Speakers from Illinois

Founder & Chief Environmental Research Scientist for Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC; Founder & Director, One Drop Rule Rare Disease Foundation

Independent Scholar, Environmental Policy Expert, Former Business Executive

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Podcast Host & Encourager of Women

Former Illinois Congressman & Senior Political Commentator for CNN

Sales Motivational Speaker, Emotional Intelligence, Performance & Leadership Expert

Co-Founder & CEO of Riva Health; Former CEO & Co-Founder of Viv Labs & Siri; Former Vice President of Samsung

Founder of Living Lands & Waters, Environmental Speaker & Bestselling Author

Former MLB Outfielder & All-Star; Founder of the Curtis Granderson Foundation

Burmese-American Lead Engineer on NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity; Named TIME'S 100 Most Influential People in 2021; Featured in Documentary "Space Queens"

Senior Instructor of Integrative Biology & OSMT at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; STEM Education Advocate

Sports Analytics Pioneer, Global AI Evangelist, IT Industry Leader

Former Head of Ford Developer Program, Best-selling Author, Software Expert

Author, Applied Behavioral Scientist & Customer-Centricity Expert

Expert in Educational Leadership and Diversity

Senior Executive and Expert on Women and International Careers

Former Aerospace Engineer with NASA; CEO of a Leading Provider of Investment Management, Consulting and Technology Services

Bestselling Author, Medical Intuitive, Founder of CMED

Alec Klein is a bestselling nonfiction author, professor of journalism at Northwestern University and award-winning investigative reporter formerly of The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Magician, Illusionist, Corporate Trainer

International Business Etiquette Expert