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Charles Rosin is an Emmy-nominated writer-producer for television series such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Northern Exposure, and Dawson's Creek. Charles has taught writing and the art of pitching a television series at UCLA and USC, as well as Stand-Up Comedy for at-risk Middle School kids in Los Angeles. He is the creator of the “Rosin Report,” a monthly newsletter that offers readers an eclectic, personalized and somewhat nostalgic look at the people and places of Los Angeles where he resides. Charles.rosin@gmail.com

Elizabeth Rosner is an author and teacher whose work focuses on the redemptive power of storytelling and deep listening. Her six books have been translated into twelve languages and have received literary prizes in the US and abroad. Her most recent book, THIRD EAR: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening, blends personal stories of growing up in a multilingual household with multidisciplinary research about sound and silence in the natural world. Her previous book, SURVIVOR CAFÉ: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory, was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award, and her first novel, THE SPEED OF LIGHT, won Hadassah Magazine's Ribalow Prize in 2002, judged by Elie Wiesel. Elizabeth leads writing workshops internationally; her teaching carries forward a message of perseverance and tenacious optimism. www.elizabethrosner.com

Founder of Abella Consulting and Say It Skillfully Inc., Molly Tschang helps senior management and their teams to Win As One.Across 81 mergers and acquisitions, Molly has helped management navigate the human after-effects of intense change. She guides leaders to commit to each other's success as they learn to thrive in complex internal environments. Through Say It Skillfully, Molly teaches people at all levels to communicate skillfully and authentically to be seen, heard and understood on their most important and challenging topics.Molly's first book with co-author Marshall Goldsmith will release May 20, 2025. Until then, enjoy a free 12-minute audiobook sneak peek of the Me-You-We framework—a game changer for expressing yourself with confidence and listening with intention sayitskillfully.zoundy.com/me-you-weMolly hosts the popular Say It Skillfully podcast and video series and is a TEDx speaker and member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. She serves on the boards of several privately-held companies, the Cornell Engineering College Council, and Community Solutions (2021 winner of the $100 million MacArthur Foundation “100 & Change” award for accelerating an end to homelessness). She holds a BS in chemical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from UCLA. In her downtime, Molly enjoys tennis, yoga and cooking with family and friends. A 2024 highlight was a week at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca!

Morton Sherman, PhD, is the retired Senior Associate Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and a long-time educator who is dedicated to assuring learning at the highest possible levels for all students. An educator for 40 years, Sherman has served as a superintendent at schools across the country. He is a founding member of Public Schools for Tomorrow and currently serves on The Executive Committee of the board for the Goldie Hawn Foundation. In the past, he has served as a member of the board of directors with the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria, the Minority Student Achievement Network, Jason Learning, the National Superintendents Roundtable, and the Education Research and Development Institute. Sherman has received numerous awards throughout his career including a national community service award, Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals' Pathfinder Award (2012), the American School Board Journal's Magna Award (2012) and the Outstanding School Administrator Award (2003) by the New Jersey Music Educators Association. Sherman earned his doctorate in educational administration from Lehigh University, his master's degree in English education from the University of Delaware, and his bachelor's degree in English from Pennsylvania State University. He is the co-author of the book Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time (foreword by Goldie Hawn; Bloomsbury) www.resonantminds.com

MICHAEL VORENBERG is the author of Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment, which was a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize and was used as the basis for the screenplay of Stephen Spielberg's 2012 film, Lincoln. His newest book is Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War. He is also the author of The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents, as well as a number of essays on legal and constitutional history. His writings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, Politico, and the Washington Post. He teaches at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. https://michaelvorenberg.com

Garry Ridge served as Chairman and CEO of WD-40 Company for 25 years. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, where he teaches the principles and practices of corporate culture in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership program. His newest book is “Any Dumbass Can Do It.”Garry's philosophy on company culture is based on Aristotle's quote – “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” Turning that into action, he believes that all leaders can create a workplace where you go to work each day, make a contribution to something bigger than yourself, learn something new, feel safe, are protected, and are provided freedom by a set of values and go home happy!He is passionate about the learning and empowering organizational culture he has helped establish at the WD-40 Company. In 2009, he co-authored a book with Ken Blanchard outlining his effective leadership techniques, titled “Helping People Win at Work: A Business Philosophy Called ‘Don't Mark My Paper, Help Me Get an A.” A native of Australia, Mr. Ridge holds a certificate in Modern Retailing and a Master of Science in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego. www.thelearningmoment.net

Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times, Globe and Mail, and USA Today bestselling author of seventeen novels, including her newest, The Story She Left Behind. She's also a podcast host of original content for her novels, Surviving Savannah and Becoming Mrs. Lewis.​Her books have been translated into over 20 languages and have been the Barnes and Noble Book Club Pick, Amazon Editor Pick, Goodreads Book of the Year finalist, People Magazine Choice, Book of the Month Selection, and more. She is the recipient of The Christy Award “Book of the Year”; The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She is the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Friends and Fiction live web show and podcast. Patti also was a contributor to the monthly life lesson essay column for Parade Magazine. She's published in numerous anthologies, articles, and short story collections, including an Audible Original about Florence Nightingale, titled Wild Swan narrated by the Tony Award winner, Cynthia Erivo. Growing up in Philadelphia as the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she's lived up and down the East Coast from Philadelphia, to Florida, to Atlanta. She now lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama. Patti attended Auburn University for her undergraduate work and Georgia State University for her graduate degree. Once a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, she now writes full-time. Married to Pat Henry, the mother of three and grandmother of two. Here website is www.patticallahanhenry.com You can find more here on her substack: https://patticallahanhenry.substack.com

Joel Salinas, MD is a behavioral neurologist and clinician scientist at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, founder and Chief Medical Officer at Isaac Health, and former Harvard Medical School faculty. He is the author of Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain and co-author of CONFLICT RESILIENCE: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In. For more details, visit www.conflictresiliencebook.com.

John Baldoni likes to call himself the world's worst golfer for as much golf as he plays. His lack of talent for the game has not dimmed his ardor for the game itself and the friends he has made playing it.Golf Lessons: Chips, Chunks and Cheers is a love letter to the game – a collection of poems about the experience of playing and camaraderie it can produce. Baldoni distills wisdom with wry insight and joy. Baldoni's own photography makes Golf Lessons a book to read and re-read one poem or a handful at time.

Cathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Split, winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies, An Asian American A to Z: A Children's Guide to Our History, and Becoming Ghost. Her writing has been published in The New Republic, The Nation, and McSweeney's and she has received awards from MacDowell, Bread Loaf, Tin House, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Her newest book is "Becoming Ghost." She currently lives in New York. www.cathylinhche.com

Davin Salvagno is a bestselling author and dynamic speaker known as one of the top voices on purpose and leadership. His bestselling books include: “Finding Purpose at Work” and his new book “Thieves of Purpose: 12 Mindsets Robbing You of Your Purpose and Potential.” Davin is also the CoFounder of The Purpose Summit, one of the most significant annual gatherings of purpose-driven leaders and organizations in the world. After spending nearly two decades serving in various leadership roles in operations, human resources, marketing, and finance, Davin found a passion for inspiring leaders to revisit their founding purpose for who they are, and what they do. Since 2018, he has served as an Executive Coach to many CEOs and as a leadership and organizational development consultant to a wide variety of companies in the retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial service sectors. His clients have included many Fortune 500 companies, universities, and collegiate teams, and his work has been featured in Forbes, Worth, Newsweek, and the Harvard Business Review. He is an honored member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, which recognizes the best coaches in the world, a member of C12 Business Forums, a global peer advisory group comprised of 4000 Christian CEOs and Buisness Owners, and is represented by Greg+Miller Agency, which represents the world's most diverse, engaging, and influential speakers, authors, and thought leaders. Davin is originally from Philadelphia, PA and recently moved from Michigan to Charlotte, NC with his wife Amy, their two children, and their Golden Retriever, Brinkley. For books, podcasts, resources, or speaking inquires, please visit DavinSalvagno.com

Deborah Paredez is Chair and Associate Professor of Writing at the School of the Arts and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. Paredez is the author of four books: the critical memoir American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous (Norton, 2024), the scholarly study Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory (Duke, 2009), and the poetry collections This Side of Skin (Wings Press, 2002) and Year of the Dog (BOA Editions, 2020), winner of the 2020 Writers' League of Texas Poetry Book Award and a New York Times New and Notable Book. Her poetry and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Boston Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. She is the co-founder of CantoMundo, a national organization dedicated to Latinx poets and poetry. She holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Theatre and Performance Studies from Northwestern University.Deborah Paredez https://www.deborahparedez.com

Dr. Margie Warrell (pronounced Mar-gee), is a five-timebest-selling author, keynote speaker, leadership coach, and Forbescolumnist. With twenty-five years of experience living and workingaround the world - from Papua New Guinea to Singapore - she hasdedicated her life to helping people close the divide between thepotential they hold and the actions they take.From her humble beginnings on a small farm in rural Australia toher current role as a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry and AdvisoryBoard member for the Forbes School of Business & Technology,Margie has learned that developing our capacity for courageousaction is essential for every worthwhile endeavor. A mother of four and an advocate for women's empowerment, she inspires others to live bravely, rise stronger, and refuse to settle in any aspect of life.www.margiewarrell.com

