Irvin Mayfield is a Grammy and Billboard Award-winning artist with 15 albums to his credit. Mayfield is the founding Artistic Director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and currently serves as Artistic Director of Jazz at the Minnesota Orchestra. Mayfield is currently a professor at the University of New Orleans, where he also serves as Director of the New Orleans... read full bio
Amy Purdy is highly experienced and requested professional speaker. Amy’s TED talk was chosen by the TED organization out of hundreds to be featured on the homepage of TED.com catapulting her speaking career into the national and international corporate speaking world. Currently her TED talk is distributed to new, incoming TED speakers as the #1 recommended sample presentation. It has... read full bio
Fred Durst is the front man of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, with whom he has released six studio albums. In recent years, he has also become known for his work in independent films. Durst costarred in the film Population 436, and made his directorial debut with The Education of Charlie Banks. He directed a second film, The Longshots.... read full bio
The National Football League's former CIO and senior vice president was Michelle McKenna-Doyle. Her responsibilities included overseeing the NFL's corporate IT initiatives, shared service delivery, and technology strategy. Michelle left Constellation Energy in Baltimore, Maryland, where she held the position of CIO, to join the NFL. She held the position of President of Vision Interactive Media Group before joining Constellation,... read full bio
Throughout Baron Davis legendary career with the NBA, he has been a two-time All-Star, both times with the Charlotte/ New Orleans Hornets. Other teams he played with include the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks. He has also been a two-time NBA steals leader and NBA Skills Challenge champion. Davis attended UCLA, where he... read full bio
Mark McGrath and Kevin Griffin have come together to form the alternative rock super group, Ezra Ray. As lead singer/songwriter for Sugar Ray, McGrath has played a key role in the band’s stunning series of top 10 hits, several multi-platinum records and numerous sold out tours. He has also proven to be a prominent pop culture personality, with many television,... read full bio
Jessica Rose ""Jessie"" James Decker is an American country pop singer-songwriter and reality T.V. personality. At age fifteen, after auditioning for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee, James began working on refining her craft with Carla Wallace of Big Yellow Dog Music. One of her songs attracted the attention of Mercury Records which offered... read full bio
With two Grammy Awards already under their belts, Jazz/Funk group Snarky Puppy is up for yet another Grammy Award- this time for their new album, Culcha Vulcha. After creating music and performing for ten years, Snarky Puppy became a driving force in jazz music. Their musical range extends to many genres, having won Grammys in both the R&B and Contemporary... read full bio
Most well known as Shy Glizzy, Jefe is a Washington D.C. born rapper, who has released several mix tapes that have caught the attention of artists such as ASAP Rocky, 2 Chainz, and other prominent rappers/ producers. His most popular piece of work so far is ""Awwsome"", a collaboration with the megastar, Beyonce. Jefe takes pride and responsibility in representing... read full bio
Jauz is a Los Angeles EDM DJ who constantly breaks musical barriers with his diverse productions. One of his tracks can have a chill trap sound, while the next one is future garage style, and sometimes Jauz even dabbles into a more aggressive dubstep. Jauz’ popular remixes throw in a bass-heavy contemporary club feel to various genres, like 80s electro,... read full bio
Brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer make up the Sacramento-based EDM/ hip-hop duo, Hippie Sabotage. They have achieved #1 on Billboard’s Next Big Sound chart, and shared the stage with artists including Ellie Goulding and Tove Lo. Goulding shared their remix of Tove Lo’s “Stay High” on Instagram, helping them achieve global popularity and over a million streams. Hippie Sabotage has... read full bio
Academy Award-nominated film director, Bennett Millers most popular work includes Moneyball, Capote and Foxcacher. He made his grand entrance into the film world with the widely praised documentary, The Cruise. Capote followed seven years later, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in his Oscar-winning title role, earning Miller an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Next, the critically praised Moneyball received six... read full bio
"White Lies, which was formerly known as Fear of Flying, is a post-punk band from England. A change in musical style and feel prompted a name change for the band, and White Lies was quickly signed with Fiction Records after their debut on the post-punk scene. The band used social media as a tool to grow their following, and... read full bio
Veruca Salt is an alternative rock band from Chicago, whose five albums have all charted on the Billboard 200 chart of most popular albums in the U.S. Their track “All Hail Me” was named among Paste magazine’s list of 50 Greatest Grunge Songs of All Time. The Gold-certified single “Seether” was an MTV hit. “Volcano Girls”, from Veruca Salt’s album... read full bio
Asian-American actor John Cho has a distinguished and varied career that spans theater, television, and movies. He has established himself as a versatile talent in the industry with his remarkable performances in a range of roles. Cho became well-known for his appearances in the well-liked Harold and Kumar movie series, in which he played the part of Harold. His performance as... read full bio
Katie Crutchfield is one of the most diligent singer-songwriters in the game. She was raised close to Waxahatchee Creek and was born in Alabama. As Waxahatchee, she left town and went it alone. That was more than ten years ago. Crutchfield claims that although she never imagined the path would bring her to this point, she has never been more... read full bio
Maysa is a smooth jazz artist, who has recorded popular solo work and music with the British acid jazz band Incognito. While attending Morgan State University in Baltimore City, she became a member of the school’s world-renowned choir. During this time, she met Stevie Wonder at one of her performances. After graduating, she moved to Southern California to perform with... read full bio
Highly Suspect is a Grammy-nominated rock group, made up of twin brothers Rick and Ryan Meyer and their best friend Johnny Stevens. Their debut album, Mister Asylum, earned them their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Album. It spawned the singles “Lydia”, which was also nominated for a Grammy, and “Bloodfeather”. Highly Suspect followed up with the album The... read full bio
Michael Acton Smith OBE helped create Calm.com, Firebox.com, and Mind Candy. Michael co-founded the online gift retail site Firebox.com in his early twenties. The site sells fun and slightly bizarre gifts, and their breakthrough item was a shot glass chess set. After that item was released, their business exploded, and The Sunday Times listed them and 13th on their... read full bio
A superb communicator and visionary thinker, Susan David, Ph.D. is an award-winning Harvard psychologist and one of the world’s foremost experts on leadership and organizational culture. Susan is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and a regular expert radio and television commentator. Susan’s number 1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book,... read full bio
