The music that Wyclef Jean has written, performed, and produced — both as a solo superstar and as founder and
guiding member of the Fugees — has been a consistently powerful, pop cultural force for over two decades. In 1996,
the Fugees released their monumental album The Score , which inspired notoriously prickly rock critic Robert
Christgau to write: “”so beautiful and funny, its courage could make you weep.” The album, created in Wyclef’s studio
in his uncle’s basement in New Jersey, hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned a trio of smash singles (including
their indelible reinvention of Roberta Flack’s 1973 ballad “Killing Me Softly”), and is now certified six times platinum.
But Wyclef, a child prodigy with a wealth of musical influences from jazz to classic rock to reggae, resisted the
pressure to duplicate the sound and style of that masterwork. Instead, he launched himself as a producer and solo
artist whose work drew from an innovative and eclectic palette that included elements of pop, country, folk, disco,
Latin, and electronic music.

Bill Nye is an American science educator, engineer, comedian, television presenter, author, and inventor, with a mission to help foster a scientifically literate society and to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been passionate about his entire life.“My family is funny,” he says, “I mean funny in the sense that we make people laugh, not just funny looking.” Bill discovered that he had a talent for tutoring in high school. While growing up in Washington, DCin the 1970’s, he spent afternoons and summers de-mystifying math for his fellow students. When he wasn’t hitting the books, Bill was hitting the road on his bicycle. He spent hours taking it apart to “see how it worked.” Now, he commutes by bike in both Los Angeles and New York.Bill’s fascination with how bicycles, airplanes and other things work led him to Cornell University and a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1977. Soonafter, Boeing recruited him as an engineer, so he went to Seattle. “I’ve always loved airplanes and flight. There’s a hydraulic resonance suppressor ‘Quinke’ tube on the 747-horizontal stabilizer drive system that I like to think of as my tube,”he says. The U.S. Department of Justice also recruited Bill for his unique technical expertise and pedagogical skills.It was in Seattle that Bill began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Eventually, Bill quit his engineering day job and made the transition to a night job as a comedy writer and performer on Seattle’s homegrown ensemble comedy show “Almost Live” in 1986.This is where “Bill Nye the Science Guy®” was born. The show appeared before Saturday Night Live and later on Comedy Central, originating at KING–TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate. With fellow KING–TV alumni Jim McKenna and Erren Gottlieb, Bill made a number of award–winning shows,including the show he became so well known for, Bill Nye the Science Guy.While working on the Science Guy show from 1992-1998, Bill won seven national Emmy Awards for writing, performing, and producing. The show won 18 Emmys in five years. To commemorate the series, the Bill Nye The Science Guy original lab coat is on display at the “T is for Television” exhibit in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.Bill has written eight kids’ books which weave real-world science in a fun accessible way for a range of ages from elementary to middle school.””Big Blast of Science””””Bill Nye’s Consider the Following””””Bill Nye The Science Guy’s Big Blue Ocean”“Bill Nye The Science Guy’s Great Big Dinosaur Dig”“Bill Nye The Science Guy’s Great Big Book of Tiny Germs”“Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World”
“Jack and the Geniuses: In the Deep Blue Sea”“Jack and the Geniuses: Lost in the Jungle”After a debate with a creationist who believes the worldis only 6,000 years old, Bill wrote his firstbook for a general audience, “Undeniable –Evolution and the Science of Creation” (2015), which was featured on the New York Times’ Bestsellers List. He considers it a primer on the discoveries and principlesof evolution. Bill shortly followed the book release with two other books –“Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World” (2016), and “Everything All At Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem” (2017), both which made the New York Times’ Bestsellers List as well. Bill hopes these works will encourage evidence based education and policy on climate change, evolution, and critical thinking.With over 7 billion people breathing and burning an atmosphere that is barely 100 kilometers thick, humankind is changing the Earth’s heat balance faster than ever in the planet’s history. Climate change is the biggest challenge we face, and finding ways to do more with less energy is a key to our future. Bill stronglybelieves the most effective way to reduce the world’s human population of people over the next several decades is to raise the standard of living for women and girls. To do that, he says, we need to educate people as effectively as possible. Bill wrote and produced “Solving for X,” a series on DVD where he shows us how to do algebra along with the P, B, & J –the Passion, Beauty, and Joy –of math. It turns out that algebra is the most reliable indicator of whether or not a student will end up pursuing a career in