Performance psychologist Noa Kageyama (NY License #19280) is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. A conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before completing a Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Indiana University, Noa now specializes in working with performing artists, teaching them how to utilize sport psychology principles and more consistently perform up to their full abilities under pressure.He has conducted workshops for institutions ranging from Northwestern University, New England Conservatory, Peabody, Eastman, Curtis, McGill University, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music, to programs such as the Starling-Delay Symposium, The Perlman Music Program, and the National Orchestral Institute, and for organizations like the Music Teachers' National Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Sphinx Organization, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.Noa's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, CNN, Slate, TED-Ed, Musical America, Strings Magazine, Strad, and Lifehacker. He has taught over 8000 musicians, educators, and learners through his online courses, and authors The Bulletproof Musician - a performance psychology blog and podcast which reaches over 45,000 subscribers every week.www.bulletproofmusician.com

A combat veteran and former paratrooper, Bill Glose has written hundreds of articles, short stories, poems, and essays for numerous publications. Prisons, VA hospitals, universities, and writers' conferences are among the many venues where Glose has given lectures and taught creative writing workshops. In 2011 he was named the Daily Press Poet Laureate and in 2017 he was featured by NPR on The Writer's Almanac. His book, All the Ruined Men, won the 2023 Library of Virginia Fiction Award. Other honors include the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award and the Dateline Award for Excellence in Journalism. Bill Glose is the author of five books of poetry including the much-acclaimed, Half Man and a new collection of short stories, All the Ruined Men. His website is www.billglose.com

Teresa M. Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. Her most recent book, Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You, presents insights from a decade of research on the psychological, social, and life restructuring challenges of retiring. Her colleagues Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall, and Kathy E. Kram collaborated on that work. Before turning her research interests to the retirement transition, Teresa devoted over 40 years to researching creativity and innovation. She was instrumental in establishing the social psychology of creativity – the study of how the social environment can influence creative behavior, primarily by influencing motivation. Her research on creativity appears in her books, Creativity in Context and Growing Up Creative, as well as numerous articles for scholars and practitioners. Extending that research, she studied how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their creativity, productivity, commitment, and collegiality, by affecting inner work life – the confluence of motivation, emotions, and perceptions. The findings of that research appear in her coauthored book (with Steven Kramer), The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Teresa's work has appeared in over 100 scholarly journal articles and a variety of other outlets, including Harvard Business Review, as well as several edited books. She has presented her work to audiences in a variety of settings, including Pixar, Genentech, TEDx Atlanta, Apple, Pfizer, and The World Economic Forum in Davos. She consults to companies and nonprofits and has served on a number of boards. She has received a variety of awards, including the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior Division, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, an honorary doctorate from BI Norwegian Business School, and election to the 2024 Thinkers50 Hall of Fame. www.retiringbook.com

Kim B. Clark joined the Harvard faculty in 1978 and served as dean of the faculty at Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005. He also served as the fifteenth president of Brigham Young University-Idaho from 2005 to 2015, Commissioner of Education for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2015 to 2019, and is Distinguished Professor of Management at Brigham Young University.

Mary Olson-Menzel has over 30 years of leadership across media, tech, healthcare, and many other industries globally. She is the Founder and CEO of MVP Executive Development, a national leadership, coaching, and organizational management consultancy with offices in Connecticut, New York, and Illinois. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups with a broad reach of industries from FinTech to Football (the NFL). As a seasoned executive leadership coach, Mary works with both companies and individuals to unlock the potential that improves business performance and catalyzes growth. Her coaching methods bring a fresh lens to business and a perspective that nurtures teamwork and helps drive results through grace, empathy, and "Humane Leadership". Before starting her company in 2012, Mary was a partner at two leading global executive search firms. She also spent a decade at Tribune Company in Chicago as National Managing Director of Talent, leading a team of 40+ human capital professionals. This is where her understanding and expertise in recruiting and coaching were honed. She worked closely with 20 newspapers, 27 television stations, and hundreds of digital assets across the country to attract and retain the best and the brightest. In her early years, Mary worked in both the tech space and media and entertainment, where she started her career as a television reporter. Driven by an innate curiosity and a deep passion for her work, Mary has dedicated her life to helping leaders at all levels channel what “lights them up” and inspires them into more fulfilling and successful personal and professional journeys. Mary earned her MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business and a Bachelor's degree in Communications and Public Relations from Illinois State University.Mary currently lives in Westchester, NY, with her husband, three kids, and their Goldendoodle, Wrigley. She is a part of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, which brings together the world's leading executive coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, iconic leaders, and entrepreneurs. Mary volunteers for various charities locally as well. Her newest book is “What Lights You Up? Illuminate Your Path and Take the Next Big Step in Your Career.” www.maryolsonmenzel.com

