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America’s Funniest Stressbuster & Author

Motivational Humorist and Author, Kay Frances MBA, has shared her message to “lighten up, stress less.

Carol Leifer

Award-Winning Comedy Writer & Best-Selling Author

An award-winning writer and producer, best-selling author and stand-up comedian, Carol Leifer humbly.

President & CEO, TheCaseMade

DrT (as she prefers to be called) is a dynamic speaker, best-selling author and the President and CEO

Howard Fineman

Leading Journalist, Political Commentator & Best-Selling Author

Howard Fineman is an admired journalist and political commentator who taps into unrivaled knowledge of the political.

Founder/CEO of Stupid Cancer & Cancer Survivor

Diagnosed with brain cancer at 21, concert pianist and recovering advertising agency veteran Matthew Zachary 

Caylin Moore

Author, Rhodes Scholar & Aspiring Professor

Celebrated author and sought-after inspirational speaker, Caylin Moore invigorates audiences with wisdom from his journey.

Karen Mangia

WSJ Best Selling Author & Salesforce Executive

Karen Mangia is a WSJ Best Selling Author and one of the most sought after thought leaders in the world.

Philonise Floyd

Brother of George Floyd & Activist

On June 20, 1981, Philonise O’Neil Floyd, was the fourth child born to the late, Mrs. Larcenia “Ms. Cissy” Jones on Fort Hood army base.

Chief People & Culture Officer at Experience.com, Author of Unfairly Labeled

How can you accelerate performance on your business strategy? The answer might surprise you.

Richard Buery

CEO of Robin Hood & Former CEO of Achievement First

Growing up in the outskirts of Brooklyn in an area dubbed the “murder capital of New York City” at the time and where 70%.

HBO Def Poet & GoDaddy Maker, Healing the World Through Joy, Pleasure & Decolonization

Thea Monyeé is a licensed therapist and Oya priestess in the Ifa tradition, committed to creating healing.

Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

James Forman, Jr. graduated from Roosevelt High School in Atlanta, Brown University, and Yale Law School.

Former President of Thomas Jefferson University & Former CEO of Jefferson Health

Dr. Stephen Klasko is a transformative leader and advocate for a revolution in our systems of healthcare and higher education.

Former Marketing Lead at YouTube & Instagram, Writer, Forbes & NFT Creator, Origin Protocol

As one of the very few marketers to work at both YouTube and Instagram, Jon Youshaei was featured in Inc.

Transformational Business & Life Strategist and Sales Coach

A transformational force whose work has been featured on The View, Inside Edition, Fox and Friends.

Former Olympian & Motivator

Tim Montgomery knows exactly what it takes to be the fastest man in the world. He also knows the price one pays when achieving such goals illegally.

Daniel J. Kindlon

Clinical & Research Psychologist

Dr. Daniel Kindlon is a clinical and research psychologist specializing in the behavioral problems of children and adolescents.

Substance Abuse Advocate

Koren is an internationally bestselling author, best known for her memoir Smashed, which helped change national policy.

Washington Bureau Chief, Mother Jones Magazine

David Corn is a veteran Washington journalist and political commentator.

Controversial Hacker & Director of Research/Cyber Risk at Alacrinet

The recent onslaught of high profile cyber attacks on Equifax, Yahoo.

Academy Award-Winning Actress

Diane Keaton remains virtually peerless in the acting profession. With 50 movies and television shows under her belt.

Jaclyn Corin

Leading Organizer of the March For Our Lives

After the largest school shooting in American history, Parkland survivor Jaclyn Corin has become a leading activist.

Pollster, Bestselling Author & Founder of John Zogby Strategies

Called the “Prince of Polling,” John Zogby, founder of the world-famous Zogby Poll and the Zogby Companies.

Author, Supergirls Speak Out

Liz Funk is the author of Supergirls Speak Out (Simon and Schuster, 2009), a non-fiction look at how the modern.

Investigative Journalist

Kristal Brent Zook, Ph.D., was born in Los Angeles and raised in an all-female household by her mother and grandmother.

President Emerita of Spelman College & Bennett College for Women

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, is an accomplished anthropologist, educator and museum professional.

Founder of the Arab American Institute

James Zogby co-founded the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C. based organization which serves

Marysol Castro

MLB’s First Latina PA Announcer

Marysol Castro has spent the last two decades challenging the TV news status quo as a journalist and host.

Communications Expert

Rachel DeAlto is a communications expert, media personality, and the author of relatable:

Founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Her journey began with a simple promise to her dying sister, Susan G.

America’s Nutritionist, Author & TV Personality

Nobody motivates an audience more about the benefits of smart nutrition, everyday exercise, and commonsense core.

Peter Yarrow

Musician & Activist

Peter Yarrow has charmed, inspired, delighted, and just plain entertained generations of audiences since Peter,

Chief Sustainability Officer for Persefoni AI

Tim Mohin has worked to embed sustainability into business for more than 35 years. He began his career.

Historian / Biographer / Teacher

A Program Director and Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (with several absences).

Photographer / Author / Expert on Supercentenarians

Founder of Earth's Elders Foundation, Jerry Friedman has spent the past seven years working

Expert on Race Relations

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, a Professor of Sociology.

Chief Engineer for Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

B. Gentry Lee is chief engineer for the Solar System Exploration Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Founder of Valuable500, Global Advocate for Inclusion & Motivational Speaker

Caroline Casey, founder of Valuable500, operates at the frontier of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I).

Founder and CEO, Room to Read

John Wood is the founder of Room to Read, an organization that believes World Change Starts with Educated.

Joel Westheimer

University Research Chair in Democracy

Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa.

Medicine & Health Commentator

Dr. Peeke is a Pen public health and policy, and is a Fellow of both the American

Groundbreaking Employment Discrimination Plaintiff

In 1979, Lilly Ledbetter took a job at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plant in Gadsden, Alabama.

The Wall Street Coach

Kim Ann Curtin is the author of Transforming Wall Street: A Conscious Path for a New Future and the Founder of The Wall Street Coach,

Father of the Cell Phone, Inventor, Futurist & Entrepreneur

Martin Cooper is a visionary, inventor and entrepreneur who conceived of the first portable cellular telephone handset in 1973.

Chairman & CEO of LifeWings Partners

teve Harden is Chairmen and CEO of LifeWings Partners LLC – a team of physicians, astronauts, nurses,

Former Chairman & CEO Of Medtronic

Bill George is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of: Discover Your True North and The Discover Your True North Fieldbook,…

Vaclav Smil

Renowned Expert on Energy, Environment, Food & Technical Advances

One of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010, Smil has spent his career exploring

Executive Public Policy Storyteller & Convener, Translator of Technology, Innovation, & Economic Security, Global Connector

Jeff Le has had a career at the highest levels of public policy and politics at the state,

President, The Beryl Institute, Founding Editor, Patient Experience Journal & Recognized Expert on Patient Experience Excellence

Jason is a passionate champion and recognized expert on patient experience improvement, organization culture and change,

Co-Founder of Vox.com

A pioneering political blogger since the Internet Dark Ages of 2002, Matthew Yglesias co-founded the popular