We are honored to present this select group of 20+ speakers ​who have volunteered their time
to help you ​lift off, take flight and #gothedistance in 2020.
To show the diversity in our group, we have listed the hometown/country for everyone.
​Get excited, register for Global Launchpad today, and let's fly⁠—together.

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Brittany King
Houston, TX, USA

KEYNOTE

​Hope Dealer
@brittany_andcompany

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Zozibini Tunzi
South Africa

Miss Universe
@zozitunzi
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Cheslie Kryst
​Charlotte, NC, USA

Miss USA
​@chesliekryst

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Kaliegh Garris
​New Haven, CT, USA

Miss Teen USA
​@kalieghgarris

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Credit:  Miss Universe Organization/Photographer: Fadil Berisha

​Fatema Basrai
​India/Rural OK, USA

​Assistant Director, InnovateHealth Yale

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Victoria A. Budson
Boston, MA, USA

​Executive Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School

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Chaveso Cook
Columbia, SC, USA

Executive Director, Military Mentors; Doctoral Student, Tufts University; ​Officer, US Army

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​​Dr. Joiselle Cunningham
Bronx, NY/Teaneck, NJ

CEO, Pathways
to Creative Industries; Senior Advisor,
​HERE to HERE

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JoBeth Evans
Huntsville, AR, USA

Instructor,
University of Arkansas;
Life Coach
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Shimica Gaskins
Lake City, SC, USA

​Executive Director,
Children’s Defense Fund–California
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Tracy George
Cleveland, OH, USA

Director,
Yale Well Initiative
and The Good Life Center,
Yale University

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Dr. Hise Gibson
Lufkin, TX, USA

Academy Professor of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy at West Point

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Dr. Vida Henderson
New Iberia, LA, USA

Director, Community Engagement and
​Health Equity Office,
​UI Cancer Center

Bio

Ryan Jor El
Charlotte, NC, USA

Author, Speaker, Host; Founder,
Black Fathers Rock!
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Duncan Kirkwood
Buffalo, NY, USA

Speaker, Activist;
Author of
​Rerouting: Resilience Tools and Tactics

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Tania Luna
New York, NY, USA

Co-CEO,
​LifeLabs Learning

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Bio

Dr. Lauren R. Powell
​Indianapolis, IN, USA

​Executive Director, Healthcare, TIME'S UP
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Bakari Sellers
​Denmark, SC, USA

CNN Commentator, Lawyer, Author of
​My Vanishing Country
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Dr. Adam Waytz
​Minneapolis, MN, USA

Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
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Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg | Denmark

​Author of What's Your Problem?, Harvard Business Review Press
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Dr. Elizabeth Ruth Wilson
​Georgetown, SC, USA

​Founder and CEO,
Euth Foundation

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​Joe Worthy
Cleveland, OH, USA

Senior Director of Programs and Praxis,
The Lighthouse |
​Black Girl Projects

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