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



