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Abby Phillip is CNN's senior political correspondent and anchor of Inside Politics Sunday, an hour-long in-depth conversation on the week's most important political storylines, with a diverse set of analysts and news-making interviews.
Phillip joined the network in 2017 to cover the Trump Administration and served as White House Correspondent through 2019.
She joined CNN from The Washington Post where she most recently served as a national political reporter, covering the White House. While at The Washington Post, Phillip wrote on a wide range of subjects related to the Trump White House, including efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and the president's overseas trip to Poland and Germany for his first G-20.
Abby Phillip is CNN's senior political correspondent and anchor of Inside Politics Sunday, an hour-long in-depth conversation on the week's most important political storylines, with a diverse set of analysts and news-making interviews. She joined the network in 2017 to cover the Trump Administration and served as White House Correspondent through 2019. In January 2020, she moderated CNN's Democratic Presidential Debate in Iowa. She also anchored special coverage of Election Night in America surrounding the 2020 election, which lasted several days until CNN was the first news outlet to project Joe Biden as the winner. In January 2021, she anchored the CNN Special Report: Kamala Harris: Making History about the Vice President's barrier-breaking career and the childhood experiences that helped shape her.
Phillip joined CNN from The Washington Post where she served as a national political reporter, covering the White House. Before joining the Washington Post, Phillip was a digital reporter for politics at ABC News. She has also covered the Obama White House for POLITICO as well as campaign finance and lobbying.
Phillip was named to the Time 100 Next list in 2021 and she was the recipient of the National Urban League's Women of Power award.
Phillip was raised in Bowie, Md. and is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in Government. She currently lives in Washington with her husband, daughter and their pup Booker T.
Job Titles:
- Founder & CEO, Creative Beauty & Founding CEO of Gilt Groupe
Anderson Cooper is the anchor of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°, a nightly newscast that goes beyond the headlines - keeping politicians and policy makers honest and in-depth reporting representing all points of view. The show airs weeknights at 8 and 10p.m. ET on CNN. Cooper has covered nearly all-major news events around the world, often reporting from the scene. Most recently, he has covered the conflicts in Syria and Egypt, the NSA surveillance programs, the Boston Marathon bombing and the Sandy Hook shootings. He has been awarded eight Emmy Awards, including two for his coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
He has played a pivotal role in CNN's political coverage and has anchored from conventions and moderated several presidential debates. In October 2012 Cooper moderated CNN's Republican debate from Las Vegas. During most of 2007 and 2008, Cooper traveled around the world for Planet in Peril, a documentary about issues threatening the planet, its inhabitants and its natural resources.
In addition, Cooper provides reports for CBS's 60 Minutes. Dispatches from the Edge, Cooper's memoirs about covering the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and other news events, topped the New York Times bestsellers list and other bestseller charts.
Before joining CNN, Cooper was an ABC News correspondent and host of the network's reality program, The Mole. Cooper anchored ABC's live, interactive news and interview program, World News Now, as well as providing reports for World News Tonight, 20/20 and 20/20 Downtown. Previously, he was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, reporting primarily for World News Saturday/Sunday.
Cooper joined ABC from Channel One News, where he served as chief international correspondent. During that time, he reported and produced stories from Bosnia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa and Vietnam. He also reported national stories that were broadcast over the Channel One News school television network and seen in more than 12,000 classrooms nationwide.
Cooper and Anderson Cooper 360° have won several major journalism awards, including multiple Emmy awards. Cooper has also earned a National Headliners Award for his tsunami coverage, an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABC's coverage of Princess Diana's funeral; a Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the Bosnian civil war; a Bronze Telly for his coverage of famine in Somalia; a Bronze Award from the National Educational Film and Video Festival for a report on political Islam; and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism for his 20/20 Downtown report on high school athlete Corey Johnson.
Job Titles:
- Entrepreneur, Author
- Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, Former Presidential and Mayoral Candidate & Philanthropist
Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, non-profit leader, and former US presidential and NYC mayoral candidate.
Andrew founded Venture for America in 2011, a non-profit organization that helped create thousands of jobs in cities across America.
Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, non-profit leader, and former US presidential and NYC mayoral candidate.
After being a corporate lawyer for five short months, joining a few start-ups, and even launching his own company, Andrew eventually became CEO of an education company that became #1 in the country. He then started a national entrepreneurship non-profit, Venture for America, which worked to empower thousands of young entrepreneurs to bring economic dynamism to cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Birmingham, St. Louis, and others around the country. Leading the organization to become a national multi-million dollar charity, Andrew was named a Presidential Ambassador of Entrepreneurship by the White House under the Obama administration and a Champion of Change for his leadership.
After seeing the devastation that automation and the fourth industrial revolution were doing to the American workforce, Andrew decided to run for President in late 2017. Initially dubbed a "longer than long shot" candidate by The New York Times, Andrew's grassroots support, known as the "Yang Gang," propelled him to seven Democratic primary debates, outpolling and outlasting six senators, four governors, three members of congress, two mayors, and one secretary.
Job Titles:
- Producer
- Executive Producer of Bravo
- Host & Executive Producer, Bravo 's Watch What Happens Live
Andy Cohen is the Host and Executive Producer of Bravo's late night, interactive talk show Watch What Happens: Live
Cohen is Executive Producer of The Real Housewives franchise
He is Former Executive Vice President of Development and Talent for Bravo
Andy Cohen is an Emmy Award-winning host, producer, and author best known as the host and executive producer of Emmy-Nominated Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Bravo's late night, interactive talk show. The series is the only live show in late night television and consistently makes headlines with bold interviews viewers don't see anywhere else. Because of this, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen has become a nightly destination for some of the biggest names in pop culture including Meryl Streep, Cher, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga. He also serves as executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and hosts the network's highly rated reunion specials.
In Fall of 2015, Cohen launched "Radio Andy," a personally curated channel on SiriusXM focused on pop culture, celebrities, lifestyle, relationships and the dish on all topics deep and shallow. The channel is a fun, uncensored entertainment and talk destination with celebrity hosts including Cohen, who has daily and weekly shows on air.
In 2016, Cohen also launched his own book imprint Andy Cohen Books and in November became a New York Times best-selling author for a fourth time with the release of his latest book, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries and achieved similar success with The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look At a Shallow Year as well as with the hardcover (May 2012) and the paperback (May 2013) versions of his first book, titled, Most Talkative: Stories from the Frontlines of Pop Culture.
When he isn't in the host seat, Cohen tours the country with Anderson Cooper for "AC2: An Intimate Evening with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen" where the dynamic duo discuss all topics deep and shallow in front of sold out audiences across the country.
In ten years as an executive at Bravo he was responsible for an aggressive slate of unscripted series and specials including hits such as Project Runway, Top Chef, Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, The Millionaire Matchmaker, the Million Dollar Listing franchise, Being Bobby Brown, Shahs of Sunset, Flipping Out, Top Design, Work Out, Make Me a Supermodel, Blow Out, Kathy Griffin My Life On the D List, The A List Awards, The Rachel Zoe Project, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, Bethenny Ever After, Tabatha's Salon Takeover, and The Real Housewives franchises. Cohen started at Bravo in 2004 as Vice President, Original Programming and most recently, Cohen served as Bravo's Executive Vice President of Development and Talent from November 2011 to January 2014.
Cohen received an Emmy award when season six of Top Chef won Outstanding Reality Competition Program at the 2010 primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for 18 additional Emmy Awards as Executive Producer of Project Greenlight, Project Runway, Top Chef and Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. In 2005, Cohen was awarded a Peabody Award for his role as Executive Producer of the TRIO documentary The N Word and another in 2008 as an Executive Producer of Project Runway. In 2019, Cohen was awarded the Vito Russo Award by GLAAD for making a significant difference in accelerating LGBTQ acceptance. In 2019, it was announced that Cohen will receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cohen ran Original Programming and Development for the pop culture and arts cable channel TRIO, beginning in July 2000. He was responsible for developing and supervising all of TRIO's original productions including the critically acclaimed original documentaries Gay Republicans, Easy Riders/Raging Bulls, and Brilliant, But Cancelled. He spent ten years (1990-2000) as a producer at CBS News, working on CBS This Morning and 48 Hours.
