Education Speakers

Drawing from decades of experience working with thousands of leaders, Marilyn Gist shares how leader behaviors gain support or disengagement from stakeholders and how excellent leaders are able to energize others through the extraordinary power of leader humility.

Veteran news anchor, businessperson, author, and filmmaker, Richard Lui lives up close with today’s seminal ideas – honed by three decades of exclusive access to national and global decision makers in politics, business, activism, and culture.

"It's time for a more dynamic conceptualization of potential that takes into account each person's unique package of personal characteristics, dreams, passions, goals, and development." – Scott Barry Kaufman

Alex Klein is founder and CEO of Kano, the computing company that has shown millions how to create technology, rather than just consume it.

Dr. Enric Sala is a former university professor who saw himself writing the obituary of ocean life, and quit academia to become a full-time ocean conservationist as a National Geographic Explorer in Residence.

Ashleigh Shelby Rosette is a powerhouse scholar, educator, and speaker with extensive expertise in negotiation, leadership, and inclusion. A trailblazer at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, she delivers powerful keynote addresses that ignite conversations, spark innovation, and...

As an award-winning professor of social psychology and business, Juliana Schroeder shares her groundbreaking research on how to communicate more effectively with others, maximize value from your social connections, make sense of other people’s minds, and disagree more...

Stephanie Creary teaches organizations how to build stronger relationships in the workplace among people from different backgrounds.

"The increasing prevalence of infectious disease epidemics worldwide constitutes the need for a well-prepared response system. Ebola, SARS, COVID19 are not one off events. We are only as strong as our weakest link." – Syra Madad

Throughout his career, Greg Asner has strived to produce science capable of generating conservation actions worldwide. Today he shares with audiences the importance of taking care of the environment and how any organization can contribute.

The Godmother of Silicon Valley and one of the founders of Google for Education, Esther Wojcicki gives insights on the five fundamental values that help us all become capable, successful people.

"We all want our kids to be educated. What's changing is what an education is, and what 'being educated' means." – Marc Prensky

"The truth is in any ER in America on any given day we are always the front line…Yet even now, compassion still shines through most." – Ryan McGarry

Dr. Omékongo Dibinga delivers a high energy message that is grounded in one central idea—we have more in common than we know and if we harness those commonalities, we can truly find common ground in uncommon times.

JJ DiGeronimo provides action-based strategies to empower and advance women at work and in life. Her popular books, videos, retreats, and advice reach women of all ages as they are working to make their impact.

"Failure is likely — so face it, learn from it, and get stronger for next time. Without failure, there is no growth." – Arthur Brooks

Anjali Kumar is a Brooklyn born, first generation Indian American author, attorney, advisor, speaker, and "idea acupuncturist."

"Technology is the greatest equalizer of the 21st century and without Women in Technology, there is no such equality." – Shelly Kapoor Collins

Dr. Jeff Chen is a thought leader on the technology, policy, science, and business of the health and wellness industry.  

Meg Jay is the author of The Twentysomething Treatment and The Defining Decade. A recent New York Times profile called Meg “the patron saint of striving youth, a prophet-like figure for a generation of young people buried under...

A best-selling author of both nonfiction and novels, Peter W. Singer is Strategist at New America and a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University. He has served as a consultant for the US Military, Intelligence Community, and...

A NASA Astronaut who flew on all three Space Shuttles and went on to become an executive at Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Dr. Garrett Reisman will describe what it was like to fly on the Space Shuttle and what...

Positioned at the intersection of news, politics, and the cultural issues facing everyday Americans, Richard Fowler's fresh style and out-of-the-box thinking spurs audiences across the country to action and pushes all ages and demographics to ask more of themselves.

As a former FORTUNE 500 CEO and effective corporate director, Ilene Gordon's journey to the top required inventive management of her career and her professional life, affording her unique perspective on executive leadership, corporate governance, and the value...