Alberto Alessi is an Italian keynote speaker on futurism and innovation and an interior designer. Alessi was born into a family of successful business people with his father working as a designer and entrepreneur and his mother being from the Bialetti family, who are best known for their Italian coffee machines. Alessi has previously earned his Honorary Degree of Doctor... read full bio
Max Abrahms is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University and is an expert in international security. Abrahms is a member on the Council on Foreign Relations and his research on terrorism has been seen all over the world. Abrahms has earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated summa cum laude, earned his M.Phil.... read full bio
Mike Hoefflinger is best known for having worked as the Director of Global Business Marketing for Facebook for seven years. He has since turned his experience with Facebook to write his first book, “Becoming Facebook,” which earned him a silver medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards, won him a Beverly Hills Book Award for Business, and peaked at number... read full bio
Marc Lichtenfeld is a chief income strategist for The Oxford Club, a best-selling author, a boxing ring announcer, a columnist, and former analyst for Avalon Research Group. Lichtenfeld is known for being an income expert and has been featured on outlets which include Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg, and NPR. Lichtenfeld has also been known for being a... read full bio
Randi Kaye is an American television news journalist who currently works as an investigative reporter for CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360. Kaye was born in New York City, New York, and she earned her degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University where she was part of the Alpha Epsilon Phi. Kaye went on to begin her journalist career working on screen... read full bio
Soren Kaplan is an American author, writer, and businessman who is founder of InnovationPoint. Kaplan is an expert and consultant on innovation culture through his work with InnovationPoint. Through his career as a consultant, Kaplan has worked with companies and organizations which include Disney, Hershey, Red Bull, Visa, NBCUniversal, Philips, Cisco, Kaiser Permanente, and many more. Prior to his work... read full bio
Charlotte Jones Anderson is an American businesswoman who is best known for being the Dallas Cowboys’ Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer in the NFL. Anderson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and she has earned her B.S. in human biology from Stanford University. She is the daughter of Jerry Jones, who is the owner, president and general manager... read full bio
AmyK Hutchens is a speaker, author, business strategist, coach, and master communicator who is the founder and intelligence activist of AmyK International, Inc, and for amyk, inc. Hutchens has earned her B.S. in Education from University of Maryland and has earned her M.S. from The Johns Hopkins University. Hutchens began her career as founder of her own company. Through her... read full bio
David J. Hickton is an American director and founder of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security and former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. During his work as an attorney, Hickton had indictment with the Chinese military, Russian hackers, and cyber criminals. Hickton was born in Columbus, Ohio, and he earned his... read full bio
Jeff Goldsmith, Ph.D., is a premier healthcare futurist and trend forecaster and founder and President of Health Futures, Inc., which is a firm that specializes in predicting future health care trends and works in corporate planning. Goldsmith has earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and earned his B.A. from Reed College. Goldsmith began his career working as a... read full bio
James H. Gilmore is an expert on consumer engagement and marketing, and an author. Gilmore gained fame in the business world after co-authoring the book ‘The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage.’ Through the book, Gilmore talks on how companies need to engage their customers in a personal way. This book led Gilmore’s clients to gain... read full bio
Lanny Davis is an American advisor, political operative, lawyer, consultant, lobbyist, author, and television commentator from Jersey City, New Jersey. Davis has previously earned both his B.A. and J.D. from Yale University. Davis began his career working as National Director of Youth Coalition for Muskie before going on to try to run for congress. He then later served three terms... read full bio
David Cutler is an economist who has been a senior health care advisor for the Obama Presidential Campaign, a member of council of economic advisors and national economic council for President Clinton, and a Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University. Cutler was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and he graduated from Harvard College, summa cum laude, with a degree in... read full bio
Dorie Clark is a marketing consultant, branding expert, and a contributor for Harvard Business Review who has been named as one of the top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. Clark was only 14 when she entered into Mary Baldwin College’s Program for the Exceptionally Gift and she graduated from Smith College at only 18 before going on... read full bio
Eric Chester is an award-winning speaker and best-selling author that helps business leaders to find and keep the right employees for their businesses. Through his work, Chester has helped several companies that he has worked with be named the best places to work in their industries by helping them to create a dynamic and compelling workplace culture. Over the past... read full bio
George W. Casey Jr. is an American retired four-star general who served as the 36th Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Casey was born in Sendai, Japan, during the time the Allied had occupation of Japan. His father, George W. Casey Sr., was also a general who served in the wars which led Casey Jr. to be a... read full bio
Leah Busque Solivan is an American entrepreneur who is best known for being founder of TaskRabbit, originally known as RunMyErrand. TaskRabbit is an online marketplace that matches people looking for labor with local demand to help with tasks which include cleaning, moving, deliveries, and various handyman tasks. For almost 10 years since it’s founding, Solivan worked as TaskRabbit’s CEO and... read full bio
Dennis Brouwer is a senior client strategist at Lumen Technologies, a Navy veteran, an author, leadership professional, and innovator. Brouwer has earned his MBA in Marketing from Texas A&M University – Mays Business School. He began his career serving in the Navy where he became known for being an expert in deconstruction. During his time in the Navy, he became... read full bio
Alfred Broaddus is a finance and economics expert, and former sixth President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Broaddus was born in Richmond, Virginia, and he has earned his B.A. in political science from Washington and Lee University and went on to earn his DEA from the University of Strasbourg and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Indiana... read full bio
Bridget Brennan is the CEO of Female Factor, a strategic consultancy, and an author. Brennan is also well-known for being a keynote speaker where she talks on engaging women as both customers, and as decision makers. As a speaker, Brennan has spoken in nearly every continent all over the world. Brennan has also been a guest lecturer at several universities... read full bio
