KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

CEO & Chief Lifestyle Designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide; Supermodel & Health Advocate

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Co-Creator of A Beautiful Mess & Red Velvet Art

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Editorial Director of National Geographic Partners & Editor in Chief of National Geographic Magazine

Leadership Expert, Former Submarine Commander & Author of "Turn the Ship Around!"

Senior Editor for The American Conservative

Nancy Kruse, President of The Kruse Company in Atlanta GA, is the best known and most widely quoted menu analyst in the restaurant industry.

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

Writer & Editor; Author of the "Daily Rituals" Books

Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate & Actress Known for "The Big Bang Theory"

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Lifestyle Blogger & Creator of The Blog Ramshackle Glam; Author of "Ramshackle Glam" & "Carrying On"

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate