Builders Movement

Hanae Baruchel

Senior Change Leader, Ashoka

Hanae Baruchel

Senior Change Leader, Ashoka

Hanae Baruchel leads Ashoka’s Tech for Humanity initiative – whose mission is build a world where technology drives human agency and democratic integrity, rather than extractive growth and power. She first joined Ashoka in 2008, and has worn many hats over the years, including heading up the selection and support of social entrepreneurs in the U.S. from 2011 to 2013. Hanae returned to Ashoka in 2019 – after a brief hiatus working at Engineers Without Borders Canada – to help shape the then nascent Next Now initiative, an innovation engine that weaves Ashoka’s networks of entrepreneurs around globally urgent purposes. She has a background in Peace and Conflict Studies and is the founder of a boutique furniture and lighting design company. Hanae is based in Amsterdam.

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Tara McGowan

CEO & Founder, Good Information

Todd Connor

Founder & CEO, Veterans for Political Innovation

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Barry Kramer

Partner Emeritus, Fenwick & West; & Entrepreneur

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Jim Hornthal

Chairman, Zignal Labs

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Daisy Khan

Founder & Executive Director, WISE Leaders

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David Einhorn

President, Greenlight Capital; & Founder, Einhorn Collaborative

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Jon Adam Ross

Managing Director & Co-Founding Artist, Inheritance Theater Project

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Deb Roy

Professor & Director, MIT Center for Constructive Communication; Co-Founder & CEO, Cortico

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Bobbi Brown

Makeup Artist & Entrepreneur

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Tiffany Yu

CEO & Founder, Diversability

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Jenna Arnold

Entrepreneur; Author; Co-Founder, Organize; & National Organizer, Women’s March On Washington

Malynda Hale

Singer, Actress, Activist

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Keith Grossman

CEO, Enterprise, Moon Pay; & Former CEO, Time

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Megan Phelps-Roper

Author & Activist

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Laura Schmiegel

SVP of Strategic Partnerships, Orion Talent

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Peter Coleman

Psychology & Education Professor, Columbia University

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Lester Crown

Chairman Emeritus, Henry Crown & Company

Aaron Webman

Founding Team & Head of Business Development, Ender

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Ken DeAngelis

Co-Founder & General Partner, Austin Ventures

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Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur; Investor; Owner, Dallas Mavericks; & Star, ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank

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Xavier Gutierrez

President & CEO Arizona Coyotes

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Jim Whitehurst

Former President, IBM

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Peter Hutchison

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

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Susan McPherson

Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies

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Tony McAleer

Speaker & Author, The Cure For Hate

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Tim Shriver

Chairman, Special Olympics International; & Co-Founder, UNITE

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Caroline Klibanoff

Executive Director, Made By Us, Smithsonian Institution

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Nathan Lockwood

Executive Director, Rank The Vote

Mike Erwin

Executive Director, Team Red, White & Blue

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Michael Tennant

Founder & CEO, Curiosity Lab; Creator, Actually Curious

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Dr. Maria Zalewska

Media & Holocaust Scholar; Executive Director, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation

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Vance Cryer

Senior Manager, Weapons Integration & Business Development, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control

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Shelly Sethi

Practicing Physician, Author, & Speaker on Integrative Health & Wellness

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Clara Tsao

Co-Founding Officer, Filecoin Foundation & Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web

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Michelle Gadsden-Williams

Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Blackrock

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Isaac Saul

Founder, Tangle

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Barbara Corcoran

Founder, The Corcoran Group; & Star, ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank

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Brian Hooks

CEO, Stand Together

Musa al-Gharbi

Sociologist, Stony Brook University

Musa al-Gharbi

Sociologist, Stony Brook University

Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University. His first book, We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite was published by Princeton University Press in October 2024. Al-Gharbi’s scholarship and public work focuses on how people talk about, think about, and produce a shared understanding of social phenomena. He has also served in leadership roles at organizations that help people bridge sociological distances, most recently as the communications director for Heterodox Academy (from 2016 through 2020). More about al-Gharbi’s research, and connections to his work, social media, and contact information, is available on his website: musaalgharbi.com

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Sanyin Siang

Founding Executive Director, Fuqua / Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics, Duke University