Born in St. Louis, Cohen is a graduate of Boston University where he received a Bachelor of Sciences in broadcast journalism. Cohen is currently on the board of directors for charity Friends In Deed and resides in New York City with his baby boy Benjamin Cohen and his dog Wacha.
Job Titles:
- Bestselling Author, Co - Founder of Punchbowl News & Former Co - Author of POLITICO 's Playbook
A professor with deep academic credentials and critical scholarly works on the subject, Beau is also founder and CEO of two companies - Lab of Misfits, the world's first neuro-design studio, and Ripple, which holds several highly influential patents in Augmented Reality (AR).
A three-time mainstage TED speaker with over 9,000,000 views, Beau has spoken around the world, delivering totally unique, visually stunning, interactive, and fun presentations that help people act differently in the face of change.
His message is an ideal conference kick-off - providing powerful, positive, creative context that sets a tone for the content and collaboration that follow.
He is author of three books: Why We See What We Do, Why We See What We Do Redux, and Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently.
Job Titles:
- Creator
- Creator & Screenwriter, "House of Cards"
Beau Willimon is the creator and screenwriter of the award-winning Netflix series House of Cards. Set in Washington DC, House of Cards is described as a "wicked political drama that penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern American politics." Starring Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey, the show is the first original series developed and distributed exclusively by and on Netflix to rave critical and viewership reviews.
Beau's play Farragut North had its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York in November 2008. It recently had its West Coast premiere at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles starring Chris Pine. He is a recipient of the Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship, two-time winner of the Lincoln Center Le Comte du Nouy Award, the Seymour Brick Memorial Playwriting Prize, winner of the 2005 Dayton Playhouse FutureFest, and was a 2008 Playwright-in-Residence at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
Beau is currently working on commissions for the Manhattan Theatre Club and the National Theatre of Great Britain. He has written films for Warner Brothers and Fox 2000, and will soon begin work on a new film for Summit to star Sam Worthington.
A resident of Brooklyn, Beau holds a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in playwriting from Columbia University's School of the Arts.
Job Titles:
- CEO, ServiceNow Former CEO, SAP
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- Founder of BIG
- Visionary Architect
Bjarke Ingels is the founder of BIG, a Copenhagen and New York-based group of architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development.
Bjarke Ingels started BIG Bjarke Ingels Group in 2005 after co-founding PLOT Architects in 2001 and working at OMA in Rotterdam.
Through a series of award-winning design projects and buildings, Bjarke has developed a reputation for designing buildings that are as programmatically and technically innovative as they are cost and resource-conscious.
Bjarke has received numerous awards and honors, including Wall Street Journal's Innovator of the Year Award, the Danish Crown Prince's Culture Prize in 2011, the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2004, and the ULI Award for Excellence in 2009. In 2016, TIME Magazine named Bjarke one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Alongside his architectural practice, Bjarke taught at Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, and Rice University and is an honorary professor at the Royal Academy of Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. He is a frequent public speaker and has spoken in venues such as TED, WIRED, AMCHAM, 10 Downing Street, and the World Economic Forum.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder, Flickr & Former Chairman, Etsy
Chip Conley is an American hotelier and hospitality entrepreneur who formerly served as Strategic Advisor for Hospitality and Leadership and Global Head of Hospitality for Airbnb.
He taught his award-winning methods to hundreds of thousands of Airbnb hosts in nearly 200 countries and created the Airbnb Open that brings thousands together in a global festival of belonging.
Chip is also the founder of America's second-largest boutique hotel company, Joie de Vivre.
His book, Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder, ignites a powerful conversation about the value of the humility, emotional intelligence, and wisdom that come with age.
He founded Modern Elder Academy, the first midlife wisdom school dedicated to transforming aging.
He also authored Peak and the New York Times bestseller Emotional Equations, which share his own theories on transformation and meaning in business and life
Conley received hospitality's highest honor, the Pioneer Award, joining industry icons Marriott, Kimpton, and Wynn.
Why Everyone Has Midlife Wrong | Chip Conley on Impact Theory
Chip Conley has disrupted the hospitality industry twice, once as the founder and long-time CEO of Joie de Vivre Hotels (America's second largest boutique hotel company) and more recently in 2013 when he joined the three founders of Airbnb to help grow and lead the company to become the most valuable hospitality company in the world. Chip has identified his three rules of disruptive innovation in any industry and how start-ups as well as established companies can see the foreshadowing of a new wave on the horizon and surf that wave to competitive advantage.
Chloe Kim is an Olympic snowboarder who took home Gold for the U.S. in the women's snowboard halfpipe in 2018 and 2022.
Her win at the 2018 Winter Olympics at age 17, made her the youngest woman to win an Olympic medal in snowboarding.
She became the youngest competitor to win a Winter X Games gold medal at age 14 and the first X Games athlete to win two golds before the age of 16.
Chloe Kim is an American snowboarding prodigy who took home Gold for the U.S. in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics, making her the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal. She defended her gold medal in the women's halfpipe at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
Chloe is also a four-time X Games gold medalist in the Superpipe, the first X Games athlete to win two golds before the age of 16, and the first woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Chloe's first tracks on a snowboard were at the age of four and she began competing when she was six. She qualified to make the 2014 Olympic Halfpipe team, but due to her age and IOC rules, was unable to compete.
2013-14 was Chloe's breakout season. The year began with a Bronze medal at the Dew Tour and continued with Chloe grabbing Silver at the Winter X Games. She finished the season with another Silver at the Burton US Open-all at the age of 13.
Chloe made history during the 2014-15 season when she became the youngest competitor (at 14 years old) to win a Winter X Games Gold medal.
During the 2015-16 season, Chloe won six Gold and two Silver medals. Her season highlights included defending her X Games Gold medal and becoming the first X Games athlete to win two Golds before the age of 16. She continued to break new ground in women's snowboarding when she became the first woman to land back-to-back 1080 spins and score a perfect 100 at the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix that year.
Chloe's 2016-17 season started off by winning Gold medals at the Copper Grand Prix and LAAX Open, pushing her consecutive event win streak to eight. She went on to win Bronze at the X Games and the first World Cup Crystal Globe of her career. Chloe finished the season defending her Gold medal at the Burton US Open, cementing her status as the top female halfpipe rider in the world heading into the 2018 Olympics.
Chloe has had just as much success off of the mountain as she has had on it, being featured on Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2017, TIME's 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016 and 2017, and espnW's 2015 IMPACT25 list. In addition, Chloe has been nominated for an ESPY, Kids Choice Sports Award, and two Laureus World Sports Awards.
She joined forces with national soccer player Alex Morgan, Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) star Sue Bird, and Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel to launched TOGETHXR, a multidimensional media, and commerce platform that combines their joint love of athletics with their shared passions for culture, style, and social justice. The platform works to shatter the stereotypes surrounding women in sports.
Chloe, whose parents emigrated from Korea, now lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Cirque Du Soleil
- President and CEO of Cirque Du Soleil Entertainment Group
Daniel Lamarre is a French Canadian whose talent for international business development spans a long career in creative industries, culminating with his current position as President and CEO of the Cirque du Soleil.
Daniel is responsible for nurturing the delicate balance between Cirque du Soleil's global strategy across five continents, its financial growth and stability, and the integrity of its culture and values.
Among Daniel's greatest achievements are the execution of complex negotiations resulting in signed agreements with The Beatles and Michael Jackson's estate. Cirque du Soleil's production of ‘LOVE' based on The Beatles' music is the only live show ever agreed to by the iconic group. The celebration of Michael Jackson's life and work ‘ONE' was produced after competing with other entertainment giants who had established relationships with Michael Jackson's estate. Both accomplishments required outstanding business skills to be brought to the fore.
