Ellen Latham M.S. is the creator and co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness Franchise, is an innovator, author, physiologist, and keynote speaker from Niagara Falls, New York. As a physiologist, Latham has had a lifelong passion for health and fitness which is what inspired her to design what is known as “The Ultimate Workout”, which was the foundation of Orangetheory fitness. While... read full bio
Mike Dawes is an English guitarist and teacher from Guildford, Surrey, England who is known for composing, arranging and performing multiple parts simultaneously on the guitar. When Dawes was only 12 years old he began performing on the keyboards and later moved to performing the steel-string acoustic guitar. Dawes started his career performing instrumental concerts at venues and festivals all... read full bio
Ruth E. Carter is an American costume designer for film and television from Springfield, Massachusetts. She has been known for mastering the look of multiple periods and genres in envisioning the clothing and appearance of each character or performer. Various films that Carter has worked on over the years includes “Jungle Fever”, “Malcolm X”, “What’s Love Got to Do with... read full bio
William Murphy is an American gospel artist and pastor from Atlanta, Georgia. Murphy was raised with a father and grandfather who were both pastors/bishops. He later in life moved to Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and two children to serve as the worship minister for New Birth. After a few years, Murphy started his musical career with the release of... read full bio
Sean Scolnick, better known as his stage name, Langhorne Slim, is an American singer-songwriter from Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Slim rose to fame after touring with the group the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and gained even more popularity after performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Apart from Slim, the current line-up of Langhorne Slim and The Law consists of Malachi DeLorenzo, Jeff... read full bio
David Darling is an American cellist and composer from Elkhart, Indiana, who performs a mixture of jazz and new-age music. Darling had a passion for music since a young age and began learning to play the piano at only 4 years old. He later started playing cello and ten years old and then picked up the string bass in high... read full bio
Jayathma Wickramanayake is a Sri Lankan international civil servant who is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. Jayathma was born in Bentota in Sri Lanka and she earned her bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Colombo. While studying at the University, Jayathma became runner-up in the first competition by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Youth Affairs to... read full bio
Varun Sivaram is an American businessman who is the Chief Technology Officer of ReNew Power, which is India’s largest renewable energy company. Sivaram earned his B.S. in engineering physics and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University where he was also awarded with a Truman Scholarship. Sivaram went on to earn his Ph.D in condensed matter physics from the... read full bio
Brian Armstrong is a businessperson who is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Armstrong earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Rice University and he went on to earn his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Rice University as well. Armstrong went on to start his career a team lead intern at IBM and went on to... read full bio
Audrey Gelman is an American entrepreneur and political staffer who is founder of the women’s co-working space and social club, The Wing. She is also known for being the inspiration for the character Marnie on the HBO television series “Girls”. Gelman studied at Oberlin College but left after two years to work on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for U.S. President. After... read full bio
Melina Matsoukas is an American director for films, music videos, commercials and television. She has won two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards for directing the music videos for Rihanna’s single “We Found Love” and for Beyoncé’s “Formation” single. Matsoukas graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and she earned her MFA in cinematography from... read full bio
Jess Morales Rocketto is the Political Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and is also Executive Director of Care in Action. She is known for her political advocacy campaigns that focus on sexual harassment, economic justice, immigration reform and the future of work for domestic workers in the United States. Apart from her work with the NDWA, Rocketto... read full bio
Desus Nice is a Jamaican-American comedian, podcaster, and YouTube personality from New York City, New York. He gained attention as one-half of the duo Desus vs. Mero, a podcast that was released on Complex TV. The podcast later became a talk show that has been featured on Viceland as well as Showtime. Nice earned a degree in Literature from the... read full bio
Max Schrems is an Austrian activist, author, and lawyer from Salzburg, Austria. He is best known for his campaigns against Facebook for privacy violation and it’s violation of European privacy laws and transfer of personal data to the US National Security Agency as part of the NSA’s PRISM program. He is also known for being the founder of NOYB –... read full bio
Zion Williamson is an American professional basketball player who has played small forward and power forward positions for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Williamson was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and while growing up he played basketball as well as soccer and football. By the time he was 9, he started waking up at 5 a.m. every day... read full bio
James Lawrence, also known as The Iron Cowboy, is a record setting triathlete, author and motivational speaker from Calgary, Alberta, Canada who is now based in Utah. Lawrence currently holds the world record for the most Ironman-distance triathlons completed within a single calendar year, which he holds 50 in 2015. That completion is now considered the greatest feat of human... read full bio
The Midnight is an American synthwave and electronic band that consists of members Tim Daniel McEwan and Jamison Tyler Lyle. The band was formed after the duo met at a co-writing workshop in North Hollywood, California. The Midnight rose to fame after the release of their debut EP “Days of Thunder” which contained their first two singles “WeMoveForward” and “Gloria”.... read full bio
Curtis Jones is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who performs under several names such as Green Velvet, Geo Vogt, Cajmere, Half Pint, Curan Stone and Gino Vittori. His music is a mixture of techno, house and minimal and he was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Jones rose to fame after releasing his debut album “Constant Chaos” under the... read full bio
Stefan Kozalla, better known as his stage name DJ Koze, is a German music producer and DJ who is based out of Hamburg, Germany. DJ Koze rose to fame after the release of his debut EP, “The Gekloppel Continues”. Since then, he’s gone on to release numerous EPs and three studio albums. DJ Koze has also released several remixes for... read full bio
Brandon Bass is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. Bass was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and started his basketball career playing in high school at Capitol High School. While there he was part of the second-team Parade All-American. Bass went on to play college basketball at Louisiana... read full bio
