Peter Bregman
CEO of Bregman Partners, Bestselling Author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, and Leadership Columnist for the Harvard Business Review
$25K - $40KNew York
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Vivek Wadhwa
Former Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Law School, Labor and Worklife Program; Former Distinguished Fellow and professor, Carnegie Mellon University Engineering, Silicon Valley
$25K - $40KCalifornia
Amy Myers Jaffe
Global Energy and Sustainability Expert; Author, Energy’s Digital Future; Director, Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab, New York University; Contributing Energy Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Under $25,000Connecticut
Misty Copeland
American Ballet Dancer; Author; Philanthropist
Over $70,000New York
Vonda Wright
Orthopedic Surgeon; Entrepreneur; New York Times Bestselling Author Creator of Skeletal Longevity™
$40K - $70KFlorida
David Rowan
Technology Editor and Author; Keynote Speaker and Event Moderator
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Joe Navarro
Leading Expert on Nonverbal Communications and Best-Selling Author; Former FBI Agent specializing in counterintelligence and behavioral assessment
$25K - $40KFlorida
Margaret Heffernan
CEO, Entrepreneur, Author and Columnist, Financial Times
$40K - $70K
Merril Hoge
Retired NFL Running Back; Former ESPN Analyst; Author, Find a Way and Brainwashed
Under $25,000Kentucky
Jennifer Pharr Davis
Internationally Celebrated Author; National Geographic Adventurer of the Year; Former Member of the President's Council for Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
Under $25,000North Carolina
Matthew Emerzian
4x Bestselling Author; Founder and CEO of Every Monday Matters
Under $25,000California
Mike Sarraille
Former US Navy SEAL; Founder and CEO of Talent War Group and ATTA, Building Mental Strength and Wellness; Co-Author of the Best-Selling Book The Talent War; Men’s Journal Lead Columnist; Podcast Host for the Self-Improvement Focused ‘Everyday Warrior’ Series
$25K - $40KTexas
Vikram Mansharamani
Global Trend-Watcher, Entrepreneur, Author and Investor
$40K - $70KMassachusetts
Charlene Li
Expert on Social Media, Marketing and Leadership; Author, Groundswell, Open Leadership, and The Disruption Mindset
$25K - $40KCalifornia
Erin Gruwell
Educator and Founder, Freedom Writers Foundation
Under $25,000California
Ken Burns
Historian and Award-Winning Filmmaker
Over $70,000New Hampshire
Natalie Nixon
Strategy, Foresight and Innovation Expert; CEO and Founder of Figure 8 Thinking, Author, and Creativity Guru
Under $25,000Pennsylvania
Ashley Reichheld
Principal, Deloitte; Author of The Four Factors of Trust
$25K - $40KMassachusetts
Andy Slavitt
Former Senior Advisor to the Biden Administration COVID Response, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2015-2017)
$25K - $40KCalifornia
Bill Rancic
Entrepreneur, Award-Winning Author, Motivational Speaker and Media Personality
$25K - $40KIllinois
Scott Harrison
Founder and CEO, charity: water; New York Times Best-Selling Author: Thirst
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Bobbi Brown
Makeup Artist and Founder, Jones Road Beauty
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Greg Lindsay
Urban Tech Fellow, Cornell Tech; Senior Fellow, MIT Future Urban Collectives Lab; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Futurist, Threatcasting.ai; Author of the international best-seller, Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next
Under $25,000New York
Sarah Hurwitz
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Chief Speechwriter (2010-2017) and Author
Under $25,000District of Columbia
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