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Chris Volpe

Executive Director & Founding Board Member, ScienceCounts

Jonathan Haidt

Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern

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Joel Kellman

Attorney & Venture Capitalist

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Tess Winston

Washington Post Guest Contributor & graduate, Stanford Law School

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

Author; Minister, Middle Church

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Ryan Modjeski

Executive Director, Empatico

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Eric Liu

Co-Founder & CEO, Citizen University

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Riaz Patel

Executive Producer/Director & Creator, ConnectEffect

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Sandy Gottesman

President, The Gottesman Company

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Charles Bronfman

Chairman, CRB Family Foundation

Adam Grant

Psycologist & Bestselling Author

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Award-Winning Author & Scholar of Extremism & Radicalization, American University

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Layla Zaidane

President & CEO, Millennial Action Project

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April Lawson

Managing Director of Debates, Braver Angels

Liz Lanza

Founder, Bee Kind

Liz Lanza

Founder, Bee Kind

Hey, I’m Liz Lanza, a San Francisco born entrepreneur, founder of BeeKindBrand, and the force behind Her Society SF, a growing Bay Area network that equips the next generation of female founders with capital ready skills and a community that actually shows up for one another.

From spontaneous acts of kindness with BeeKind, to panel driven brunches where first-time entrepreneurs swap playbooks with seasoned investors, my mission is to replace the us vs them mentality with “we’ve got this together.”

I joined Builders because my peers are hungry for voices that trade outrage for problem solving. I’m committed to helping young female, like minded Builders with the tools and courage to defy the divide and co-create a kinder, more collaborative tomorrow.

Sincerely,
Liz Lanza

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James Impoco

Editor in Chief, Message Lab

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Caroline Mehl

Co-Founder & Executive Director, OpenMind

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Akiko Cooks

Community Organizer & Co-Founder, #1865 No Racism in Schools

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Daniel Stid

Executive Director, Lyceum Labs

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Pati Jinich

Chef, Cookbook Author, & PBS TV host

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Kelvin Beachum

NFL Athlete, Arizona Cardinals

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Kerry Sulkowics

Founder & Managing Principal, Boswell Group

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Steven Olikara

Founder of Millennial Action Project; former U.S. Senate candidate; featured in The Reunited States documentary

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Shelly Lazarus

Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy

Eric Thompson

Founder, Framechange

Eric Thompson

Founder, Framechange

Eric runs Framechange, a nonpartisan newsletter that summarizes viewpoints from multiple sides of current issues. Its goal is to reduce toxic polarization, encourage understanding and empathy for the “other side,” and help readers evolve their thinking.

Before Framechange, Eric co-founded 6Pages, a market intelligence platform used by thousands of investors, business leaders, and students. He also spent a decade in management consulting and research, running several publications focused on tech and business trends.

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Ed Latimore

Writer, Retired Boxer, & Self-Improvement Enthusiast

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Jacob Weisberg

Co-Founder & CEO, Pushkin Industries

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Tim Urban

Co-Founder & Writer/Illustrator, Wait But Why

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Hank Fortener

Speaker, Entrepreneur, & Activist

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John (Jack) Brennan

Chairman Emeritus & Senior Advisor, Vanguard

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Mara Lee Durrell

CEO, OneVoice Movement & PeaceWorks Foundation

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Laura Lindenfeld

Dean, School of Communication & Journalism, Stony Brook University

Brian Rudolph

Co-Founder and CEO, Banza

Brian Rudolph

Co-Founder and CEO, Banza

Brian Rudolph is the co-founder & CEO of Banza. Banza makes delicious comfort foods, such as pasta, pizza and waffles, out of chickpeas. The company has been named one of TIME’s Best Inventions, Adweek’s Best Food Brand, and Nielsen’s Top Breakthrough Innovations. Today, Banza’s products are available in over 25,000 stores. Brian received his BBA from Emory University and is an alumnus of the Venture for America fellowship.

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Rev. Jen Bailey

Founder & Executive Director, Faith Matters Network

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Alice Marie Johnson

CEO, Taking Action for Good; Criminal Justice Reform Advocate; & Author

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David Eisner

President & CEO, Convergence Center for Policy Resolution

Aaron Dorfman

Founder and Executive Director, A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy

Aaron Dorfman

Founder and Executive Director, A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy

Aaron Dorfman is Founder and Executive Director of A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy, an effort to mobilize the American Jewish community to protect and strengthen American democracy. A More Perfect Union powers a collective-impact network working to expand opportunities for civic learning; promote ideological pluralism; and ensure free, fair, safe and accessible elections. Previously, Aaron served as President of Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, Vice President for Programs of American Jewish World Service, and Director of Informal Education at Temple Isaiah of Contra Costa County. He holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA in English and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aaron and his wife Talia live in Brooklyn, New York, where they’re raising three fierce feminist daughters and one bearded dragon.

