Carlos Andrés Gómez

A former public school teacher and social worker turned award-winning performer and bestselling author, Carlos Andrés Gómez uses storytelling and spoken word poetry to build empathy and connection across lines...

Ron Chernow

An honors graduate of Yale and Cambridge, Ron Chernow is one of the most distinguished commentators on history, politics, and business in America today. He has won virtually every major...

Dr. Sheri Fink

Physician and Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Sheri Fink (M.D. and Ph.D., Stanford) is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling book, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged...

Jenny Rosenstrach

Jenny Rosenstrach sat down to family dinner every night of her childhood, so there was never a question whether she was going to do the same with her own family....

Gary Shteyngart

Author of the critically acclaimed knockout novels The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story, Russian-born Gary Shteyngart has risen to the top of the fiction world. His book...

Joanna Barsh

After more than 30 years’ experience in management consulting, Joanna Barsh is a Director Emeritus of the Leadership Development Program at McKinsey & Company. Joanna has given more than 450 keynotes,...

Alan Iny

Alan Iny is a Partner & Director and the Global Leader for Creativity and Scenarios at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He is a member of BCG’s Corporate Finance &...

R. J. Palacio

In 2012, #1 New York Times bestselling author R. J. Palacio became one of the most in-demand authors in children’s literature after the release of her debut novel, Wonder. Praised...

Brian Castner

Brian Castner served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer in the US Air Force from 1999 to 2007, deploying to Iraq to command bomb disposal units in Balad and Kirkuk...