Nina Kiri is a Serbian-Canadian actress who is best known for playing Alma in the Hulu television series “The Handmaid’s Tale”. She was born in Belgrade and moved to Vancouver, Canada, which is where she started performing in school theatre before moving to on stage. Kiri later made his on screen debut in the television movie “Geek Charming”. Since then,... read full bio
Jodie Turner-Smith is an actress who is best known for playing Sgt. Azima Kandie in the television series “The Last Ship”, Melantha Jhirl in the series “Nightflyers” and Josie in the series “Jett”. Jodie started her acting career in episodes of the television series “True Blood”. Since then, her television credits have gone on to include, “Mad Dogs” and “Ice”.... read full bio
Dr. Kirke Borne is an astrophysicist and Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton. Previously, he was a Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason University for twelve years. Prior to that, he supported NASA projects in a variety of roles, such as program manager in NASA’s Space Science Data Operations Office and Data Archive Project Scientist for... read full bio
Ian Crosby is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bench, a design focused technology business that is spearheading the movement toward automating the bookkeeping process, while operating as North America’s largest bookkeeping service for small businesses. Bench provides a combination of custom-built software and professional online bookkeepers to organize the financials of small businesses. Ian has been named at the top... read full bio
SC Moatti is a technology visionary, venture capital investor and best-selling author of the book “Mobilized”. She is currently the managing partner of Mighty Capital, an early-growth Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Moatti graduated from Stanford University Graduate School of Business with an MBA and also earned her MS in Computer Engineering & Management Science from CentraleSupelec. From there, she... read full bio
Nicholas Thompson is an American technology journalist who is currently the editor in chief of Wired and has formerly been the editor of the NewYorker.com. He is also a contributor for CBS News and has appeared on CBS This Morning and CBSN. Thompson graduated from Stanford University Phi Beta Kappa and with honors. He earned a double major and earth... read full bio
Chris Urmson is an engineering who is best known for his work pioneering self-driving car technology. He has previously worked with Alphabet, and is CEO of their start-up company Aurora Innovation. Urmson graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BEng in Computer Engineering. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Upon graduting,... read full bio
Kirby Maurier is an American singer-songwriter and founder of The Miami Music Museum. Maurier started her musical career with the release of her debut single “You”, which led to her EP, “Class of ‘96”. She has since released her independent debut album, “Doing The Most”. Maurier has been one of three winners of the fourth annual GRAMMY Amplifier program. This... read full bio
Bart Millard is a singer-songwriter who is best known as the leader of the band MercyMe. Apart from his work with MercyMe, Millard has also released two solo albums, “Hymned, No. 1” and “Hymned Again”, which earned him a solo Grammy nomination in Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album. Hymned, No. 1 peaked at number 12 on the US... read full bio
Harley Quinn Smith is an actress and musician who is daughter of Kevin Smith and Jennifer Schwalbach. As a musician, Smith is the bass player and one of the singers in the band The Tenth. As an actress, Smith made her acting debut in the film “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” which she played the role of Baby Silent... read full bio
Emmanuel Kelly is a diversity speaker and is known as ‘The First Differently Abled Popstar’. Since his start, he has performed with artists Coldplay and David Foster and has even opened for Snoop Dogg. After performing with Coldplay, the lead singer Chris Martin started working with Kelly to help produce his first album. Although Kelly is thriving in life now,... read full bio
A well-known British-Canadian designer, businesswoman, television host, and former actress, Hilary Elizabeth Farr, also known as Hilary Labow, was born in Canada. She is best recognized for being David Visentin's co-host on the hit HGTV and W Network series Love It or List It. Hilary Farr, who was born in Toronto, spent her formative years in London, where she first followed... read full bio
Meera Ganatra is an actress who was born in Uganda but grew up in West London. She started her career touring with Indian theatre companies before training at London International School of Acting. She also completed a pharmacy degree at Kings College London. Ganatra made her acting debut in the short film “The Question”. Since then, she has played Neelam... read full bio
Elyse Levesque is a Canadian actress who is best known for playing Chloe in series “SGU Stargate Universe”, Genevieve in series “The Originals”, and Maryellen Sherman in series “Cedar Cove”. Elyse started acting at only 11 years old in the television series “The Incredible Story Studio”. At the time she also did work on commercials and later started playing Maxine... read full bio
Nonny de la Pena is an American journalist, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. She is founder and CEO of Emblematic Group and has been known for helping to create the genre of immersive journalism. Nonny graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Sociology and Visual and Environmental Studies. She went on to earn her MA in Online Communities from the Annenberg... read full bio
Rosa “Rosie” Gumataotao Rios is best known for being the 43rd Treasurer of the United States under the Presidency of Barack Obama. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Rios was raised by a single mother with nine kids. She worked full-time throughout her years in high school at the Alameda... read full bio
Ali Shirazinia, who goes by the stage name Dubfire, is a Grammy-award winning recording artist, performer, DJ, producer and self-proclaimed Japanophile and sake fanatic. Ali was born in Iran and moved to Washington, DC with his family at a young age. It was in America that Ali was exposed to hip-hop, jazz, punk, and new wave music; all of which... read full bio
A DJ duo making an impact on the psytrance music scene, Vini Vici is comprised of Israeli natives Aviram Saharai and Matan Kadosh. They specialize in psychedelic electronic music that can be described as cataclysmic, authentic, and mesmerizing. Trance legend, Armin Van Buuren claimed, “Few acts have such a well-defined signature sound” when asked about the duo. Vini Vici has... read full bio
Freeman Hrabowski, also known as Freeman A. Hrabowski III is a mathematician, educator, and advocate. He is also co-author of several books. His research, leadership, expertise and vision are integral in universities, schools, and community groups in the country. He has been President of the University of Maryland for nearly 30 years and has transformed the commuter college into an... read full bio
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek got together to create a musical collaboration dubbed Fiction Family. They have also added a bassist and a drummer, Aaron Redfield and Tyler Chester. Fiction Family has released a self-titled album under ATO Records. It placed as number 71 on the charts. They also released a single entitled “When She’s... read full bio