science. With more kids, girls especially, engaged in math, Bill hopes we’ll have more scientists and especially engineers to make the world healthier for all of us.Along with big picture thinking about global issues, Bill remains involved in a good-natured rivalry with his neighbor, actor and fellow environmentalist, Ed Begley. They compete to see who can save the most energy and produce the smallest carbon footprint. Bill has 4,000 watts of solar power and a solar–boosted hot water system. There’s also the low water use garden and underground watering system.After joining as a Charter Member in 1980, Bill is now the CEO of the Planetary Society, the world’s largest space-interest group. Under his leadership, the non-for-profit Society is growing and becoming more influential having members in 130 countries. Cofounded by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman, the organization’s mission is to empower the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration. Space exploration brings out the best in us, because we solve problems that have never been solved before. “If we were to discover evidence of life on another world such as Mars or Jupiter’s moon Europa, it would utterly change this world. People everywhere would think hard about what it means to be a living thing and our responsibilities as stewards of our unique planetary home,” Bill says. His engineering and management experience enabled him to take the lead and play a hands-on role in making programs like LightSail2® a success.Bill is very proud of the MarsDials, three sundials mounted on the robotic rovers exploring Mars. Along with calibrating the cameras and reckoning the Sun’s position in the martian sky, these small instruments are fitted with the only message to the future carried on spacecraft since the Voyager missions launched almost 40 years ago: “To those who visit here, we wish a safe journey and the joy of discovery.” Bill says, “This is the essence of the scientific enterprise, the Joy of Discovery. That’s what the process of science is all about.”
In 2017, Bill was a co-chair in the inaugural March for Science, a series of rallies and marches held in Washington, D.C., and more than 600 other cities across the world on Earth Day. The goal of the March is to celebrate science and the role it plays in everyday lives and to encourage evidence-based policy in the public’s best interest. The global attendance of the movement was a total of 1.07 million participants.In the same year, Bill was the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary Bill Nye: Science Guywhich premiered at SXSW. The documentary focuses on Bill’s life and his mission to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The film was a Documentary Spotlight at SXSW Film Festival and an official selection at HotDocs, Los Angeles Film Festival, and AFI Docs. The film opened theatrically in October 2017 and will be airing on PBS.Bill returned to television with the release of his new series Bill Nye Saves The Worldwhich debuted on Netflix in April 2017. On the show, Bill explores various problems and misconceptions from a scientific point of view, refuting myths and claims that rebuke science. Episodes feature lively panel discussions from a wide range of special correspondents, including space exploration advocate Emily Calandrelli, model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and comic Nazeem Hussain. After it’s freshman season, the show received two Creative Arts Emmy Award nominations. Bill still visits Cornell regularly. From 2001-2005, he served as a Professor as part of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Visiting Professorship. As a thankful alumnus and as a tribute to his parents and their strong belief in the value of education, Bill designed and funded a 4-meter (12 foot) diameter clock installed on Rhodes Hall at Cornell in 2012.Bill, the inventor, has a few unusual patents –an improved toe shoe for ballerinas, a device to ease the motion of picking up baseballs, a magnifier made ofwater, and an abacus that does arithmetic like a computer –with only binary numbers.Along with his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell, Billjoined his astronomy professor Carl Sagan when he was elected the American Humanist Association’s Humanist of the Year in 2010. He was also the honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the Ralph Coates Roe Medal in 2012.Bill holds Honorary Doctorate degrees from six universities: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Goucher College, Johns Hopkins University, Quinnipiac University, Willamette University, and Lehigh University. He has delivered commencement addresses at most of these schools along with the University of California Santa Barbara, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Harvey Mudd College, and Caltech.Bill currently speaks at colleges regularly and discusses a variety of topical science matters on news and television programs such as ABC World News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, TODAY, CBS This Morning, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and more. He fights to raise awareness of climate change and the value of critical thinking, science, and reason. Through all his work, Bill hopes to inspire people everywhere to change the world.Find Bill on his website (www.billnye.com) and on Twitter and Facebook.

