Aspen Ideas

Jeff Ashby is the chief of mission assurance at Blue Origin, a Seattle-based commercial space flight company..

Serena Auñón-Chancellor, M.D.,M.P.H. is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine..

Greene became the first physicist to edit the prestigious series, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006..

Included on NPR’s list of “Best Commencement Speeches” Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder.

Twenty years ago, a video game that you could neither win nor lose was inconceivable unless you were Will Wright.

Kurt Anderson is primarily a writer. He’s the author of the novels True Believers,

Justin Bibb is a Senior Adviser at Gallup where he advises clients in the public,

Marla Blow is the Senior Vice President of Mastercard's philanthropic hub, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. The Center’s priorities are to promote financial security;

Ruby Bright is executive director of the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis.

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute.

Oskar Eustis has served as the Artistic Director of The Public Theater since 2005.

Valerie Jarrett is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of the Barack Obama Foundation.

Mayer developed a passion for computers while at Stanford University.

Ellen McGirt is an editor at FORTUNE, where she established the race and leadership beat in 2016.

Eric Motley is vice president of the Aspen Institute and executive director of national programs.