Daniel's strength is his ability to marry the needs of disparate groups and interests, finding positive solutions and outcomes for all-a skill he has fine-tuned throughout his career with TVA Broadcast Group, NATIONAL Public Relations, and Burson Marsteller. A natural storyteller, his best advice is usually delivered as a story from his rich personal experience. Drawing from his successes and failures, Lamarre's weapons of choice are laughter and humility.
In 2012 he collaborated on the creation of C2MTL Conference, a one-of-a-kind coming together of the creative and business elite of the world. It is a platform for exploring creative answers to commercial questions. In line with his belief that without creativity, there is no commerce.
He has been honored with Doctorates from the Faculty of Law, McGill University, and his alma mater the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Arts.
Daniel's outlook is resolutely international, but his roots are firmly in his tiny hometown of Grand-Mère, a small town located in the French part of Canada. This strong sense of self and values is fundamental to how Daniel does business, but is also a source of great personal satisfaction.
Concerned for education, and health and welfare matters, he supports a variety of charities. For 12 years, Daniel has been involved with Cirque du Monde, a worldwide social circus program which targets at-risk youth. He has been a Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Montreal Heart Institute since 1994.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
- Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California
David Agus is professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California
David B. Agus is one of the world's leading doctors and pioneering biomedical researchers. He is a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering. He is the founding director and CEO of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC. A medical oncologist, Dr. Agus leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers dedicated to the development and use of technologies to guide doctors in making health-care decisions tailored to individual needs. An international leader in new technologies and approaches for personalized healthcare, Dr. Agus serves in leadership roles at the World Economic Forum and other prestigious organizations. He is also a CBS News contributor. Dr. Agus' three books "The End of Illness", "A Short Guide to a Long Life" and "The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health" are all New York Times and international bestsellers. He is a 2017 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Job Titles:
- Emmy Award Winning Creative Director, Entrepreneur & TED Speaker
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- Global Director of Behavioral Economics, Google
- Google 's Global Director of Behavioral Economics
Maya Shankar is currently Google's Global Director of Behavioral Economics.
Maya is the Creator, Host, and Executive Producer of Pushkin's A Slight Change of Plans podcast where she uncovers little-known personal stories and reflections from familiar names like Hillary Clinton, Tiffany Haddish, and Kacey Musgraves.
Maya is currently Google's Global Director of Behavioral Economics. Prior, Maya served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team - a team of scientists charged with improving public policy using research insights about human behavior. In 2016, Maya served as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations under Ban Ki-moon.
Maya is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music's pre-college division and is a former private violin student of Itzhak Perlman.
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- Emmy Award Winning Creative Director, Entrepreneur & TED Speaker
Job Titles:
- Entrepreneur & Author, "the Lean Startup" & "the Startup Way"
Eric Stonestreet is most well-known for starring as Cameron Tucker on ABC's comedy series, Modern Family, a role in which he earned two Emmy Awards in the "Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" category, in 2010 and 2012. Stonestreet also garnered a 2011 Emmy Nomination, Golden Globe Nominations in 2011, 2012 and 2013, Screen Actors Guild Nominations in 2012, 2013, and 2015, and a TCA Award nomination for his portrayal
Recently, Stonestreet voiced the character of "Duke" in Illumination Entertainments' The Secret Life of Pets. Louis C.K. and Kevin Hart also starred in this 3D animated picture. Produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, The Secret Life of Pets takes place in a Manhattan apartment building after the human residents leave and all of the "pets" begin their day. Universal Pictures released the film on July 8, 2016. Also in 2016, Stonestreet appeared in HBO's Confirmation. From a script by Academy Award-nominated writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich), the TV movie detailed the 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearings. Stonestreet portrayed lobbyist Kenneth Duberstein who was selected by President George Bush to help in getting Clarence Thomas appointed as a Supreme Court Justice. Kerry Washington portrayed Anita Hill and also served as an executive producer, with Wendell Pierce depicting Clarence Thomas. The TV movie premiered on April 16, 2016.
In 2015, Stonestreet starred in the thriller The Loft, directed by Erik Van Looy and also starring Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, and Rachael Taylor. The independent film follows five friends who share a loft for their extramarital affairs and begin to question one another after the body of an unknown woman is found in the property. The film was released by Open Road on January 30, 2015.
Stonestreet was a scene-stealer in the comedy, Identity Thief for Universal Pictures. The film was directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) and starred Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman. On February 8, 2013, the film opened #1 at the box office with $34.5 million.
Job Titles:
- Director of Fashion Partnerships at Instagram & NY Times Bestselling Author
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- Co - Founder & CEO, VaynerMedia
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- Co - Host, CBS This Morning and Editor - at - Large, O, the Oprah Magazine
Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning and Editor-at-Large of the award-winning O, the Oprah Magazine
She previously hosted The Gayle King Show, a live, weekday television interview program on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network that was also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio
Before moving into print and radio, King worked for 18 years as a television news anchor for a CBS affiliate
King has received numerous awards for her extensive work as a journalist, including three Emmys, the American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Award, and the Individual Achievement Award for Host-Entertainment
Washington Post: "Our culture needed an adult. Gayle King rose to the challenge…
Gayle King is co-host of CBS Mornings. An accomplished television journalist, King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to CBS Mornings and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She is also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily and hosts a live, weekly radio show titled Gayle King in the House on SiriusXM.
Since joining CBS News in 2011, King has conducted revealing and news-making interviews with world leaders, political figures and celebrities, including former President Barack Obama; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Bruce Springsteen; Dave Chappelle; Dylan Farrow; Chris Rock; Elon Musk; Billie Eilish; R. Kelly; and Michelle Obama and her mother, Marian Robinson, in their first TV interview together. She also conducted the final interviews with Representative John Lewis and Cicely Tyson before their passing.
King has landed a string of exclusive and competitive interviews. In October 2020, King spoke exclusively with Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, about the night Taylor was fatally shot by police in her own home.
King's 2019 interview with embattled singer R. Kelly made international headlines when Kelly exploded during their extended sit-down. The interview aired on all broadcasts and was featured in a primetime special. King followed the Kelly interview with exclusive interviews with Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage, two young women who lived with Kelly in Chicago at the time, and were at the center of the controversy surrounding Kelly.
She has also handled a number of high-profile assignments, including leading CBS News' on-the-ground coverage from the Texas border to report on the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy. She reported from Newtown, Conn. in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. She co-anchored CBS News' special coverage of several breaking news stories, including the Paris terrorist attacks, the San Bernardino shootings, the Supreme Court's landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage and the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. She co-anchored live broadcasts from Cleveland and Philadelphia for the 2016 Republican and Democratic Conventions, from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. prior to the museum's opening, as well as moderating CBS News' 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate in Charleston and co-anchoring CBS News' election night 2020 coverage. She also co-anchored CBS News coverage of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
King has anchored multiple primetime specials, including "The Gayle King Grammy Special," which included a slate of interviews with nominees such as Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Jonas Brothers, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Lil Nas X; "BET News and Facebook Present: COVID-19: Black America's Fight"; CBS News' special on racism and police brutality "Justice for All"; "John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero"; BET's "Say Her Name: The Untold Story of Breonna Taylor"; the BET primetime exclusive special "Cicely Tyson: In Her Own Words," honoring the life and legacy of the iconic actress; "Meghan and Harry Plus One"; "The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special"; "The Chauvin Verdict"; and "Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy."
King previously hosted The Gayle King Show, a live, weekday television interview program on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The program, which featured a discussion of a broad variety of topics that included politics and cultural developments, was also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio, where it premiered in 2006.
Before that, King worked for 18 years as a television news anchor for CBS affiliate WFSB-TV in Hartford, Conn., during which she also hosted her own syndicated daytime program. Prior to joining WFSB, King worked at several other television stations, including WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Mo., WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Md., and WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C.
