Past Events

Leslie Jamison, Ph.D.

New York Times bestselling author and an associate professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts

Ashley C. Ford

New York Times bestselling author

Jared Cohen

President of Global Affairs and co-head of the Office of Applied Innovation at Goldman Sachs

Elise Jordan

Communication strategist, writer, and political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC

Dan Michelson

Founder and CEO of InCommon

Sarah Alter

Former CEO of NextUp and member of the Illinois State Lottery Advisory Board

Sue Varma, MD

Psychiatrist, cognitive behavioral therapist, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York University Langone Health

Tara Lipinski

1998 Olympic gold medalist in figure-skating, actress, sports commentator, documentary film producer, and philanthropist

Cass R. Sunstein

Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School and bestselling author

Ayelet Fishbach, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Gloria Mark, Ph.D.

Chancellor's Professor Emerita at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine

David Epstein

Science writer and best-selling author

Suneel Gupta

Author, founding CEO of RISE, and visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School

Debbie Millman

Host of the Webby Award-winning podcast Design Matters, co-owner and editorial director of PrintMag.com, and chair of the first-ever Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City

Aliza Pressman, Ph.D.

Developmental psychologist and cofounding director of The Mount Sinai Parenting Center

Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist, bestselling author, founder and executive director of The Center for Connection, and co-founder of The Play Strong Institute

John Duffy, Psy.D.

Clinical psychologist and author of three parenting books

Shaka A. Rawls

Principal at Leo High School

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Ayesha Rascoe

Host of NPR’s "Weekend Edition Sunday" and the Saturday episodes of "Up First"

Natalie Y. Moore

Award-winning journalist and author, and senior lecturer and director of audio programming at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University