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SPEAKERS
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Morra Aarons-Mele
Founder
MHL Partners
Cristiano Amon
President and CEO
Qualcomm
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director
Obvious
Paul Carmichael
Chef and Partner
Kabawa and Bar Kabawa
Paul Dillinger
Head of Global Design Innovation
Levi Strauss & Co.
Piera Gelardi
Cofounder and CEO; Cofounder
NoomaLooma; Refinery29, 29Rooms
Mike Intrator
CEO
CoreWeave
Adeela Johnson
CEO
Béis
Chet Kittleson
Cofounder and CEO
Tin Can
Rachel Kornafel
Chief Brand Officer
Union Square Hospitality Group
Dan Lin
Chairman of Film
Netflix
Nneka Nurse
Founder and CEO
Best Dressed Plate
Jimmy Pitaro
Chairman
ESPN
Sharon Prince
Founder and CEO
Grace Farms Foundation
Laura Rutledge
"Monday Night Football" Reporter, NFL/College Football Host
ESPN
Wes Schroll
Founder and CEO
Fetch
Jason Schupbach
President
Fashion Institute of Technology
Khozema Shipchandler
CEO
Twilio
Suzan Song
Psychiatrist, Adviser, Author
Global Collective Institute
Hillary Sterling
Executive Chef
Ci Siamo
Dana Suskind
Author, "Human Raised"; Codirector of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
University of Chicago
Les Szabo
Executive Director and Board Chair
Purpose Pledge
Wilglory Tanjong
Entrepreneur and Creator
Anima Iris
Everette Taylor
CEO
Kickstarter
Morgan Wiley Howland
VP of Digital Innovation
Union Square Hospitality Group
