Kathryn Minshew - Founder & CEO, The Muse

Kathryn Minshew is the founder and CEO of The Muse, a career platform used by over 75 million people to research companies and careers. In 2018, The Muse was named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World and #3 Most Innovative Company for Enterprise. Kathryn has spoken at M…

Christina Sass - Co-Founder, Andela

Christina Sass is the co-founder and board member of Andela, a company that recruits the most talented software engineers on the African continent and pairs them with global tech companies as full-time, distributed team members. In five years, Andela has hired almost 2,000 developers and become kn…

Kimbal Musk - Co-Founder, The Kitchen Community

Kimbal Musk is a chef, restauranteur, and philanthropist. His mission is to pursue an America where everyone has access to real food. Named a Global Social Entrepreneur by the World Economic Forum, Kimbal is the co-founder and Chairman of three real-food companies that are rapidly scaling across th…

Heather Hartnett - Founder & CEO, Human Ventures

Heather Hartnett is the founder and CEO of Human Ventures, an early-stage venture studio that backs and builds consumer technology companies. She was named one of the '50 Most Influential Women in America' by Marie Claire, The Information has referred to her as 'the new breed of VC,' and Business I…

Chris Voss - Former FBI Hostage Negotiator, Co-Author, Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI and during his 24-year tenure in the Bureau, he was trained in the art of negotiation by the FBI, Scotland Yard, and Harvard Law School. Before then, he had served as the lead crisis negotiator for the New York City Division of…

Patrick Maloney - Founder and CEO of Inspire Clean Energy

Patrick Maloney is the founder and CEO of Inspire Clean Energy, where he leads the execution of its mission to transform the way consumers access clean energy and accelerate a net-zero carbon future.  A lifelong entrepreneur in the energy and technology spaces, Patrick is dedicated to building wor…

Jessica Yellin - Founder, News Not Noise; Author, Savage News

Jessica Yellin is the founder of #NewsNotNoise, a fresh voice in media that provides daily news reports on Instagram. You can find the account @jessicayellin.  She's the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy and Gracie award-winning political journalist reporting for CNN, ABC …

Ravi Patel - Actor, Co-Founder, This Saves Lives

After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in the late 90s, Ravi Patel was an investment banker before a chance opportunity to do stand-up in Los Angeles left him fielding calls from agents. He went on to act in over 70 national commercials and land roles in films and TV, most notably Scrubs, It's Alway…

Michael Acton Smith - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Calm

Michael Acton Smith is the co-founder and co-CEO of Calm, the #1 app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation, with over 2 million subscribers and 85 million downloads. They were an Apple 'best of 2018' award winner, and in 2019, Calm became the World's First Mental Health 'Unicorn' – valued at more t…

Dr. Harvey Karp - Founder and CEO of Happiest Baby, pediatrician, and child development expert

Dr. Harvey Karp is one of America's most-trusted pediatricians and child development experts. He is also the founder and CEO of Happiest Baby, a smart-tech and parenting solutions company.  Having practiced pediatrics in Los Angeles for over 25 years, his landmark discoveries and unique ability to…