The head football coach at the University of Georgia, Kirby Smart, led the Bulldogs to consecutive national titles. He led the Bulldogs to a stunning Rose Bowl victory over Oklahoma in double overtime and a 12-win season. In addition to garnering numerous coaching honors and assisting the Crimson Tide in winning three National Championships, Smart gained notoriety as the defensive coordinator... read full bio
Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder of Design for Change and The Riverside School in India. Sethi founded her company after her son started school and she noticed the teachers being sticklers to stay to the textbook and punishing any children that wanted to learn more. This led her to founding The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, which provides an alternative... read full bio
The Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is Kiran Ahuja. She was nominated by President Joe Biden for her current position before being confirmed by the US Senate after more than 20 years in the public sector and executive nonprofit work. She is t he first South Asian Asian American and the first Asian American woman to head... read full bio
Kira Dixon traveled to Los Angeles after being Miss America and started working as the Golf Channel's Lifestyle Correspondent for Golf Advisor. Kira joined the Golf Channel broadcast crew where she works as a journalist and on-course reporter. Kira has continued to play golf, regularly competing against seasoned pros like Gary Player, Rocco Mediate, Jerry Kelly, Tom Lehman and Jesper Parnevik.... read full bio
Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist who is best known for his contributions to astrophysics and gravitational physics. Thorne was born in Logan, Utah, and he has earned his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology before going on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. He then began his career working as an associate professor at... read full bio
Kip Fulbeck is an artist, performer, author, and filmmaker looking to make people more aware of multiracial identity through identity politics. Fulbecks background includes Cantonese, English, Irish, and Welsh and he is the creator of The Hapa Project. His art has been in over 20 countries and all over the United States and has been inside the Getty Museum, Los... read full bio
Kinvara Balfour is a fashion trend hunter and one of Europe's leading style experts. She advises culture-conscious brands on what is happening in the world of fashion, beauty and style, both physically and virtually. Kinvara has worked in almost every area of the fashion industry. Having won the Lloyd's Bank Fashion Challenge out of 29,000 entries at 16, she began... read full bio
Politico, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Christian Science Monitor, and The Jerusalem Post are just a few of the publications that Kinney Zalesne has written guest essays for. She is a well-known speaker both domestically and abroad and has made live appearances on... read full bio
Peggielene Bartels worked as a secretary at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, when she was told she had been chosen King of Otuam, a fishing village in Ghana half a world away. Born in Ghana and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, Bartels had never even lived in Otuam. She had visited relatives there, but she was not prepared... read full bio
Kindra Hall is the President and Chief Strategy Officer at Steller Collective. Her company works on strategizing storytelling through today’s communication challenges. Hall goes around speaking to big global companies on how to better communicate their value, their products, and what makes them stand out individually to help their businesses grow. She has worked with brands like ConAgra, Stryker, Target,... read full bio
Kimora Lee Simmons is a fashion designer, model, and CEO. Her fashion design career began with Phat Farm, a clothing line created by Russell Simmons. Kimora Lee took on her own spin off project of Phat Farm, Baby Phat. She expanded the Baby Phat line as creative director and president, designing clothing for clientele from children to women. She later... read full bio
For Kimi Werner, the water has always been a source of nutrition, creativity and adventures. She floated after her father while he spear fished for their main source of food as a small child growing up in rural Maui. It wasn't until she regained her love for freediving as an adult that she realized the crucial part the water would play... read full bio
Kimble is a Senior Corporate Executive, a Public Speaker, CEO of Kimble Lewis & Company, a strategy consulting firm, and a Senior Lecturer at The American College of Financial Services. Recently, he served at Wells Fargo's Consumer, Small, and Business Banking division as a strategy and business growth executive. In the Small and Business Banking unit, which serves the technology,... read full bio
Kimberly Bryant is an American electrical engineer who has founded Black Girls Code, which is a training course that teaches basic programming to underrepresented black girls in technology careers. Since the founding of Black Girls Code, Bryant has been featured in Business Insider as one of the ’25 Most Influential African-Americans In Technology’. Bryant graduated from Vanderbilt University with a... read full bio
Kimberly Clarice Aiken was Miss America 1994. Aiken was 18 years old when she won the coveted title, and was only the third woman of African descent to get the crown. Aiken used the plight of the homeless as her platform. Her year of service as Miss America helped generate public awareness about homelessness and brought a better public understanding... read full bio
Kimberly A. Kociencki is a highly accomplished executive with over 25 years of experience in the licensing industry. She is currently the President and CEO of SPLiCE (Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence), an organization that brings together professionals in the product licensing industry to share knowledge, best practices, and to network. Under Kociencki's leadership, SPLiCE has grown to become... read full bio
Emory Healthcare's Director of Supportive and Palliative Care Outpatient Services is Dr. Kimberly A. Curseen. She serves as the clinic's director and primary medical professional. The Supportive Oncology Clinic offers cancer patients at any stage of the disease process physical, emotional and spiritual care. The clinic also offers assistance with difficult choices. The Geriatric Palliative Care Clinical Services Program was developed... read full bio
Kimberley Motley, the founder of Motley Legal Services and cofounder of Motley Consulting International, is an American International Attorney and the first and only Westerner to litigate cases in Afghanistan’s Criminal Courts system. Motley is a registered attorney for more than 20 embassies with a focus on criminal, commercial, contract, civil, and employment law matters. Motley received her J.D. from... read full bio
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw is an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, philosopher, and scholar who developed the theory of intersectionality. Crenshaw was born in Canton, Ohio, and she has earned her B.A. from Cornell University, her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her LL.M. from the University of Wisconsin Law School where she was a William H. Hastie Fellow as well... read full bio
Kim Strobel is dedicated to using the science of leadership and happiness to change people's lives. As a well-known keynote speaker, happiness coach, and leadership consultant across the world, Strobel helps people and businesses rediscover their pleasure, improve performance, and build strong, mission-driven cultures. Strobel, who has been a teacher, curriculum director, and CEO of Strobel Education for more than 20... read full bio
