Meet The Builders
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Libby Prosch
Co-Founder, Sandbox
Dr. Melva K Wallace
President and CEO, Huston-Tillotson University; Solutionist; Higher Education Futurist
Jamil Zaki
Director, Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory
Larry Rosen
Creator, The Enemies Project; Founder, Through Understanding
Nido Qubein
President, High Point University
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
Author; Minister, Middle Church
Adam Grant
Psycologist & Bestselling Author
Tom Oppenheim
Artistic Director and President, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Mike Jacobson
Co-Founder, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Ryan Modjeski
Executive Director, Empatico
Jacob Weisberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Pushkin Industries
Nick Hamburger
CEO & Founder, Quevos
Eric Liu
Co-Founder & CEO, Citizen University
Tali Farhadian Weinstein
Prosecutor, Processor, & Legal Analyst, NBC News & MSNBC
Tiffany Yu
CEO & Founder, Diversability
Richard Edelman
CEO, Edelman
Daniel Stid
Executive Director, Lyceum Labs
Barry Kramer
Partner Emeritus, Fenwick & West; & Entrepreneur
Deke Copenhaver
Principal, Copenhaver Consulting
Barbara Corcoran
Founder, The Corcoran Group; & Star, ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank
Isaac Lee
Executive Chairman, EXILE Content
Scott Budnick
CEO, 1Community; Founder, Anti-Recidivism Coalition
Elisa Vilaneuva Beard
CEO, Teach For America
Ed Latimore
Writer, Retired Boxer, & Self-Improvement Enthusiast
Aaron Webman
Founding Team & Head of Business Development, Ender
Deron Triff
Co-Founder, WaitWhat
Madeline Levine
Co-Founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education; New York Times Bestselling Author
Todd Connor
Founder & CEO, Veterans for Political Innovation
Alia Braley
Researcher, Stanford Digital Economy Lab
James Carville
Political Strategist, Author and Commentator; Host of Politics War Room Podcast
Sharon McMahon
America’s Government Teacher
Chris Volpe
Executive Director & Founding Board Member, ScienceCounts
Lisa Oz
Radio Personality, Bestselling Author, & Actress
Sophie Beren
CEO, The Conversationalist
Jim Whitehurst
Former President, IBM
Peter Coleman
Psychology & Education Professor, Columbia University
Rob Feld
Filmmaker & Journalist
Dr. Maria Zalewska
Media & Holocaust Scholar; Executive Director, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation
Krista Tippett
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The On Being Project
Caroline Klibanoff
Executive Director, Made By Us, Smithsonian Institution
Nicole Mutchnik
Founder, California Democracy Fund
Eric Bronner
Founder & COO, Veterans for Political Innovation
Jason Alexander
Actor, Writer, Composer, Director, & Producer
Liz Lanza
Founder, Bee Kind
Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Historian & Writer, The Atlantic
Xavier Gutierrez
President & CEO Arizona Coyotes
Ilana Redstone
Professor, Author, & Academic Entrepreneur
Sanyin Siang
Founding Executive Director, Fuqua / Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics, Duke University
James B. Milliken
Chancellor, The University of Texas System
Steven Olikara
Founder of Millennial Action Project; former U.S. Senate candidate; featured in The Reunited States documentary
Alan Alda
Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, & Advocate for Science Communication
The Honorable Karl Rove
Senior Advisor & Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush
Jonathan Saad
President, Danly Properties
Yascha Mounk
Founder, Persuasion
Mark Selleck
Founder, 360Insight, a Social Purpose Corporation
Joel Kellman
Attorney & Venture Capitalist
David Eisner
President & CEO, Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
Danielle Rugoff
Civic Entrepreneur; Founder, Purple Lexicon; Builders National Ambassador
Tom Bernstein
President & Co-Founder, Chelsea Piers, L.P.
