Speakers on Overcoming Obstacles & Challenges

Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School of Business; Bestselling Author; Host: WorkLife, a TED Original Podcast

43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center

Social Psychologist, Award-Winning Harvard Lecturer, and Bestselling Author

Advisor, Investor, Former COO and President, Focus Brands

Motivational Speaker, Fighter Pilot, Patriotic Philanthropist, PGA Professional, Golf Course Developer, and Author, A Patriot's Calling: Living Life Between Fear and Faith and Fly Into the Wind, How to Harness Faith and Fearlessness On Your Ascent to Greatness.

Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Best-selling Author

All-Time Winningest Coach in U.S. Soccer History; Legendary Head Coach, U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and President, National Women’s Soccer League San Diego

Chef, Restaurateur, Humanitarian

Paralympic Ski Medalist, Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Rhodes Scholar, Former White House Official and Best-Selling Author

Best-Selling Author, Expert on Creativity and Innovation, Agent for Social Change

Founder of The Huffington Post, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global

Secretary of State (1997-2001)

Former Head Coach, 2007 Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts, Football Analyst, NBC Sports

2020 & 2012 Paralympic Gold Medalist, NBC Sports Winter Paralympics Correspondent, Author, and Equality Activist

Head Men's Basketball Coach, Duke University

U.S. Ambassador to the UN (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)

Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist, The Washington Post and Political Analyst, MSNBC

Co-host and Analyst, FOX NFL Sunday and NFL Legend

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018)

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016-2019)

Chair, The Federal Reserve System (2006-2014)

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author

Former President & CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems, and The Ford Motor Company

Former Vice President, Multicultural Sales & Community Activation for PepsiCo North America, Author, Philanthropist, Creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos brand

Medal of Honor Recipient and Author

Legendary Football Coach and Analyst, ESPN (2004-2015)

#1 International and New York Times bestselling Author and Neuroscientist

Founder, Katie Couric Media

Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

World Renowned Harvard Expert and Best-Selling Author on Collaboration, Communication and Teamwork

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2015-2019)

Obama Campaign Manager and White House Senior Advisor, Author, Non-Profit and Tech Executive

Former Chairman & CEO of Best Buy; Author, The Heart of Business – Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism; Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)

Harvard Historian, Author, Leadership Coach

Olympic Athlete; Bestselling Author; Award-winning Filmmaker

Astronaut, Epidemiologist and Hero

White House Chief of Staff (2001-2006)

America's Best-known Olympian

CEO of Taco Bell

CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior National Security and Intelligence Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC

Gen. Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.), President, BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC

CEO and Founder, Humu; SVP of People Operations, Google (2006-2016); Bestselling Author

2011 NCAA Wrestling Champion, Recipient of the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, ESPN ESPY Awards and Author

No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Money Expert, and Veteran Business News Anchor

Former Prime Minister of Canada

Former Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development, Miami Heat; 2012 & 2013 NBA Champion, Miami Heat

The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007-2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)

College Basketball Analyst, ABC Sports and ESPN

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States (2009-2015), Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Former Chairman and CEO, IBM

Former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland

First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War, Author

American Historian and Best-Selling Author; Presidential Historian, CNN; Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University

New York Yankees' Greatest Relief Pitcher of All Time and Author of The Closer

Legendary Newsman, NBC News and Best-Selling Author

Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Company (2005–2016); Chairman and CEO, 3M (2000–2005)

Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity; Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (2010-2014) and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (2005-2014)

Best-Selling Author, Freelance Writer

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy

Manager, Chicago White Sox; Three-Time World Series Champion

Former Senior White House Policy Advisor for Nutrition and Executive Director, Let’s Move!; Founder, Trove; Partner, Acre Venture Partners; Author

EPA Administrator (2001-2003) and Former New Jersey Governor

Chairman and CEO, General Electric (2001–2017)