Edward Norton is an American actor and filmmaker – and has received multiple awards and nominations including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. Alongside his work in cinema, Norton is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. He is a trustee of non-profit organization for affordable housing – Enterprise Community Partners. He also serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, and is the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.

Diamandis is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is also co-Founder BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies.

Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut.

Mr. Grenier is an American actor, producer, director, musician and environmentalist. An advocate of sustainable living, Grenier and partner Peter Glatzer founded the lifestyle brand SHFT.com. SHFT promotes sustainability through film, design, art and culture and lives both online and offline. Its mission is to nudge sustainable ideas and products into pop culture, and to provide context for an inspiring, modern, sustainable way of life.

Multi-platinum artist, actor, philanthropist and entertainment icon Snoop Dogg is at the forefront of popular culture with award-winning albums and songs, hit television shows, films, lifestyle products, philanthropic efforts, and digital ventures. Snoop Dogg has reigned for more than two decades as an unparalleled musical force who has raised the bar as an entertainer and globally recognized innovator.

Since 1993, Snoop Dogg has released 17 studio albums, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, reached No. 1 on Billboard charts and received nearly 20 GRAMMY® nominations. He’s set records with his seminal album Doggystyle, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over 800,000 copies in the first week. Throughout his career, Snoop’s produced chart-topping hits including “Gin & Juice,” “Who Am I? (What’s My Name?),” “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang,” “Next Episode,” “Beautiful,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Signs,” “Sensual Seduction” and “I Wanna Rock.” He has collaborated with artists across all genres of music and defines music history. His most recent album (2018), Snoop Dogg Presents Bible Of Love, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts and his first offering in the Gospel music genre.

As a performer, Snoop has toured the world and performed for millions of fans throughout his lucrative career. Snoop Dogg’s performance highlights, include his headlining performance at the 2012 Coachella Festival, where he brought out the the notorious Tupac hologram. In 2014, Snoop had the honor of performing at the White House Kennedy Center Honors to celebrate jazz legend, Herbie Hancock, in front of an esteemed audience, including President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

A multi-faceted entertainer, Snoop performs worldwide as a DJ under the name DJ Snoopadelic, where he has been tearing up festivals and clubs around the world for years. Snoop Dogg aka DJ Snoopadelic was the first hip hop performer to secure a Las Vegas residency.

In addition to his extensive work in music, Snoop has acted and appeared in numerous films, including Beach Bum (currently in production), Soul Plane, Starsky & Hutch, Half Baked and the Oscar® winning drama Training Day, among others. The artist’s voice has also been featured in the animated films Turbo and Hotel Transylvania and such shows as King of the Hill, Futurama, and The Cleveland Show. As a producer through his company Snoopadelic Films, Snoop Dogg has produced Mac & Devin Go to High School, Hood of Horror, Down for Life, Malice N Wonderland, and Reincarnated (in conjunction with VICE Films).

Snoop Dogg has also made his mark in the television space, including being nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Executive Producer and Co-Host of VH1’s hit show, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner, Executive Producer of MTV’s Mary + Jane, Executive Producer and Host of TNT’s game show, Joker’s Wild and Executive Producer of acclaimed Netflix’s show, Coach Snoop.

Snoop Dogg recently announced his first cookbook, From Crook to Cook, in partnership with Chronicle Books. The irreverent cookbook is available in October 2018 and features 50 of the legendary Snoop Dogg’s all-time favorite recipes straight from his personal collection. Snoop Dogg first showed the world his cooking chops when he guest-starred on Martha Stewart’s show, Martha, in 2008. The dynamic duo currently appear in their Emmy-nominated Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party on VH1.

Snoop Dogg has also positioned himself as a savvy and forward-thinking leading in the tech space. In 2008, Snoop started his wildly popular WestFestTV YouTube channel, which is home to his notorious GGN News weekly series and has featured interviews with top celebrities from Jimmy Kimmel to Seth Rogen and Kendrick Lamar. He has broken records on social media for his enormous fanbase and engaging content.

