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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
Wilglory Tanjong
Entrepreneur and Creator
Anima Iris
Everette Taylor
CEO
Kickstarter
Morgan Wiley Howland
VP of Digital Innovation
Union Square Hospitality Group
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Idris Elba
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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Microsoft
Ted Sarandos
Co-CEO
Netflix
Robin Roberts
Anchor, "Good Morning America"
ABC News
Hailee Steinfeld
Cofounder
Angel Margarita
Brian Niccol
Chairman and CEO
Starbucks Coffee Company
Tracee Ellis Ross
Host of "Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross"; founder and CEO
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Brené Brown
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Luis von Ahn
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Duolingo
Jonathan Haidt
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Joy Reid
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Eiso Kant
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Ben Colman
Cofounder and CEO
Reality Defender
Gautier Cloix
CEO
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David Cox
VP for AI Models; IBM Director
IBM Research; MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
Fiona Tan
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Wayfair
Yaad Oren
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SAP Labs
Anthony Myint
Executive Director
Zero Foodprint
Amelia DeLuca
Chief Sustainability Officer
Delta Air Lines
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Chipotle
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Global Chief Customer Officer
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Katy George
Corporate Vice President of Workforce Transformation
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Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Transformation
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Incoming Chief Science Officer
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Lauren Prescott
SVP, Beverage Portfolio Marketing
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Vice President of Digital Innovation
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Rohit Agarwal
CEO
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Al Subbloie
CEO
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Patrick Maloney
Cofounder and CEO
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James Chester
Cofounder and CEO
WVN
Jamie Wood
CEO
Autonomic
Daisy Auger-Domínguez
CEO
Auger-Domínguez Ventures
Jelena Aleksich
Founder and CEO
The Confetti Project
Lola Bakare
Author, “Responsible Marketing"; CMO Adviser and Inclusive Marketing Strategist
Be/co
Kim Rittberg
Digital Marketer and Video Expert
Jeff Staple
Founder
Reed Art Dep’t and STAPLE
Chriselle Lim
Creative Director
Phlur
Nancy Twine
Founder
Briogeo and Makers Mindset
Chase Strangio
Co-Director, LGBTQ and HIV Rights Project
ACLU
Yasmin Cader
Deputy Legal Director and Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality
ACLU
Ben Wizner
Deputy Legal Director and Director for Center for Democracy
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Senior Staff Technologist
ACLU
Dr. Vin Gupta
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips; NBC News
Josef Coresh
Founding Director of the Optimal Aging Institute, Terry and Mel Karmazin Professor of Population Health, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Marc Triola
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education; Director, Institute for Innovations in Medical Education; Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Charla Fischer
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center; Director of Quality and Patient Safety
NYU Spine Center
Lior Jankelson
Cardiac Electrophysiologist; Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Program at NYU Langone Heart Lead, Cardiology—Artificial Intelligence, NYU Langone Health
Jamie Reilly
General Manager
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Christine Renaud
Cofounder and CEO
Braindate
Ray Utarnachitt
TV Writer and Executive Producer
Gotham Chopra
Filmmaker and Cofounder
Religion of Sports
Ego Nwodim
Actress and Comedian
Michael Chiklis
Actor
Malik Ducard
Chief Content Officer
Pinterest
Patti Simpson
Chief Administrative Officer
Union Square Hospitality Group
Nasim Alikhani
Chef-Owner
Sofreh
Melanie Nuce-Hilton
SVP of Customer Success
GS1 US
Alexa Arnold
Managing Director
Anxious Generation Movement
Mike Schnaidt
Creative Director
Fast Company
William H. Dodge
Cofounder, Artist, and Design Principal
A Gang of Three
Court Williams
VP of Creative Strategy
De-Yan
Yongsoo Kim
Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Webtoon
Webtoon Entertainment
Heather Lane
VP of Supply Chain Strategy and Systems
Ulta Beauty
Sherry Sanger
EVP of Strategy and Marketing
Penske Transportation Solutions
Jessica Stacey
SVP of External Communications, Experiential and Marketing Partnerships
Sephora
Joel Beckerman
Founder and CEO
Made Music Studio
Elizabeth Rosenberg
Founder
The Good Advice Company
Jana Rich
Founder
Rich Talent Group
Sadira E. Furlow
Chief of Global Brand and Communications
Tony’s Chocolonely
Jessica Kruskamp
Founder
Reidiant
Halle Stanford
Founder, President, and Executive Producer
7 Crow Stories
Jacob Styburski
Founder
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Rodrigo Hernandez
Cofounder
Angel Margarita
Erin Oles
SVP of Strategic Events and Brand Experiences
Salesforce
Sara Choi
Partner
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Jordi Zindel
CEO
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Brent Rivard
CEO
Geezer Creative
Clara Venice
Sonic Artist and Sound Care Designer
Pierre Le Manh
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Too Good to Go
Caroline Fox
Global Clinical Lead
Pfizer
Karl Lieberman
Global Chief Creative Officer
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Brian Tannenbaum
Head of Originals
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EVP, Strategy and Business Development
Synchrony
Sam Bencheghib
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Chidi Achara
Global Chief Product Officer
Huge
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Vice President of New Energy Ventures
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Vice President of Global Research and Planning
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President
Sunday
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Nutrafol
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Pete Clardy
Lead Clinical Enterprise Team
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Alissa Starzak
Deputy Chief Legal Officer and Global Head of Public Policy
Cloudflare
Drew Train
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Oberland
Nicole Dorrler
Global Head of Marketing and Brands
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Amy Myers Jaffe
Research Professor, Fletcher School; Director
Tufts University; New York University School of Professional Studies
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Head of Brand Engagement and External Communications
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Paige Lowe
Vice President of Customer Success
Copia
Deirdre Lester
CEO
Teton Ridge
Casey Lane
General Manager
Arizona Ridge Riders
Tami Rosen
Board Member, Chief Development Officer, and Chair of Advisory Board
Pagaya
Genevieve Hummer
Senior Associate
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Santiago Garces
Chief Information Officer
City of Boston
Eswar Veluri
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Equinox
Michaela Hammond
CEO
OffBall
Ross Mitchell
Senior VP of Strategy, Business Development, and Communications
MHIRJ
Dr. Simrit Parmar
Founder; Associate Professor
Cellenkos; Texas A&M University College of Medicine