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Dolores Morton

CEO, Step Up

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Jason Alexander

Actor, Writer, Composer, Director, & Producer

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Amanda Ripley

Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author

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Paul Hobby

Founder, Genesis Park, L.P.

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Jeff Orlowski

Founder & Filmmaker, Exposure Labs — Chasing Ice / Chasing Coral / The Social Dilemma

Bion Bartning

Co-Founder and Board President of the Prohuman Foundation

Bion Bartning

Co-Founder and Board President of the Prohuman Foundation

Bion Bartning is an entrepreneur and investor, and co-founder and Board President of the Prohuman Foundation.

Previously, Bion founded FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, and co-founded and led the launch of eos Products, a personal care brand best known today for its iconic egg-shaped lip balm, while serving as an equity partner and Chief Operating Officer of The Kind Group, a privately held company dedicated to the development and expansion of brands.

Bion was also part of American Express’ Strategic Planning Group, where he conceived of and patented a new multi-channel system for booking travel and led the launch of a new consumer online travel business as Director, New Product Development, partnering with a major online travel agency.

Bion earned his MBA from Columbia Business School, and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in economics and environmental studies from Occidental College. He lives in Miami with his wife, two children, and their family dog Charlie Brown.

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Dominic Packer

Psychology Professor, Lehigh University; & Co-Author, The Power of Us

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Andy Hanauer

President & CEO, One America Movement

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Kmele Foster

Co-Founder & Executive Producer, FreeThink

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Laura Lauder

Co-Founder, Laura & Gary Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund

The Honorable Karl Rove

Senior Advisor & Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush

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Ann Sarnoff

Former Chair & CEO, Warner Bros & Warner Media Studios & Networks Group

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Fred Dust

Founder, Making Conversations LLC

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Ryan Holiday

Writer, Media Strategist, & Creator, Daily Stoic

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Karith Foster

CEO & Creator, Inversity Solutions, L.L.C.

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Jonathan Saad

President, Danly Properties

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Geoffrey Baym

Media & Communication Professor, Temple University

Sanda Balaban

Executive Director, Project Pericles

Sanda Balaban

Executive Director, Project Pericles

Sanda Balaban is passionate about helping young people understand their individual and collective power, at and beyond the ballot box. In response to the complex times we’re living in, the vulnerability of democracy being demonstrated, and the desire to support young people in being informed, engaged participants on the front lines of change, in 2017, she co-founded and directed cross-partisan youth civic engagement nonprofit YVote/ Next Generation Politics, aiming to equip leaders of tomorrow for their roles and responsibilities as citizens shaping a more just world and in July 2024, she became Executive Director of Project Pericles, a higher education non-profit committed to fostering the next generation of civic leaders through innovative curricula and faculty leadership that empowers students with skills to address society’s grand challenges.

Sanda has held leadership roles in education and youth development for over 25 years, in the public sector at the New York City Department of Education, in education philanthropy at the Ford Foundation and the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and in nonprofits including Facing History and Ourselves, the Boston Private Industry Council, and The Teachers Network.

Sanda is proud to serve on the founding Board of Directors of Generation Vote, The Hope Reichbach Memorial Fund, and the Human Schools Project, as well as on the National Reader Advisory Board for Chalkbeat. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Alia Braley

Researcher, Stanford Digital Economy Lab

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Jamie Siminoff

Chief Inventor & Founder, Ring

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Lori Greiner

Entrepreneur, Inventor, Producer, National Best Selling Author, Humanitarian, & Star of ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank

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Elisa Vilaneuva Beard

CEO, Teach For America

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Yascha Mounk

Founder, Persuasion

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Dov Baron

Leadership Expert, Inc. Top 100 Leadership Speaker

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Chris Bail

Professor & Executive Director, Polarization Lab, Duke University

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Nicole Mutchnik

Founder, California Democracy Fund

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Eboo Patel

Founder & President, Interfaith America

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Fred Zeidman

Chairman Emeritus, Gordian Group

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Josh Thomas

Executive Director, Seeds of Peace

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Allan Mutchnik

President, Harbor Freight Tools

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Lauren McCann

Founder & CEO, CALLIOPE

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David McCullough

CEO, American Exchange Project

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Luis Miranda

Political Strategist & Philanthropist

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Arthur Brooks

Leadership Professor, Harvard; Social Scientist; Bestselling Author; & Columnist, The Atlantic

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Deron Triff

Co-Founder, WaitWhat

Tim Phillips

Founder & CEO, Beyond Conflict

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Tom Bernstein

President & Co-Founder, Chelsea Piers, L.P.

