Jeff Jarvis

Leader in the Development of Online News & Blogging; Director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at CUNY

Dr. Claudia Espinosa

Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur; Changemaker

Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist

Jeanne Meister

Partner at Future Workplace & Bestselling Author of "The 2020 Workplace"

Michael Rogers

MSNBC's 'The Practical Futurist' & Technology Expert

Carson Kressley

TV Personality & Fashion Designer; Best Known for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"

Maria Menounos

CEO & Co-founder of AfterBuzz TV; Former E! News Co-Anchor; Best-selling Author, Journalist & Type-1 Diabetic

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Nidhi Chadda

ESG Investor & Advisor; Founder & CEO of Enzo Advisors

Daisy Auger-Dominguez

Author, Workplace Culture & Human Capital Strategist

Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace

Misty Copeland

First African American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre; Author

Misty Copeland's Return After Her Break as Dancer & Producer

Amy Myers Jaffe

Leading Expert on Global Energy Policy & Sustainability

Lisa Bodell

Founder & CEO of FutureThink, Best-Selling Author of "Why Simple Wins," Innovation Expert

UNLEASHING INNOVATION Keynote

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Dr. Syra Madad

Nationally Recognized Leader in Public Health & Infectious Diseases Epidemiologist

Sarah Kauss

Founder of S'well, Advisor, Investor & Advocate

Polly LaBarre

Founding Member of the Fast Company Magazine, Co-Founder of the Management Lab & Co-Author of "Mavericks at Work"

Frank Wu

President of Queens College, City University of New York; Author of "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White"

Julia Bacha

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Creative Director at Just Vision

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024