Snoop Dogg’s commitment and passion for community work is commendable. In 2005, he established the Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) to provide children between the ages of five and thirteen the opportunity to participate in youth football and cheer. A 501c3 non-profit organization, the SYFL teaches kids the values of teamwork, good sportsmanship, self-respect discipline, and academics. Throughout the years, the SYFL program has coached thousands of kids and many of the SYFL players have gone on to play football in college and in the National Football League (NFL). The SYFL has grown to include a total of 10,000 participants, including football players and cheerleaders. Since its inception, Snoop Dogg has personally coached a team of players during each SYFL football season.

Snoop Dogg defines entertainment history.

Patrick O. Brown is CEO and founder of Impossible Foods, a company at the forefront of making nutritious, delicious meat and dairy products from plants to satisfy meat lovers and address the environmental impact of animal farming. The idea for Impossible Foods came to Pat while he was on sabbatical from his position as an HHMI investigator and professor of biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In reflecting on how he could use his training and experience to make the largest positive impact on the world, he realized there was a way to make delicious, affordable meat and dairy products, directly from plants – that would be better for the environment and for consumers. In 2011, Pat chose to devote himself full time to Impossible Foods.

Ken Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances.

Under Cook’s leadership over the past 20 years, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to expose the harms done by misconceived crop subsidies, crop insurance and runaway agricultural pollution. The organization has also empowered American families with easy-to-use, data-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in foods, drinking water, cosmetics and other household products. These unique digital resources are searched hundreds of millions times by consumers, journalists and policy makers.

Hasan Minhaj is the host and creator of the weekly comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj that premiered on Netflix in October 2018. The series explores the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and sincerity through his unique comedic voice. Last year Minhaj earned rave reviews for his one-hour Netflix comedy special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King that earned him a 2018 Peabody Award, and for his performance hosting the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A first generation American, Minhaj joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he was Jon’s last hire, in November 2014 as a correspondent and continued on in that role after Trevor Noah took over as host the following year. He remained on the show through August 2018.

I was born in New Orleans and grew up in California before moving to the New York area, where I now live and work. I have a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Notre Dame. For 28 years, I conducted laboratory-based biomedical research at Columbia University. I am Emeritus Professor at Columbia University and Adjunct Professor at Fordham University. I have always been interested in ecological process and the damage we have caused to the environment by encroachment (mostly to make room for farmland). At present, I am engaged in a project whose mission is to produce significant amounts of food crops in tall buildings situated in densely populated urban centers (see: www.verticalfarm.com and The Vertical Farm: feeding the world in the 21st century, hardcover, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, New York; soft cover, Picadore Press, October, 2011). To date, there are vertical farms up and running in Japan, Korea, Singapore, U.S.A. (Washington, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, New York, Newark), with many more in various stages of planning (Jackson, Wyoming; Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Linköping, Sweden). I believe that vertical farming will become commonplace throughout the built environment on a global scale within the next 5-10 years.
I was selected Teacher of the Year 8 times at Columbia University Medical School, and in 2003, I won the national American Medical Student Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence. I have authored five books, written over 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and numerous published review articles on a wide variety of scientific subjects. I have lectured on the concept of vertical farming at universities (MIT, Harvard, NYU, Cornell, Rochester Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Temple University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Brigham Young University, The Singularity University), The American Museum of Natural History, The Chicago Museum of Science and Technology, to city governments (Seattle; Chicago; New York; Newark, NJ; Jersey City, NJ; Los Angeles; Seoul, Korea; Amman, Jordan; Beijing, Shanghai, China; Singapore; Bangalore, Madras, and Coimbatore, India), Australia, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, The United Nations (three times), International Monetary Fund, NASDAQ, The World Bank, and Credit Suisse Bank, and federal government agencies, including, USDA and USAID. I have presented at TED and TEDx (8 times), PINC 10 and PINC Sarasota, Fl., PopTech, Ars Electronica, IdeaCity, 21 Minutes of Knowledge, Big Ideas, Big Think (twice), The Colbert Report, Pecha Kucha, The Feast, Omega Institute, Monterey Design Conference, World Science Festival (3 times), Edinburgh International Science Festival, Manchester International Festival, Seoul Digital Forum (twice), Short Course in Indoor Agriculture, University of Arizona, the NYC AIA, Chicago AIA, Design Futures Council, Austrian Innovation Forum, and Indian Institute for Architecture annual meeting (twice), Equilibrium. I have been featured in Time Magazine, Wired Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Bloomberg Businessweek Report, Fast Company, Tree Hugger, The Economist, The Guardian, and numerous radio, TV, and newspaper interviews (e.g., U.S.A., Canada, France, Holland, China, India, Spain, Germany, U.K.). I live with my wife, Marlene, in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

