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Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI):
Chief of Staff to Chief Content Officer, Netflix
As Obama’s personal aide, Ferial Govashiri spent the past 10 years within arm’s length of one of the world’s most powerful leaders. She is now the Chief Of Staff to Chief Content Officer at Netflix.
Global Authority on Using Soft Power to Change Behavior, Forbes Columnist on Leadership Strategies & Fellow-in-Residence at the McSilver Institute of Poverty Policy and Research, NYU
Penny Abeywardena is an award-winning public official and international columnist with a rapidly growing audience. She has learned a lot about how and why political and social progress happens — especially before and after courts and politicians get involved.
International Trade Theorist
A celebrated economist and Columbia University professor, Jagdish N. Bhagwati has made contributions to development theory and policy, public finance, immigration and the new theory of political economy.
Founder of "Brevity & Wit" & Author of Equity
Minal Bopaiah is an author, speaker, and strategic consultant with more than 20 years of professional experience. Her areas of expertise include human-centered design, behavior change science, and the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Astronaut
Speaker Leroy Chiao has worked in both government and commercial space programs. As a veteran of four NASA space missions, he logged over 229 days in space.
Founding Member for TIME’S UP Healthcare
A physician and popular health and science communicator, Esther Choo is known as a bold and innovative voice on gender and racial equity in healthcare and an advocate for new frameworks for building positive and productive workplaces.
Author & Vice Chair, Ms. Foundation For Women
Phoebe Eng helps leading companies tap into the power of globalism and diversity to spur innovation. By designing “border-busting” initiatives, Eng has helped amplify the voices of women and diverse communities.
Author of the Rizzoli & Isles Series
Best-selling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. While on maternity leave as a physician, she began to write fiction. Eight suspense novels later, she has never looked back.