Charlotte Ayanna grew up in foster care after her mother was deemed mentally unfit to care for her. At the age of seventeen, Charlotte was adopted into a foster home. Inspired by her past, Charlotte is a spokeswoman for foster children. Charlotte won Miss Teen USA and garnered national exposure, leading to her feature in television series like Weird Science... read full bio
Chris Sale is an American professional baseball pitcher who plays for the Boston Red Sox in the MLB. During his time in the MLB, Sale has been a seven-time All-Star, a two-time AL strikeout leader, and is now a World Series champion. Currently, Sale has totaled 1,781 strikeouts and has hit the record of fastest pitcher to record 1,500 strikeouts.... read full bio
Marcus Jernmark found his passion for cooking at a young age. He landed a kitchen job in his early teens and decided to pursue the craft in high school. Jernmark attended the Burgardens Institute of Restaurant and Hotel, and later the Culinary Institute of Grythyttan, Sweden. There, he honed his knowledge on food and wine. Jernmark represented Sweden at the... read full bio
Chema Alonso is a cybersecurity expert. He is currently the Chairman at ElevenPaths, a Telefonica Cyber Security Unit. This program focuses on creating innovative security products. Priot to his work with ElevenPaths, Alonso ran Informatica 64, a computer security and training company. Alonso often presents his experience and skills at conferences such as BlackHat. This technology expert holds a doctorate... read full bio
Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, consultant, and talk show host. Dr. Carter-Scott speaks about issues surrounding spirituality, human nature, and personal growth. She has authored the notable book (New York Times bestseller) If Life is a Game, These are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human. Dr. Carter-Scott helps people take charge of their lives by turning... read full bio
Dr. Cheryl Shavers is an inspiring global leader and expert in technology and business. She is a highly sought after speaker for topics regarding technology, business and policy. Dr. Shavers is the first female African-American Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology of the United States government. With over 25 years of experience in engineering and managerial positions at Fortune 500 companies... read full bio
Chip Bell is a customer service and loyalty expert. Bell helps businesses understand what it takes to create a customer-centered business plan. He is known for his innovations in service, and is ranked in the top 5 keynote speakers in the world on customer service by Global Gurus. Bell has written over 700 columns for business publications and appeared on... read full bio
Christine Brennan is a sports columnist, television analyst, and best-selling author. Her take on sports, including the Olympics, women’s sports, and international sports, is world-renowned. Brennan is one of the most widely read female sports columnists in the United States, as her column is featured in USA Today. Brennan is also a commentator on television with ABC News and ESPN,... read full bio
Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing and branding expert, author, keynote speaker, and co-founder and CEO of Bell + Ivy, a marketing and PR firm. Prior to founding Bell + Ivy, Johnson has been a Partner and Director of Marketing for RankLab, a digital marketing agency. Johnson is also an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance and has been... read full bio
Chloe Coleman is a young actress who is best known for playing Skye Carlson in the series “Big Little Lies”. Coleman made her television debut in the series “Glee”. Since then, her television credits have gone on to include, “Angels and Demons”, “Animals.”, “Transparent”, “Superstore”, and “Henry Danger”. Coleman’s film credits include, “Eternally Mad”, “Out of the Woods”, “Me3” and... read full bio
Cameron Crovetti is a young up-and-coming actor. He decided he wanted to act after seeing his sister Isabella on set. He went on to make his television debut playing Josh Wright in the series “Big Little Lies”. His other television credits include, “Black-ish”, “Teachers”, and “Single Parents”. Crovetti has also played Tim in the film “Anywhere With You”.... read full bio
Chelsey Crisp is an American actress, comedian, and writer who is best known for playing Honey Ellis in the series “Fresh Off the Boat”. She started her career performing in community theatre and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, she also studied Shakespeare at the British American Dramatic Academy’s Midsummer in Oxford program. Crisp made her... read full bio
Caylin Moore is an author, Rhodes Scholar, speaker, and role model. He speaks for every kid who is deprived of hope in downtrodden communities. He shares his story of growing up in one of the most impoverished, gang-infested communities in the US in his book “A Dream Too Big: The Story of an Improbable Journey from Compton to Oxford”. Moore... read full bio
Cameron Kasky is an American activist and advocate against gun violence. He is co-founder of the student-led Gun Violence Prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD. He helped lead this group after becoming a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shortly after, he helped organize the March for Our Lives nationwide student protest. Kasky has previously... read full bio
Chloe Lilac is an American musician from Brooklyn. She got her start at only 13 years old when she would sneak out of her house with her mother’s guitar and play it in the Manhattan streets. Fast forward to four years later, Lilac started writing her own self-produced songs of her life growing up in New York City. She has... read full bio
Chip and Paulie Wade is the husband and wife duo that have come together to create Wade Works, a real estate, production, and architecture and design company. Pauli has earned her B.S. in Management from Georgia Tech and has also earned her Masters of Accountancy from the University of Georgia. Chip earned his degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech... read full bio
Cosmo Pyke is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter and model from Peckham London. He is best known for his appearance on Frank Ocean’s “Nike” music video. His music is a mixture of R&B, jazz, rock, pop, and indie. Growing up artists such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles influence Pyke. Pyke has released one EP entitled,... read full bio
Carly Jibson is an American actress and singer who is best known for playing Vivian on the TBS television series “The Guest Book” and for her roles on Broadway. As a theatrical performer, Jibson is best known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway production of ‘Hairspray’. Her other stage credits include playing Pepper Walker in the Broadway production of... read full bio
Chyna Layne is a Jamaican-American actress who is best known for playing Rhonda in the film “Precious” and for playing Shemekka Epps in the Netflix television series “She’s Gotta Have It”. Layne has been in numerous independent films over the years and her film credits include “A Deeper Love”, “Back Stab”, “Cadillac Records”, “The Eddie Black Story”, “All Screwed Up”,... read full bio
Chris Clearfield is a systems expert. From finance to physics to biology, Clearfield has studied exactly why things fail and how to mitigate failure. Clearfield is the founder of System Logic, which works to solve complex challenges with independent research. This risk-analyzer has worked in New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong for Jane Street, a quantitative trading firm. His writing... read full bio
