Policy & Government

Leading Economist and Expert on Tax Policy Who Helps Business Leaders Navigate the Increasing Challenges in Today’s Global Economy, From Tariffs to AI’s Impacts on the Labor Market; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Counselor to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Department; Professor, Yale Law School and Yale School of Management in the Finance Department; President and Co-Founder, The Budget Lab at Yale; Contributing Columnist, The Washington Post

Former Senior Policymaker on the Middle East and Presidential Speechwriter on Foreign Affairs and National Security Who Helps Leaders Navigate Geopolitical Relationships; Former Top State Department Official Responsible for the Arabian Gulf Region; Fellow, Middle East Institute

Renowned Diplomat, Historian, Poet and Former Senior Government Official Helping Leaders Understand China, U.S.-China Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy; Former Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs, White House National Security Council (NSC) and Deputy China Coordinator, State Department; Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Senior Research Scholar, Columbia Institute of Global Politics and School of International and Public Affairs; Author of Several Books on China Including “Never Turn Back” (2022)

Award-Winning Political Economist and Expert on Trade and Economic Policy in China, the US and Europe Who Brings a Multidimensional Lens to How Global Trade and Economic Competition Affect Firms and Sectors; Global Researcher and Advisor Working at the Intersection of Energy, Economic and Industrial Policy; Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Former Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisors; Author, “Collaborative Advantage”

Revolutionary Food Activist and Inspiring Leader Who Has Influenced MultiBillion-Dollar Food Companies to Change for the Better, Including Kraft, Chick-Fil-A, Subway, Anheuser-Busch and Starbucks; Founder, FoodBabe.com and Organic Brand, Truvani; Author of Multiple New York Times Bestsellers Including “Food Babe Family” (2023), “Food Babe Kitchen” (2020), “Feeding You Lies” (2019) and “The Food Babe Way”

Award Winning Crisis Management and Homeland Security Expert Who Advises Businesses, Governments and Nonprofits on Creating Immediately Applicable Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Initiatives; Professor and Faculty Chair, Homeland Security and Global Crisis Resilience Projects, Harvard Kennedy School; Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, Obama Administration; Homeland Security Advisor for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; Senior National Security On-Air Analyst, CNN; Contributor, The Atlantic; Bestselling Author, “The Devil Never Sleeps” and “Security Mom”

World Renowned Expert on Economic Development, Finance, Education, Political Economy and More Helping Governments and Businesses Apply Microeconomic Theory to Answer Challenging Policy Questions; Director, Harvard Center for International Development; Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Founder, Center for Economic Research in Pakistan

Renowned Management Researcher Who Helps Leaders Create Employee-Centric, Psychologically Safe Workplaces Where Innovation Thrives; Expert Investigating the Intersection of Behavioral Economics, Corporate Strategy and the Future of Work; Award-Winning Professor of Business and Management Division Chair, Columbia Business School; Former Senior Economist, Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Author, “The Employee Advantage” (2024)

Human Behavior Researcher and Happiness Expert Helping Individuals and Organizations Improve Productivity, Well-Being and Decision Making While Embracing Differences in Outlooks; Professor of Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science; Creator, UK Office for National Statistics Personal Wellbeing Questions; Lead Author, “Mindspace: Influencing Behaviour Through Public Policy”; Author, “Beliefism” (May 2025), “Happy Ever After” (2019) and “Happiness By Design” (2014)

World-Renowned Responsible AI Pioneer Helping Organizations Implement Safe, Secure and Transparent Solutions that Minimize Bias and Boost Cybersecurity Protocols; Innovative Inventor Holding Patents for Algorithms that Open Pathways for Fair and Balanced Assessments of Automated Systems; CEO and Co-Founder, Humane Intelligence; Responsible AI Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University; First United States Science Envoy for Artificial Intelligence (Biden Administration); Former Member, Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Global Economist and Computer Scientist Helping Organizations Predict AI’s Future and How New Technology Fits Into Strategic Planning; Authority on the Economics of Generative AI, the Impact of Technology on the Future of Work, Quantum Computing and Competitive Strategy; Director, MIT Computer Science & A.I. Lab FutureTech Research Project; Principal Investigator, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

