SEPTEMBER 18-21, 2023 / NEW YORK CITY
SEPTEMBER 18-21, 2023 / NEW YORK CITY
SEPTEMBER 18-21, 2023 / NEW YORK CITY
SEPTEMBER 18-21, 2023 / NEW YORK CITY
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Marisa Adler
Senior Consultant
Resource Recycling Systems
Chitra Agrawal
Founder and CEO
Brooklyn Delhi
Asima Ahmad
Cofounder and Chief Medical Officer
Carrot Fertility
Liane Aihara
Product Inclusion and Equity Lead
Google
Amanda Al-Masri
VP, Wellness
Hilton
Shola Aminu
Global Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ogilvy
Renie Anderson
Chief Revenue Officer and EVP
National Football League
Christine Andrukonis
Founder, CEO, and Workplace Transformation Expert
Notion Consulting
Lauren Antenucci
Manager, Loss Prevention
Puma North America
Stevie Archer
Executive Creative Director
SS+K
Rory Armes
VP, Unity Industry and Global Head of Delivery Studios
Unity
Orlando Ashford
Chief People Officer
Fanatics
Simon Asselin
CTO
Infillion
Amanda Augustine
Career Expert
Career.io
Mallory Baches
President
Congress for the New Urbanism
Rohit Badlaney
General Manager of Cloud Product and Industry Platforms
IBM
Bela Bajaria
Chief Content Officer
Netflix
Lauri Baker
SVP, Strategic Partnerships
Infillion
Scott Baker
CMO
IBM Storage
Dr. Bea Bakshi
Cofounder and CEO
C the Signs
Janet Balis
Partner and Marketing Practice Leader
EY Consulting
Stéphane Bancel
CEO
Moderna
Timothy Bardlavens
Director, Product Equity
Adobe
Ellen Bari
Project Director and Senior Curator
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark
Teresa Barreira
Global Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Publicis Sapient
Eben Bayer
CEO
Ecovative
Nick Bell
CEO
Fanatics Live
Jessica Berman
Commissioner
National Women's Soccer League
Halle Berry
Actor, Producer, Director, and Chief Communications Officer
Pendulum Therapeutics
Rachana Bhide
Moderator
FastCo Works
Justin Bibb
Mayor
Cleveland
Tom Biegala
Founder and General Partner
Bison Ventures
Tricia Biggio
Cofounder and CEO
Invisible Universe
Sue Bird
WNBA All-Star and Cofounder
Togethxr
Jason Blum
Founder and CEO
Blumhouse
Peggy Brannigan
Director, Global Environmental Sustainability
LinkedIn
Porter Braswell
Founder and CEO
2045 Studio
Andrea Brimmer
Chief Marketing and Public Relations Officer
Ally Financial
Jesper Brodin
CEO
Ingka Group, Ikea
Jesper Brodin
CEO of Ingka Group
Ikea
Tracey D. Brown
EVP, President of Retail, and Chief Customer Officer
Walgreens
Brett Bruggeman
EVP and Chief Operating Officer
Land O'Lakes
Terri Bryant
Founder
Guide Beauty
Quiana Burns
Executive Producer and Showrunner
Tamron Hall
Hamish Campbell
VP and Executive Creative Director
Pearlfisher
Angelo Carino
Group Product Manager, Emerging Products
Google
Gretchen Carlson
Journalist, Author, Female Empowerment Advocate; Cofounder
Lift Our Voices
Jennifer Carpenter
Principal
Verona Carpenter Architects
Brian Chesky
Cofounder and CEO
Airbnb
Mung Chiang
President
Purdue University
Ricky Choi
Head of Digital Health
Samsung Electronics America
Claudia Chwalisz
Founder and CEO
DemocracyNext
Susan Lee Colby
Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer
Grace Creative LA
Pinky Cole
Founder and CEO
Slutty Vegan
Shayla Cole
Culture and Community Intelligence Lead of Content Studio
Meta
Michael Colella
SVP, Creative Studio
Infillion
Dylan Coonrad
Creative Director
CannonDesign
Thomas Corle
Cofounder, Chairman, and CEO
New Energy Blue
Catherine Courage
VP, Knowledge UX
Google
Adam Crocini
SVP and Global Head of Food and Beverage Brands
Hilton
Colleen Cutcliffe
Cofounder and CEO
Pendulum Therapeutics
Ray Dalio
Founder, Chief Investment Officer Mentor, and Member
Bridgewater Board
Alex Danks
Strategy Director
Wieden+Kennedy New York
Valerie Davis
CEO, North America
Assembly
Chris Denson
Award-Winning Innovation Advocate, Marketer, Host, Content Creator, and Recovering Comedian
Lindsey DeWitte
President, PR and EVP, Purpose and Sustainability
Barkley
Nell Diamond
Founder and CEO
Hill House Home
Michelle Dunstan
Chief Responsibility Officer
Janus Henderson Investors
Melissa Duren Conner
Partner and Managing Director
Jennifer Bett Communications (JBC)
Adrienne Elrod
Director of External and Government Affairs
Chips for America, Department of Commerce
Helmy Eltoukhy
Cofounder, Chairman, and Co-CEO
Guardant Health
Wesley Eugene
Partner and Chief Information Officer
Ideo
Tamsen Fadal