Tim Phillips
Founder & CEO, Beyond Conflict
Jonathan Haidt
Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern
Nathan Otto
Co-Founder, Pine Creek Renewables; & Founder, Safe Conflict Project
Lydia Winkler
Co-Founder & COO, RentCheck; Founder, REEPNow
Kmele Foster
Co-Founder & Executive Producer, FreeThink
Dolores Morton
CEO, Step Up
Jay Van Bavel
Psychology Professor, NYU; & Co-Author, The Power of Us
Brandon Farbstein
Motivational Speaker & Gen Z Activist
Shelly Sethi
Practicing Physician, Author, & Speaker on Integrative Health & Wellness
Malynda Hale
Singer, Actress, Activist
Kathryn Murdoch
Co-Founder & President, Quadrivium Foundation
Peter Hutchison
Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Gary Lauder
Co-Founder, Laura & Gary Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund
David Einhorn
President, Greenlight Capital; & Founder, Einhorn Collaborative
Alison Goldsworthy
Founder & CEO, The Depolarization Project; & Author, Poles Apart
Barry Poznick
President, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Unscripted Television & Orion Scripted Television
Adam Sher
President, ITV America
Leon Ford
Survivor of Police Brutality, Activist, Writer, Entrepreneur, & Change-Maker
Andy Hanauer
President & CEO, One America Movement
John (Jack) Brennan
Chairman Emeritus & Senior Advisor, Vanguard
Josh Thomas
Executive Director, Seeds of Peace
Stephen DeBerry
Founder, Bronze Investments
Joshua Darr
Associate Professor of Communications, Syracuse University
Lori Greiner
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Producer, National Best Selling Author, Humanitarian, & Star of ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank
James Impoco
Editor in Chief, Message Lab
Ariel Burger
Founder & Senior Scholar, The Witness Institute
Humera Khan
President & Co-Founder, Muflehun
Scott Shigeoka
Entrepreneur, Storyteller, & Designer
Yasmin Green
CEO, Jigsaw
Rabbi Elan Babchuck
EVP, Clal; Founding Director, Glean Network
Alice Marie Johnson
CEO, Taking Action for Good; Criminal Justice Reform Advocate; & Author
Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO & National Director, ADL
Steve Rittvo
Chairman, Innovation Project Development
Hilary Preston
Vice Chair, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Jose Andres
Chef & Owner, ThinkFoodGroup; & Founder, World Central Kitchen
Alyssa Farah Griffin
Alyssa Farah Griffin
Geoffrey Baym
Media & Communication Professor, Temple University
Brian Rudolph
Co-Founder and CEO, Banza
Matthew Satnick
Co-CEO & Chairman, Enstructure
Keith Grossman
CEO, Enterprise, Moon Pay; & Former CEO, Time
Joan Blades
Co-Founder, LivingRoomConversations.org
Eboo Patel
Founder & President, Interfaith America
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor
President, Sojourners; & Author
Kevin Schmiegel
Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret.); CEO & Founder of ZeroMils
Dhani Jones
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, NFL Linebacker, Author, Host, & Explorer
Pano Kanelos
President, UATX
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur; Investor; Owner, Dallas Mavericks; & Star, ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank
John Delaney
Entrepreneur, CEO, & Public Servant
David McCullough
CEO, American Exchange Project
Laura Chen
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Civic Synergy
Karith Foster
CEO & Creator, Inversity Solutions, L.L.C.
