Thought Leaders

His stories have been featured in Harper's, the New York Times, the New Yorker, on NPR's "This American Life..

Nick Danziger was born in London but grew up in Monaco and Switzerland.

Mayer developed a passion for computers while at Stanford University.

Esparza was a teenage graffiti artist but after graduating at the Art Center College of Design he jumped.

Jeffrey Israel has taught religion and political philosophy at Northwestern University and Rutgers University

Kurt Anderson is primarily a writer. He’s the author of the novels True Believers,

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman

Included on NPR’s list of “Best Commencement Speeches” Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder.

Eric Motley is vice president of the Aspen Institute and executive director of national programs.

Darryl Banks is the Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress.

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

Mia Kirshner is best known for her pivotal series.

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, a theoretical physicist and famous inventor.

Lidia Bastianich is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since…

Mitchell Joachim is co-founder of Terreform ONE and an associate professor at NYU.

Mindy S. Lubber is the President of Ceres, the leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental.

Alain de Botton, FRSL is a Swiss writer, philosopher, and television presenter who currently lives in the United Kingdom.

Annette Gordon-Reed is a Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University,

Maurice Ashley lives his passion. Through his love for chess, he not only made history

Stephan Jenkins is lead singer and guitarist for the Third Eye Blind, a San Francisco-based alt-rock group Jenkins founded in the early 90s.

Eric Schmidt is an American software engineer, a businessman, and the Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc. In 2017, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 119th-richest person in the world, with an…

Laszlo Bock is the CEO of Humu, Inc., a company with a mission to make work better everywhere, for everyone, through people science, machine learning, and a little bit of…

The only way to thrive in a rapidly changing world is to change with it. We know that. But the biggest barrier is in our heads. Neuroscientist and entrepreneur BEAU…

Angela Ahrendts DBE was most recently Senior Vice President of Apple Retail based in Cupertino, CA.  During her five years, she integrated Apple's physical and digital businesses to create a…

Known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” Ms. Opal Lee was present on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act bill that established June…

Rohan Oza is a former Chief Marketing Officer at Coca-Cola, and mastermind behind some of the most iconic brands in the consumer space today. Dubbed “Hollywood’s Brandfather” by the Hollywood…

Dr. Susan David is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning psychologist at Harvard Medical School. Co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at Harvard/McLean Hospital,…

Dr. Peterson is a professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. His now-classic book, Maps of Meaning: The…