With over twenty years of experience as a director, producer and head of production, as well as running many successful businesses, Antony has deep expertise in multidisciplinary content and live event/concert/festival direction and production. Antony has overseen multimedia events at the largest scale, working with artists like Jay Z, Beyoncé Knowles, Coldplay, The Weeknd and Rihanna as well as Fortune 500 brands, Broadcast TV shows like the Grammys.

Gabrielle is passionate about making the world a better place by working on environmental and social justice initiatives. With an MBA, MA and BA from Stanford University and her background as an entrepreneur and strategist in the technology industry, she blends strategic and visionary thinking while creating connections between people and ideas to make meaningful change in policy, legal rights, media and business practices.

Dr. Jonathan Foley is a world-renowned, award-winning environmental scientist, one of the top 1% most cited scientists in the world. He speaks frequently at leading conferences including the Aspen Institute, TED, and the World Bank, and has been featured in National Geographic, New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific American, NPR, PBS NewsHour, BBC, CNN, Washington Post, WIRED, Cheddar, the HBO documentary Too Hot Not to Handle, and the film series, Let Science Speak. Having led many prominent environmental organizations including theCalifornia Academy of Sciences, he currently serves as the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the world-leading non-profit dedicated to discovering and sharing science-based climate solutions based on the New York Times bestseller, Drawdown.

Danni Washington is deeply passionate about our oceans and science communications. At age 21, she co-founded along with her mom, Michelle Swaby-Smith the Big Blue & You – an organization dedicated to inspiring and educating youth about marine conservation through the arts and media. Danni also served as a naturalist at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center where she helped educate thousands of South Florida children about local marine ecosystems.

Dr. Erika Woolsey is a coral reef ecologist, teacher, and CEO of the Hydrous, a San Francisco based nonprofit that uses frontier technologies like virtual reality and 3D printing to create ‘open access oceans,’ so that all people may explore, understand, and engage with marine environments that are severely threatened by climate change and human impacts. Erika has been exploring coral reefs around the world for 15 years and is particularly interested in the effects of warming temperatures on coral health.

Growing up poor with a single mom left Gunnar with a burning desire to create wealth to do good. As a result, he is a 5X serial entrepreneur focused on social impact at scale. Gunnar is the Founder of Thrive Market, which offers organic groceries online at wholesale prices in the US, has raised 200m and grown to 7m users and 700 employees in 3 years. Most recently he is the co-founder of Good Money – the world’s first truly consumerized cryptocurrency and algorithmic stablecoin protocol that competes effectively against fiat. He also co-founded and donated 6.5m to Alliance for Good as a community of influencers working together on capitalism 2.0.

Ibrahim AlHusseini
Founder and Managing Partner, FullCycle
Ibrahim AlHusseini is the founder and CEO of FullCycle; an investment firm focused on solving the climate crisis by backing companies with climate-restoring technologies, and accelerating their growth.
AlHusseini – a renowned entrepreneur, investor and environmentalist – has started and sold numerous businesses and raised half a billion dollars of capital to back dozens of companies. He was also an early investor in Tesla Motors, Bloom Energy, Aspiration Inc., Cornerstone Capital, and CleanChoice Energy, among others. AlHusseini made his initial fortune from his college dorm room, after starting a nutraceutical distribution company and selling the business in 1997.
Raised in Saudi Arabia by parents who are Palestinian refugees, AlHusseini moved to the U.S. for college in the early 1990s. He sits on the board of more than half a dozen organizations that focus on the positive development of our environment and humanity. AlHusseini is also the managing partner of two waste-to-value funds that accelerate the adoption of the world’s leading waste-to-value technology.

