Chicago Ideas Week 2014

Jarrett Maurice Adams - Co-Founder, Life After Justice
Mara Brock Akil - Creator, BET's "Being Mary Jane"; Creator, "Girlfriends"
Salim Akil - Director, "Jumping the Broom" & "Sparkle"
Dana Arnett - CEO, VSA Partners
Chris Ategeka - Founder & CEO, CA Bikes
Mariana Atencio - Host,Fusion
David Axelrod - Director, Institute of Politics, University of Chicago
Brian Babylon - Comic & Radio Host
Ricardo Baca - Editor, The Cannabist, "The Denver Post"
Zubaida Bai - BHSI Fellow; Founder & CEO, AYZH
Adam Bain - President, Global Revenue & Partnerships, Twitter
Jessica Banks - Founder & President, RockPaperRobot
Keith Banks - President, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Dan Barber - Chef & Co-Owner, Blue Hill & Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Tom Barclay - Research Scientist, NASA's Ames Research Center
Carol Ross Barney - Founder & Design Principal, Ross Barney Architects
Jason Baron - Managing Director & Head Portfolio Manager, Social Investment Strategies, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Mario Batali - Critically-acclaimed Chef, Award-winning Author, Restaurateur & TV Personality
Jon Batiste - Pianist, Vocalist & Composer
Ishmael Beah - Author; Founder & President, The Ishmael Beah Foundation
Beau Basel Beaudoin, Ph.D. - Professor of Media & Cultural Analysis, Columbia College
Eric Becker - Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, Sterling Partners
Eric Belcher - President & CEO, InnerWorkings
Hollie Belton - Founder, Books on the Underground
Elena Bergeron - Editor-in-Chief, TriangleOffense.com
Jason Blumberg - CEO & Managing Director, Energy Foundry
Brandon Bodor - COO, The Bunker Incubator
Bonzie - Singer/Songwriter
Norma Bowe - Professor, College of Education, Kean University
Saroo Brierley - CEO, Saroo Brierley Enterprise; Author, "A Long Way Home"
Jennifer Brokaw, M.D. - Founder, Good Medicine
Mayor Aja Brown - Mayor, City of Compton, CA
Brandon Bryant - Former Drone Operator, United States Air Force
Christy Turlington Burns - Global Maternal Health Advocate & Founder, Every Mother Counts
David Burstein - CEO & Founder, Run for America
Mark Caro - Entertainment Reporter, Chicago Tribune
Laura Carstensen, Ph.D. - Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy & Professor of Psychology, Stanford University; Director, Stanford Center on Longevity
Wences Casares - Founder & CEO, Xapo
Juan Chavez - CIW Artist-in-Residence
Leroy Chiao - Former Astronaut, NASA & Special Advisor, Houston Association for Space and Science Education
Grace Choi - Activist Inventor & Creator, Mink
Deepak Chopra, M.D. - "New York Times" Best-selling Author & Founder, The Chopra Foundation
Louisa Chu - Co-Host, WBEZ's “Chewing the Fat”
Patricia Smith Churchland - Professor, University of California–San Diego
Hillary Rodham Clinton - Former U.S. Secretary of State
Sean Combs - Chairman, Combs Enterprises
Elesa Commerse - Founder, Touching Earth Mindfulness Learning Center
Susan Crown - Founder & Chairman, Susan Crown Exchange
Bonnie Curtis - Film Producer, Mockingbird Pictures
Joan Cusack - Emmy-nominated & Academy Award–nominated Actress
Pam Daniels - Founding Partner, DesignHouse Inc.