Frank Andre Guridy is an award-winning historian and the author of three books. He is a history and African American studies professor and the executive director of the Eric H. Holder Institute for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia University. His newest book is “The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest and Play.” https://history.columbia.edu/person/guridy-frank/

Terence Mauri is a global expert on the future of leadership, AI, and disruption. As founder of the future trends think tank Hack Future Lab and an acclaimed author, Mauri spearheaded a movement for leaders to find the upside of disruption and rethink leadership for a post-AI world. Mauri's actionable insights and bold thinking have been featured in The Economist, Forbes, Inc. BBC, Reuters, Business Insider, and The Drucker Forum. He has been described as “an influential and outspoken expert on the future of leadership” by Thinkers50, the global authority on today's top business thinkers. Follow Terence on Twitter/X @terencemauri or visit www.terencemauri.com.

Anne Chow was the first woman and first woman of color to hold the position of CEO at AT&T Business in 2019, overseeing more than 35,000 employees who collectively served 3 million business customers worldwide during her time there. She is currently the Lead Director on the board of Franklin Covey, serves on the board of 3M and CSX, and teaches at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Here are sample clips on Harvard Business Review's Race at Work, WFAA and MSNBC. Her newest book is LEAD BIGGER: The Transformative Power of Inclusion Her website is www.theannechow.com

Travis Rieder, PhD, is a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, where he directs the Master of Bioethics degree program. He holds secondary appointments in the departments of Philosophy and Health Policy and Management, as well as the Center for Public Health Advocacy. His first book, a memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal, was named an NPR Best Book of 2019, and his TED Talk on the same topic has been viewed more than 2.5 million times. He has been interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air and his opinion writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and Psychology Today. www.travisrieder.com

Steve Almond is the author of eleven books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His essays and reviews have been published in venues ranging from the New York Times Magazine to Ploughshares to Poets & Writers, and his short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, Best American Mysteries, and Best American Erotica. Almond is the recipient of grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Steve cohosted the Dear Sugars podcast with his pal Cheryl Strayed for four years, and teaches Creative Writing at the Neiman Fellowship at Harvard and Wesleyan. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with his family and his anxiety.

One of Canada's highest-rated clinical psychologists, Dr. Monica Vermani is a public speaker, teacher, and author in the field of mental health and wellness. In her private practice, Dr. Vermani provides a multi-faceted treatment approach in treating adolescents and adults suffering from trauma/abuse, mood, anxiety, substance addictions, and other related conditions and disorders, as well as family and couples therapy. She employs a dynamic range of techniques and evidence-based treatment modalities, including psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, (CBT), Mindfulness Meditation – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Breath~Body~Mind (BBM), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming (EMDR).Dr. Vermani's Start Living Corporate Wellness programs were created out of her belief in the importance of good mental health in the workplace. Start Living Corporate Wellness programs support and facilitate individuals' efforts to overcome the barriers that prevent them from living their best and most authentic life. Dr. Vermani's game-changing Start Living Corporate Wellness programs address the underlying mental health issues that impact individual employees and teams. Through a dynamic suite of psycho-education, training, and support, Start Living Corporate Wellness programs keep employees engaged, supported, happy, and whole.Dr. Vermani believes that good mental health doesn't just happen, that it deserves the same time, attention, understanding, and effort as our physical wellbeing. To that end, Dr. Vermani's latest book, A Deeper Wellness, and its companion online A Deeper Wellness Life Lessons mental health program provide the tools to create a deep, authentic sense of wellness and wellbeing. Drawing from her 25 years of clinical practice, she takes readers through the same tried and true multi-disciplinary approach to treatment that has been successful in creating incremental, meaningful change for hundreds of patients and groups. Dr. Vermani has placed her expertise in media outlets including Parade, Vitamin Shoppe, CTV Northern Ontario, HIVE, Hamilton Today With Scott Thompson, and Radio-Canada, The Globe and Mail, Shondaland, HuffPost, and Well and Good. https://www.drmonicavermani.com

Ashley Goodall is a leadership expert who has spent his career exploring large organizations from the inside, most recently as an executive at Cisco. He is the co-author of Nine Lies About Work, which was selected as the best management book of 2019 by Strategy + Business and as one of Amazon's best business and leadership books of 2019. Prior to Cisco, he spent fourteen years at Deloitte as a consultant and as the Chief Learning Officer for Leadership and Professional development. His newest book is “The Problem with Change.” www.ashleygoodall.com

Barbara Kellerman is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. She was the Founding Executive Director of the Center, and a member of the Kennedy School faculty for over twenty years. Kellerman has held professorships at Fordham, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, Christopher Newport, and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She also served as Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the University of Maryland.Kellerman received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and her M.A. M.Phil., and Ph.D. (in Political Science) degrees from Yale University. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship and three Fulbright fellowships. At Uppsala (1996-97), she held the Fulbright Chair in American Studies. Kellerman was cofounder of the International Leadership Association (ILA) and is author and editor of many books. Kellerman has also appeared on media outlets such as CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, Reuters, and BBC, and has contributed articles and reviews to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and the Harvard Business Review.