Acclaimed Author, Journalist and Leading Thinker on the Future Who Explores Advancements in Emerging Technologies, Public Health and Climate Change; Policy Practitioner Forging Partnerships Across the Private and Public Sectors to Advance the Health of People and the Planet; Former Columnist and Editor-At-Large for Strategy and Innovation, The Washington Post; Senior Lecturer, MIT Program on Science, Technology, and Society; Former Senior Advisor for Climate Change Innovation, Obama White House; Author, “The Optimist’s Telescope”

Global Authority on Corporate Sustainability and Sustainability Leadership Who Helps Organizations Create Value and Long-term Positive Impact for Stakeholders and Society; Award-Winning ESG Integration Researcher and Advisor on Strategically Navigating Sustainability Disruption; ESG and Sustainability Advisory Board Member, Merck KGaA, DWS Group and more; Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School

Global Authority on AI Strategy and Digital Transformation Who Teaches Leaders How to Combine People and Technology to Catalyze Innovation and Growth; Dean, Saïd Business School and Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford; Founding Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business; Co-Founder and President, Portulans Institute; Chair, Global Business School Network; Founding Advisor, Green Frontier Capital; Chair, OECD Taskforce of Experts on AI; Author, “Global Innovation Index”, “Network Readiness Index”, “Ask, Measure, Learn” and “Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom”

Renowned International Journalist Analyzing Culture, Economics and Global Policy; Writer, The New Yorker; Lecturer, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; Author, “The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy” (January 2024)

Nobel Laureate Economist and World-Renowned Authority on Leveraging Technology and Innovation to Drive Long-Term Growth; Pioneer of Endogenous Growth Theory and Leading Advocate for Charter Cities; Seidner University Professor and Leader, Center for the Economics of Ideas, Carroll School of Management, Boston College; Senior Fellow, Marron Institute of Urban Management; Covid-19 Economic Policy Advisor; Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank

Global Futurist, Exponential Thinker and Expert Investor; Founder, Exponential View; Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School; Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School; Digital Fellow, Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Host, “Exponentially,” Bloomberg TV; Co-Chair, Global Futures Council on Complex Risks, World Economic Forum; Award-Winning, Bestselling Author, “The Exponential Age”; Named one of Vox’s 2023 Future Perfect 50

Foremost Authority on Generative AI and the Future of Work; Leading Expert on Technology’s Effect on Business Strategy, Productivity, Performance, Digital Commerce and Intangible Assets; NY Times Bestselling Co-Author, “The Second Machine Age” and “Machine, Platform, Crowd”; Economist, Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI); Director, Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR); Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; Co-Founder, Workhelix, Inc; Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World in 2021 and 2023, Thinkers50

Renowned Climate and Energy Policy Expert, Policy Strategist and Researcher Helping Leaders Build Clean Energy Practices into Their Long-Term Plans to Secure the Future; Award-Winning Author, “Short Circuiting Policy”; Co-Host of Top Climate Podcast “A Matter of Degrees”; Associate Professor of Environmental Politics, University of California, Santa Barbara; 2023-24 Fellow, Harvard University Radcliffe Institute; Senior Policy Counsel, Rewiring America; Named to 2022 TIME100 Next and Business Insider 2022 Climate Action 30 Lists

Globally Recognized Authority on U.S.-Russian Relations Who Advises Governments and the Private Sector on Challenges From Russia to Global Security in the Coming New Cold War; Former Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Former National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia; Award-winning Author, “The Limits of Partnership” and “Putin’s World”

Renowned Expert on the Exquisitely Difficult Problems of Technology Governance, Including Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Computing, Privacy and Cybersecurity; Exceptional Moderator; George Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Computer Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Co-Founder and Faculty Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society; Director, Harvard Law School Library

