Health & Wellness
Health Equity & Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Health Equity & Social Determinants of Health (SDOH):
Best-Selling Author & Community Activist
Author of the New York Times best-seller All Souls, Michael Patrick MacDonald shares his remarkable story of survival and redemption while examining the relationship between poverty and class he witnessed growing up in South Boston.
First-Ever White House Climate Advisor
The first-ever White House National Climate Advisor and former EPA Administrator under President Obama, as well as leading the White House’s newly formed Climate Policy Office under President Joe Biden for nearly two years, Gina McCarthy is one of the nation’s most respected voices on the environment and public health.
Producer, Writer, Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Advocate
Tonya Lewis Lee is an accomplished author, producer, entrepreneur and women's health advocate. She is director emeritus of the board of trustees of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Inner-City Youth & Education Advocate
Founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, Canada addresses inner city poverty and violence. His model was featured in Waiting for Superman and has been replicated across the U.S.
President & CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dr. Richard Besser is ABC News' chief health and medical editor, providing analysis and commentary for all ABC News broadcasts, including World News Tonight with David Muir, Good Morning America, and Nightline.
Playwright & Performer, Bridge & Tunnel
Sarah Jones is a Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright and performer known for her multi-character, one-person show Bridge & Tunnel. She is renowned for her humanitarian stories told through a multicultural lens.
Motivators
As teenagers growing up in inner-city Newark, The Three Doctors made a pact to attend and graduate college to become doctors. Today, they are the face of health and education for families across the country.
CEO, Equity Healthcare
Dr. Robert Galvin is the CEO of Equity Healthcare. He focuses on using purchasing power to create innovative ways to improve healthcare through population health, clinical quality, and delivery system reforms.
Digital Health & Patient Engagement Expert
At the vanguard of digital health and consumer engagement for over 15 years, Lygeia Ricciardi energizes audiences with her passion for using digital health to help individuals live healthier and happier lives.
Scientist / Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Augustus A. White is a scientist who has distinguished himself on several fronts, most notably orthopaedics.
Inspirational Educator & Survivor
A decade ago, Brenda Combs Ed.D. was a homeless cocaine addict and criminal. Today, she's turned her life around and motivates others with her story of perseverance and rediscovery.
CEO & President of The Education Trust
An inspiring educational leader and advocate, King’s own story is proof of the transformative power of education. He shares a passionate message about access to opportunity and America’s future.
Internationally Recognized Cardiologist
Dr. Kevin Campbell is an internationally recognized cardiologist and media personality. He is recognized as a leader in the use of social media in medicine and is a highly sought after speaker worldwide.
Former Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
Dr. Otis W. Brawley, the former chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society, is responsible for promoting the goals of cancer prevention, early detection, and quality treatment through cancer research and education.
Former President & CEO, NAACP & Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
As an activist and former leader of the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots-based civil rights organization, Brooks works to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for all.
Entrepreneur, Veteran & Bestselling Author
The founder of an NGO and a former Marine, Rye Barcott has the distinction of being both a warrior and a peacemaker, a juxtaposition he explores in the memoir It Happened on the Way to War.
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.
First African-American Supermodel
Beverly Johnson made world history as the first black model on the cover of Vogue magazine in August 1974. She is often called upon to speak about beauty, fashion, style, hair, fitness and health.
Scientist, Inventor & Entrepreneur
Christalyn Rhodes is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. She is a pioneering biotech innovator and strategist responsible for the innovation strategies at 3 VC funded biotech startups.
Award-Winning Author & Curator
Samina Ali is an award-winning author, curator, and popular speaker. Her debut novel, Madras on Rainy Days , was the winner of France’s prestigious Prix Premier Roman Etranger Award and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction.
Academy Award Winning Producer, Period. End of Sentence.
An Academy Award winning producer for Best Documentary Short (2019), Melissa Berton taught English at Oakwood Secondary School, where she inspired her students to make the film Period. End of Sentence. to raise awareness about menstrual health.
Expert In Climate Adaptation & Public Policy, Author
An inspiring, thoughtful, and ever-optimistic authority on the implications for humanity of rapidly rising sea levels, Susan Crawford is the author of Charleston.
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist & Professor
Dr. Jeff Gardere is a board certified clinical psychologist. He is an Associate Professor and Course Director of Behavioral Medicine at Touro College.
Former Surgeon General of California
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is an award-winning physician, researcher and public health leader who has spent her career on the front lines of some of our world’s most pressing public health challenges.
Founder & CEO of charity: water, New York Times Bestselling Author
Scott founded the non-profit organization charity: water in 2006. He created public installations and innovative online fundraising platforms to spread international awareness of the issue.
Distinguished Health Leader, Author & Passionate Advocate for Population Health
Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is a distinguished health leader, author, and passionate advocate for population health, dedicated to inspiring the next generation of health professionals and STEM enthusiasts.
Dean, Brown University School of Public Health
A global leader driving public health research, policy, and practice, Dr. Jha is a trusted expert on major issues impacting public health, and a catalyst for new thinking and approaches.
Climate Justice & Renewable Energy Advocate
Melina is a renowned advocate for climate justice, Indigenous sovereignty and women's rights. She is Lubicon Cree from Northern Alberta, Canada. She is the Founder of Sacred Earth Solar and a Climate Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation.
Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law
Melissa Murray knows the transformational power of women’s rights and gender justice. As a leading scholar of constitutional law and reproductive rights and justice, she researches and writes about the structures, systems, and institutions.
1st Actively & Openly Serving Transgender U.S. Military Member
Shane Ortega is a human rights equity advocate, diversity educator, fitness model, DJ, and mixed-media artist. He/they are retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Marine Corps Veteran.
Global Policy Expert
Controversial author, journalist, professor and food policy expert Raj Patel continuously challenges our presumptions about the global economy with his work both as a policy analyst and activist.
Journalist, Award Winning Non-Fiction Author & Photographer
Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. His most recent book is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.