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. - President, Purdue University
Linda Darragh - Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative
Tom Dart - Cook County Sheriff
Mitchell Davis - Executive Vice President, James Beard Foundation
Nelson Dellis - CEO & Founder, Climb for Memory
Laura Desmond - Global CEO, Starcom Mediavest Group
Suzanne Dikker - Researcher, New York University & Utrecht University
Gabriel Dobbs - Head of Policy, Skycatch
Zoe Dolan - Lawyer, Law Office of Zoe Dolan
Patrick Dossett - Co-Founder & Director, Tip of the Spear Foundation
Mark J. Doyle - Founder, Rags of Honor
Craig Dubitsky - Friendly Founder & CEO, Hello Products
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth - U.S. Representative, Illinois Eighth Congressional District
Amelia Rose Earhart - Aviatrix & President, Fly with Amelia Foundation
Kevin Egan - Sports Broadcaster
Mayor Rahm Emanuel - Co-Chairman, Chicago Ideas; Mayor, City of Chicago
Anne Evens - CEO, Elevate Energy
Terry Fator - Ventriloquist & Celebrity Impressionist; Winner, "America's Got Talent" Season 2
Aaron Firestein - Co-Founder & Chief Artist, BucketFeet
Robert Ford - Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute & Former Ambassador, Syria
Danny Forster - Designer, TV Host, Director & Professor
Rich Franklin - Three-time UFC Champion & Vice President at ONE FC
Marc Freedman - Founder & CEO, Encore.org
Sameer Gadhia - Lead Vocalist, Young the Giant
Greg Gage - Co-Founder, Backyard Brains
Shannon Galpin - Founder & President, Mountain2Mountain
Chris Gladwin - Founder & Vice Chairman, Cleversafe
Nathan Gold - The Demo Coach
Christy Goldfuss - Deputy Director, National Park Service
Ted Gonder - BHSI Fellow; Co-Founder & CEO, Moneythink
LZ Granderson - Contributor & Senior Writer, ABC & ESPN
Adam Grant - Wharton Professor; New York Times Best-selling Author
Peter Gray - Research Professor of Psychology, Boston College
Jon Greenberg - Columnist, ESPN Chicago
David Gregory - Former Newsman, NBC & Author, How's Your Faith: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey
Kristin Hahn - Principal, Business Tax Services, EY
Dan Harris - Anchor & Correspondent, ABC News
Melissa Harris - Columnist, Chicago Tribune
Carl Hart, Ph.D. - Professor, Psychology, Columbia University
Scott Heimendinger - Director, Applied Research, Modernist Cuisine; Co-Founder, Sansaire
Terri Hemmert - DJ & Public Affairs Director, WXRT-FM
Marilu Henner - Actress, "New York Times" Best-selling Author & Radio Host
Gary Hirshberg - Chairman & Former CEO & President, Stonyfield Farm
Mellody Hobson - President, Ariel Investments
Ryan Holladay - Artist & New Media Curator, Hays + Ryan Holladay
Meika Hollender - Co-Founder, Sustain Condoms
Rick Horrow - Chairman, Horrow Sports Ventures
Eddie Huang - Chef, Writer & TV Host
Paul Irving - President, Milken Institute
Stephanie Izard - Executive Chef & Partner, Girl & the Goat and Little Goat
James Janega - Consultant, Slalom Consulting
Jeff Jenkins - Founder & Executive Director, Midnight Circus in the Parks
Jo Ann Jenkins - CEO, AARP
Johnnyswim - Folk, Soul, Blues & Pop Music Duo
Benjamin F. Jones - Gordon & Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management
Steve Jones - Professor of Communication, UIC
Naomi Judd - Grammy Award–winning Country Music Singer; Activist
Robbie Kaplan - Partner, Paul, Weiss, LLP
Robert S. Kaplan - Professor & Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School
Sandee Kastrul - Co-Founder & President, i.c.stars

Zak Kaufman - BHSI Fellow; Co-Founder & CEO, Vera Solutions
Shahid Khan - Owner, Jacksonville Jaguars
Peter King - Senior Writer, "Sports Illustrated"
Benjamin Kohlmann - Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
David Kramer - President, Freedom House & Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights & Labor
Nicholas Kristof - Columnist, "The New York Times"; Pulitzer Prize–winning Journalist; Best-selling Author
Viney Kumar - Winner, Google Science Fair 13-14 Age Category; Founder, Alwaysvin
Emmanuel Lagarrigue - Senior Vice President, Buildings & Partner Business Units, Schneider Electric
Richard Lariviere - President & CEO, The Field Museum
Tan Le - Founder & CEO, Emotiv
Kelly Leonard - Executive Vice President, The Second City & President, Second City Theatricals
Ted Leonsis - Managing Partner, Revolution Growth; Founder, Chairman, Majority Owner & CEO, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Robert Leshner - Founder & CEO of Safe Shepherd
Daniel J. Levitin - Dean of Arts & Humanities, Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute
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Edward Lewis - Author, "The Man from Essence"; Co-Founder, Essence Magazine
Ronnie Lott - Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee
Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. - Former Naval Aviator & NASA Astronaut
Adam Lowy - Founder & Executive Director, Move for Hunger
George Lucas - Founder, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Dena Dubal, M.D., Ph.D. - Director, Laboratory of Neuroscience & Aging, University of California–San Francisco
Chirinjeev Kathuria, M.D., MBA - President & Chairman, New Generation Power
