Sebastian Thrun is an entrepreneur, educator, and computer scientist who has been the CEO of Kitty Hawk Corporation as well as the chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Thrun was born in Solingen, West Germany, and he has earned his Ph.D. summa cum laude in computer science and statistics from University of Bonn and previously studied computer science, economics and medicine... read full bio
Dr. Eva Selhub is a resiliency expert, consultant, author, speaker, and executive coach who has previously been the Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and was also previously the Medical Director for the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Through her work as a speaker, Selhub teaches her audience members the five pillars... read full bio
Uma Valeti is the co-founder and CEO of Memphis Meats, which is the world’s biggest cell-based meat company which produces meats from animal cells without having to raise animals. Through his work with Memphis Meats, Valeti is the leader of the development of the cell-based meat technologies and also works in commercialization. Since the formation of Memphis Meats, the company... read full bio
Fun Lovin’ Criminals is a band from New York City, New York, that is a multi-genre band that blends together sounds of alternative, rock, hip-hop, blues, jazz, R&B, punk, and funk. The band consists of members Huey Morgan, Brian Leiser, and Frank Benbi and they are best known for their song “Scooby Snacks,” as well as the song “Love Unlimited.”... read full bio
Famous Dex is an up-and-coming American rapper and singer-songwriter who rose to fame after the release of his debut album, “Dex Meets Dexter,” which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 charts. Dex was born in Chicago, Illinois, and when he was about 20 years old, his mother passed away from breast cancer which led him to pursue a... read full bio
Mike Massimino is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and is a former NASA astronaut who was also previously the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Massimino was born in Oceanside, New York, and he earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University before going on to earn his... read full bio
Jared Lee, better known as his stage name Duckwrth, is an American rapper and songwriter from South Los Angeles, California, who began his career as Duckwrth after releasing the mixtape “Ducktape.” He went on to follow his debut mixtape up with his second mixtape, “Taxfree V.1,” and that same year he released his debut single, “Super Soaker,” with the Kickdrums.... read full bio
Diamante Azzura Bovelli, better known as just Diamante, is an American rock singer from Boston, Massachusetts. Diamante rose to fame after the release of her debut single, “Bite Your Kiss,” which she followed up with the release of her debut EP, “Dirty Blonde.” After the release of her debut EP, Diamante released the single “Haunted,” which led to her breakthrough.... read full bio
Demetria McKinney is an American actress and singer-songwriter from Natchitoches, Louisiana, who is best known for playing Janine Shelton-Payne in the television series “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.” McKinney began her career acting on stage in several Tyle Perry plays which included ‘Meet the Browns,’ ‘Why Did I Get Married,’ and ‘Madea’s Family Christmas.’ This led her to earn her... read full bio
Ben Lawson is an Australian actor who rose to fame after playing Frazer Yeats in the Australian soap opera “Neighbours.” Lawson was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and he has previously studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He made his acting debut in an episode of the television series “Time Trax,” and had small roles in television series which... read full bio
Jordan Asher Cruz, better known as his stage name BOOTS, is an American record producer, director, rapper, singer-songwriter and filmmaker who rose to fame after contributing to Beyonce’s self-titled studio album. Boots began his musical career as a member of various bands which included Blonds, Young Circles, Blond Fuzz and Stonefox. He began his career after being signed to Jay-Z’s... read full bio
BenjiFlow is an up-and-coming RnB hip-hop singer-songwriter from Edmonton, London. BenjiFlow rose to fame with the release of his breakthrough single, “Deep End,” which is a mixture of RnB with West African pop, Brazilian samba, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. It’s clear that BenjiFlow literally flows all different types of genres into one, to create his own unique music. After the release... read full bio
At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore rock band from El Paso, Texas, which currently consists of members Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Paul Hinojos, Tony Hajjar and Keeley Davis. At the Drive-In was founded by former member Jim Ward and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. After their formation, they began playing locally before released their debut EP, “Hell Paso.” They followed that up... read full bio
Aston Merrygold is an English singer, dancer, television personality, and actor from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England who rose to fame after being a runner-up on the fifth season of the competition series “The X Factor,” as a member of the British boy band, JLS. Merrygold found his love for dancing and performing before he found his love for singing. At a... read full bio
Ashlee and Evan are an American musical duo that consists of the married couple Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross. The duo performs RnB music and they rose to fame with the release of their debut single, “I Do.” Ashlee Simpson is the sister of Jessica Simpson and she is known for her solo music which included the single “Pieces of... read full bio
Anthony Rodia is an up-and-coming stand-up comedian who found his love for comedy at a young age, making his friends and family laugh at the goofy things he would do and same. He finds that he can always make a situation funny and find the fun and humor in any situation. Rodia was born and raised in Westchester, New York,... read full bio
Joann Marie Slater, better known as her stage name Ann Marie, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Chicago, Illinois. Marie began singing at a very young age and particularly loved singing Whitney Houston’s single “My Love Is Your Love.” Marie began releasing her own music after the release of her debut mixtape, “Unfuckwittable.” Marie finds influence... read full bio
Allie Sherlock is an Irish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and busker, who gained viral fame after a video of her performed a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Supermarket Flowers,” was released. Sherlock was born in Douglas, Cork, and she began her musical career releasing music through YouTube. She also began performing music on the streets of Ireland as a busker, most known... read full bio
Aidan Alexander is an up-and-coming actor and pop singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. Alexander began his career first as an actor at only five years old when he began acting in his school’s plays. Alexander went on to become a classically SAG/Aftra trained actor and also rose to fame as a YouTube and Vine star. As... read full bio
Ady Suleiman is an up-and-coming British pop-RnB singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Grantham, England. Suleiman always had a love for music while growing up and listened to pop music before finding his love for RnB, jazz, hip-hop, reggae, and soul music. Suleiman began writing his own music at only 14 years old and then went on to begin... read full bio