Anastasia Williams
Founder & CEO, TheAList
Lonnie Ali
Founder, Muhammad Ali Enterprises
Katie Couric
Journalist, Author, and co-Founder of Stand Up To Cancer
Lauren McCann
Founder & CEO, CALLIOPE
Daniel Goetz
Founder and CEO, GoodPop
Tina Exarhos
Chief Content Officer, NowThis
Deb Roy
Professor & Director, MIT Center for Constructive Communication; Co-Founder & CEO, Cortico
Kiera Peltz
CEO, The Coding School
Sandy Gottesman
President, The Gottesman Company
Chandler Tuttle
Co-Founder & CEO, Freethink
Kristin Frank
Media & Data Expert; CEO, AdPredictive; Past COO, MTV; Director, BCOV & GAIA
Daisy Khan
Founder & Executive Director, WISE Leaders
Bobbi Brown
Makeup Artist & Entrepreneur
Ken DeAngelis
Co-Founder & General Partner, Austin Ventures
Isaac Saul
Founder, Tangle
Rev. Jen Bailey
Founder & Executive Director, Faith Matters Network
Jesus Mantas
Independent Director, Biogen
Ryan Holiday
Writer, Media Strategist, & Creator, Daily Stoic
Jim Hornthal
Chairman, Zignal Labs
Kerry Sulkowics
Founder & Managing Principal, Boswell Group
Garry Kasparov
Former World Chess Champion & Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative
Chris Bail
Professor & Executive Director, Polarization Lab, Duke University
Tara McGowan
CEO & Founder, Good Information
Akiko Cooks
Community Organizer & Co-Founder, #1865 No Racism in Schools
Lester Crown
Chairman Emeritus, Henry Crown & Company
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy
Sanda Balaban
Executive Director, Project Pericles
Ariana Pekary
Social Entrepreneur & Public Editor, Columbia Journalism Project
Caleb Hyun
Founder & CEO, Balanced Media
Roy Spence
Chairman & Co-Founder, GSD&M
Musa al-Gharbi
Sociologist, Stony Brook University
Joel Fields
Writer & Producer
Tim Urban
Co-Founder & Writer/Illustrator, Wait But Why
Tony McAleer
Speaker & Author, The Cure For Hate
Amanda Ripley
Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author
Michael Johnston
President, Lubetzky Family Foundation
Stanley Bergman
Chairman & CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.
Clara Tsao
Co-Founding Officer, Filecoin Foundation & Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
Ross Irwin
COO, BridgeUSA
Vidyha Ramalingam
Founder & CEO, Moonshot CVE
Vance Cryer
Senior Manager, Weapons Integration & Business Development, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
Chris Anokute
Co-CEO, Executive Director, LAAMP (Los Angeles Academy of Artist and Music Production)
Hank Fortener
Speaker, Entrepreneur, & Activist
Mara Lee Durrell
CEO, OneVoice Movement & PeaceWorks Foundation
Monica Guzman
Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels
Michelle Gadsden-Williams
Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Blackrock
Daymond John
Founder & CEO, FUBU; New York Times Bestselling Author; Star of ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank; & Founder & CEO, The Shark Group
Kate Glantz
Social Entrepreneur
Jane Greenfield
Principal, Vanguard Institutional Investor Group
Mohamed Abdel-Kader
Founder & Principal, Radial Global Advisory
Kelvin Beachum
NFL Athlete, Arizona Cardinals
Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies
Benji Backer
Founder & Executive Chairman, American Conservation Coalition
Daryl Davis
Musician, Actor, Author, and Co-Founder of Prohuman Foundation
Laura Schmiegel
SVP of Strategic Partnerships, Orion Talent
Holly Jacobs
Executive Vice President, US Alternative & Syndication Programming, Sony Pictures Television (SPT)
Ann Sarnoff
Former Chair & CEO, Warner Bros & Warner Media Studios & Networks Group
Riaz Patel
Executive Producer/Director & Creator, ConnectEffect
Charles Bronfman
Chairman, CRB Family Foundation
Caroline Mehl
Co-Founder & Executive Director, OpenMind
Simran Jeet Singh
Author, The Light We Give; Executive Director, Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program
Bion Bartning
Co-Founder and Board President of the Prohuman Foundation
Rabbi Josh Stanton
Rabbi, East End Temple
Jenna Arnold
Entrepreneur; Author; Co-Founder, Organize; & National Organizer, Women’s March On Washington
Layla Zaidane
President & CEO, Millennial Action Project
Dominic Packer
Psychology Professor, Lehigh University; & Co-Author, The Power of Us
June Cohen
Co-Founder & CEO, WaitWhat
Abraham (Abe) Foxman
National Director Emeritus, ADL
Jason Marsh
Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief, Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
April Lawson
Managing Director of Debates, Braver Angels
Robert (Bob) Brown
Founder, Chairman, & CEO, B&C Associates, Inc.
