Joe Cole is an English actor who is best known for playing John Shelby in series “Peaky Blinders”. He got his start after being accepted into the National Youth Theatre and went on to act on stage in productions of, ‘The Bill’, ‘Holby City’, and ‘School Season’. He made his television debut in the series “The Bill”. Since then, other... read full bio
Joel McKinnon Miller is an American actor who is best known for playing Don Embry in series “Big Love” and for playing Scully in the series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”. Growing up, Miller took opera singing lessons and went on to study theatre at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He went on to make his television acting debut in the series “Murphy... read full bio
Justina Machado is an American actress who is best known for playing Vanessa Diaz in the series “Six Feet Under” and Penelope Alvarez in the Netflix series “One Day at a Time”. She started her career growing up where she participated in her school plays. Machado also studied dance at Franklin Fine Arts Center and performed with the Latino Chicago... read full bio
Josh Lucas is an American actor who is best known for playing Mitch in series “The Firm”, Jake in series “The Mysteries of Laura”, Hansen in film “A Beautiful Mind”, Jake in film “Sweet Home Alabama”, Talbot in film “Hulk”, Dylan in film “Poseidon”, and Ted in film “The Lincoln Lawyer”. Upon graduating from high school, Lucas moved to Los... read full bio
Jason Clarke is an Australian actor who is best known for playing Tommy Caffee on the series “Brotherhood”. He made his acting debut in the series “Halifax f.p.”. From there, he was in series such as, “Mercury”, “Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac”, “Wildside”, “Blue Heelers”, “All Saints”, “Home and Away”, “Farscape”, “White Collar Blue”, “Stingers”, “The Chicago Code”, and... read full bio
John Waters is an electric vehicle pioneer, energy strategy consultant, and engineer and design leader of GM’s EV-1 Electric Car. He is an entrepreneur and business development professional who has experience in enterprise development, strategic planning, and production of engineered products and solutions. He is currently researching and development lightweight, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Prior to working as a CEO... read full bio
Joel Swisher is an environmental engineer and clean energy technology specialist. He is an internationally recognized expert on analysis, design, and evaluation of utility energy efficiency, distributed generation, and emission reduction programs. He’s also an expert on the development and finance of carbon offset projects. Swisher earned his Ph.D. in energy and environmental engineering from Stanford University and also earned... read full bio
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer who is best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She is the former director of the Center for SETI Research and holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. She has been featured in Discover magazine as one of the 50 most important women in science.... read full bio
Joseph F. Coughlin is Director of the MIT AgeLab and expert on Disruptive Demographics. He provides insights on how demographic change, technology, social trends and consumer behavior will converge to drive future innovations in business and government. Coughlin is the author of the online publication Disruptive Demographics at MIT. He has been featured in Fast Company Magazine’s “100 Most Creative... read full bio
Jeff Immelt is an American business executive who has worked as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He has recently retired as chairman of the board of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric. He had been selected as CEO by their board of directors to replace Jack Welch and prior to being CEO, Immelt had headed up GE’s Medical Systems... read full bio
Jenna Dewan is an American actress and dancer who is best known for playing Nora Clark in the film “Step Up”. Dewan started her entertainment career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson which later led her to dance alongside artists such as Missy Elliott, Mandy Moore, Toni Braxton, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Ciara, Christina Aguilera and Pink. This led... read full bio
J.S. Ondara is a Kenyan singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been gaining recognition since the release of his debut studio album, “Tales of America”. Growing up, Ondara would write poems, stories, and songs and found himself inspired by artists such as Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, and more. Later in life,... read full bio
Jonas Kjellberg is a speaker on digital transformation, an author, investor and co-creator of Skype. As co-creator of Skype, Kjellberg was also their managing director for several years and while under management, he helped generate 90 percent of their revenue stream. Apart from Skype, Kjellberg has also been CEO and founder of Campuz Mobile and Optimal Telecom. He has founded... read full bio
Jim Norton is an American stand-up comedian, host, radio personality, actor, and author. He is best known for co-hosting the podcast UFC Unfiltered and for his radio show Jim Norton & Sam Roberts, which is featured on SiriusXM Radio. Norton started his career in stand-up and made his breakthrough when he appeared on “The Louie Show”. Andrew Dice Clay was... read full bio
Julianne Nicholson is an American actress who is best known for playing Detective Megan Wheeler on the series “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, Esther on the series “Boardwalk Empire”, Dr. Lillian DePaul on the series “Masters of Sex” and Glory on the television series “The Outsider”. Nicholson was born in Medford, Massachusetts and after graduating high school, she spent time... read full bio
Judith Spitz, Ph.D is the founder and Executive Director of Break Through Tech and is the former CIO of Verizon. With Break Through Tech, Spitz has made initiative that helps women and underrepresented groups earn a higher education and career in tech through innovation, career access and community building. Spitz has been featured in Crain’s list of Notable Women in... 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
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
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
Jeremy Thomas Hewitt, better known as his stage name Jeremy Loops, is a South African singer-songwriter and record producer. Loops was born and raised in Kommetjie, South Africa, and he graduated from the University of Cape Town with honours in Finance and Property Development. It wasn’t till later his final years of college that Loops picked up a guitar and... read full bio
