Event Year: 2024

Matt Stein

Matt Stein is the CEO and co-founder of Salient Predictions, which uses ocean data and artificial intelligence to predict weather weeks and months in advance with high levels of accuracy...

Liv Van Ledtje

Liv Van Ledtje is a reader, thinker, and kids' voice believer. She’s smart about all things shark and hopes to be a future ichthyologist. A student at Phillips Exeter Academy,...

Lisa Whited

Lisa Whited is the author of “Work Better. Save The Planet: The Earth-First Workplace Is Good For People, Great For Business.” Driven to make work work better, Lisa has spent...

Laura Cleminson

Laura Cleminson is an entrepreneur and the founder of the Pre-Dead Social Club, a mission-based organization working on “keeping the die-a-logue alive.” Laura’s a death doula, hospice volunteer, and active...

Juston McKinney

Comedian Juston McKinney has had multiple appearances on “The Tonight Show,” two “Comedy Central” specials, and three “Amazon Prime” specials, including “Parentally Challenged” and his latest, “On the Bright Side.”...

Erica Kinney

Erica Kinney is the business development director at SC Digital, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, website and digital marketing agency. As a childhood bone cancer survivor and an above-knee amputee, she...

Diannely Antigua

Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. Her debut collection, “Ugly Music,” was a 2020 Whiting Award winner. Her second poetry collection, “Good...

Caitlin McGrath-Levesque

Caitlin McGrath-Levesque is co-founder of Red’s Good Vibes (RGV), a nonprofit organization defying the traditional approach to charitable giving. A self-proclaimed “shame fighter,” she works hard to eliminate obstacles around...

Ben Kuethe Oaks

Ben Kuethe Oaks is an executive at Divert Inc., an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. He has spent the greater part of his...

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