Cheryl Brown Henderson

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research

Stacey Bess

Award-Winning Educator; Keynote Speaker; Advocate for Homeless Youth

Dr. Jonathan Foley

World Leading Climate Scientist & Executive Director of Project Drawdown

Howard A. Tullman

Executive Director of the Kaplan Institute at Illinois Tech & Former CEO of 1871

Leonard Mlodinow

Theoretical Physicist, Author, Recognized for Groundbreaking Discoveries in Physics

Peter Shankman

Thought-Leader in Communication & Customer Service

Robert Atkinson

Founder & President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Ayah Bdeir

Former CEO & Founder of littleBits

"Science Bob" Pflugfelder

Science Communicator, Teacher, Author & Television Personality

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Co-Author of “Big Data" and "Delete;" Expert on the Networked Economy

Rachel Haot

Former Executive Director of Transit Innovation Partnership & Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Slavoj Žižek

Philosopher & International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

Melody Barnes

Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, Professor at the Miller Center & Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

Robin Wright

Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist & Author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World"

Michel Martin

Weekend Host of "All Things Considered" & Former Host of "Tell Me More"

Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Iranian Activist & Lawyer

Cheryl Cran

Future of Work & Change Leadership Expert; Author of "The Art of Change Leadership"

Mark Kramer

Co-founder of FSG, Author & Co-Creator of Shared Value Concept

Fran Hauser

Media Executive, Startup Investor, Women's Empowerment Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl"

2024 Award Winners: The 100 Women to KNOW In America Award