Emmy Award-Winning Host, Executive Producer and Co-anchor, Today, NBC (2006-2011)

Governor of Louisiana (2008-2016)

Former U.S. Senator, Olympian, NBA Hall of Famer and Best-Selling Author

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2014–2017); Director, Office of Management and Budget (2013–2014)

World-renowned Magician and Endurance Artist

Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Author

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2015–2017); Deputy Secretary of Defense (2011–2013)

Legendary Head Coach, Washington Football Team and Championship NASCAR Owner

Legendary Professional Golfer

Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. (2009-2012); President, CareJourney

Founding Executive Vice President of People, JetBlue Airways; President, People Ink and Best-Selling Author

Chair, Council of Economic Advisers (2009-2010) and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Contributing Editor, Bloomberg News

Women's Leadership Expert; Longtime Television News Reporter; and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Counselor to Presidents

Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)

First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Ridge Global

Legendary Hall of Fame Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of Connecticut (1986-2012), Winner of Three National Championships (1999, 2004, 2011) and ESPN College Basketball Analyst

President, European Commission (2004-2014) and Prime Minister, Portugal (2002-2004)

U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst

Founder and President, Theirworld Projects, Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, Author

Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (2010-2015); Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2009-2010); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2001-2009)

World Champion Quarterback, Broadcaster and Entrepreneur

Host of The Richard Fowler Show, FOX News Contributor, Democratic Messaging Expert, and Millennial Engagement Specialist

Leading Authority on Collaboration and Innovation. Bestselling Author. Named “Oprah of Management Thinkers” and Ranked #1 of Top Women Keynote Speakers of 2020

Nationally-Acclaimed Quarterback; Analyst for ESPN; Bestselling Author

Founder/CEO of FUBU, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, Star of ABC's Shark Tank and CEO of The Shark Group

Leader, Basketball Legend, and Successful Entrepreneur

Head Coach, Jacksonville Jaguars; Former Head Football Coach, Ohio State and University of Florida

Associate Professor, Duke University; Bestselling Author; Founder, Everything Happens Initiative; Host, Everything Happens Podcast; Fellow, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School.

Presidential Historian, NBC News and PBS NewsHour, New York Times Columnist and #1 Best-Selling Author

Soccer Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & World Cup Champion, American Soccer Icon

Inspirational Adventurers, Lifelong Friends and Achievers of the Impossible

Father, Husband, and First 100 Percent Combat-Disabled Active-Duty Air Force Technician

Co-Founder & Chief Executive of Life is Good

Founder & Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Resilience Leadership Institute (RLI), Board Member, Advisor, Investor

Abduction Survivor, Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation, Inspiring Communicator of Hope

Host of Man vs. Wild, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, and YOU vs Wild; Adventurer; Author; Philanthropist

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

Defender, USWNT; Two-Time World Cup Champion; 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist

Commander, NORAD and and Commander, US Northern Command (May 2016-May 2018), Commander, Pacific Air Forces (Oct 2014-May 2016)

Innovative Business Thought Leader and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Chief Health and Medical Correspondent for ABC News, Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know

Educator and Founder, Freedom Writers Foundation

Founder & CEO, Performance Paradigm

Emergency Medicine Physician; Director and Producer of Code Black and PANDEMIC

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff; Senior Advisor, The Vistria Group

NASA Astronaut, SpaceX Director of Space Operations, Professor at USC

Humanitarian Aid Worker and Author

Former NASA Astronaut, NY Times Bestselling Author; Media & TV Personality; Columbia University Professor

Human Rights Attorney, Author, and Award-Winning Filmmaker

Co-founder, Apple Computer, Inc.