King has received numerous awards for her extensive work as a journalist, including three Emmys. In 2018 she was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and in 2019 she was selected for the TIME 100, Time magazine's annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world.
The mother of a daughter, Kirby, and a son, Will, she currently resides in New York City.
Geena Davis is one of Hollywood's most respected actors, appearing in several roles that became cultural landmarks.
Davis received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist, and has won a Golden Globe for her work in ABC's Commander in Chief, along with a nomination for Best Actress in A League of Their Own.
She is the Founder and Chair of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which engages film and television creators to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters - and reduce gender stereotyping - in media. Davis was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2019 for her efforts to promote a more balanced representation of women onscreen.
Geena Davis receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2019 Governors Awards
Geena Davis was one of the best luncheon speakers the Dallas Women's Foundation has had in its 27-year history. Ms. Davis engaged everyone in the room through her passionate and deeply informed advocacy for gender equality and gender balance in media.
Geena Davis delivered a memorable keynote speech, weaving in humor and data and connecting with everyone in the audience. Many guests have said she was their favorite keynote speaker yet!
Helen Mirren has won an Oscar, Emmy, SAG Award, Tony, multiple BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe, as international recognition for her work on stage, screen and television.
In 2014 she was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship for her outstanding career in film, and in 2018 she was honored with the Chaplin Gala career achievement recognition from The Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York.
For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 of "The Queen," she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She was also named Best Actress by virtually every critic's organization from Los Angeles to London.
Helen Mirren became a Dame of the British Empire in 2003.
Helen Mirren has won an Oscar, Emmy, SAG Award, Tony, multiple BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe, as international recognition for her work on stage, screen and television. For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 of "The Queen," she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She was also named Best Actress by virtually every critic's organization from Los Angeles to London. In 2014 she was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship for her outstanding career in film. In 2018 she was honored with the Chaplin Gala career achievement recognition from The Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York.
On stage, Mirren reprised her role as Queen Elizabeth II on Broadway in The Audience, a play by Peter Morgan, directed by Stephen Daldry, for which she won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. In 2013 she debuted her stage role of Elizabeth II in The Audience in London's West End, for which she received the Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award, and 2014 WhatsOnStage Award, for Best Actress.
Currently, she is filming a limited series for HBO in the title character's role of Catherine the Great.
In theaters now, Mirren can be seen in Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms." She will next be seen in Saban Films' "Berlin, I Love You," Lionsgate's "Anna" and Warner Bros.' "The Good Liar."
Most recently, she was seen in IFC's third season of "Documentary Now!," Sony Pictures Classics' "The Leisure Seeker," CBS Films' "Winchester," portraying Sarah Winchester, Universal Pictures' "The Fate of the Furious." Other recent films include Warner Bros.' "Collateral Beauty," Bleecker Street Media's "Eye in the Sky," portraying an army Colonel in a world of remotely piloted aircraft warfare, "Trumbo," portraying Hedda Hopper and "Woman in Gold," portraying Maria Altmann, the Austrian Jewish refugee who fought to reclaim her family's art that had been stolen by the Nazis in World War II.
Mirren was most recently heard narrating the documentary "Cries from Syria." She will next be heard voicing a character in the animated film "The One and Only Ivan." Additionally, she voiced the character of ‘Dean Hardscrabble' in Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' "Monster's University."
Previous works include Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' "100 Foot Journey," Fox Searchlight Pictures' "Hitchcock" for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a SAG Award, "RED" and "RED 2," John Madden-directed thriller "The Debt," in which she plays a Mossad agent and Hungarian director Istvan Szabo's "The Door."
Mirren began her career in the role of Cleopatra at the National Youth Theatre. She then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she starred in such productions as "Troilus and Cressida" and "Macbeth." In 1972, she joined renowned director Peter Brook's theatre company and toured the world.
Her film career began with Michael Powell's "Age of Consent," but her breakthrough film role came in 1980 in John Mackenzie's "The Long Good Friday." Over the next 10 years, she starred in a wide range of acclaimed films, including John Boorman's "Excalibur," Neil Jordan's Irish thriller "Cal," for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and an Evening Standard Film Award; Peter Weir's "The Mosquito Coast," Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," and Charles Sturridge's "Where Angels Fear to Tread."
Mirren earned her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Queen Charlotte in Nicholas Hytner's "The Madness of King George," for which she also won Best Actress honors at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Her second Oscar® nomination came for her work in Robert Altman's 2001 film "Gosford Park." Her performance as the housekeeper also brought her Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations, several critics groups' awards, and dual SAG Awards, one for Best Supporting Actress and a second as part of the winning ensemble cast. Most recently, Mirren earned both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in "The Last Station," playing Sofya Tolstoy.
Among her other film credits are Terry George's "Some Mother's Son," on which she also served as associate producer, "Calendar Girls," The Clearing," "Shadowboxer," "State of Play," "The Tempest" and "Brighton Rock".
On television, Mirren starred in the award-winning series "Prime Suspect" as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison. She had earned an Emmy Award and three BAFTA Awards, as well as numerous award nominations, for her role in early installments of the "Prime Suspect" series. She won another Emmy Award and earned a Golden Globe nomination when she reprised the role of Detective Jane Tennison in 2006's "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act," the last installment in the PBS series. Most recently she starred with Al Pacino in the HBO biopic "Phil Spector," for which she won a SAG Award for her performance and was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Mirren was also honored for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the HBO miniseries "Elizabeth I," winning an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe and a SAG Award.
Her long list of television credits also includes "Losing Chase," "The Passion of Ayn Rand," "Door to Door," and "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone," earning Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG Award nominations and awards.
Mirren has also worked extensively in the theatre. She received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in "Mourning Becomes Electra" at London's National Theatre. In 2009, Mirren returned to the National Theatre to star in the title role in "Phèdre," directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner.
Helen Mirren became a Dame of the British Empire in 2003.
John Mackey's journey to awakening is an inspiration not just to entrepreneurs, but to anyone who believes in a new definition of success for capitalism-one that includes positive societal impact as well as traditional business metrics.
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- Co - Anchor, NBC News' TODAY
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- Chairman, President & CEO, Starbucks
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- Conductor & Business Consultant
Jamie Naughton joined Zappos.com, Inc. in 2004 right after the company relocated from the bay area to Las Vegas. As Speaker of the House, Jamie works directly with CEO Tony Hsieh, focusing on the culture for which the company has become known.
Her role is essential in creating and driving the architecture of the dynamic culture as well as focusing on culture R&D to ensure Zappos.com always stays relevant to both the employees and their customers.
Jane Fonda is a two-time Academy Award-winning actress (Best Actress in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home), author, activist, and fitness guru. Her career has spanned over 50 years, accumulating a body of film work that includes over 45 films and crucial work on behalf of political causes such as women's rights, Native Americans, and the environment. She is a seven-time Golden Globe® winner, Honorary Palme d'Or honoree, 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award winner, and the 2019 recipient of the Stanley Kubrick Excellence in Film Award as part of BAFTA'sBritannia Awards.
Fonda stars in the series Grace & Frankie, which will be Netflix's longest running original series. It is for her work on the series that she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. She can be seen on the big screen in Paramount's comedy, Book Club in which she starred alongside Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen, and Candice Bergen. Fonda also premiered Jane Fonda in Five Acts, a documentary for HBO chronicling her life and activism, at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special in 2019.
Jane celebrated her 80th birthday by raising $1 million for each of her nonprofits, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential and The Women's Media Center. Currently, Jane is leading the charge on Fire Drill Fridays, a national movement to protest government inaction on climate change. Her latest book, What Can I Do? My Path From Climate Despair To Action, details her personal journey with the movement and provides solutions for communities to combat the climate crisis.
