One of America's most vibrant media, political, and social entrepreneurs is Paul Rieckhoff. As the founder and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest organization of Post-9/11 veterans in America (where he still serves as Vice Chairman of the Board), Rieckhoff has been a respected media and political figure for more than 20 years.... read full bio
Swedish behaviorist Thomas Erikson is the best-selling author of the Surrounded by volumes, a series exploring communication and human behavior. The series, which includes Surrounded by Idiots, has sold over 7 million copies and been translated into nearly 60 languages. His goal is to raise people's self-awareness in order to make their daily lives easier, but also to give them... read full bio
Eric Barker, a former Hollywood screenwriter and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, challenges popular beliefs about relationships and success through research and gripping anecdotes. He provides audiences with daring new ideas on how to prevent burnout, improve teamwork, and increase productivity. Barker offers ground-breaking concepts in both books that have an effect on professionals in the fields of business, healthcare, innovation,... read full bio
Julia Cook, M.S., is a parenting specialist, counselor, and children's author who has won national awards. She has authored children's books on a variety of character and social development subjects, routinely speaks at conferences for education and counseling, and has given presentations in hundreds of schools both domestically and abroad. Cook's work is to actively engage young people in entertaining,... read full bio
Christian Brose is Anduril Industries' president and chief strategist. He is in charge of overseeing the company's primary growth-related operations, which include communications, government relations, corporate strategy, business development, and foreign business. He is also the author of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High Tech Warfare, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, and a visiting... read full bio
Alex Banayan is the youngest best-selling business author and expert on high performance and exponential growth. Banayan’s best-selling book, “The Third Door,” goes through his quest to find the mindset of exponential growth and success. Since it’s release, The Third Door has been translated into numerous languages and has been featured on The New York Post. During his quest to... read full bio
Rebecca Traister is an American author. She has been a writer-at-large for The Cut New York magazine, and The New Republic. She has also been a contributing editor at Elle magazine. As an author, Traister has published three books, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “All the Single Ladies”, and “Good and Mad”. Her debut book Big Girls Don’t Cry became a... read full bio
Professor of Economics Roland G. Fryer, Jr. teaches at Harvard University. Fryer's work helps create more successful government policies by integrating economic theory, empirical data, and randomized experiments. His research on race, inequality, and education has received a lot of attention from the media and in testimony before Congress. Professor Fryer received the John Bates Clark Medal, which is granted... read full bio
Kate Michelman is an American political activist. She is best known for her support for the pro-choice movement in the United States of America and her role as co-chair for activist campaign WomenVotePA. For nearly 20 years, she served as President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, catapulting the organization to prominence as the nation’s premier reproductive rights group. Under Kate’s leadership,... read full bio
Warren St. John is an American author, journalist, and is CEO and executive editor at Patch Media. He started his career working as a reporter for The New York Times and from there, started publishing his own books and continued to work as a journalist. Warren has published two books, the National Bestseller “Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip... read full bio
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As a volunteer for the Peace Corps in post-war Korea, Margaret Wheatley, Ed.D. developed a concern for people all over the world. She has worked on every continent (except from Antarctica) with all ages, levels, and kinds of organizations, leaders, and activists as a consultant, senior-level advisor, teacher, speaker, and formal leader. Her current work focuses on empowering and assisting... read full bio
Heben Nigatu is first and foremost a writer and co-host for Buzzfeed’s ‘Another Round.’ ‘Another Round’ has featured high profile guests like Hillary Clinton. Nigatu landed a position at Buzzfeed after working a three-month fellowship while studying at Columbia University. Since, she has also written for ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’ She has been named on the Forbes’ 30... read full bio
Barry Glassner is an author, and a Professor of Sociology. He is best known for his books, The Culture of Fear, which became a best seller. He has released numerous articles through outlets such as, Social Problems, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Washington Post, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times. Glassner has been featured in Michael Moores film,... read full bio
Nadia Bolz-Weber is a New York Times bestselling author and founder and former pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints. Nadia grew up in Colorado Springs to a fundamentalist Christian family. She later studied at Pepperdine University but dropped out, moved to Denver, and became an alcoholic and drug abuser. After 10 years, Nadia became sober and has remained... read full bio
Garrard Conley is an American author and LGBTQ activist who is best known for his autobiography, ‘Boy Erased: A Memoir’, which has since become a major motion picture of the same name. Conley’s memoir went over his childhood with a fundamentalist family that enrolled him in conversion therapy because of his sexuality. Conley’s family sent him to Love In Action... read full bio
Nic Stone is an American New York Times best-selling author of young adult fiction books. Stone was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and she graduated from Spelman College with a degree in Psychology. After graduating from Spelman College, Stone moved to Israel for a few years which is when she decided to pursue a career as a writer. Stone... read full bio
Susan Burton is an author, prison reform activist, and is the Executive Director and founder of the non-profit, A New Way of Life. Burton was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. She was raised in housing projects and had a rough upbringing. Burton later in life had a son who was accidentally hit and killed by a police... read full bio
Diane Shader Smith is an American writer, publicist, and a cystic fibrosis advocate. Smith became a cystic fibrosis advocate after learning her daughter, Mallory Smith was diagnosed at only three years old. Although her daughter passed away at 25, during her life, Mallory kept a diary that she would use to write on her illness and what it did on... read full bio
