2017 Speakers & Performers

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John Bridgeland
Former White House Domestic Policy Council Director
(President G.W. Bush)
@CivicEnterprise
 Biography
G.T. Bynum
Tulsa Mayor (R)
@gtbynum
Biography
Melissa Chiu
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Director
@melissa_chiu
Biography
Laura Arnold
Laura and John Arnold Foundation Co-Chair
@LauraArnoldFdn
Biography
Sonia Nazario
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author of Enrique's Journey
@SLNazario    
Biography
Richard J. Berry
Albuquerque Mayor (R)
@Mayor_Berry
Biography
Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago, Professor and Director, Crime Lab
@profjensludwig
Biography
Nancy Roob
President and CEO, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; and CEO 
Blue Meridian Partners 
@emclarkfdn
Biography
James "Jim" Shelton
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative President of Education and former U.S. Department of Education Deputy Secretary (President Obama) 
@JIMSEDU
Biography
Molly Baldwin
Roca Founder and CEO 
@RocaInc
Biography
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
Explorer and Environmental Advocate
@pcousteau
Biography
Heather Booth
Midwest Academy Founding Director and Current President 
@hboothgo
Biography
Ballmer Group Co-CEO and Co-Founder; Los Angeles Clippers Owner; and former Microsoft CEO
@clippersteveb
Musical Performer
@surrealmccoys 
Twenty20
Biography
Musical Performer
Watch "The Dignity of Work"
Watch "Partisan Rhetoric
Is for Losers"
Watch "One Nation Indivisible"
Watch "Solving Illegal
Immigration [For Real]"
Watch "Outta My Head /
Swim Into View"
Watch "Whole Lotta Folsom / The Devil Is Here in These Hills"
Watch "If We Organize,
We Can Change
the World"
Watch "Why Are We
Stalking You?
To Keep You Out of Jail"
Watch "How Artists Predict the Future"
Watch "A New 'Normal' for Philanthropy"
Watch "The Four Most Dangerous Words?
A New Study Shows"
Watch "Our Nation,
in Numbers"
Watch "What If Everyone Believed They Were Smart?​"
Watch "Where's Richard Nixon When You Need Him? "
Watch "Man vs Machine Learning: Criminal Justice in the 21st Century"
Watch "How Art Allowed Me to Erase Borders"