Jason Bateman was honored with a Golden Globe Award in 2004 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and earned an Emmy Award nomination and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his irreverent portrayal of ‘Michael Bluth' in the multi-award-winning comedy series Arrested Development. Since then, the actor, producer and director has attained leading-man status on the big screen and returned to his roots in television continuing to produce, write and develop projects for the small screen.
Since Arrested Development ended in 2006, Bateman has secured one major film role after another. In 2007, Bateman starred in the action thriller The Kingdom and, prior to this, in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. In 2008, Bateman starred in Hancock, one of the top box-office openings worldwide. This came on the heels of one of the biggest success stories in independent filmmaking, Jason Reitman's Juno, in which Bateman played a pivotal role as a potential adoptive father.
In 2010, Bateman starred with Jennifer Aniston in the romantic comedy The Switch. He shined opposite George Clooney in the Academy Award-nominated Up in the Air, and starred alongside Vince Vaughn and Kristen Bell in Jon Favreau's Couples Retreat. In 2009, Bateman headlined director Mike Judge's Extract, which was produced by Bateman through his F+A Productions banner.
In 2011, he starred in back-to-back leading roles, in The Change-Up and the box-office hit Horrible Bosses, in which Bateman reteamed with director Seth Gordon.
In February 2013, Bateman co-starred with Melissa McCarthy in Identity Thief. Shortly after in April 2013, Bateman starred in the thriller drama Disconnect. Bateman's feature film directorial debut, Bad Words, premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. He was most recently seen in This Is Where I Leave You, starring alongside Tina Fey, Rose Byrne and Timothy Olyphant. He also reprised his role in the 2014 sequel Horrible Bosses 2. His other film credits include the comedy The Ex, The Break-Up, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and Starsky & Hutch.
On the small screen, Bateman secured a first-look production deal for his company F+A Productions to develop, direct, and write original content for FOX Television. The deal came to fruition after Bateman directed the network's comedy pilot Do Not Disturb, in Fall 2008. He also re-teamed with Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz to voice a character in the FOX animated comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up in April 2009. Bateman recently reprised his role as ‘Michael Bluth' in the 14-episode return of Arrested Development, which was released by Netflix May 2013. Bateman's return earned him a 2013 Emmy nomination for a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
As a teenager, Bateman starred in the television series Silver Spoons, It's Your Move, Valerie, retitled Valerie's Family and then The Hogan Family and Little House on the Prairie.
In January 2010, Bateman and Will Arnett, his longtime friend and Arrested Development co-star, created the digital-driven production company DumbDumb Productions, to produce commercials, shorts and original content for distribution on the Internet and for the film industry. Following this, Bateman established the production banner Aggregate Films with a first-look, two-year partnership with Universal Pictures and Universal Television.
Jason Silva is a filmmaker, philosopher, television personality, and speaker who uses technology to excite audiences about science and philosophy.
Silva is the host of the eight-part National Geographic series, Origins: The Journey of Humankind.
He hosted the Emmy-nominated series Brain Games, which premiered to the highest ratings in National Geographic's history.
Described as "a Timothy Leary of the viral video age," Silva speaks internationally with a riveting on-stage delivery style. His keynotes share hyper-enthusiastic insights on creativity, innovation, technology, philosophy and the human condition that are equally unique and mind-blowing.
He is the creator of Shots of Awe, which "play like movie trailers for ideas," according to The Atlantic, and have spread like wildfire across the internet with over 40 million views.
Silva has spoken at TEDGlobal, Google's Zeitgeist Conference, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, Oracle, Electronic Arts, Honeywell, PEPSICO, Intel, Dolby, and many more all over the world.
Jason Silva is a Venezuelan-American filmmaker, philosopher, television personality, and public speaker whose stated goal is to use technology to excite people about science and philosophy.
Described as "a Timothy Leary of the viral video age," Silva lectures internationally on such topics as creativity, disruptive technologies, and humanity, writes and produces short films, and co-hosts National Geographic's #1 rated series "Brain Games." He can most recently be seen as the host of the eight-part National Geographic series "Origins: The Journey of Humankind."
A self-professed wonderjunkie, Silva is the creator of the web series "Shots of Awe," micro-documentaries exploring creativity, innovation, technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism, and the human condition. In short: Philosophy, Science, and Art for the YouTube generation. The videos, which "play like movie trailers for ideas," according to The Atlantic, have spread like wildfire across the internet and have been viewed more than 13 million times. Influencers such as Ron Howard, Richard Branson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tribeca Films Co-founder Jane Rosenthal, actor Mark Ruffalo, NASA, and many others have tweeted Jason's videos.
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- CEO
- CEO & Chief Happiness Officer, Delivering Happiness
Jenn Lim is the CEO and CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of Delivering Happiness, co-founded with Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos.com) to inspire science-based happiness, passion, and purpose at work, home, and in everyday life.
Jenn Lim is the CEO and CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of Delivering Happiness (DH), a company she and Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos.com) co-founded to inspire science-based happiness, passion, and purpose at work, home, and in everyday life.
Jenn was a consultant with Zappos during the years it grew from a startup into a billion-dollar business. She created the first (of several) Zappos Culture Books, an embodiment of how companies can use company culture as a way to increase productivity and profitability.
Jenn led the launch and management of the book Delivering Happiness, which sold over 800,000 copies internationally and hit #1 on numerous bestsellers lists including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. It was voted one of the best business books by NPR, Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, remained on the New York Times list for 27 weeks, and has been published in 20 languages around the world.
In 2021, she released the bestselling book Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact. In the book, she shares how organizations of every kind can cultivate a culture that can adapt to change, be highly profitable, and support all its people.
Jenn's experience with Zappos, combined with her development of scientific frameworks for workplace happiness, created the evidence that happier employees = happier customers = successful companies (and meaningful lives).
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- Chief Executive Officer & Co - Founder, Rent the Runway
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- Business Trends Expert
- Co - Founder and Board Member of Rent
- Co - Founder, Jetblack & Rent the Runway Venture Partner, Volition Capital
- Entrepreneur
Jenny Fleiss is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Rent the Runway, an 11 million-member startup that pioneered dynamic ownership in the fashion industry by enabling women to rent designer clothing.
Jenny Fleiss is an entrepreneur and intrapreneur, founding two scaled digitally native businesses from scratch: Rent the Runway and Jetblack. She is a Venture Partner at Volition Capital.
Jetblack was the first portfolio company within Walmart's technology incubator, disrupting traditional ecommerce with a personal shopping service over text message and voice. Previously, Jenny co-founded Rent the Runway, a business that has transformed the retail industry by making designer clothing rentals a convenient and accessible luxury experience for millions of women. During her time at Rent the Runway, Jenny wore many different hats, serving as President, Head of Logistics, and Head of Business Development. Jenny remains a Rent the Runway board member and adviser, a board member of Shutterfly, and an adviser to and investor in various businesses, many with female founders. She is Co-founder of the RTR Foundation, and guest lecturer at various universities and professional forums.
Jenny has been honored with numerous recognitions including Inc. Magazine's "30 Under 30"; Fortune Magazine's "40 Under 40" and "Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs"; and Fast Company's "Most Influential Women in Technology."
She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated Cum Laude from Yale University. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and three children.
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- Co - Founded Payments Firm Square After He Had Trouble Selling an Art Piece from His Studio
- Co - Founder of Block, Formerly Square, Founder & CEO of Invisibly
- Independent Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve
- Square Co - Founder
Jim McKelvey co-founded payments firm Square after he had trouble selling an art piece from his studio.
McKelvey's latest book, The Innovation Stack, explains how world-changing companies are built on the strategy of an "Innovation Stack," revealing a repeatable pattern of ground-breaking, competition-proof entrepreneurship.
McKelvey remains on Square's board, but has started a new company, Invisibly, which powers micropayments for journalism and publishing.
A serial entrepreneur, he has started at least seven companies, ranging from a CD cabinet maker to a glass-blowing studio.
He also sits on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and started a nonprofit, LaunchCode, to teach people how to program.
McKelvey was appointed as an Independent Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve in January 2017.