JEFF WETZLER is co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and an expert in learning and human potential. Wetzler combines unique leadership experiences spanning more than 25 years in business and education, as a management consultant to the world's top corporations, a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, and as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America. Jeff earned a Doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership from Columbia University and a bachelor's in psychology from Brown University. Based in New York, he is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow. His newest book is ASK: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life. https://www.askapproach.com/

Kandi Wiens, EdD is the Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Master's in Medical Education Program and the Penn Health Professions Education Certificate Program. As a sought-after international speaker, Dr. Wiens is co-founder and chief research officer of Big Sky Leadership Labs, where she leads and conducts evidence-based research on executive performance, emotional intelligence, burnout, and resilience. Her work has been prominently featured in the Harvard Business Review and in several Harvard Business Review Press books. A Senior Fellow at Penn, Dr. Wiens is Academic Director of the PennCLO Master's Program and teaches various graduate-level and executive-format courses. She has designed and delivered over 2,000 leadership development programs focused on helping leaders build and leverage their emotional and social intelligence to amplify their positive impact and protect themselves from burnout. Dr. Wiens holds a doctorate from the Penn Chief Learning Officer executive doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon, and a B.S. in business administration from Montana State University.

ALEXANDRA O. HUDSON is passionate about how ideas and storytelling canchange people's lives. A writer and popular speaker, she also is the founder ofCivic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedicated to beauty, goodness, and truth. She was named the 2020 Novak Journalism Fellow, and contributes to CBS News, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TIME Magazine, POLITICO Magazine, and Newsweek. She earned a master's degree in public policy at the London School of Economics as a Rotary Scholar, and is an adjunct professor at the Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy. She is also the creator of a series for The Great Courses,Netflix for lifelong learners, called Storytelling and The Human Condition. Her bestselling book, “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves,” was published by St. Martin's Press, and was selected as a “Must Read” book by The Next Big Idea Book Club. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband and two children. https://alexandraohudson.com

Arun Gupta, CEO of NobleReach, is a venture capitalist, Lecturer at Stanford University for “Valley Meets Mission”, and Adjunct Entrepreneurship Professor and Senior Advisor to Provost at Georgetown University, and author of, “Venture Meets Mission”.Arun is active in the emerging technology, entrepreneurship, public policy, and venture finance communities. He is passionate about inspiring students to pursue mission-oriented entrepreneurial careers.At Stanford University, Arun serves on the Stanford in Washington (SIW) Advisory Board, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Advisory Council, and is a Faculty Lecturer teaching ” Valley Meets Mission: Purposeful Entrepreneurship with Government” at Stanford in Washington. The class highlights his venture capital and academic experience building successful mission-oriented ventures at the intersection of the government, mission, technology, and entrepreneurship.As a Partner at Columbia Capital, Arun's investment career spanned eighteen years including initiating the firm's Cybersecurity and Government technology investments with a focus on National Security, AI, and SaaS/Cloud infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Columbia Capital in 2000, Arun was at Carlyle Venture Partners focused on software investments. Arun has lived in the Washington DC metropolitan area for over 40 years and has been actively involved in local community organizations focusing on coaching youth sports, inner city educational programs, and food insecurity programs for vulnerable communities. Arun has been happily married for 27+ years to Dr. Anjali Mehta Gupta and has three wonderful children. www.venturemeetsmission.comhttps://noblereachfoundation.org

Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. He is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. Robert is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness www.robertwaldinger.com

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. His newest book is The Fisherman's Path to Leadership: 224 Lessons from the Wisdom of Nature.Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50 (2021). He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey. Having been named “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. www.olegkonovalov.com

Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton are among today's most influential voices in workplace trends. They have spent more than two decades helping clients build high-performance cultures. In their work, they provide solutions for leaders looking to enhance employee engagement, teamwork, and wellness. Their work is supported by research with more than 1 million working adults across the globe, revealing the proven secrets behind high performance cultures and teams. They are founders of The Culture Works, a global consultancy, and authors of multiple award-winning #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestsellers such as All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies. They have been called “fascinating” by Fortune and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. They have appeared on NBC's Today show, CNN, and CBS 60 Minutes and are quoted frequently in The Economist, Fast Company, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal.Gostick & Elton are founding members of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches cohort; hosts of the podcast Anxiety at Work; and in 2023 both ranked in the top 10 Global Gurus in the categories of Leadership and Organizational Culture. www.adriangostick.comwww.chesterelton.com www.thecultureworks.com