Global Authority on Energy, Geopolitics and the Business, Economic and Societal Impacts of the Changing Energy World; Pulitzer Prize-Winning, Bestselling Author; Vice Chairman, S&P Global; Chairman, CERAWeek; Director, Council on Foreign Relations; Trustee, Brookings Institution; Author, “The New Map” (2020), “The Prize” (2011, Pulitzer Prize Winner), “The Quest” (2011) and “The Commanding Heights” (2002); 2020 Energy Writer of the Year

Renowned Climate Change Strategist, Author and Expert on How Organizations and Changemakers Can Lead on Climate; Trusted Advisor to Business and Government Leaders, Investors, Organizations and Communities; Senior Writer, New York Times Bestseller “Drawdown” (2017); Editor-in-Chief, “The Drawdown Review” (2020); Co-Editor, “All We Can Save” (2020); Co-Host, “A Matter of Degrees” Podcast; Co-Founder, The All We Can Save Project; One of 15 “Women Who Will Save the World,” Time Magazine

Pioneering Health Care Reform Expert Helping Organizations Transform the Patient Experience and Focus on Measuring Outcomes; Champion of Value-Based Health Care Delivery; Former Technology CEO; Presidentially-Appointed Chair of Commission on Systemic Interoperability; Co-Founder, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology; Associate Professor & Managing Director, Value Institute for Health and Care, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and McCombs School of Business; Co-Creator of Experience Group Research Methodology

HBR McKinsey Award-Winning Expert on Capitalism, Climate Change, and Corporate Reporting; Authority on Rebuilding Trust Within Both Private and Public Sector Organizations; Oxford Professor and Inaugural Director, Master of Public Policy Program; Co-Founder and Principal Investigator, E-Liability Institute; Former Marvin Bower Fellow, Harvard Business School; Author, “The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World” (October 2024); Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2025

Acclaimed Futurist, Computer Scientist and Pioneering AI Scholar Whose Ongoing Research Reveals How Emerging Technologies Will Impact Humans and Related Long-term Investments; Foremost Expert on the Future of Work, Human-Machine Collaboration and the Ethics of AI and Autonomous Vehicles; Director, Center for Humans & Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Former Professor, MIT Media Lab; Editor, Artificial Intelligence Journal; Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2020

Renowned Authority on Climate Science and Energy Technologies; Former Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy; University Professor, New York University, with Appointments in the Stern School of Business, the Tandon School of Engineering and the Department of Physics; Former Professor of Theoretical Physics and Vice President and Provost, Caltech; Former Chief Scientist, BP; Founding Director, NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP); Long-time Member and Former Chair of the JASON Group of Government Advisors; Bestselling Author, “Unsettled” (2021)

Renowned International Finance and Tax Policy Expert; Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School; Law Professor, Harvard Law School; Bestselling Author, “The Wisdom of Finance” (2017) and “How Finance Works” (2019)

Renowned Leadership Advisor, Digital Transformation Strategist and Behavioral Scientist Empowering Organizations to Realize AI As a Value Creator and Leadership Collaborator; Dean, Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business; Director and Founder, Centre on AI Technology for Humankind; Fellow, Cambridge Judge Business School and St. Edmunds College, Cambridge University; Research Fellow, Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT; Advisory Board Member, EY; Author, “Leadership by Algorithm” (2020), “The Year in Tech, 2024” (October 2023), and “The AI-Savvy Leader” (June 2024); Thinkers50’s Radar Class of 2021

Authority on Refugees and Human Migration; Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, University of Oxford; Pro-Vice-Chancellor for External Engagement, Sport and Community, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy; Director, Refugee Studies Centre and Refugee Economies; Author, “Refuge”

Global Authority on Business Analytics and How Information Spreads Through Social Networks; MIT Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science; Award-Winning Scientist, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist; Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and MIT Social Analytics Lab; Founding Partner, Manifest Capital; Award-Winning Author, “The Hype Machine” (2020); Winner, Thinkers50 2021 Digital Thinking Award and Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World in 2023 and 2021

Foremost Authority on Geopolitical Trends Affecting Businesses, Economies, Supply Chains and Social Structures; Transformative Strategist and Advisor Helping Leaders Position Their Organizations for a Sustainable Future; Former Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; Award-winning Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School