McKelvey, and his wife, Anna (a programmer and attorney), have two noisy children.
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey reveals the strategy that led to the company's success: the Innovation Stack.
Jim Parsons won four Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" and the Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical," for his portrayal of 'Sheldon Cooper' on the hit CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. His performance also earned him six People's Choice nominations for "Favorite TV Comedy Actor," including one win, and the 2010 NAB Television Chairman's Award, which honors significant breakthroughs in television. Parsons was nominated for the TCA Award for "Individual Achievement in Comedy" 2009, 2010 and 2012, and he won the award in 2009.
Additionally, Parsons received a Theatre World Award for his debut Broadway performance as 'Tommy Boatwright' in the Tony Award-winning revival of The Normal Heart, starring opposite Ellen Barkin, John Benjamin Hickey and Joe Mantello. Parsons' additional stage credits include The Castle for the Manhattan Ensemble Theater, The Countess for the Globe Theater, and The Tempest and As You Like It for the Houston Shakespeare Festival. He most recently appeared in Studio 54's Harvey and An Act of God.
On the big screen, Parsons appears in the comedy The Big Year opposite Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson. He also appeared in the feature films, The Muppets, School for Scoundrels opposite Billy Bob Thorton and Jon Heder, Heights, opposite Glenn Close and James Marsden, and Wish I Was Here.
Parsons starred in the 2014 HBO film adaptation of The Normal Heart, directed by Ryan Murphy. He starred alongside Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomber, Taylor Kitsch and Julia Roberts. Parsons received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role.
Parsons earned a Masters in Fine Arts degree from the Old Globe Theater/University of San Diego and a BA from the University of Houston. Born and raised in Houston, he now resides in Los Angeles.
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- Co - Founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, Has Built the Natural and Organic Grocer from a Single Store to a $19B Fortune 500 Company That Was Purchased by Amazon in 2017
John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, has built the natural and organic grocer from a single store to a $19B Fortune 500 company that was purchased by Amazon in 2017.
Mackey has been recognized as one of Fortune's "World's 50 Greatest Leaders," Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States," Institutional Investor's "Best CEO in America," Barron's "World's Best CEO," MarketWatch's "CEO of the Year," Fortune's "Businessperson of the Year," and Esquire's "Most Inspiring CEO."
A strong believer in free market principles, Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business.
He was the visionary for the Whole Planet Foundation to help end poverty in developing nations, the Local Producer Loan Program, which provided $25 million in low interest loans to help local food producers expand their businesses, and the Global Animal Partnership's rating scale for humane farm animal treatment.
John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, has built the natural and organic grocer from a single store in Austin, Texas in 1978, into a Fortune 500 company, which went public in 1992, and was purchased by Amazon in 2017. Today Whole Foods Market is a top U.S. supermarket with more than 500 stores and 95,000 Team Members across the U.S., Canada and U.K
While devoting his career to helping shoppers satisfy their lifestyle needs with quality natural and organic foods, Mackey has also focused on building a more conscious way of doing business. He was the visionary for Whole Planet Foundation to help end poverty in developing nations, the Local Producer Loan Program, which provided $25 million in low interest loans to help local food producers expand their businesses, and the Global Animal Partnership's rating scale for humane farm animal treatment.
Mackey has been recognized as one of Fortune's "World's 50 Greatest Leaders," Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States," Institutional Investor's "Best CEO in America," Barron's "World's Best CEO," MarketWatch's "CEO of the Year," Fortune's "Businessperson of the Year," and Esquire's "Most Inspiring CEO."
A strong believer in free market principles, Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement (http://consciouscapitalism.org/) and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book entitled "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business" (Harvard Business Review Press 2013) to boldly defend and reimagine capitalism, and encourage a way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness. Mackey cut his pay to $1 in 2006 and continues to work for Whole Foods Market out of passion to see the business realize its potential for deeper purpose, for the joy of leading a great company and to answer the call to service that he feels in his heart.
Most recently, Mackey has focused on returning to the company's roots around healthy eating and lifestyle choices. A passionate advocate of healthy eating education, he laid the foundation for health and wellness programs for team members and customers. Mackey is co-author of The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity (Grand Central Life & Style 2017); and The Whole Foods Cookbook: 120 Delicious and Healthy Plant-Centered Recipes (Grand Central Life & Style 2018).
Mackey is an avid backpacker and long-distance hiker. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife Deborah.
John Mackey is and will always be a unique star speaker for any health care audience in particular, but frankly for any audience. Our companies do over 200 conferences a year, each with 40 to 400 speakers, and John is always among the most appreciated.
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- Dreyfus : Biography at a Glance
- Executive Producer for HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus starred in and served as executive producer for HBO's hit series Veep, which wrapped after seven critically-acclaimed seasons.
She earned worldwide acclaim for her portrayal of Elaine Benes in the hit NBC series Seinfeld, and as Christine Campbell in the CBS hit comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Between all shows combined, Louis-Dreyfus has received eleven Emmys with twenty-six nominations. In 2017, she broke records for the most Emmys won by a single performer, as well as the most consecutive wins for a single role through her performance in Veep.
As a steadfast defender of the environment, Louis-Dreyfus serves on the leadership council for the Directors for the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), Heal the Bay, The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Honorary Board of Heal the Ocean.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus' comedic versatility and tremendous skill has made her one of Hollywood's most sought-after actors and producers, expertly shaping a career full of memorable roles. Louis-Dreyfus starred in and served as executive producer for HBO's hit series Veep, which wrapped after seven critically-acclaimed seasons. She earned worldwide acclaim for her portrayal of Elaine Benes in the hit NBC series Seinfeld, and as Christine Campbell in the CBS hit comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Between all shows combined, Louis-Dreyfus has received eleven Emmys with twenty-six nominations. In 2017, she broke records for the most Emmys won by a single performer, as well as the most consecutive wins for a single role through her performance in Veep. This career highlight marked her eighth total acting win, tying Cloris Leachman's record. Most recently, The Kennedy Center awarded Louis-Dreyfus with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in November, 2018. She has received a Golden Globe, a Television Critics Association award, a Peabody Award and the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. Furthermore, Louis-Dreyfus has won nine Screen Actors Guild awards, making her the most decorated actor in SAG history. In 2010, Louis-Dreyfus received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was welcomed into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2014. Additionally, in 2016, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world on Time Magazine's annual Time 100 list.
Most recently, Louis-Dreyfus produced and starred in Fox Searchlight's Downhill alongside Will Ferrell and starred in Disney's Onward opposite Chris Pratt, Tom Holland and Octavia Spencer. She is currently developing new projects to executive produce and star in for Apple TV+, where she has an overall deal.
Louis-Dreyfus received critical acclaim in 2013 for her leading role in Fox Searchlight's Enough Said, written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and also starring the late James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener and Toni Collette. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her powerful performance, making her one of the few actors to be nominated for a film and television role in the same year. Additional film credits include Disney's Planes, Pixar's animated hit A Bug's Life, Woody Allen's award-winning Hannah and Her Sisters, Allen's Deconstructing Harry, Rob Reiner's North, as well as Ivan Reitman's Fathers' Day and Jack the Bear.
Her television credits include multiple appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as recurring roles on The Simpsons and Arrested Development, among many others. She first made her mark on television during a three-year stint (1982-1985) on Saturday Night Live, opposite the likes of Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest and Eddie Murphy. She subsequently hosted the show twice, becoming the first female former cast member to return as host.
As a steadfast defender of the environment, Louis-Dreyfus serves on the Board of Trustees for the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), Heal the Bay, The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Honorary Board of Heal the Ocean. In September 2017, she announced her support to make universal healthcare a reality and has continuously been a strong advocate ever since.
Louis-Dreyfus studied theater at Northwestern University where she was a member of The Practical Theater Company, and Chicago's famed Second-City comedy troupe. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Brad Hall, and their two sons, Charlie and Henry.
