian... read full bio
As a founding executive of Wines from Spain, a division of the Embassy of Spain in New York, Ana Fabiano inaugurated many promotional programs, developed key relationships with trade professionals, wine writers, and a variety of artisan producers in leading many trade missions back to Spain. She created SANA Associates, a company dedicated exclusively to the education and promotion of... read full bio
Ana Andjelic is currently the Chief Brand Officer at Rebecca Minkoff. Prior to working at Rebecca Minkoff, Andjelic has worked for numerous companies including, Olivia Palermo as global brand and business strategy, Sergio Rossi, and more. Most recently Andjelic was featured as Forbes CMO Next and has previously been on Luxury Women to Watch and The Guardian Media & Tech... read full bio
AmyK Hutchens is a speaker, author, business strategist, coach, and master communicator who is the founder and intelligence activist of AmyK International, Inc, and for amyk, inc. Hutchens has earned her B.S. in Education from University of Maryland and has earned her M.S. from The Johns Hopkins University. Hutchens began her career as founder of her own company. Through her... read full bio
Amy York Rubin is an American writer, director, and producer, who is best known for working as the director of the award-winning pilot of the Netflix original series, “Dead to Me.” Rubin originally began her career in the entertainment industry working as a stand-up comedian. She eventually moved to directing, writing and producing after working on the web series “Little... read full bio
Amy Wilson is an American actor, writer, podcaster, and creator. Prior to writing, Wilson was an actor acting in productions on Broadway, off-Broadway, on television, film, commercials, and more. From there she found she loved writing sketch comedy more and starting writing herself into roles as well. Shes gone on to write books, plays, screenplays, blog posts, and more. Her... read full bio
Amy was a track athlete at her local club and a student at Bath. She prepared for the 400-meter run but was not selected by any of the top teams. Unfazed, she seized the chance to check out Bath University's brand-new bobsleigh and skeleton push-start training facility. She accepted the invitation to join the British Skeleton development program in order... read full bio
Amy Waldman is an author and journalist. For eight years, Waldman was a reporter for the New York Times. For three years of this experience, she was the co-chief of the New Delhi bureau. Waldman authored the novel The Submission, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and an American Book Award. In addition, it was named a New York... read full bio
Amy Vetter is a technologist, yogi, and CPA. She utilizes best practices in mindfulness and backs up her work with the B3 Method; which is business plus balance equals bliss. She is the creator of the B3 Method and is an expert on guiding her clients to put their soul back into their work. Given Vetter’s background, she gives a... read full bio
Amy Trask is the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders, and an author. Trask recently came out with a memoir titled, “You Negotiate Like A Girl” which tells of her time as the first female CEO of an NFL team. Trask studied at the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in political science, she then went on to study... read full bio
Amy Thielen is a chef, food writer, and a television personality on the Food Network station. She primarily focuses on Midwestern cooking and food culture. She is the author of the cookbook, The New Midwestern Table and is also the host of Heartland Table which debuted on the Foodwork in September of 2013. Her recipes have been featured in Food... read full bio
Amy Schneider is the eleventh highest earning contestant of all time on Jeopardy!, for which she won 40 consecutive games from November 2021 to January 2022. This is the second longest win streak in the show’s history. That means she’s only beat by Ken Jennings, who has a streak of 74 straight games and has reached a sort of legendary... read full bio
Amy Robach is a news anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America. While receiving a mammogram on air to promote women’s health she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing intense treatment Robach returned to Good Morning America. She wrote a book about her journey, ‘Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held on to Hope, and Found Joy in My... read full bio
Amy Purdy is highly experienced and requested professional speaker. Amy’s TED talk was chosen by the TED organization out of hundreds to be featured on the homepage of TED.com catapulting her speaking career into the national and international corporate speaking world. Currently her TED talk is distributed to new, incoming TED speakers as the #1 recommended sample presentation. It has... read full bio