Relationship Therapist, Content Creator, and New York Times Best Selling Author

Award-Winning Author; Founder, One Million Orphans

Yale’s First Black Student Body President

Founder and CEO, charity: water, Best-Selling Author: Thirst

Entrepreneur, Award-Winning Author, Motivational Speaker & Media Personality

USN 1st Female F14 Pilot, Aviator, Author, Speaker

Founder & CEO, Not Impossible Labs; Author, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t Be Done

Fox NFL Reporter and Media Consultant

Former Sales Director, Disney Institute and Best-Selling Author

Cognitive Scientist and Humanistic Psychologist; Founder & Director, Center for The Science of Human Potential; Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science; Host: The Psychology Podcast

43rd Treasurer of the U.S.; Visiting Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Men’s Tennis Champion (Davis Cup, Wimbledon, US Open, Olympics)

Founding Partner, Shatter Fund and Investor & Advisor

Youngest Trader, Only Female and Second-Ever African American Woman at the New York Stock Exchange

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Operation HOPE

Workplace Innovator, Culture and Leadership Consultant and Former Chief Talent Officer, Netflix

Founder of Because I Said I Would

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Co-founder, Black Entertainment Television and President, WNBA's Washington Mystics

Business Performance Expert and Agent of Change

Chairman and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company

Co-Founder & CEO, Ellevest

Rocket Scientist turned Professor, Bestselling Author, and Expert on Creativity and Critical Thinking

Best selling author, Raising Our Hands; National Organizer of the 2017 Women’s March; Co-Founder, ORGANIZE; Creator & Executive Producer, MTV’s “Exiled!"; Education & Media Specialist, United Nations

Karen & Kevin Keyes Family Notre Dame Women's Basketball Head Coach (1987-2020)

Endurance Swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans

Solo Atlantic Rower, Professional Adventurer & Entrepreneur

Cofounder & CEO of Kano, Director at DriveTribe

United Nations Speaker, National Geographic Young Explorer, PBS TV Host and Cross-Cultural Expert

Award-winning Author, Psychotherapist, Extreme Athlete, Fitness Industry Leader, and Disability Rights Advocate

Astronaut, Performance Specialist, and Innovation/Technology Futurist

Attorney, Former Fortune 100 Executive, Diversity and Equity Strategist

Co-Chair of the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance; Head of Clinical Innovation at Pfizer (2010-2019)

Emmy Winning TV Host & New York Times Bestselling Author

Author of Five #1 International Best Sellers Including The Happiness Equation

President of the NBA's Miami Heat

U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2011); Co-Founder, One Mind for Research and Founder, The Kennedy Forum on Community Mental Health

Expert in Teamwork, Leadership and Emotional Intelligence; Author; Former Professional Baseball Player

Founder, All In Together; Activist, Author, and Mobilizer of Women

Paralympic Silver Medalist

Scientist and Author, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Hall of Fame Quarterback for Green Bay Packers

Senior Associate Dean, Professor of Management and Organizations, and Center of Leadership and Ethics Scholar; Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

First Blind Active Duty Officer in Military History; Author

Award-winning Journalist and Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent

US Soccer Icon – 5x Women’s World Cup Player, 2x Women’s World Cup Winner, 4x US Olympian, 3x Gold Medalist

From Wounded Soldier to NFL Hero

Award-Winning Journalist, Best-Selling Author and Health and Wellness Advocate

12th Administrator of NASA (2009 – 2017)

Harvard Researcher and Positive Psychology Expert

NBA Legend and Basketball Analyst

Award-Winning Sportscaster, Broadcaster and Best-Selling Author 

Five-time tech entrepreneur, hyper-growth CEO, New York Times bestselling author, venture capitalist, professional jazz guitarist, host of Creative Troublemakers Podcast, and keynote speaker on a mission to drive creativity, innovation, and reinvention.