Lauren Wesley Wilson is one of the nation's leading thought leaders on media relations, diversity and inclusion, and crisis communications. At 25, she became the founder and CEO of ColorComm Corporation. Prior to that, she worked as a communications strategist at a prestigious crisis communications firm in Washington, D.C., where she oversaw media strategy and crisis communications for international governments and stakeholder engagement for consumer brands. She previously served on the Glass Lions Jury at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France. She graduated from Spelman College with a B.A. in political science and from Georgetown University with an M.A. in communications. She resides in New York City.

William Ury is one of the world's best-known experts on negotiation, and the co-author of Getting to Yes, the all-time bestselling book on negotiation with more than 15 million copies sold. A co-founder of Harvard's Program on Negotiation, Ury has served as a negotiator in many of the toughest disputes of our times, taught negotiation to tens of thousands, and consulted for dozens of Fortune 500 companies, the White House, State Department, and the Pentagon. He has served as a negotiation adviser and mediator in conflicts from strikes to family feuds, US partisan battles to wars in the Middle East, Colombia, Korea, and Ukraine. An acclaimed speaker with two TEDx talks and millions of viewers (The Walk from “No” to “Yes” & The Power of Listening), Ury lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and host of the Remarkable People podcast. He was the chief evangelist of Apple, trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation, Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador, and special assistant to the Motorola Division of Google. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College. He lives in Watsonville, California. His newest book is Think Remarkable. www.guykawasaki.com

Gareth Higgins was born in Belfast in 1975, grew up during the northern Ireland Troubles, and now lives in the US. He writes and speaks about the power of storytelling to shape our lives and world, peace and making justice, and how to take life seriously without believing your own propaganda. He has been involved in peace-building and violence reduction in northern Ireland and helping address the legacy of conflict, received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Queen's University Belfast, and helped teach the world's first graduate course in Reconciliation Studies at Trinity College Dublin. He also helped found the Wild Goose, New Story and Movies & Meaning festivals. Gareth leads retreats in North America and Ireland; and he founded The Porch Magazine. Brian McLaren says Gareth's new book How Not to be Afraid is “a beautiful book”, Kathleen Norris says it's “a necessary book”, and Micky ScottBey Jones says it's “a much-needed resource for skill-building through our fear and trauma, so that we might create the belonging and communities we desire”. Nadia Bolz-Weber says “I totally trust Gareth Higgins when he writes about his own fear and how it's actually possible to transform it into something powerful, something capable of healing us and the world.” Pádraig Ó Tuama says “Gareth Higgins is a friend. This book is too.” Find out more at www.hownottobeafraid.com Ari Weinzweig, Co-founding Partner of the Zingerman's Community of Businesses, is a line cook turned CEO and thought leader. He shares his learnings about positive business through his prolific writing. The first four books in his Guide to Good Leading series explore the principles, beliefs, and pillars of the Zingerman's organization. His newest work is the artisan pamphlet, A Taste of Zingerman's Food Philosophy.Ari is still actively engaged in many aspect of the day-to-day operations and governance of the eleven Zingerman's businesses across Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2017, Ari was named one of "The World's Top 10 CEOs (They Lead in a Totally Unique Way)" by Inc. Magazine.Ari regularly travels across the country and world on behalf of Zingerman's, teaching organizations and businesses about Zingerman's approach to business through keynotes and private training. Contact him at ari@zingermans.com

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, is a psychiatrist, public health doctor, and non-fiction writer. He is an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Public Health, who has served as Chief Medical Officer and EVP of McLean Hospital, Mental Health Commissioner of NYC (in the Bloomberg administration), and Chief Medical Officer of the NYS Office of Mental Health. He has published fourteen books and approximately 500 articles for print and online publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and US News and World Report (where he wrote an opinion column for three years). His newest book is “Caiught in the Crosshairs of American Healthcare.”https://www.askdrlloyd.com

Davin Salvagno is the Founder & CEO of PurposePoint, the Cofounder of The Purpose Summit, and the author of “Finding Purpose at Work." He is an inspirational speaker and thought leader known for connecting purpose, people, and performance. Having spent nearly two decades serving in various leadership roles in finance, human resources, operations, and marketing with Fortune 500 companies, his insights and talks have helped hundreds of organizations across the world engage their purpose and inspire their people. https://www.purposepoint.com https://www.thepurposesummit.com

