Leanne Pittsford is an American entrepreneur who is the CEO and founder of Lesbians Who Tech, which is the largest LGBTQ community of technologists in the world. Pittsford was born in San Diego, California, and was born into a conservative family, which made it hard for her to come out and she didn’t formally come out until she was finishing... read full bio
Tate Farris, better known as her stage name, Yung Baby Tate, is an American rapper, singer, and record producer from Decatur, Georgia. She is the daughter of Dionne Farris and David Ryan Harris and from a young age, always knew she wanted to pursue a musical career. Tate began dancing and learning how to play the piano at a young... read full bio
Kurt Alexander, better known as the name Big Boy, is a nationally syndicated American radio host and actor who is best known for have previously hosting the Los Angeles morning show at Power 106, and most recently, hosting the Los Angeles morning show with Real 92.3. He is known for the name Big Boy as he previously had a large... read full bio
Famous French-American rapper Abbas Hamad, better known by his stage name Bas, was born in Paris, France, and reared in the energetic borough of Queens, New York. He became a crucial artist signed to J. Cole's esteemed Dreamville Records in collaboration with Interscope Records, which significantly molded his famous career. With the release of his first mixtape, "Quarter Water Raised Vol.... read full bio
Cindy Eckert is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and advocate for female entrepreneurship. She is known for being one of the few self-made woman billionaires in history and is also a pharmaceutical leader. Eckert has previously co-founded and sold Slate Pharmaceuticals and upon selling the company, launched Sprout Pharmaceuticals, which she was CEO of. With Sprout, the company made headlines for... read full bio
Professor Mukesh Kapila is a humanitarian who is the Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester. Over the course of his career, Kapila has worked in the global and public health, international development, humanitarian affairs, conflict and security issues, human rights and diplomacy, and has held leadership roles in the government, United Nations, and more.... read full bio
Adrienne Boissy, MD, MA, is the Chief Experience Officer at Cleveland Clinic, a TED speaker, an empathy amplifier, and neurologist. Boissy has earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University and has gone on to earn her M.D. from Hershey Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University. During her time with Cleveland Clinic, Boissy began working as a staff neurologist before she... read full bio
Maurice Biriotti is the Chief Executive and founder of The SHM Foundation. Biriotti has been a full-time academic Professor and has worked at the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Zurich. As a Professor, Biriotti has published several works in topics such as anthropology, literature, philosophy, and cultural change. Biriotti has been the adjunct Professor to the School of Management and... read full bio
Dr. Jack Groppel is the co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, Vice President of Applied Science and Performance Training at Wellness & Prevention, Inc., which is a Johnson & Johnson company, and he is also an author. Groppel is an expert in fitness and nutrition and he has served as an adjunct Professor of Management at the J.L. Kellogg School... read full bio
Bea Johnson is the founder of the Zero Waste Lifestyle movement and is a best-selling author of the book “Zero Waste Home.” Johnson and her family began adopting a zero waste lifestyle over a decade ago and since then, they produce a pint of trash per year. After starting her blog and published her book which has since been translated... read full bio
Radek Sali is the former CEO of Swisse. During his 10 years as CEO of Swisse, the company became one of Australia’s most known and fastest growing companies and the company was also awarded the most successful business of the year by the BRW Private Business Awards during one of the years that Sali was CEO. Sali helped grow Swisse’s... read full bio
Kisa Heyer is the CEO of Dream Foundation, a dream-granting organization that makes final dreams come true for terminally ill adults and their families. The Dream Foundation arranges trips, family reunions, meetings with personal heroes, and they also work with veterans to reconnect their with aspects of their military lives or to help them visit monuments and memorials that hold... read full bio
Noah Emmerich is an American actor who is best known for playing Stan Beeman on the television series “The Americans,” a role which earned him a Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Emmerich is also known for his roles in films such as “The Truman Show,” “Frequency,” and “Super 8.” Emmerich was born in... read full bio
Daniel Levitin is an American-Canadian neuroscientist, writer, musician, cognitive psychologist, best-selling author, and record producer. Through his work, Levitin has studied music, the brain, health, productivity and creativity. Levitin has earned his B.A. in Cognitive Science from Stanford and went on to earn his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology with a Ph.D. minor in Music Technology from the University... read full bio
Jennifer Arnold, MD, MSc, FAAP is a neonatologist, cancer survivor, and is a star of the TLC reality television series “Little Couple.” Alongside her husband, Bill Klein, and their two adopted children, Little Couple follows their personal and professional lives. Arnold has a rare type of dwarfism called Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Type Strudwick and she is only 3 foot 2. While... read full bio
Dana Leong is an American musician, composer, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist. Leong was born in San Francisco, California, to a mother who was a pianist. While growing up, Leong’s mother gave piano lessons to clients, as Leong would sleep in her lap. After Leong himself began taking violin lessons, his teacher found he had perfect pitch.... read full bio
Will Reeve is an American media personality and philanthropist who has recently went viral after reporting on Good Morning America during the coronavirus stating he wasn’t wearing pants. Reeve is the son of actor Christopher Reeve and mother of Dana Reeve, both of whom passed away while Reeve was young. Reeve currently serves on the board of director for the... read full bio
Todd Blackledge is a former American football quarterback who played in the NCAA and the NFL. Blackledge was born in Canton, Ohio, and went on to play college football at Penn State where he helped his team to a national championship and won the Davey O’Brien Award for best quarterback in the nation. He also led his team again to... read full bio
Taylor Rooks is an American sportscaster and journalist who has been seen on Bleacher Report and Turner Sports. Rooks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and she went on to graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she majored in broadcast journalism. Rooks decided to pursue a career in sports broadcasting as she comes from a family of... read full bio
Stephen Karam is an American screenwriter and playwright who grew up in a Lebanese-American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Karam went on to earn his degree at Brown University and then was an apprentice at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where he met Arian Moayed and P.J. Paparelli, whom he collaborated with on ‘columbinus’ and directed ‘The Humans’ in Chicago with. After... read full bio