Learning Innovator and Tech Futurist

Visiting Professor, Columbia Business School

Epidemiologist; Pathogens Preparedness Expert; Featured in Netflix Docuseries 'PANDEMIC: How to Prevent an Outbreak'

Former VP of Travelocity; Change Champion at GE and American Airlines

Anchor and Journalist, MSNBC / NBC News

Inspirational Athlete, Author, Entrepreneur and Two-time ESPY Award Winner

Senior Executive Vice President, Orlando Magic

Founder, Music World Entertainment Corporation, Author, Male Chest Cancer Survivor (Breast Cancer)

Creator and Co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness Franchise, Innovator, Author & Keynote Speaker

Navy SEAL Combat Veteran, TV Personality, Author, Founder and CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, and Regular Contributor to Inc. and Forbes

Counselor to President Donald J. Trump; Senior Advisor to House Speaker John A. Boehner; President and CEO, Data Trust.

2x TED Talk Speaker; Mental Health Advocate; 3x Best Selling Author

Former Major League Baseball Pitcher

ATP World Tour Player and Best-Selling Author

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (2009-2012), Co-Founder and CEO Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Co-Founder and Managing Director of WestExec Advisors

Former Navy Seal, Author

CEO, Global Moonshots in Education; Author; Corporate Culture Expert

America’s 1st Female Combat Fighter Pilot; U.S. Senator and Representative (2015-2020); Author

Anchor, Inside Edition

Governor of New Mexico (2003-2010), Former U.S. Energy Secretary, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Emergency Medicine Physician, Best-Selling Author, Medical Expert on TODAY and CNN

Consultant; Strategist; Communicator; Campaigner; Best-Selling Author; and Former Director of Strategy and Communications to Tony Blair

Expert on Leadership & Putting the Soul Back into Business; Creator of the B3 Method, Inc & Entrepreneur Contributor, Most Influential Woman CPA

CEO + Founder, WatchHerWork; Inclusion Strategist

Soldier, Teammate and Leader

CEO, THIS Inc. and Best-Selling Author, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Professor of Management of Organizations and Psychology, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business; Director of the Psychology of Technology Institute and the Berkeley Experimental Social Science Laboratory

Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, Author of This Could Be Our Future, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Former SVP of Culture & Communications at Southwest Airlines, Founder of Unstoppable Cultures, and Global Board Chair, Ronald McDonald House Charities

Global Thought Leader in Human Potential and Brave Leadership

Senior Research Fellow for Wharton People Analytics

Host, History Channel’s Lost History and Brad Meltzer's Decoded; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Former Editor in Chief, TIME Magazine

Groundbreaking Artist, Author and Expert on Creativity and Innovation

Astronaut, Everest Climber, Physician, Pilot, Inventor, MacGyver of the Extreme

Five-time Olympic Swimmer

Award-Winning Illusionist

Decorated Fighter Pilot; New York Times Bestselling Author; Hall of Fame Speaker

Mental Health Advocate; Filmmaker; Social Entrepreneur

National Geographic Explorer in Residence; Ecologist; Filmmaker; Author

Emmy-Award Winning TV Personality, Style Expert, Fashion Designer, and NYT Bestselling Author

Chairman of the National Geographic Society, CEO of the Case Foundation

Groundbreaking Creative Executive and Brand Innovation Expert

Psychologist, Sleep Expert, Web MD Sleep Expert for 15 years, Best Selling Author

Former Army Chief Operating Officer, Coach, Leader, and Logistics Guru

Business Executive, Mt. Everest Climber and Author

Author, Public Philosopher, Advisor

International Racing Champion, CEO and Founder of MotorVation and Best-Selling Author

Co-CEO, SellersEaston Media, and Chair, Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit

Renegade, Disarming Storyteller, Creative Leader Concert Pianist, Cancer Rebel

International Speaker and Strategist; Expert in Organizational Dynamics, Leadership, Sales Behavior and Corporate Education; Author

Mindful Leadership Expert, Author and Former Monk

NFL Executive, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, People Magazine’s 25 Women Changing the World, Host NFL & iHeart Radio podcast, Sports Illustrated Most Powerful, Most Influential, Most Outstanding Women in Sports, Fortune’s 40-under 40