Judy Woodruff is an award-winning journalist who is an anchor and managing editor at PBS NewsHour. She has covered every presidential election and convention since the win of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and has interviewed several heads of state and moderated U.S. Presidential debates. Woodruff studied at Meredith College and transferred to Duke University where she graduated with a bachelor’s... read full bio
Fran Tirado is a writer and speaker who is openly gay. He is the deputy editor of Out, co-creator of Food 4 Thot, co-host of Queerly Beloved, and former executive editor of Hello Mr. As a writer, Tirado’s work has been featured or mentioned in outlets such as, VICE, The New Yorker, Vulture, Out, NPR, UnHappy Hour with Matt Bellassai,... read full bio
Brad Katsuyama is a Canadian business executive and CEO and co-founder of the IEX, the Investors Exchange. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University where he attended Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. He went on to start his carrer working for Royal Bank of Canada where he was formerly the Global Head of Electronic Sales and Trading. While working at... read full bio
Nonie Darwish is an Egyptian-American human rights activist, speaker, and author. She is known as the founder of the organization Arabs for Israel and director of Former Muslims United. Nonie is passionate about social issues such as women’s and minority rights, and she has authored books entitled “The Devil We Don’t Know: The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle... read full bio
Dr. Kirke Borne is an astrophysicist and Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton. Previously, he was a Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason University for twelve years. Prior to that, he supported NASA projects in a variety of roles, such as program manager in NASA’s Space Science Data Operations Office and Data Archive Project Scientist for... read full bio
Ian Crosby is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bench, a design focused technology business that is spearheading the movement toward automating the bookkeeping process, while operating as North America’s largest bookkeeping service for small businesses. Bench provides a combination of custom-built software and professional online bookkeepers to organize the financials of small businesses. Ian has been named at the top... read full bio
SC Moatti is a technology visionary, venture capital investor and best-selling author of the book “Mobilized”. She is currently the managing partner of Mighty Capital, an early-growth Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Moatti graduated from Stanford University Graduate School of Business with an MBA and also earned her MS in Computer Engineering & Management Science from CentraleSupelec. From there, she... read full bio
Nicholas Thompson is an American technology journalist who is currently the editor in chief of Wired and has formerly been the editor of the NewYorker.com. He is also a contributor for CBS News and has appeared on CBS This Morning and CBSN. Thompson graduated from Stanford University Phi Beta Kappa and with honors. He earned a double major and earth... read full bio
Chris Urmson is an engineering who is best known for his work pioneering self-driving car technology. He has previously worked with Alphabet, and is CEO of their start-up company Aurora Innovation. Urmson graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BEng in Computer Engineering. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Upon graduting,... read full bio
A well-known British-Canadian designer, businesswoman, television host, and former actress, Hilary Elizabeth Farr, also known as Hilary Labow, was born in Canada. She is best recognized for being David Visentin's co-host on the hit HGTV and W Network series Love It or List It. Hilary Farr, who was born in Toronto, spent her formative years in London, where she first followed... read full bio
Nonny de la Pena is an American journalist, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. She is founder and CEO of Emblematic Group and has been known for helping to create the genre of immersive journalism. Nonny graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Sociology and Visual and Environmental Studies. She went on to earn her MA in Online Communities from the Annenberg... read full bio
Rosa “Rosie” Gumataotao Rios is best known for being the 43rd Treasurer of the United States under the Presidency of Barack Obama. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Rios was raised by a single mother with nine kids. She worked full-time throughout her years in high school at the Alameda... read full bio
Freeman Hrabowski, also known as Freeman A. Hrabowski III is a mathematician, educator, and advocate. He is also co-author of several books. His research, leadership, expertise and vision are integral in universities, schools, and community groups in the country. He has been President of the University of Maryland for nearly 30 years and has transformed the commuter college into an... read full bio
Robert Greene is an American international best-selling author who is best known for his work such as ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, ‘The Art of Seduction’, and ‘The 33 Strategies of War’. Greene grew up in Los Angeles, California, and he studied at the University of California, Berkeley before going on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a... read full bio
James Redfield is an American author, lecturer, screenwriter and film producer who is best known for his New York Times Best-Selling novel ‘The Celestine Prophecy’. His novel has been one of the most successful self-published books of all time and the novel has also been made into a film. Redfield was born in Birmingham, Alabama and he majored in sociology... read full bio
Tom Gruber is an American inventor, author, entrepreneur and American computer scientist who is best known for co-founding Siri Inc. Gruber studied both psychology and computer science at Loyola University New Orleans where he earned a double major B.S. and graduated summa cum laude. He later went on to earn his M.S. in computer and information science from the University... read full bio
Sally Rooney is an Irish author from Dublin, Ireland. She gained popularity after the release of her debut novel, ‘Conversations with Friends’ which was followed by her second novel, ‘Normal People’. Rooney was born in Castlebar and she later studied English at Trinity College Dublin where she was elected a scholar. She went on to also earn her Master’s degree... read full bio
Joy Buolamwini is a Ghanaian-American digital activist and computer scientist who is based out of the MIT Media Lab. She is founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, which is an organization that challenges bias in decision making software. When Joy was only 9 years old, she had a fascination by Kismet, the MIT robot and from there, she taught herself... read full bio
Amanda Nguyen is an American social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and the CEO and founder of Rise, a non-governmental civil rights organization. She rose to fame after penning her civil rights and was able to unanimously pass the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights after seeing how broken the criminal justice system was after her own rape. This led to... read full bio
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