David Kamenetzky
Food & Tech Investor
Robert (Bobby) Barad
Excel Sports Management
Dov Baron
Leadership Expert, Inc. Top 100 Leadership Speaker
Mike Erwin
Executive Director, Team Red, White & Blue
Laura Lauder
Co-Founder, Laura & Gary Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund
Jeff Orlowski
Founder & Filmmaker, Exposure Labs — Chasing Ice / Chasing Coral / The Social Dilemma
Tim Shriver
Chairman, Special Olympics International; & Co-Founder, UNITE
Laura Lindenfeld
Dean, School of Communication & Journalism, Stony Brook University
Jon Adam Ross
Managing Director & Co-Founding Artist, Inheritance Theater Project
John Burnett
Retired NPR Correspondent
Michael Tennant
Founder & CEO, Curiosity Lab; Creator, Actually Curious
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Award-Winning Author & Scholar of Extremism & Radicalization, American University
Suzanne Firstenberg
Social Practice Artist; Creator, In America: Remember
Rev. DeForest B. Soaries
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
Reggie Van Lee
Chief Transformation Officer, Carlyle Group
Megan Phelps-Roper
Author & Activist
Daniel Lubetzky
Founder, KIND Snacks
Julia Minson
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Erskine Bowles
President Emeritus, UNC
Corey Lewis
CEO, 1AND1
David Eilenberg
Head of Originals, Roku
Stacy Dick
President, Camino Partners
Amy Robbins
CEO & Co-Founder, Alexo Athletica
John Wood Jr.
National Ambassador, Braver Angels; Opinion Columnist, USA Today
will.i.am
Musician, Tech Entrepreneur, & Philanthropist
George Atallah
Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs, NFL Players Association
Alan Fleischmann
Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Laurel Strategies
Allan Mutchnik
President, Harbor Freight Tools
Manu Meel
CEO, BridgeUSA
Pati Jinich
Chef, Cookbook Author, & PBS TV host
Nuseir Yassin
Founder and CEO, Nas Company
Arthur Brooks
Leadership Professor, Harvard; Social Scientist; Bestselling Author; & Columnist, The Atlantic
Fred Zeidman
Chairman Emeritus, Gordian Group
Jamie Siminoff
Chief Inventor & Founder, Ring
Susan David
Psychologist & Bestselling Author, Emotional Agility
Matt Flake
President, CEO, & Director, Q2
Hanae Baruchel
Senior Change Leader, Ashoka
Scott Cooper
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran & Community Leader
Fernando Szew
Founder & CEO, MarVista Entertainment
Andrew Yang
Former Presidential Candidate & Founder, Forward
Tess Winston
Washington Post Guest Contributor & graduate, Stanford Law School
Luis Miranda
Political Strategist & Philanthropist
Farah Pandith
Author of How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat
Rabbi David Wolpe
Max Webb Senior Rabbi, Sinai Temple
Mary Matalin
Political Strategist, Author, Television and Radio Host
Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland, Combat Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, & Former CEO, Robin Hood
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Rabbi, Park Avenue Synagogue
Joe Lonsdale
Founder, Cicero Institute; Founding Partner, 8VC; Co-Founder, Palantir
Nathan Lockwood
Executive Director, Rank The Vote
Brian Hooks
CEO, Stand Together
John Maxwell
Bestselling Author, Speaker, Coach, & Leadership Expert
Alex Kruglov
Co-Founder & CEO, pop.in
Mats Lederhausen
Founder & CEO, Be-cause
Charles Blain
Writer, Public Policy Entrepreneur, Commentator & Analyst
Aaron Dorfman
Founder and Executive Director, A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy
Brad Porteus
Founder and Executive Director, Bridge Pledge
Eric Thompson
Founder, Framechange
Fred Dust
Founder, Making Conversations LLC
Cynthia Marshall
CEO, Dallas Mavericks
Aurelian Craitu
Political Science Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
Joe Cobbs
Sports Business Professor, Northern Kentucky University; & Co-Founder, Know Rivalry Project
Dr. Bernice King
CEO, King Center; Human Rights Leader; & Social Change Advocate
Paul Hobby
Founder, Genesis Park, L.P.
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Star Families