Ms. Louis Dreyfus was brilliant and I never say that. Her presence, her sense of humor, her ability to pull it together and bring such authenticity made her a real hit with our audience and my team. She represented everything we love in women (and in people, quite frankly): spicy, savvy, compassionate and witty. Thank you for bringing her to us, we couldn't have chosen better!
Keisha Lance Bottoms : Biography at a Glance
Keisha Lance Bottoms is a CNN Political Commentator who previously served as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta.
She is the only Mayor in Atlanta's history to have worked in all three branches of government, serving as a judge and City Councilmember before being sworn in as Mayor.
Keisha Lance Bottoms is a CNN Political Commentator who served as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and a visionary leader in bringing equitable outcomes to the forefront of government and commerce. Keisha became the first Mayor in Atlanta's history to have served in all three branches of government, having previously served as a Judge and a City Councilmember. She has committed herself to realizing her vision of "One Atlanta" - an affordable, resilient, and equitable Atlanta.
Sworn in on January 2, 2018, Keisha has served as Mayor during one of the most challenging times in the history of Atlanta. In the midst of a global pandemic and a racial justice movement, Keisha became a leading spokesperson regarding the challenges and opportunities facing cities and leaders across America.
While navigating these unprecedented challenges, the Bottoms Administration was able to remain focused on the resilience of Atlanta, negotiating and closing the largest real estate transaction in the history of Atlanta, and one of the largest in the Southeast United States, delivering millions of dollars in community benefits to people across the city.
Bottoms took proactive measures to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the City and its agencies. As a result, during one of the worst economic downturns the world has ever faced, the Bottoms Administration delivered four years of balanced budgets, without resorting to property tax increases, layoffs, or furloughs of City employees. The City's reserves remain at a near high of $181M, far exceeding the requirements of the City Charter.
Shaped by a childhood and professional career that highlighted the inequalities amongst Americans, Keisha led her Administration in undertaking several major initiatives that would seek to eradicate systemic issues facing Atlanta, while creating a model for all cities to follow. The major initiatives included:
Welcoming nine Fortune 500 companies who established a global or regional headquarters in Atlanta, helping the city add $11 billion to its total economic output and attracting $4.5 billion in total capital investment. Also ensuring that developments that would reshape Atlanta included historic levels of community benefits that would lift up Atlanta's most vulnerable. These benefits included affordable housing requirements, securing the funding necessary to launch a city-wide affordable housing trust fund, technical school training program, and city-wide savings account for public school children.
Closing the City Jail to U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, eliminating cash bail bonds for non-violent offenders, and leading the transformation of the City's jail into a diversion center that prioritizes providing individuals with the human services they need to make a permanent change in their lives versus an endless cycle of incarceration.
Took the landmark decision to remove members of the Atlanta Police Department from joint operations with the United States Department of Justice due to DOJ's refusal to allow officers to wear body cameras. Shortly after taking this action against the Federal government, the United States Department of Justice announced that Federal agents would be required to wear body cameras when executing search warrants or making pre-planned arrests.
Leveraging a whole of government approach to add over 7,000 units of affordable housing, including multifamily, senior living, and single-family developments. This effort was bolstered by issuing $140 million in new housing opportunity bond funds and making nearly $6 million in financial down payment assistance available for Atlanta's legacy residents to purchase homes.
Utilizing innovative and resourceful leadership, the City financed infrastructure projects totaling over $3.59 billion for the airport, water and wastewater, and multi-family / affordable housing projects. This included the opening of Westside Park, Atlanta's largest greenspace, which features a 2.4-billion-gallon water reservoir that increases Atlanta's emergency water supply from three days to up to 90 days.
Leading Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, traditionally one of the busiest in the world, through the COVID-19 pandemic by quickly reducing operating expenses, implementing budgetary reductions, utilizing federal relief grants to stabilize finances, and restructuring debt for near term savings, amongst other cost-cutting measures. These measures ensured the City's airport bonds continue to be rated among the highest of airport bonds in the country. Notably, the airport became the first airport in the world to receive a LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, recognizing the City and the Airport's sustainability efforts.
Ensuring diverse opinions and perspectives were brought to government processes by creating the City's first Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, the Office of Violence Prevention, and appointing the City's first Director of LGBTQ Affairs.
Creating government transparency and fostering trust with the public by creating the Office of the Inspector General and rollout of the most far-reaching financial transparency platform in the City's history - Atlanta's Open Checkbook.
Opened three new police precincts, two new fire stations, two new EMS facilities, and two new @Promise Centers to provide all Atlanta residents, regardless of neighborhood, with access to critical services.
Successfully hosted College Football Playoff National Championship Games, the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, the National Basketball Association All-Star Game, and Super Bowl LIII, which included unprecedented community benefits - a $2.4 million renovation of John F. Kennedy Park on Atlanta's Westside, more than 20,000 trees planted throughout the community and the seamless coordination of 40 federal, state and local public safety agencies.
Ensured several of Atlanta's historical inequities were respectfully remembered, including the Atlanta Child Murders and the preservation of the Chattahoochee Brick Company land.
Keisha's steadfast leadership and equity-focused philosophy have led to numerous accolades and leadership positions, including having served as the Chair of the Community Development and Housing Committee and the Census Task Force for the United States Conference of Mayors and as a Trustee for the African American Mayor's Association. She was also selected to Chair the Platform Committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention and serves as the DNC's Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Protection.
Tracing her family's roots to a slave plantation in Georgia, it was Keisha's highest honor to be named 2020 Georgian of the Year by Georgia Trend Magazine. She also was named one of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year and was named a member of Ebony Magazine's prestigious Power 100 List. She has also been honored as a BET 100 Entertainer and Innovator of the Year and was named the Smart Cities Dive's 2020 Leader of the Year. Keisha was also the recipient of the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award presented by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law in recognition of her equity-driven leadership to help guide and protect marginalized communities.
Keisha is the daughter of R&B icon Major Lance and Sylvia Robinson. She and her husband Derek are parents to four children.
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- Philanthropist and Founder & Executive Chairwoman of Kendra Scott, LLC
Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe nominated actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington is a versatile and fearless multi-hyphenate who continues to astound with the depth of her talent.
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- CEO and Founder, Humu
- CEO of Humu, Inc
Laszlo Bock is the former Senior Vice President of People Operations and a former member of Google's management team
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 love. He was formerly the Senior VP of People Operations at Google where he helped develop its legendary workplace culture.
His New York Times bestselling book, "Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google to Transform How You Live and Lead," has been published in over 20 languages and garnered many awards.
From 2006 to 2016, Laszlo was Senior Vice President of People Operations and a member of Google's management team, growing the company from 6,000 to 72,000 employees and $6B to over $90B in revenue, and ensuring the firm's culture remained innovative and robust. During his tenure, Google was recognized over 150 times as an exceptional employer, including being named the #1 Best Company to Work for in the United States eight times and every year since 2012.
Laszlo is credited with creating the field of "People Analytics," the application of academic-quality rigor and Google-paced innovation to people management. He also led development of the Google Cloud Jobs API and what is now known as Google for Jobs, with a goal of solving unemployment by better matching people and jobs through applied machine learning and people analytics.
Before Google Laszlo was served an executive role at General Electric, and before that was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He has served on the Boards of Pomona College, Evolv (acquired by Cornerstone), and Agilone. In 2010 he was named "Human Resources Executive of the Year" by Human Resources Magazine, and in 2015 the "HR Professional of the Decade."
Laszlo earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from Pomona College, graduating in three years, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Laura Dern has touched audiences and critics alike with her moving and heartfelt performances.
In addition to her extensive film and television credits, Dern has been prolific in her producing career. In 2017, she established Jaywalker Pictures, a Los Angeles-based production company founded with partner Jayme Lemons with emphasis on great storytelling in film and television. Jaywalker Pictures recently released the feature documentary, The Way I See It for Focus Features and MSNBC Films, which recently garnered a News & Documentary Emmy nomination. Jaywalker also served as executive producer on the Academy Award-winning animated short film If Anything Happens I Love You.