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Robert (Bob) Brown

Founder, Chairman, & CEO, B&C Associates, Inc.

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Leon Ford

Survivor of Police Brutality, Activist, Writer, Entrepreneur, & Change-Maker

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Joan Blades

Co-Founder, LivingRoomConversations.org

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Rev. DeForest B. Soaries

Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens

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Katie Couric

Journalist, Author, and co-Founder of Stand Up To Cancer

Danielle Rugoff

Civic Entrepreneur; Founder, Purple Lexicon; Builders National Ambassador

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George Atallah

Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs, NFL Players Association

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Rabbi David Wolpe

Max Webb Senior Rabbi, Sinai Temple

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Kate Glantz

Social Entrepreneur

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Cynthia Marshall

CEO, Dallas Mavericks

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Julia Minson

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

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Mary Matalin

Political Strategist, Author, Television and Radio Host

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Brandon Farbstein

Motivational Speaker & Gen Z Activist

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Abraham (Abe) Foxman

National Director Emeritus, ADL

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Sophie Beren

CEO, The Conversationalist

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Deke Copenhaver

Principal, Copenhaver Consulting

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Laura Chen

Co-Founder & Executive Director, Civic Synergy

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Nido Qubein

President, High Point University

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Tali Farhadian Weinstein

Prosecutor, Processor, & Legal Analyst, NBC News & MSNBC

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Steve Rittvo

Chairman, Innovation Project Development

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Holly Jacobs

Executive Vice President, US Alternative & Syndication Programming, Sony Pictures Television (SPT)

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Scott Shigeoka

Entrepreneur, Storyteller, & Designer

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Stephen DeBerry

Founder, Bronze Investments

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Anne Applebaum

Pulitzer Prize–Winning Historian & Writer, The Atlantic

Chris Anokute

Co-CEO, Executive Director, LAAMP (Los Angeles Academy of Artist and Music Production)

Chris Anokute

Co-CEO, Executive Director, LAAMP (Los Angeles Academy of Artist and Music Production)

Chris Anokute is an experienced music executive and artist development specialist with over 18 years under his belt in signing and developing talent. Chris has held Senior executive A&R positions at major record labels including Capitol Records, Universal Music Group, and Epic Records over the span of his career. Chris has signed and/or developed 4 artists from the start of their careers that have went on to be nominated for the highly coveted, ‘Best New Artist’ award at the Grammys. Those artists include: Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, Bebe Rexha, and Muni Long.

Chris is now the Co-CEO and Executive Director at LAAMP, a world class music academy in Santa Monica, CA focusing on Artist Development and Music Production, with 50 students around the world coming together for the 9 month boot-camp style high-level training program.

Chris has also served as an Executive Producer on American Idol.

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Sharon McMahon

America’s Government Teacher

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Krista Tippett

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The On Being Project

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Yasmin Green

CEO, Jigsaw

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Pano Kanelos

President, UATX

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Andrew Yang

Former Presidential Candidate & Founder, Forward

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Nick Hamburger

CEO & Founder, Quevos

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Kathryn Murdoch

Co-Founder & President, Quadrivium Foundation

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John Delaney

Entrepreneur, CEO, & Public Servant

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John Burnett

Retired NPR Correspondent

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Mohamed Abdel-Kader

Founder & Principal, Radial Global Advisory

Joshua Darr

Associate Professor of Communications, Syracuse University

Joshua Darr

Associate Professor of Communications, Syracuse University

Joshua P. Darr is an associate professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications and a Senior Researcher in the Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship at Syracuse University, teaching classes in political communication. His research focuses on local news, partisan polarization, and campaign strategy. Darr has co-authored two books: Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization (2021) and Storefront Campaigning (2024). He received an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2022 for his project investigating how newspapers can earn trust and reduce polarization. Darr earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.