K. Scott Griffith is the founder and managing partner of SG Collaborative Solutions, LLC, an enterprise risk management firm specializing in reliable performance in high-consequence industries and organizations.Clients include Harvard's Mass General Brigham health system, the California hospital and medical associations, Global Medical Response, and numerous other transportation, healthcare, first responder, and law enforcement organizations. He is the author of the world's first Collaborative High Reliability® and Collaborative Just Culture® improvement programs, independently audited and certified by DNV, a world-leading international accreditation organization. Scott gained his reputation for world-class reliability and collaborative skills through success in high-consequence industries across the globe. He came to prominence as a leader in the field of aviation as an international airline captain and chief safety officer at American Airlines, and is widely recognized as the father of the airline industry's landmark Aviation Safety Action Programs (ASAP). His newest books is “Managing Risk.”https://sgcpartners.com/faculty/scott-griffith/

HORTENSE LE GENTIL is a world-renowned executive leadership coach, speaker, and author. She guides CEOs and senior executives on their journey from hero leaders to human leaders. Guided by 30 years in business, working across industries—including media consulting and advertising—and as an entrepreneur. Hortense was a 2021 and 2023 nominee for the Thinkers 50 Coaching and Mentoring Awards, and has been ranked #5 on the Global Gurus list by World Management Global Gurus. Hortense is a certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered™ coach and a member of MG100 Coaches. Author of THE UNLOCKED LEADER: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World (Wiley, September 26, 2023), and ALIGNED: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You're Meant to Be (2019), Hortense is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and ThriveGlobal.com, and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., and Business Insider. She is based in New York. www.hortenselegentil.comProceeds from The Unlocked Leader will go to support the work of the JedFoundation.org that focuses on helping teens with their mental health.

Tim Brown is an award-winning writer with 25 years' experience covering Major League Baseball at the Los Angeles Times, the Newark Star-Ledger, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Los Angeles Daily News and Yahoo! Sports. He co-wrote, with Jim Abbott, the New York Times bestseller, “Imperfect: An Improbable Life.” He resides with his wife, Kelly, in North Carolina. ww.bytimbrown.com.

Tony Martignetti is a trusted advisor, leadership coach and facilitator, best-selling author, podcast host, and speaker. He brings together over 25 years of business and leadership experience and extreme curiosity to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He has been recognized by Thinkers360 as one of the Top Voices in Leadership and by LeadersHum as one of the Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023. Before becoming the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Partners, Tony was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. Tony hosts The Virtual Campfire podcast and is the author of “Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life" and "Campfire Lessons for Leaders: How Uncovering Our Past Can Propel Us Forward.” He has been featured in many publications, including Fast Company, Forbes, Life Science Leader, and CEO Today.https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

Dr. Philip M. Brown, Jr., MD, also known as Doc Philip Brown, is an accomplished physician, author, public speaker, and healthcare leader with a reputation for asking questions that help people think differently. Dr. Brown is the UNC-Wilmington Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2021 and a member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. He is also an accomplished public speaker and co-hosts the Podcast Unlikely Intersections. Additionally, he is an Amazon Best-Selling Author of "Do You Speak Patient" under his pen name Doc Philip Brown. As a physician, Dr. Brown believes that patient care must be founded on trust, empathy, and listening. He also believes that medical professionals should become skilled at explaining things to patients in ways they can understand and that the patient relationship must be built on a foundation of trust. Dr. Brown believes that patients should be co-creators in their care plan in order to survive medical challenges and reach their highest level of health, and that empathy creates context for optimal patient care. He excels at helping develop inclusive high performing teams and is an inspiring speaker on topics ranging from physician leadership to equity and inclusion.https://docphilipbrown.com/

Dan Pontefract is the founder and CEO of Pontefract Group, a firm that improves the state of leadership and organizational culture. He works with firms such as Salesforce, Canada Post, BMO, Nutrien, TD Bank, Autodesk, Amgen, and others to help shift their culture, employee experience, leadership practices, and operating ways. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria, Gustavson School of Business. Dan is the best-selling author of five books: WORK-LIFE BLOOM: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes (2023), LEAD. CARE. WIN. How to Become a Leader Who Matters (2020), OPEN TO THINK: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions (2018), THE PURPOSE EFFECT: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization (2016) and FLAT ARMY: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization (2013). Dan is on the Thinkers50 Radar list, HR Weekly's 100 Most Influential People in HR, PeopleHum's Top 200 Thought Leaders and Inc. Magazine's Top 100 leadership speakers. Notably, Dan is a proven leader with real-world, game-changing and award-winning experience. Previously as Chief Envisioner and Chief Learning Officer at TELUS—a Canadian telecommunications company with revenues of over $14 billion and 50,000 global employees—he launched the Transformation Office, the TELUS MBA, and the TELUS Leadership Philosophy, all award-winning initiatives that dramatically helped to increase the company's employee engagement to record levels of nearly 90%. Despite leaving full-time in 2018, Dan continues to work with TELUS as Director of the TELUS MBA and on a retainer to assist TELUS clients as needed. Previous to his ten years at TELUS, he held senior executive positions over twelve years with SAP, Business Objects, Crystal Decisions and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Dan's career is interwoven with corporate and academic experience, coupled with an MBA, B.Ed and multiple industry certifications. He is a renowned speaker, invited to deliver over 600 external keynotes and presentations, including four TED Talks. Dan also writes for Forbes and Harvard Business Review. www.worklifebloom.com