Jen Sey has been with Levi’s for 20 years, holding a variety of leadership positions within the Marketing and Ecommerce teams. In 2013, Jen became the Global Chief Marketing Officer for Levi’s® and in 2018 was appointed SVP & CMO for the company.


Jen has received numerous awards, including Billboard Magazine’s ‘Top 25 Most Powerful People in Music and Fashion’, a receiver of the 2018 CMO Social Responsibility Award and she was featured on Forbes CMO Next List for 2018: 50 Chief Marketers Who Are Redefining the CMO role and in 2019, she was named one of Forbes’ Most Influential CMOs.

In 2016, Sey became a New York Times Best Selling author for her 2008 memoir Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics, and continues to lend her voice as an advocate for athlete safety.

Jen lives in San Francisco, California with her husband and four children.

**Jenny is the Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Bank of the West and oversees the company’s philanthropic investments, employee engagement and corporate citizenship initiatives. She manages a national team of professionals dedicated to ensuring the Bank delivers high impact programs, products and services focused on key CSR areas supporting young people, entrepreneurs, energy transition and local community needs.


Prior to Bank of the West, Jenny served as the Community Development Director for Citi in Northern California. Earlier in her career, she was Executive Director of the Congress of California Seniors, a statewide organization dedicated to assisting seniors and low-income families on issues of health care, affordable housing, transportation, technology, and consumer protection. Her background also includes advancing legislative initiatives through her position with the Greenlining Institute and work in the California State Legislature.

Among her numerous professional and civic affiliations, Jenny serves on the Board of Directors of Ocean Conservancy in Portland, and is the Chair of the Northwestern Regional Board of Operation Hope.

She has a degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In 2016, she was named as one of the San Francisco Business Times Most Influential Women in Business, and in 2017 she received the San Francisco Business Times “Top 40 under 40” Award.

Mr. Joppa leads sustainability at Microsoft as the company’s first Chief Environmental Officer and works to advance Microsoft’s core commitment to sustainability through ongoing technology innovation, program development, policy advancement, and global operational excellence. With a combined background in both environmental science and data science, he is committed to using the power of advanced technology to help transform how society monitors, models, and ultimately manages Earth’s natural resources. He founded Microsoft’s AI for Earth program in 2017—a five-year, $50 million cross-company effort dedicated to delivering technology-enabled solutions to global environmental challenges.

An astronaut, the first person to tweet from space, a recurring character on The Big Bang Theory, and now a New York Times bestselling author, Mike grew up a working class kid whose seemingly unreachable dream of becoming an astronaut and flying in space was realized in an unlikely journey that was driven by determination and commitment, and realized with hard work and humor. After two missions to the Hubble Telescope and four space walks to make critical repairs to the telescope, Mike is now a Columbia University professor, the Senior Space Advisor to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, an author, a television host, a frequent guest on morning shows, news programs, talk shows, and late night television, and an in-demand speaker for audiences seeking a unique perspective on teamwork, innovation, and leadership from a down to earth spaceman.

Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather of Jacques Cousteau, Philippe is an multi Emmy-Nominated TV host and producer as well as an author, speaker, and social entrepreneur. His conservation efforts are focused on solving global social and environmental problems. In 2004 he founded EarthEcho International dedicated to inspiring youth to act now for a sustainable planet. With over ten years in operation, EarthEcho has established itself as a leading youth environmental education organization.

Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor and World Wide Business Development Leader in the IBM Watson Group. With 15+ years of business experience, he works with clients and business partners to create next-generation products/solutions powered by Watson. His work experience spans multiple industries including healthcare, life sciences, retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, automotive, telecommunications, media/communication, and government.

Tom Chi has worked in a wide range of roles from astrophysical researcher to Fortune 500 consultant to corporate executive developing new hardware/software products and services. Tom has pioneered and practiced a unique approach to rapid prototyping, visioning, and leadership that can jumpstart innovative new ideas as well as move large organizations at unprecedented speeds. These approaches have benefitted over a dozen industry-leading companies. He most recently served as head of product experience at Google X developing technology such as Google Glass and Google’s self-driving cars.