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NYT Best-Selling Author & Motivational Leader
Acclaimed author Wes Moore energizes audiences with his remarkable personal story of overcoming adversity through education, embracing personal responsibility and emerging as an inspirational leader.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning NYT Columnist
A Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, Nick Kristof offers a compassionate glimpse into such issues as global health, poverty and gender in the developing world.
Author & Chief HR Officer, Globoforce
Pemberton’s story is about defying the odds—overcoming abuse and neglect as an orphan in foster care to become a corporate executive, enlightened diversity leader, visionary youth advocate and acclaimed speaker.
NBA Legend & NY Times Best Selling Author
When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the NBA in 1989 at age 42, no player had ever scored more points, blocked more shots, won more MVP Awards or logged more seasons; but his most important triumph was beating cancer.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist
Nazario, a former projects reporter for The Los Angeles Times, has covered social issues, earning her dozens of national awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her series “Enrique’s Journey.”
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist
Journalist and best-selling author of Half the Sky, Sheryl WuDunn offers a compelling perspective on current economic, political and social issues such as women's rights.
New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician
An award-winning jazz musician, McBride is the author of The New York Times bestseller, The Color of Water, a memoir that has become a modern classic. The book was adapted into the film Miracle at St. Anna.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists
Speakers Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn combine journalism and activism in their unique brand of reporting centered on human rights abuses and advocacy.