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Paul Beck

As Partner and Chief Marketing Officer of Created Entertainment, Inc., Paul Beck developed and manages the marketing, distribution and engagement strategies for Storybooth, one of the fastest-growing, youth-targeted channels on YouTube. To date it has generated more than 1.3 billion views and gained 1,900,000 subscribers in 2 years, earning two Shorty Awards and several coveted Webby Awards. L..

Will Shafroth

As its president and chief executive officer, Will Shafroth oversees the National Park Foundation, including operations, philanthropic support through individual and foundation giving, corporate partnerships and fundraising for the Centennial Campaign for America’s National Parks. Shafroth leads the organization’s mission to enrich America’s national parks and programs by providing a measure..

Daniela Rus

Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. Her research interests are in robotics, artificial intelligence and data science. The focus of her work is developing the science and engineering of autonomy, toward the long-term objective of enab..

Lawrence Burns

Larry Burns advises organizations on the future of mobility, logistics, manufacturing, energy and innovation. His current clients include Waymo, Peloton Technology, and Kitson & Partners. Larry served as General Motors Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning from 1998-2009. He was a member of GM’s top decision board and was responsible for advanced technology development,..

Jon LaPook

Dr. Jon LaPook is Professor of Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, and the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology at NYU Langone Health. He is a practicing physician, and the founder and executive director of the “NYU Langone Empathy Project,” which seeks to promote a culture of empathy in medicine. Dr. LaPook is the chief medical correspondent at CBS News, which he joined in 2006. He has..

Paul Rothman

Dr. Paul Rothman is the Dean of the Medical Faculty for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Chief Executive Officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, an $8 billion academic medical enterprise and a health system with a global reach. As Dean/CEO, Dr. Rothman oversees both the Johns Hopkins Health System and the School of Medicine. A rheumatologist and molecular immunologist, he came to ..

Lloyd Minor

Dr. Lloyd Minor is a scientist, surgeon and academic leader. He is the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, a position he has held since December 2012. He is also a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and a professor of Bioengineering and of Neurobiology, by courtesy, at Stanford University. As Dean, Dr. Minor plays an integral role in sett..

George Daley

Dr. George Daley, dean of Harvard Medical School and the Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine at HMS, is an internationally recognized leader in stem cell science and cancer biology. He is also a longtime member of the HMS faculty whose work spans the fields of basic science and clinical medicine. Dr. Daley has been professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at HMS since..

Buddy Greene

Born and bred in Macon, Georgia, Buddy Greene has been performing for audiences since the tender age of ten, but his first big break came when he landed a position in country superstar Jerry Reed’s band. As rhythm guitarist, singer, and harmonicist, Buddy’s four-year stint with Reed was the ideal apprenticeship, including appearances on numerous TV shows and recordings, and tours throughout th..

Eric Wesley

Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley is Deputy Commanding General, Army Futures Command, and Director, Futures and Concepts Center. He has been the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, Va. His command experience includes commanding general for the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Ga., and maneuver formations from company to brigade..

Thomas Modly

Thomas Modly of Ohio was sworn in as the 33rd Under Secretary of the Navy December 4, 2017. Mr. Modly was most recently the Managing Director in Price Waterhouse Cooper’s National Security Practice and the Global Government Defense Network Leader for the firm, which he joined in 2007. During that time, he also served as a member of the non-profit Business Executives for National Security. Pre..

Michelle Johnson

Lieutenant General, USAF (Retired) Michelle Johnson served as the 19th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, a dual role as a military commander and a college president. Currently, she is a National Basketball Association (NBA) senior vice president and head of referee operations in charge of scouting, training, and evaluating referees in the NBA, WNBA, and developmental G League—the ste..

Jennifer Kavanagh

Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and associate director of the Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program in the RAND Arroyo Center. Her research focuses on U.S. political institutions and public opinion and their implications for U.S. foreign and domestic policy. She also studies political uses of mis- and disinformation. In her work for the U.S. Army, Jenn..

Carol Adelman

Carol and Ken Adelman founded Movers & Shakespeares in 1997 to teach executive leadership and critical business skills through Shakespeare’s greatest works. To date, they have delivered more than 300 practical, interactive and fun training sessions to a diverse client base including corporations, universities, government agencies and non-profits. Carol Adelman is President of Movers & Shakesp..

Ken Adelman

Carol and Ken Adelman founded Movers & Shakespeares in 1997 to teach executive leadership and critical business skills through Shakespeare’s greatest works. To date, they have delivered more than 300 practical, interactive and fun training sessions to a diverse client base including corporations, universities, government agencies and non-profits. Ken Adelman, Vice President of Movers & Shakes..

Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard, he taught at Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Lessig is a foun..

Louis Masur

Louis Masur, American Cultural Historian, Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous books including Lincoln’s Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction & The Crisis of Reunion (2015) and Lincoln’s Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union (2012), which won the Lincoln Institute Book Prize. Masur’s essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Washing..

Elisabeth Stock

Elisabeth Stock built PowerMyLearning from a nascent non-profit in 1999 into a national leader in the K-12 digital learning space. Recognized as an expert in her field, Elisabeth is a Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow and a life-long Ashoka fellow. She has given a TEDx talk and high-level briefings at the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Federal Communications Commission, and she..

Gregg Treinish

Gregg Treinish founded Adventure Scientists in 2011 with a strong passion for both scientific discovery and exploration. The nonprofit organization equips partners with data collected from the outdoors that are crucial to addressing environmental and human health challenges. The Vision of Adventure Scientists is that by scaling data collection, the ability to unlock solutions to environmental iss..

John Bayless

John Bayless was born in the small oil town of Borger, Texas. He started to play piano by ear at age four and at age 13 was the youngest church organist in the State of Texas. When he was 15, he won a scholarship to the Aspen School of Music where he met and first studied with the legendary Adele Marcus. At 17, he was off to New York City to attend the Juilliard School of Music. John was invite..