Melissa Gilliam,M.D.,MPH - Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Gerald T. Grant DMD, MS - Service Chief, 3D Medical Applications Center , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Michael V. McConnell, M.D., MSEE - Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular) & Director of Cardiovascular Health Innovation, Stanford University
Tod Machover - Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music & Media, MIT Media Lab
William H. Macy - Actor & Director
Christian Madsbjerg - Founder & Partner, ReD Associates
Josipa Majic - Founder & CEO, Teddy the Guardian
Alejandro Maza - Founder & CEO, OPI: Open Intelligence
Terry Mazany - President & CEO, The Chicago Community Trust
Mick McCabe - Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Burnett USA
Abby McEnany - Actor & Improvisor, The Second City
Eliseo Medina - Labor Union Activist & Former Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union
Alicia Menendez - Host, Fusion
Stephen Miller - Obituary Writer, Bloomberg News
John Moe - Author & Radio Host
T.S. Monk - Musician
Mike Murphy - Political Media Consultant, Campaign Strategist & Partner, Revolution Agency
Ana Navarro - Political Commentator
Raaja Nemani - Co-Founder & CEO, BucketFeet
Phyllis W. Newhouse - Co-Founder & CEO, Xtreme Solutions
Elizabeth O'Herrin - Director of Programs, Pat Tillman Foundation
John Amaechi, OBE - Principal, Amaechi Performance
Jeanne Marie Olson - Researcher, Designer & Educator
Hakeem Oluseyi, Ph.D. - Astrophysicist & Professor, Florida Institute of Technology; Host, Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science
Cristina Page - Author, “How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America”
Sam Parnia - Director of Resuscitation Research, State University of New York–Stony Brook
Hadi Partovi - CEO & Co-Founder, Code.org
Coya Paz - Assistant Professor, DePaul University; Artistic Director, Free Street Theatre
Deborah C. Peel, M.D. - Founder & Chair, Patient Privacy Rights ; Creator, International Summits on the Future of Health Privacy
Lucian Perkins - Filmmaker & Pulitzer Prize–winning Photographer
Ramona Pierson - CEO, Declara
Sam Polk - Author; Founder, Groceryships
Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto - Professor, University of Nebraska College of Law
Joseph P. Quinlan - Managing Director & Chief Market Strategist, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Urvashi Rangan - Executive Director, Food Safety & Sustainability Center, Consumer Reports
Harper Reed - Former CTO, Obama for America; Founder, Modest
Mark Rickmeier - COO, Table XI
Mike de la Rocha - Social Entrepreneur & Cultural Activist
Adam Rogers - Articles Editor, "Wired"; Author, "Proof: The Science of Booze"
Desiree Rogers - CEO, Johnson Publishing Company
Lynn Rogers, Ph.D. - Director, Neuralplasticity Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Dina Rollman - Chief Compliance Officer, Green Thumb Industries; Partner, Sperling & Slater
Charlie Rose - Anchor & Executive Editor, "Charlie Rose" & "Charlie Rose: The Week"; Co-Anchor, "CBS This Morning"
Linda Rottenberg - Co-Founder & CEO, Endeavor
Christian Rudder - Author, "Dataclysm"; Co-Founder & President, OkCupid
Victor Saad - Founder, Experience Institute
Chuck Salter - Senior Editor, Fast Company
Jay Savsani - Founder, Meal Sharing
Beth Schmidt - BHSI Fellow; Founder & Executive Director, Wishbone
Errol Schweizer - Executive Global Grocery Coordinator, Whole Foods Market
Tracy Sefl - Senior Advisor, Ready for Hillary
David Sengeh - Co-Founder & President, Global Minimum
Marsha Serlin - Founder & CEO, United Scrap Metal
Reverend Al Sharpton - Founder & President, National Action Network
Susan Silberberg - Founder & Managing Director, CivicMoxie
Kim Simios - Chicago Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
David Sinclair, Ph.D. - Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Professor, University of New South Wales
Rebecca Soffer - Co-Founder & CEO, Modern Loss
Hannah Song - President & CEO, Liberty in North Korea (LiNK)
Emerson Spartz - CEO, Spartz Media
Charles Spence - Professor, Crossmodal Research Laboratory, Oxford University
Bill Stanley - Director, Collections Center, The Field Museum of Natural History
Neil Stevenson - Managing Director, IDEO Chicago
Kayt Sukel - Author, "This Is Your Brain on Sex"
Ron Suskind - Senior Fellow, Center for Ethics, Harvard University
Penn and Teller - Skeptics, Libertarians & Magicians with a Psychotic Twist
Nancy A. Temple - Partner, Katten & Temple LLP
Peter Thiel - Managing Partner, Founders Fund
Peter Thum - Founder & CEO, Liberty United & Fonderie 47
Marty Travis - Farmer, Spence Farm
Patrick Tucker - Technology Editor, Defense One
Antoinette Tuff - Founder & CEO, Kids on the Move for Success
Howard Tullman - CEO, 1871
Jose Antonio Vargas - Founder, Define American
Padmasree Warrior - Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO), Cisco Systems
Alexis Wilkinson - President, Harvard Lampoon
Andy Williams - CEO, Medicine Man Production Corporation
Juan Williams - National Political Correspondent & Author
Eli Williamson - Director, Veterans Program, The McCormick Foundation
Lev Wood - Captain, Secret Compass
Sheryl WuDunn - Pulitzer Prize–winning Journalist & Best-selling Author
Jut Wynne - Ecologist, Explorer & Research Scientist, The SETI Institute
Ji Suk Yi - Social Media Host, Windy City Live

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