Coanchor and Journalist
PIX11 News
Damian Fagon
Chief Equity Officer
New York's Office of Cannabis Management
Ron Faris
VP and General Manager
Nike Virtual Studios
Lydia Fenet
Founder and CEO
Lydia Fenet Agency
Pio Ferro
SVP, Programming, HOT 97 and 107.5 WBLS
MediaCo Holding
Desmond Fleming
Investor
FirstMark Capital
Evan Frank
Cofounder
Fora
Aliza Freud
Founder and CEO
SheSpeaks
Amy Frisch
Managing Director, Head of Client Services
SS+K
Diana Frost
Chief Growth Officer, North America
The Kraft Heinz Company
Anne Fulenwider
Cofounder and Co-CEO
Alloy Women's Health
Toby Gabriner
CEO
Bitly
Ashish Gadnis
Cofounder and CEO
BanQu
Alex Gallafent
Senior Design Director, Narrative & Strategy
Ideo
Karla Gallardo
Cofounder and CEO
Cuyana
Jay Gambetta
VP, IBM Quantum
IBM
Talal Gedeon
Linkedin Learning Instructor and U.S. Technical Sales Lead
Ryan Gellert
CEO
Patagonia Works and Patagonia
Lynn Girotto
CMO
Vimeo
Deb Golden
US Chief Innovation Officer
Deloitte
Mat Goldstein
Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer
DealMaker
David Gordon Green
Director
"The Exorcist: Believer"
Charles Gorra
Founder and CEO
Rebag
Neda Gould
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Trevor Guthrie
Cofounder
Giant Spoon
Chelsie Hall
Founder and CEO
ViralMoment
Al Harrington
16-Year NBA Veteran and CEO
Viola Brands
Farah Harris
Founder and CEO
WorkingWell Daily
Demis Hassabis
Cofounder and CEO
Google DeepMind
Emily Heyward
Cofounder and Chief Brand Officer
Red Antler
Hannah Hickman
Partner and Head of Youth Culture Practice
Sparks & Honey
Heather Hitchens
President and CEO
American Theatre Wing
Sarah Hoffman
VP, AI and Machine Learning Research
Fidelity Investments
Damien Hooper-Campbell
Chief Impact Officer
StockX
Kenneth Imo
Global Head of D&I
Adobe
Ellen Jackowski
Chief Sustainability Officer
Mastercard
Thomas Jonas
Cofounder and CEO
Nature's Fynd
Betony Jones
Director of Office of Energy Jobs
U.S. Department of Energy
Lidiane Jones
CEO
Slack
Daniela Jorge
Chief Design Officer
Capital One
Chelsea Kaden
Chief People Officer
Warby Parker
Sarah Kalloch
Executive Director
Good Jobs Institute
Vijay Karunamurthy
Field CTO
Scale AI
Maral Kazanjian
Chief People Officer
Moody's Cooperation
Kani Keita
Principal
TPG Rise Climate
Tyler Kempf
Creative Director
The Second City
Tyler Kempf
Creative Director
Second City Works
Katie Kempner
Creator and Host, "Perspectives with Katie Kempner"; Founder
Kempner Communications
Peter Kern
Vice Chairman and CEO
Expedia Group
Erica Keswin
Author, Speaker and Workplace Strategist
Bring Your Human LLC
Nora Khaldi
Founder and CEO
Nuritas
Liam Kiziltan
Head of Marketing and Brand
Rezzil
Ryan Klausner
Head of Customer Experience
Who Gives A Crap
Shannon Knapp
President and CEO
The Leading Hotels of the World
Hiroki Koga
Cofounder and CEO
Oishii
Rachel Korberg
Cofounder and Executive Director
Families and Workers Fund
Bill Kramer
CEO
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
María Teresa Kumar
Founding President and CEO
Voto Latino
Savannah Kunovsky
Design Director, AI and Machine Learning
Ideo
Carrera Kurnik
Strategist
Sparks & Honey
Grant Lafontaine
Cofounder and CEO
Whatnot
Nicholas Lalla
Founder and Managing Director
Tulsa Innovation Labs
Sophie Lambin
Founder and CEO
Kite Insights
Stuart Landesberg
Cofounder and Executive Chairman
Grove Collaborative
Michelle Larivee
Cofounder and CEO
Wthn
Marina Larroudé
Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer
Larroudé
Chuck Lasley
IT Director, Application Development
Dillard's
Erin Lewellen
CEO
Global Citizen Year
Maarten Leyts
Author, Founder, and CEO
Trendwolves
Rahsan Lindsay
CEO
MediaCo, 'HOT 97'
Lauren Liss
SVP, Premium Products and Experiences
Capital One
Dave Long
Cofounder and CEO
Orangetheory Fitness
Haley Lowry
Global Sustainability Director
Dow
Luna Lu
Associate Dean and Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering
Purdue University
Cate Luzio
Founder and CEO
Luminary
Christian Madsbjerg
Entrepreneur, Philosopher, and Cofounder
ReD Associates
Joel Makower
Cofounder and Chairman
GreenBiz Group
Samantha Maltin
EVP, Chief Marketing and Brand Officer
Sesame Workshop
Gil Mandelzis
Founder and CEO
Capitolis
Kory Marchisotto
CMO, E.l.f. Beauty, and President
Keys Soulcare
Art Markman
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
University of Texas at Austin
Harvey Mason Jr.
