Bradley Staats is a change management and performance speaker and is the Associate Professor of Operations at the Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina. Staats working with various clients and organizations to help them to improve on their business to stay innovative and relevant. Staats has earned his B.A. and B.S. at the University of Texas at... read full bio
Jane Chen is the co-founder and CEO of the non-profit, Embrace, a social enterprise that helps premature and low birth-weight babies with a low-cost infant incubator to help them to a healthy weight. Chen has earned her B.A. in Psychology and Economics from Pomona College and has earned her Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and her MBA from... read full bio
Tyler “TeePee” Polchow is an American retired esports Call of Duty player who is currently a desk analyst for Call of Duty League. Polchow began his career playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare playing with team Leverage. From there, Polchow has gone on to play and coach for various teams such as VWS Leverage, Quantic Leverage, Complexity, Evil Geniuses, OpTic... read full bio
David Merritt is a health care adviser, communications strategist, author, and Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Strategy at America’s Health Insurance Plans. With AHIP, Merritt leads their communications and coalitions, advocacy and strategy on issues from Medicare and Medicaid to health policy, prescription costs, and value. Merritt has previously been Managing Director for Frank Luntz at Luntz Global... read full bio
Allison Massari is a motivational speaker, storyteller, entrepreneur, and executive coach. As a motivational speaker, Massari has been voted one of the top ten best motivational speakers in North America by Meetings and Conventions Magazine. After leaving a keynote by Massari, audience members have claimed she’s bold, deeply moving, life-changing, and extraordinary and her speeches linger with audience members for... read full bio
Rishi Manchanda, M.D., MPH, is a public health innovator, author, and entrepreneur who is currently the President and CEO of HealthBegins which is the nation’s first mission-driven consultant firm that helps clients improve care and outcomes by ‘moving upstream’. Manchanda has earned his B.S. in Biology, Peace and Justice Studies, Religious Studies from Tufts University and he has gone on... read full bio
Jason Altmire is an American businessman, author, and politician who was formerly a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 4th district. Altmire was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, and he earned his B.S. in Political Science from Florida State University before going on to earn his Master’s in Health Administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Altmire... read full bio
Mark Kennedy Shriver is an American Democratic politician who has previously served as the member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 15th district. Shriver was born in Washington, D.C. and he is part of the Kennedy political family as his mother was Eunice Mary Kennedy. Shriver has earned his bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross... read full bio
Jessie Graff is an American professional stuntwoman and television personality who gained fame after competing on the obstacle course show “American Ninja Warrior”. Graff was born in New York City, New York and by the time she was only six years old, she started taking circus classes. This led to her training and competing in gymnastics where she was a... read full bio
Susannah Cahalan is an American acclaimed journalist as well as a New York Times best-selling author of the book “Brain on Fire”. Cahalan’s book, Brain on Fire, is a memoir on her personal experience being misdiagnosed with a mental illness. One day, Cahalan woke up in a hospital with no recollection of how she got there and no memories of... read full bio
Demetrius Harmon is an actor, poet, YouTuber, comedian, and mental health advocate who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. When Harmon was in only third grade, he taught himself graphic design and after honing in on his craft for a few years he went on to create his own clothing brand, “You Matter by Demetrius Harmon.” Harmon gained fame... read full bio
Jordan Elsass is an up-and-coming actor who has recently gained fame for playing Trip Richardson in the Hulu original series “Little Fires Everywhere”. Elsass was born and raised in Kingman, Arizona, and he began acting at only four years old after being seen in “Greatest Life’s Moments”. From there, Elsass went on to act on stage in several local theatre... read full bio
Gavin Lewis is an up-and-coming actor from Utah. While growing up in Utah, Lewis began his acting career acting in local theatre productions and he even won awards at the Utah Shakespeare Festival for his acting. Lewis’ parents were both theatre professionals and helped teach him how to act on stage. Later on in life, Lewis made his move to... read full bio
Jade Pettyjohn is an American actress from Los Angeles, California, who is best known for playing Summer Hathaway in the television series “School of Rock”, and for playing Lexie Richardson in the Hulu original series “Little Fires Everywhere”. Pettyjohn began performing and acting at a young age and she joined a local song and dance troupe when she was only... read full bio
Lexi Underwood is an American actress and singer who has recently gained fame after playing Pearl Warren in the Hulu television series “Little Fires Everywhere”, which was based off of the book of the same name. Underwood was born in Cheverly, Maryland, and she began her acting career after making her professional theatrical debut playing Want/Urchin Girl in the production... read full bio
Pauline Etienne is a Belgian actress who is best known for Sylvie Bridgette Dubois in the Netflix series “Into the Night”. Etienne was born in Ixelles, Belgium, and she had an interest in acting and music since a young age. She went on to join a theatre workshop before making her acting debut playing Delphine in the film “Private Lessons”.... read full bio
Darko Peric is a Serbian actor who is best known for playing Helsinki in the Spanish television series “Money Heist”, or “La Casa de Papel”, which has earned him worldwide fame after it was released through Netflix. Peric was born in Kladovo, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, and ever since he was a child he had a passion for singing and acting.... read full bio
Enrique Arce is a Spanish actor who is best known for playing Arturo Roman in the Spanish television series “La Casa de Papel”, also known as “Money Heist”, which has gained worldwide fame after being streamed on Netflix. Arce was born in Valencia, Spain, and he originally went to school to study law but after a few years he decided... read full bio
Esther Acebo is a Spanish actress, presenter and reporter who is best known for playing Monica Gaztambide in the Spanish television series “Money Heist”, or “La Casa de Papel”, which has gained fame since it began streaming through Netflix. Acebo previously studied physical activity and sport sciences at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, and while there, she also took acting... read full bio
Jaime Lorente is a Spanish actor who is best known for playing Denver in the Spanish television series “Money Heist”, also known as “La casa de papel”, that has gained more fame after being streamed on Netflix. Lorente was born in Murcia, Spain, and he began training in acting at La Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico de Murcia. Lorente went... read full bio
