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Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, EmPath; Former Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kellogg Company; Former United States Secretary of Commerce; CNBC Contributor
Global Management Thinker and Technologist On a Mission to Humanize Organizational Transformation by Bridging Business, Technology and Humanity; Founder, SHADOKA; Founder, NextChapter; Executive Fellow, IMD; Two-Time Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist; Renowned Author of 10 Books Including “Reimagining Government” (2026), “Transcend” (2025) and the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Reinvent” (2023)
Trailblazing Policymaker and Renowned Expert on the Intersection of Technology, Politics and Futurism; Executive Director, MIT Media Lab; Former Chair, U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Former Counsel for Communications Technology, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Board Member, Intrado Corporation and the National Domestic Violence Hotline; Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Machine Learning Pioneer and Global Authority on Prediction and Data Science Who Helps Leaders Apply AI Governance and Determine When to Trust Automated Systems to Make Decisions; Finance, Health Care, Media and Consumer Technology Researcher; Robert A. Miller Professor of Business and Professor of Data Science, New York University Stern School of Business; Host, “Brave New World” Podcast; Author, “Thinking With Machines” (2025)
Internationally Recognized Computer Scientist, Product Leader, Entrepreneur and Tech Executive Who Helps Organizations Evaluate and Responsibly Apply AI in Strategic, Ethical and Competitive Ways; Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Workday; Senior Advisor, Mozilla; Co-Founder, Ethical Tech Working Group, Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society; Senior Fellow, Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; Inaugural Executive Director, U.S. National AI Advisory Committee; Founding Product and Engineering Member, U.S. Digital Service at the White House; Former Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Federal Trade Commission; Former Product and Engineering Leader, Google and IBM
Renowned Cyberspace Innovator Who Helps Organizations Create and Sustain Trustworthy and Enduring Technologies; Director and CEO, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute; Former Commander, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory; Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering; Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the International Council on Systems Engineering
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)
Leading Political Economist Who Helps Organizations Scenario Plan for the Evolving Global Commerce Space Including Impacts From Tariffs and Supply Chain Disruptions; Expert on Trade Policy in China, the U.S. and Europe; Researcher Investigating the Intersection of Sustainability and Government Policy; Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Former Senior Economist for Industrial Strategy, White House Council of Economic Advisors; Award-Winning Author, “Collaborative Advantage”
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”
Leading Economic Policy Adviser Shaping Modern Conservative Thought and the Future of Capitalism by Advocating for Policies Prioritizing Family, Community and Industry; Influential Public Commentator Helping Leaders Understand the Values and Priorities of Americans and the Challenges in Modern American Life; Founder and Chief Economist, American Compass; Contributing Opinion Writer, New York Times; Contributing Editor, Financial Times; Creator and Author, “Understanding America” Newsletter; Author, “The Once and Future Worker” (2018); Editor, “The New Conservatives” (2025); Domestic Policy Director for Governor Mitt Romney’s 2012 Presidential Campaign; Former Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
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)
Global Authority on Governing and Solving Problems with AI Helping Public and Private Institutions Leverage Technology to Accelerate Collaborative Problem-Solving; First State Chief AI Strategist (NJ) in the U.S.; Technology Advisor to President Obama, Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Cameron; Founder, InnovateUS, Nation’s Largest AI Training Program for Governments; Professor of Experiential AI at Northeastern University; Award-Winning Author of Four Books on Technology, Including “Solving Public Problems” (2021) and “Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy” (2026)
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, Emcee, and Leading Thinker on the Future Who Helps Leaders Focus on Strategic Wins and Plan for Long-Run Success Amid Uncertainty and Rapid Change in Technology and Geopolitics; Former Columnist of the Future, The Washington Post; Senior Lecturer, MIT Program on Science, Technology, and Society; Former Senior Advisor for Climate Change Innovation, The 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
Award-Winning Authority on the Reform and Expansion of Chinese Capitalism and its Interaction with the Rest of the World; Expert on the Future of US-China Competition; Author, “Precarious Ties” (September 2023) and “Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism”; F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor in Business, Government and International Economy, Harvard Business School
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)
Foremost Authority on Leveraging Behavioral Economics Principles for Persuasion and Influence on Employees, Customers and Populations; Preeminent Legal Scholar and Winner of the Holberg Prize; New York Times Bestselling Co-Author, “Nudge”; Award-Winning Co-Author, “Noise”; Co-Author, “Look Again” (2024); Former Administrator, White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Professor, Harvard Law School
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 Ranging From Russia to Global Security in the Coming New Cold War; Former Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University; Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Former National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia; Award-winning Author, “The Limits of Partnership” and “Putin’s World”
Pioneering Climate and Data Scientist Focused on Increasing Transparency and Transforming Environmental Decision-Making and Policy; Expert on Climate Policy in China and the Global South; Founding Director, Data-Driven EnviroLab; Member of the National Committee on US-China Relations; Inaugural Grist 50 Leader; Assistant Professor of Public Policy and the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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); Author, “Climate Wayfinding” (2026); 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
Leading Expert on Invention and Innovation for Problem Solving in Government and Longstanding Institutions; Top Advisor Helping Leaders in All Sectors Elevate Their Knowledge of Generative AI and Explore How to Deploy it Within Their Organizations; Acclaimed Author, “We the Possibility;” Award-Winning Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
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-ledgers Institute; Co-Chair, Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting; 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; 2025 Lagrange–Fondazione CRT Prize Recipient; 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)
Global Authority on Leadership Development and Organizational Change; Award-Winning Academic and Bestselling Author/Editor of over 50 Books; Professor, Psychoanalyst, INSEAD
Authority on Social Media Behavior & Psychology of Online Interaction; Expert on Technology’s Role in Deception and Trust; Founding Director, Stanford University Social Media Lab; Co-director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute; Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Renowned Global Economist and Pioneer in Measuring “Beyond GDP” Offering Decision-Makers a New Perspective of a Nation’s Prosperity and Stability; Expert on Quantifying and Implementing Socially Responsible Business Practices and Investments; CEO, Social Progress Imperative
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
Award-Winning Scientist, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Global Authority on Business Analytics and How Information Spreads Through Social Networks; MIT Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science; 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
