Adam Schefter, also known as Schefty, is ESPNs leading NFL personality, having been named best NFL insider by USA Today for three years in a row. Prior to working for ESPN, Schefter worked as an editor for The Michigan Daily, a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune, an intern for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and a writer for the Rocky Mountain... read full bio
NASA aerospace engineer, Adam Steltzner, is the Chief Engineer of the Mars 2020 project. Steltzner has worked on several flight projects to Mars, including the Galileo, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, and Mars Exploration Rovers. He has published a book, The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High Stakes Innovation, which received acclaim from The Washington Post... read full bio
Addison Anderson is a voiceover specialist. In addition he is also a writer, involved in film, sketch, improv, and standup. Anderson cowrote, co-produced, and starred in a film with Local Empire. He has produced work for TED-Ed, KirillArt, Circle World Arts, and more. With a Bachelors in Arts from Columbia University, Anderson is skilled. He delivers with excellent performance on... read full bio
Adele Puhn, M.S., C.N.S. is a nutritionist and author of several well-known diet books. Puhn has been a nutritional consultant for over three decades, and has an M.S. in Biology and Clinical Nutrition, as well as licensing and certification from the American College of Nutrition and the Licensing Bureau of New York State. Puhns diet book, The 5 Day Miracle... read full bio
Adeo Ressi has been one of the most prominent figures in the Silicon Valley since establishing TheFunded ten years ago. Created to provide entrepreneurs with the tools to write anonymous reviews about venture capitalist groups and their processes, TheFunded became wildly popular among entrepreneurs. Ressi also started The Founder Institute, a startup accelerator and entrepreneur training program based in Palo... read full bio
Aditi Nerurkar is a Medical Correspondent, health expert, and internal medicine physician. Nerurkar is the Co-Director of HMS Clerkship where she offers students engagements with community organizations in Alaska and Boston to study social determinants of health impact. Her work is most applicable for medical students during Covid-19. Dr. Nerurkar is also an esteemed speaker on stress relief, reliance, and... read full bio
Adm. William H. McRaven, USN, is a retired U.S. Navy Four-Star admiral, a best-selling author, and former Chancellor. McRaven has had quite the career and has advised Presidents Bush, and Obama on defense issues. During his time served, McRaven also was the commander of special operations on every level and went on to be in charge of the U.S. Special... read full bio
Stansfield Turner is a former United States Navy admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College. He was formerly a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy. Under Turner's direction, the CIA emphasized technical intelligence and signal intelligence. Reform and simplification of the intelligence community's multilayered secrecy... read full bio
Admiral William Owens is a decorated former US Navy Admiral and former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the second highest rank in the United States military establishment. Post military career, Owens served as the head of many companies including Science Applications International Corporation, Nortel, and Teledesic LLC. A former commander of the Sixth Fleet, Admiral Owens has... read full bio
A voracious reader from age three, Adora Svitak's first serious foray into writing -- at age five -- was limited only by her handwriting and spelling. (Her astonishing verbal abilities already matched that of young adults over twice her age.) Her breakthrough soon came in the form of a used Dell laptop her mother bought her." At age seven, she... read full bio
Adrian Bradshaw is a former British Army officer who has served as the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has previously served as Director Special Forces, and Commander Land Forces. Bradshaw has previously studied at Bloxham School, then went on to earn his BSc from the University of Reading, and his MA in International Relations and MSc in Defence Studies from... read full bio
VP of Cloud Architecture at AWS, Adrian Cockcroft is one of the top technology speakers in the industry. Adrian has been a leader in the creation of a cloud ecosystem as Cloud Architect at Netflix and Technology Fellow at Battery Ventures. While at Netflix, Adrian made significant contributions to the companys high profile transition to a cloud native architecture, and... read full bio
Adrian Fenty is an American politician who has previously served as the 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia. Fenty was born in Washington, D.C. and he has earned his B.A. in English and economics from Oberlin College and his J.D. form the Howard University School of Law. Fenty began working in politics after interning for U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum... read full bio
Oh sure, they have real names; but they are best known as ""The Carrot Guys."" And their message on employee engagement will change the way you do business. Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton are highly sought-after speakers and authors of the critically acclaimed, best-selling business books The Carrot Principle, The 24-Carrot Manager, A Carrot A Day (a Wall Street Journal... read full bio
Adrian Payne is the Professor of Marketing at the University of New South Wales and is a keynote speaker. Throughout the course of his career, Payne has become an expert in topics which include marketing, market research, general management, and corporate planning. He has previously earned his Med in Higher Education from Melbourne, his MSc from Aston and his Ph.D... read full bio
An international business-strategy consultant and originator of the theory of value migration, Adrian Slywotzky teaches executives how to get on top of changing customer demands. Dow Chemical, Lotus Development, Sears, Philips Electronics and Searle Pharmaceuticals are among the corporations that have profited from Slywotzkys advice. He helps businesses determine where value resides in their industry today and where it will... read full bio
Adriana Gascoigne is the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech. As a woman in tech, Adrianas passion lies in bolstering opportunities around the empowerment, engagement, and education of women in tech. Previously, she worked as the Vice President of Marketing at SecondMarket, the global marketplace for illiquid assets. She was responsible for SecondMarkets marketing, branding strategy, event production, and... read full bio
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress who is best known for modeling as a Victoria’s Secret Angel as their longest-running model. She is also a spokes model for Maybelline, Super Bowl commercials, and Kia Motor commercials. Lima started modeling when she entered a modeling contest and then finished in first place in Ford’s “Supermodel of Brazil”. She then... read full bio
Adriana Sanford is a Chilean American professor, author, internationally recognized privacy/cybersecurity scholar, corporate lawyer, international TV commentator and humanitarian. She received her J.D. from the Notre Dam Law school, and a LL.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in taxation and international and comparative law. When she was accepted at Georgetown, she was the first Latin American women accepted. Sanford... read full bio
The novelist Adriana Trigiani is beloved by millions of readers around the world for her hilarious and heartwarming novels. She may have been raised in a small town in Virginia, but Adriana was raised in a big Italian family. She chose her hometown for the backdrop of her debut novel, the critically acclaimed bestseller Big Stone Gap. Having released a... read full bio