Jerry Colonna is a leading executive coach who uses the skills he learned as a venture capitalist to help entrepreneurs. He is a co-founder and CEO of Reboot, the executive coaching and leadership development company, host of the Reboot Podcast, and author of Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong (HarperBusiness; Nov. 2023), and Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up(HarperBusiness, 2019). He draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction. Previously he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase. He joined JPMP from Flatiron Partners, which he launched in 1996 with partner, Fred Wilson. Flatiron became one of the most successful, early-stage investment programs in the New York City area. He lives on a farmin Longmont, Colorado. www.reboot.io

Jared Fishman is the founder and executive director of Justice Innovation Lab, an organization that designs data-driven solutions for a more equitable, effective, and fair justice system. Justice Innovation Lab uses a collaborative approach to help justice system decision-makers identify and fix inequities in their jurisdictions. Prior to founding Justice Innovation Lab, Mr. Fishman served for 14 years as a senior civil rights prosecutor at the US Department of Justice, where he led some of the most complex civil rights prosecutions in the country, securing convictions in high-profile cases involving police misconduct, hate crimes and human trafficking. He received multiple awards from the Department of Justice for distinguished service, including the Civil Rights Division's highest award for excellence in legal advocacy. Mr. Fishman began his career at the US Department of State, where he worked to rebuild legal systems in post-war Kosovo. He has also served as a line prosecutor at the Washington, DC US Attorney's Office, where he handled domestic violence and sex offense cases. He regularly speaks on issues of data-driven criminal justice reform, police accountability, hate crimes, and human trafficking. He serves as adjunct faculty at Georgetown University and at the George Washington University Law School. Jared is also the author of “Fire on the Levee,” a book about his experience as a civil rights attorney in New Orleans prosecuting the murder by police and its subsequent cover-up.

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties for more than 25 years. She teaches executives and MBA students on human resource strategy to transform organizations, women in leadership and senior executive programmes. In 2019 she was awarded the LBS Excellence in Teaching prize and Thinkers50 ranks her among the world's top management thinkers. She is also the author of Working Identity (updated edition, 2023) and her work has been featured in international news media. Herminia speaks on leadership and transformation for organizations worldwide, and at conferences that include TEDx, WIRED Smarter and the World Business Forum. https://herminiaibarra.com

Sally Susman is Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Pfizer. She is also Vice Chair of the Pfizer Foundation. Sally leads engagement with all of Pfizer's external stakeholders, overseeing communications, corporate responsibility, global policy, government relations, investor relations, and patient advocacy. Before joining Pfizer in 2007, she held several senior communications and government relations roles at Estée Lauder Companies and the American Express Company. https://www.sallysusman.com

Mahesh M. Thakur is an AI expert who helps businesses and leaders successfully deliver their AI-enabled Strategy. He has professional work experience with F500 companies, including Microsoft, Intuit, Amazon, and Intel. He defined how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning would improve the relevance of Bing Search results. Bing servers 1.3 Billion visitors per month. Mahesh is the former CEO of PhotoWeaver and an experienced Board Member. Mahesh elevated the leaders he worked with by identifying their strengths and presenting them with opportunities and projects to thrive. He brought out the best in them by always knowing what inspired them to bring their best to work. He did this by coaching his leaders on delegation, emotional intelligence, problem-solving, decision-making, and clarity. www.maheshmthakur.com

Lucy Parker and Jon Miller work together helping companies get to grips with their role in society. Lucy Parker is a former BBC documentary maker. She moved into business as a coach to executives on strategic communications. Today she is well-known as a top corporate advisor. In government, she led the UK Prime Minister's Taskforce on Talent and Enterprise. Jon Miller left an award-winning career in advertising to help businesses play a more positive role in the world. He is the founder of Open For Business, a coalition of 40 global companies campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights in countries hostile to LGBTQ+ people.