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- CEO of FutureThink and Bestselling Author
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- TV Personality & Entrepreneur
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- Founder and Executive Director of the NYU Innovation Lab Fellow at Frog Design
- Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business
Luke Williams is one of the world's leading business thinkers on innovation strategy. He has worked with leading companies across the globe and is a dynamic and sought-after management speaker, having lectured in 21 countries and addressed the United Nations General Assembly and the World Innovation Forum.
Williams is Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business; Founder and Executive Director of W.R. Berkley Innovation Labs; and a Fellow at Frog Design- one of the world's most influential product strategy and design firms. He is the inventor of 30+ U.S. patents and has designed more than 100 products in industries ranging from transportation to finance, and healthcare to consumer electronics.
His views are regularly featured in media ranging from Bloomberg BusinessWeek and Fast Company to The Wall Street Journal and The Economist. He is the author of the international bestseller, Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business.
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- Creator & Executive Producer, AMC 's "Mad Men"
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- Founder and CEO, Not Impossible Labs
Mick Ebeling was named one of Fortune Magazine's World's Greatest Leaders
Mindy Kaling starred in the Hulu original comedy series The Mindy Project, which she also wrote and executive produced.
Kaling served as a writer and executive producer on a mini-series adaptation of the popular film Four Weddings and a Funeral for Hulu. Kaling also created a Netflix series with Lang Fisher titled Never Have I Ever. The show is a modern coming-of-age comedy about the complicated life of a first-generation Indian American teenage girl, inspired by Kaling's own childhood. In addition, Kaling will write, produce and star in an untitled comedy for Universal opposite Priyanka Chopra. Co-written with Dan Goor, the film will revolve around a big wedding in India and the ensuing culture clashes.
As an actor, Kaling has also appeared in many films including Judd Apatow's The 40-Year Old Virgin, the Oscar-winning Pixar film Inside Out, Disney's A Wrinkle in Time alongside Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, and as a part of the star-studded cast of Oceans Eight.
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- Creator & Executive Producer, "Arrested Development"
Mitch Hurwitz is an Emmy, TCA and WGA Award-winning writer and producer best known as the creator and executive producer of the iconic comedy series Arrested Development. The multiple Emmy Award-winning series aired for three seasons on Fox and after seven years off the air returned for a fourth season on Netflix. Receiving 18 total Emmy nominations in its initial run, the WGA named Arrested Development #16 on its list of "101 Best Written TV Series."
Picked by Ron Howard to create a sitcom about a rich dysfunctional family, Hurwitz's script eventually turned into Arrested Development. Fox added the show to its schedule in May of 2003 and premiered to stunning reviews from television critics around the country. In July 2004, the show was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards and won five, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
Prior to his work on Arrested Development, Hurwitz co-ran Tantamount Pictures - a production pod under Sony Pictures Television, where he both executive produced several shows and created others including Running Wilde with Will Arnett and Sit Down, Shut Up for Fox. Prior to that he co-created The Ellen Show and created the NBC comedy Everything's Relative.
Hurwitz began his career at the prodigious comedy production company Witt Thomas Harris, first as a development executive, and later went on to write and produce for the Golden Girls.
Hurwitz is married to actress Mary Jo Keenen. They have two daughters: May Asami, born in 2000, and Phoebe Hitomi born in 2002. The name of Arrested Development character 'Maeby' was the result of combining the names of Hurwitz's daughters. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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- Author, "Great at Work" & Co - Author, "Great by Choice"
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- Income Strategist & Star of USA Network's She 's the Boss
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- Founder, XPRIZE Foundation, Executive Founder and Director, Singularity University
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- CEO
- Founder
- Entrepreneur, Investor
- Founder & CEO, Zuckerberg Media
- Social Media and Broadway
Randi Zuckerberg is Founder and CEO of the media consulting firm Zuckerberg Media
Randi Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, and Emmy-nominated tech media personality. She is the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, with the mission of supporting current and future entrepreneurs through investment, mentorship, and media.
Prior to founding her own company, Randi was an early employee at Facebook, where she is best known for creating Facebook Live, now used by more than a billion people around the world.
A Harvard graduate, Randi hosts a weekly business talk radio show, Dot Complicated on SiriusXM and is the author of four books: two best-selling business books, Dot Complicated and Pick Three, and two children's books, Dot (currently also an award-winning preschool television series on Universal Kids and Hulu) and Missy President.
Randi travels the world, speaking about technology, entrepreneurship, her time in Silicon Valley, and shockingly...how to unplug! When she's not Facebooking or actual written-word booking, she can be found at the theater - as a two-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer of Hadestown and Oklahoma! - or doing her best to unplug at home with her husband and three children.
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- Bestselling Author, Pioneering Inventor and Futurist
Reese Witherspoon is one of America's most beloved actresses, as well as a celebrated producer and successful entrepreneur. She is best known for her classic comedy films "Legally Blonde" and "Sweet Home Alabama," her Emmy and Golden Globe winning performance in biopic "Walk the Line," as well as her critically acclaimed role in HBO hit drama series "Big Little Lies."
Reese's most recent film is the 2018 fantasy adventure epic "A Wrinkle in Time," directed by Ava DuVernay, which Reese stars in along side Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, and others.
Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in Robert Mulligan's "The Man on the Moon." Her role as a 14-year-old tomboy earned rave reviews. Roles in bigger films such as "Jack the Bear" and "A Far Off Place "followed shortly thereafter. In the mid 1990s Reese decided to put her acting career on hold and attend Stanford University where she pursued a degree in English literature.
However, her collegiate plans were cut short when she accepted roles to star in two major motion pictures: "Fear" alongside Mark Wahlberg and "Freeway" with Kiefer Sutherland. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they helped to establish Reese as a rising starlet in Hollywood and opened the door for bigger and better film roles.
Those roles came in 1998 and '99 when Reese landed movies such as "Pleasantville" with Tobey Maguire, cult classic "Cruel Intentions," and award-winning drama-comedy Election alongside Matthew Broderick, which became a career-defining movie for Reese. Her big breakout moment came in 2001 when she played Elle Woods in the now classic comedy "Legally Blonde." The movie was a huge box-office smash and established Reese as one of the top female draws in Hollywood. The next year, she scored a follow-up hit with "Sweet Home Alabama," which went on to gross over $100 million as the box office.
Reese has since gone on to star in such films as "Water for Elephants," "This Means War," "Mud," "Wild," "The Good Lie," "Inherent Vice," "Hot Pursuit," and "Home Again." Her production company, Pacific Standard, is behind the acclaimed films "Gone Girl," "Wild," and "Hot Pursuit." Reese received her second Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Cheryl Strayed in "Wild."
Reese has appeared on many TV shows throughout her career as a host, guest star, feature actress, voice actress, and even herself, including such shows as "King of the Hill," "The Simpsons," "SNL," "Monsters vs Aliens," and "The Mindy Project." Her biggest TV role has been as the star of HBO's acclaimed limited series "Big Little Lies" which earned her a nomination for Best Lead Actress by the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice Awards, and many others. She won the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series as producer on the series.
In 2016, Reese founded Hello Sunshine, a production company focused on telling female-driven stories on film, TV, and digital platforms.
Reese is also actively involved in many advocacy organizations supporting women and children. She is a long time supporter of Save The Children, is on the board of Children's Defense Fund, and serves as honorary chair of the Avon Foundation.
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- Executive Producer, Writer & Director
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- Leading Business Strategist, Futurist, and Innovation Expert
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- Tennis Legend & Philanthropist
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- Digital Producer, Storyteller, & Technologist
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- Professional Skateboarder
The event was a major success on our end and there has been lots of positive feedback, so thank you and many thanks to Andrew.
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- Chief Executive Officer, the Barack Obama Foundation
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- Actor, Musician, Producer and Founder