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James Carville

Political Strategist, Author and Commentator; Host of Politics War Room Podcast

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Rev. Adam Russell Taylor

President, Sojourners; & Author

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Michael Johnston

President, Lubetzky Family Foundation

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June Cohen

Co-Founder & CEO, WaitWhat

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Robert (Bobby) Barad

Excel Sports Management

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David Kamenetzky

Food & Tech Investor

Vidyha Ramalingam

Founder & CEO, Moonshot CVE

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Madeline Levine

Co-Founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education; New York Times Bestselling Author

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Alison Goldsworthy

Founder & CEO, The Depolarization Project; & Author, Poles Apart

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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

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Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove

Rabbi, Park Avenue Synagogue

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Jason Marsh

Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief, Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley

Brad Porteus

Founder and Executive Director, Bridge Pledge

Brad Porteus

Founder and Executive Director, Bridge Pledge

After 25+ years helping lead consumer technology companies, including 14 years living and working abroad (Singapore, Amsterdam), Brad Porteus returned to America in 2024 alarmed by the headwinds our country faces due to deeply entrenched political polarization and identity politics. Convicted that emerging technology and data science can be used for good, Brad recognized that for the first time, it has become technically possible to objectively sort politicians on a new dimension and identify leaders to spot all-star collaborators from both parties who are the most suitable to lead our eclectic population. His vision is to build “Bridge Grades” into a trustworthy public utility that measures and scores our elected officials on their ability to govern collaboratively — a system that is transparent, open-source, crowd-sourced, and independently governed. The big dream is to invite everyday Americans to drop their identity politics and unite together through a voting pledge into a swing voting bloc that commits to electing the best bridgers from any party.

Married and a father of two young men, Brad lives in Redwood City, California, and enjoys timelapse photography, and trail running in his spare time. He is the author of Roll With It – a memoir set in the early ’90s and is a love letter to Generation X and nostalgia for a time that preceded a technological wave that took over everything.

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Caleb Hyun

Founder & CEO, Balanced Media

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Joel Fields

Writer & Producer

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Rob Feld

Filmmaker & Journalist

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Aurelian Craitu

Political Science Professor, Indiana University Bloomington

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Chandler Tuttle

Co-Founder & CEO, Freethink

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Roy Spence

Chairman & Co-Founder, GSD&M

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will.i.am

Musician, Tech Entrepreneur, & Philanthropist

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Benji Backer

Founder & Executive Chairman, American Conservation Coalition

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Erskine Bowles

President Emeritus, UNC

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Matthew Satnick

Co-CEO & Chairman, Enstructure

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Dr. Bernice King

CEO, King Center; Human Rights Leader; & Social Change Advocate

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Ilana Redstone

Professor, Author, & Academic Entrepreneur

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Scott Cooper

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran & Community Leader

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Anastasia Williams

Founder & CEO, TheAList

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Jose Andres

Chef & Owner, ThinkFoodGroup; & Founder, World Central Kitchen

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Mats Lederhausen

Founder & CEO, Be-cause

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Jesus Mantas

Global Managing Partner, IBM; & Independent Director, Biogen

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David Eilenberg

Head of Originals, Roku

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Alan Alda

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, & Advocate for Science Communication

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Eric Bronner

Founder & COO, Veterans for Political Innovation

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Alyssa Farah Griffin

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Daniel Lubetzky

Founder, KIND Snacks

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Joe Cobbs

Sports Business Professor, Northern Kentucky University; & Co-Founder, Know Rivalry Project

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Rabbi Josh Stanton

Rabbi, East End Temple

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Dhani Jones

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, NFL Linebacker, Author, Host, & Explorer

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Mark Selleck

Founder, 360Insight, a Social Purpose Corporation

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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

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Jane Greenfield

Principal, Vanguard Institutional Investor Group

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Susan David

Psychologist & Bestselling Author, Emotional Agility

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Mike Jacobson

Co-Founder, Center for Science in the Public Interest

Daryl Davis

Musician, Actor, Author, and Co-Founder of Prohuman Foundation

Daryl Davis

Musician, Actor, Author, and Co-Founder of Prohuman Foundation

Musician, actor, author, and lecturer Dr. Daryl Davis is often called The Rock’n’Roll Race
Reconciliator. He’s not white. He’s not even light skinned. Make no mistake about it,
he’s black. As a Black man he has come in closer contact with more members of the Ku
Klux Klan than most White people and certainly most Blacks, short of being on the wrong
side of a rope.

