Result: 32 Speakers Found
Damon Davis
Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?
Damon Davis is an award-winning post-disciplinary artist who works and resides in St. Louis, Missouri.
William Esparza
Executive Creative Director at R/GA LA
Esparza was a teenage graffiti artist but after graduating at the Art Center College of Design he jumped.
Brian Evenson
BRIAN EVENSON is the author of ten books of fiction, and he is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship.
Brian Evenson has found a way to take the best of genre fiction and merge it with the best of literary fiction.
Ian Mackaye Mackaye
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer.
Tiffany Shlain
Founder of The Webby Awards; Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Bestselling Author, Internet Pioneer & Futurist
Included on NPR’s list of “Best Commencement Speeches” Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder.
D.B. Weiss
Executive Producer & Writer, "Game of Thrones"
Currently, alongside David Benioff, D.B. created and serves as co-executive producer for the hit HBO series Game of Thrones.
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Founder & CEO of Solerebels; Promoter of Africa's Entrepreneurial Spirit
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is Founder and Managing Director of soleRebels.
Ruby Bright
President and CEO of the Women’s Foundation
Ruby Bright is executive director of the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis.
Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky
Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics; Director, Columbia University; Columbia Consortium for Risk Management
Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky has worked extensively in the United Nations Kyoto Protocol process..
Staceyann Chin
Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist
Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet, actor, and performing artist. She is the author of the new poetry collection.
Linda Darling-Hammond
CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team
Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute.
Tim Decker
Speed Artist Known for Painting Celebrity Portraits
Tim Decker never expressed much interest in art, only taking two art classes to fill his college schedule..
Ruth E. Carter
Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"
Ruth E. Carter is the 2019 Academy Award winner for Achievement in Costume Design for Marvel’s “BLACK PANTHER”.
Lisa Eldridge
Make-up Artist, Businesswoman, Author, Beauty Vlogger on YouTube
Lisa Eldridge is one of the most experienced and respected makeup artists on the international .