2015 CGI Annual Meeting

Abiola Abrams - Author, Self Esteem Coach & Advice Columnist
Adam Benforado - Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University, Author of Bestselling Book, "Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Justice"
Alan Lightman - Novelist, Essayist, Physicist and Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Alejandro “Alex” Velez - Co-founder, Back to the Roots
Alex Wagner - Host NOW WITH ALEX WAGNER ON MSNBC
Alexa Clay - Writer, Economic Historian, Futurist, Social Entrepreneur, Dreamer of New Economics
Bayard Winthrop - Author and Founder of American Giant, Innovative Clothing Company
Bethany McLean - Vanity Fair Writer and Co-author of "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron"
Betty Liu - Anchor, "In the Loop" at Bloomberg Television
Bianna Golodryga - Business Correspondent, Co-Anchor, ABC News's "Good Morning America Weekend"
Brad Keywell - Co-founder of Lightbank & Groupon
Brent Schlender - Journalist & Co-Author of "Becoming Steve Jobs"
Brian Babylon - Comic & Radio Host
Campbell Brown - Award Winning Journalist
Carol Coletta - President, ArtPlace.
Carol Ross Barney - FAIA, Design Principal, Ross Barney Architects
Cecile Richards - President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Chuck Salter - Senior Writer, Fast Company
Cynthia Rowley - Award-Winning Fashion Designer & Author
Dan Diaz - Activist for Expanding End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Adults
Dan Price - Founder and CEO of Gravity Payments, Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of 2014?
David Brancaccio - Host/Senior Editor at NOW, PBS `
David Eagleman - Neuroscientist; New York Times Bestselling Author; Direct the Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine
David Gregory - Moderator, NBC's Meet the Press
Deborah Fallows - Writer and Linguist; Correspondent, The Atlantic
Doug Oberhelman - Chairman and CEO Caterpillar Inc.
Emily Greener - Vice President, Marketing & Brand Innovation sweetgreen
Enrique Acevedo - Univisión.
Farah Pandith - Special Representative to Muslim Communities US State Department
Gabriella Blum - Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and professor of law at Harvard Law School
Humera Khan - Consultant on Muslim Affairs, An-Nisa Society
Jack Welch - Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric & Author of New York Times Bestsellers, "Straight from the Gut" & "Winning"
Jacques Panis - President of Shinola
James Corner - Principal, Field Operations.
Jason Roberts - Arts Activist and Co-Creator of the Better Block Project
Jeanne Marie Olson - Faculty Adviser, Design For America
Jules Pieri - Co-founder and CEO of The Grommet
Kay Koplovitz - Founder of USA Networks, The SYFY Channel, and Game Changing Entrepreneur
Kenneth Feinberg - Founder and Managing Partner, Feinberg Rozen; Special Master for Executive Compensation, Obama Administration
Laura Desmond - Global CEO Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG)
Laura Vanderkam - Author of "168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think" and "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast"
Lemon Andersen - Poet & Actor
Lynsey Addario - American Photojournalist for The New York Times, National Geographic and Time Magazine
Martha Murray - Orthopedic Surgeon, Boston Children's Hospital; Discovered How to Fix a Torn ACL
Martha Stewart - America's Most Trusted Lifestyle Expert
Rahm Emanuel - First Jewish Mayor of Chicago; Former White House Chief of Staff
Michael Strahan - Co-Host of 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael,' Fox NFL Sunday Analyst, NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl Champion
MIchal Lev-Ram - Writer Fortune
Mick Ebeling - Founder of the Not Impossible Foundation; Creator of Intel's Project Daniel
Nancy Lublin - CEO of Do Something and Founder of Dress for Success
Neil Stevenson - Neil Stevenson’s fascination with emerging technology and culture started at the age of eight when he began programming his first computer, a Commodore Pet.
Patricia Marx - Humorist, Writer, Contributor to "The New Yorker"
Patrick Kennedy - Former US Representative, Rhode Island; Co-Founder, One Mind for Research & Founder, Kennedy Forum
Peter Bach - Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Center for Health Policy and Outcomes
Philip Warburg - Author, "Harvest the Wind"
Rachael Chong - Founder and CEO of Catchafire
John Lewis - Politician and Civil Rights Leader
Rick Tetzeli - Executive Editor of Fast Company, Co-Author of "Becoming Steve Jobs"
Robert Fischell - Robert Fischell began his work in space development, and created a 16-satellite system called Transit that was a key precursor to GPS.
Robyn Beavers - Director of Commercialization for Water & Power Technologies, DEKA R&D Corp
Roland Fryer - Roland Fryer is Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Author & Harvard University Professor Who Specializes in Strategy, Innovation and Leadership for Change
S.E. Cupp - S.E. Cupp is a conservative columnist, author and commentator.
Salman (Sal) Khan - Founder/Director Khan Academy
Scott Budnick - President, Green Hat Films
Scott Shane - South-Western College/West
Shradha Agarwal - Co-Founder ,ContextMedia
Stephanie Cutter - Partner at Precision Strategies and Co-Host of CNN's "Crossfire"
Susan Crown - Founder and Chairman, SCE
Suzy Welch - Best-Selling Author & Business Journalist
Tanner Colby - Author of Some of "My Best Friends Are Black"
Thomas Insel - Thomas Roland Insel is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist who has led the National Institute of Mental Health since 2002.
Timothy Knowles - Director of the Urban Education Institute
Tom Arnold - Comedian, Actor & Writer
William McCants - Research Scientist, Strategic Studies, Center for Naval Analyses

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