CEO
The Recording Academy
Christopher Maurer
Bioarchitect
Redhouse Studio
Alex McClelland
Associate Creative Director
Wieden+Kennedy New York
Lynn McClouchic
Marketing Director and SVP
CannonDesign
Don McGuire
CMO
Qualcomm
Lauren McGuire
President
Made Music Studio
Morgan McGuire
Chief Scientist
Roblox
Maury McIntyre
President and CEO
Television Academy
Leila McKenzie-Delis
Founder and CEO
DIAL Global
Kathy Baughman McLeod
Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, and SVP
Atlantic Council
Jamie Medeiros
Chief Brand Officer
Planet Fitness
Rima Mehta
Senior Manager of Environmental Sustainability
Nordstrom
Kevin Morgan
Brand Leader, Tempo by Hilton
Hilton
Rathi Murthy
CTO and President, Expedia Product and Technology
Expedia Group
Eleni (Lenio) Myrivili
Global Chief Heat Officer
UN Habitat
Brian Nam
Cofounder and CEO
Dive Studios
Chris Nassetta
President and CEO
Hilton
Prem Natarajan
EVP, Chief Scientist and Head of Enterprise AI
Capital One
Meg Navin
Principal and Executive Director, Commercial Practice
CannonDesign
Janai Nelson
President and Director-Counsel
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Rajkumari Neogy
CEO
Ibelong
Eric Newman
Creator and Executive Producer
Grand Electric
Sahra Nguyen
Founder and CEO
Nguyen Coffee Supply
Elizabeth Nieto
Global Head of Equity and Impact
Spotify
Natalie Nixon
Global Speaker and Author; CEO and Creativity Strategist
Figure 8 Thinking
Emily Oberman
Partner
Pentagram
Rawan Odeh
Social Responsibility, Partnership Manager
Monday.com
Busayo Olupona
Founder
Busayo NYC
Kevin O'Neil
Managing Director, Innovation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Justin Overdorff
Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Drew Panayiotou
Global CMO
Pfizer
Abhay Parasnis
Founder and CEO
Typeface
Djenaba Parker
General Counsel and Chief People Officer
Goop
Darcy Penick
President, Bergdorf Goodman, and Head of NMG Product and Technology
Neiman Marcus Group
Jake Peters
Cofounder and Chief Product and Technology Officer
Fora
Stormy Peters
VP, Communities
GitHub
Dee Poku
Founder and CEO
The WIE Suite
Lila Preston
Partner and Head of Growth Equity Strategy
Generation Investment Management
Matt Price
VP of HR
Unilever USA
Ben Proudfoot
Oscar-Winning Filmmaker and Entrepreneur
Breakwater Studios
Thai Randolph
CEO
Hartbeat
Magi Richani
Founder and CEO
Nobell Foods
Camille Richard
Chief Sustainability Officer
Back Market
Éric Ripert
Chef and Co-Owner, Le Bernardin and Culinary Advisor
Nature's Fynd
Kim Rittberg
Award-Winning Digital Marketing Strategist and Founder
Henry Street Media
Emily Roberts
SVP and Head of Enterprise Consumer Product
Capital One
Jessica Robertson
Cofounder and Chief Content Officer
Togethxr
Karen Robinovitz
Cofounder and Co-CEO
Sloomoo Institute
Daisy Robinton
Cofounder and CEO
Oviva Therapeutics
David Rogers
Professor, Columbia Business School, and Author
"The Digital Transformation Roadmap"
Edgar Romney
SVP, Chief Strategy and Administrative Officer
Amalgamated Bank
Tracee Ellis Ross
Founder and CEO
Pattern Beauty
Anushka Salinas
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Rent the Runway
Laura Sartor
CEO
Stadium Goods
Jeff Saunders
SVP, CTO
Warby Parker
Sara Schiller
Cofounder and Co-CEO
Sloomoo Institute
Gayle Schueller
SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer
3M
Matt Schuyler
Chief Brand Officer
Hilton
Greg Schwartz