He is the first Black author to write book on the KKK by conducting in-person face-to-face interviews. As a result of the way he conversed with White supremacists and other racists, Dr. Davis eventually became the recipient of numerous robes and hoods given to him by KKK members who rescinded their beliefs after coming to know him. He had inadvertently stumbled upon a successful method of forming friendships between sworn enemies. His methods have made him the center of controversy in some circles where he is considered “politically incorrect,” but after proving his methods work, he has made supporters out of some of his detractors.

As an award-winning musician Davis has worked with Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley’s
Jordanaires, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Legendary Blues Band and many others. He is also an
actor who starred in the award-winning documentary Accidental Courtesy detailing his
real life encounters with KKK and neo-Nazi members and as an actor he has appeared in
HBO’s award-winning series The Wire.

His first book Klan-Destine Relationships was critically acclaimed and his second book The Klan Whisperer is due out soon. Dr. Davis has received numerous awards for his work in race relations and is often sought out by CNN, C-SPAN, The Washington Post, New York Times, Time Magazine and other media outlets as a consultant for his views.

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Isaac Lee

Executive Chairman, EXILE Content

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Ariana Pekary

Social Entrepreneur & Public Editor, Columbia Journalism Project

Scott Budnick

CEO, 1Community; Founder, Anti-Recidivism Coalition

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Kristin Frank

Media & Data Expert; CEO, AdPredictive; Past COO, MTV; Director, BCOV & GAIA

Suzanne Firstenberg

Social Practice Artist; Creator, In America: Remember

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Fernando Szew

Founder & CEO, MarVista Entertainment

Tom Oppenheim

Artistic Director and President, Stella Adler Studio of Acting

Tom Oppenheim

Artistic Director and President, Stella Adler Studio of Acting

In his role as Artistic Director and President of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Tom Oppenheim created a number of programs with a focus on public access to world-class culture. The centerpiece of his vision is the Stella Adler Arts Justice Division, founded in 2004, which has since provided free theater training to over 15,000 severely underserved New Yorkers. Participating artists in a free, public art series he created have included Julianne Moore, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cornel West, Donna Murphy, John McWhorter, Joanna Gleason, Ron Carter, Harold Bloom, John Ashbery, Harold Mabern and many more. Tom co-edited The Muses Go To School (New Press 2012) and his writing is featured in Arthur Bartow’s Training of the American Actor (TCG, 2006) and The Technique of Acting by Stella Adler (Echo Point, 2024). He has acted at Theater for a New Audience, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, The Provincetown Playhouse among others. Directing credits include all of Chekhov’s plays for the Harold Clurman Lab Theater, Mercy Killers by Michael Milligan which received the Edinburgh Fringe Fest award and many more. Tom studied acting at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and with his grandmother, Stella Adler.

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Simran Jeet Singh

Author, The Light We Give; Executive Director, Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program

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Alan Fleischmann

Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Laurel Strategies

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Wes Moore

Governor of Maryland, Combat Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, & Former CEO, Robin Hood

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Monica Guzman

Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels

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Jay Van Bavel

Psychology Professor, NYU; & Co-Author, The Power of Us

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Adam Sher

President, ITV America

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Kathy Roth-Douquet

Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Star Families

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Nathan Otto

Co-Founder, Pine Creek Renewables; & Founder, Safe Conflict Project

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Kevin Schmiegel

Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret.); CEO & Founder of ZeroMils

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Ross Irwin

COO, BridgeUSA

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Joe Lonsdale

Founding Partner, 8VC; & Co-Founder, Palantir

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Stacy Dick

President, Camino Partners

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Hilary Preston

Vice Chair, Vinson & Elkins LLP

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John Wood Jr.

National Ambassador, Braver Angels; Opinion Columnist, USA Today

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Lisa Oz

Radio Personality, Bestselling Author, & Actress

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James B. Milliken

Chancellor, The University of Texas System

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Nuseir Yassin

Founder and CEO, Nas Company

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Alex Kruglov

Co-Founder & CEO, pop.in

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Garry Kasparov

Former World Chess Champion & Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative

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John Maxwell

Bestselling Author, Speaker, Coach, & Leadership Expert

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Manu Meel

CEO, BridgeUSA

Libby Prosch

Co-Founder, Sandbox

Libby Prosch

Co-Founder, Sandbox

Libby Prosch is the co-founder and the progressive content editor at Sandbox. She studied Philosophy, Spanish, and Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. Libby has helped with local political campaigns and reproductive justice initiatives in her community. When she isn’t working, she’s playing guitar, making jewelry, or swimming in Lake Michigan.