Cofounder, President, and Chief Operating Officer
StockX
Adam Sharp
President and CEO
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Rob Shepardson
Cofounder and Partner
SS+K
Michael Shvo
Chairman and CEO
Shvo
Matt Sia
Creative Director
Pearlfisher
Joon Silverstein
SVP, Global Marketing, Creative and Sustainability, and Head of Coachtopia
Coach
Ryan Simonetti
Cofounder and CEO
Convene
Meg Smith
Singer-Songwriter
Sofia Song
Global Cities Lead
Gensler
Brad Stadler
Cofounder and Co-CEO
True
John Stankey
CEO
AT&T
Jessamyn Stanley
Author, Advocate, and Award-Winning Yoga Instructor
The Underbelly
Cait Starke
Head of Strategy
Pearlfisher
Carolyn Starrett
CEO
Flatiron Health
Katie Sturino
Body Acceptance Advocate and Founder
Megababe
Jeanne M. Sullivan
Chief Investment Officer
Arcview Ventures
Gayle Tait
CEO
Trove
John Taite
EVP of Global Brand Partnerships and Development
Made Music Studio
Emma Tammi
Director
Five Nights at Freddy's
Aaron Tartakovsky
Cofounder and CEO
Epic Cleantec
Carly Tatum
Senior Director, ESG Giving and Impact
Dell Technologies
Chris Thomas
CTO
Slalom Element
Shara Ticku
Cofounder and CEO
C16 Biosciences
Caroline Tillett
Chief Scientific Officer
Kenvue
John Tomik
Founder, Slalom Element Lab212
Slalom
Zeynep Ton
Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management, and President
Good Jobs Institute
Justin Tormey
Director, Slalom Strategy
Slalom
TT Torrez
VP, Artist and Label Relations and Music Director, HOT 97
MediaCo Holding
James Townsend
Global CEO
Assembly
Will Travis
Founder and CEO
Elevation Barn
Christy Turlington Burns
Founder and President
Every Mother Counts
Ken Turner
CMO
Fanatics Collectibles
Brianna Twofoot
National Organizing Director
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Mads Twomey-Madsen
SVP, Global Communications and Sustainability
Pandora
Gabrielle Union
Cofounder
Proudly
Nigel Vaz
CEO
Publicis Sapient
Henley Vazquez
Cofounder
Fora
Hans Vestberg
Chairman and CEO
Verizon
Kathi Vidal
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Clare Vivier
Founder, CEO, and Creative Director
Clare V.
Anastasia Volkova
Cofounder and CEO
Regrow Ag
Diane von Furstenberg
Founder and Chairman
DVF
Alexa von Tobel
Founder and Managing Partner
Inspired Capital
Rachel Wachtel
EVP, SPACE+
Brookfield Properties
Dwyane Wade
Cofounder
Proudly
Hitendra Wadhwa
Founder
Mentora Institute and Mentora Foundation
Bryan Walker
Partner and Managing Director, Climate Portfolio
Ideo
Neil Waller
Cofounder
Whalar
Caroline A. Wanga
President and CEO
Essence Ventures
Daniel Weissland
President
Audi of America
Jason White
CMO
Fanatics Betting and Gaming
Martin Whittaker
CEO
Just Capital
Carrie Wilkie
SVP, Standards and Technology
GS1 US
Troy Williams
Head of Brand Design
Wells Fargo
Ather Williams III
Head of Strategy, Digital, Innovation, and Enterprise Payments
Wells Fargo
Dario Wolos
Founder and CEO
Tacombi
Laura Wood
VP, Democracy
Local Policy Lab
Nona Yadegar
Design Director, Snap; Cofounder and Chairwoman
Snap Inc.
Andrew Yaffe
SVP, Head of Social, Digital & Original Content
National Basketball Association
Sanjiv Yajnik
President, Financial Services
Capital One
Mary Yap
Cofounder and CEO
Lithos Carbon
Ruth Yomtoubian
Head of the Global Innovation Center
VSP Vision
Jason Yuan
Cofounder and Chief Design Officer
New Computer
Frank Zambrelli
Managing Director of Global ESG Retail
Accenture
Melora Zaner
Chief Design Officer
TIAA