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Previous and returning speakers include
Sean O'Sullivan
Founder and Managing Partner
SOSV
Greg Shell
Managing Director
Bain Capital (Double Impact)
Governor Terry McAuliffe
72nd Governor
State of Virginia (US)
J. Craig Venter, PhD
Founder, Chairman, and CEO
The J. Craig Venter Institute
Lindy Fishburne
Senior Vice President, Investments, Thiel Foundation
Managing Partner, Breakout Labs
Larry Smarr, PhD
Founding Director
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)
Joanne Smith, MD
President and CEO
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (Chicago)
Johannes Fruehauf
Co-Founder and President
LabCentral
Melissa Stevens
Executive Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy
Milken Institute
Governor Doug Ducey
23rd Governor
State of Arizona (US)
Montel Williams
American Television Personality
Barbara Newhouse
President and CEO
The ALS Association
Gregory C. Simon
President, Biden Cancer Initiative
The Biden Foundation
Fabian Bolin
Actor, Screenwriter, and CEO
WarOnCancer.com
Linda Bernardi
Chief Innovation Officer, Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT)
IBM
Alexandra Reeve Givens
Trustee
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Malin Burnham
Chairman
The Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
Deborah W. Brooks
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President
The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Robin L. Smith, MD
Chairman and President
Stem For Life Foundation
Steve Westly
Founder and Managing Partner, The Westly Group, and former California State Controller and CFO
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
American Actress
Scott Parazynski, MD
Physician, Author, and former NASA Astronaut
Deepak Chopra, MD
American Author and Advocate
Founder, The Chopra Foundation, and Co-Founder, The Chopra Center for Wellbeing
Dr. Krishna Jafa
Deputy Director, Integrated Delivery
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Marshall L. Summar, MD
Director, Rare Disease Institute
Children's National Medical Center
Barry Didato
Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President
The Innovation Institute
David Brancaccio
Host and Senior Editor, Marketplace Morning Report
American Public Media
Eric M. Reiman, MD
Executive Director, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, and CEO, Banner Research
Kate Bingham
Managing Partner
SV Health Investors
T. Denny Sanford
Chairman and CEO
United National Corporation
B. Frank Gupton, PhD
Chair, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, and Director, Institute for Engineering in Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jenny Santi
Author, Advisor, and Director and Head of Philanthropy Services (Southeast Asia), UBS
Armando Christian Perez ("Pitbull")
American Musician and Record Producer, and founder, SLAM (Sports Leadership and Management Academy)
Charlotte Hovet, MD
Global Medical Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences
Dell, Inc.
Paul Dolan
Co-Owner and CEO
Cleveland Indians (MLB)
Jeffrey Gallagher
CEO
Virginia Biotechnology Association (VirginiaBio)
Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, MD
President and CEO
Cleveland Clinic
Ronald L. Ferarri
Principal
Bessemer Trust
Angela Kaya Mwanza
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management
UBS
Mehmood Khan, MD
Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Global Research and Development
PepsiCo
Rain Henderson
CEO, Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI)
Clinton Foundation
Marty Tenenbaum, PhD
Founder and Chairman
Cancer Commons
Anthony Zolezzi
Operating Partner
Pegasus Capital Advisors LP
Sherry Cagan
President and Founder
Stand4Lyme Foundation
Ronald Harrington
Philanthropist and Entrepreneur
Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals (Cleveland)
Caren Yanis
Principal, Croland Consulting, former President, Crown Family Philanthropies, and former Executive Director, Oprah Winfrey Foundation
David Panzirer
Trustee
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Thomas Graham, MD
Chief Innovation Officer
Cleveland Clinic
John Oates
American Musician
Stanton J. Rowe
Chief Scientific Officer and Corporate Vice President
Edwards Lifesciences
Laird Cagan
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Cagan McAfee Capital Partners
Marshall Field V
President
The Field Corporation
Deborah Fletcher
Senior Vice President, Client Partner
Sudler & Hennessey
Irwin Jacobs
Co-Founder and former Chairman
Qualcomm
James R. Doty, MD
Director and Founder, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Stanford University
Marc O'Griofa, MD
Physician, Scientist, and Engineer
Tiffany Pham
Founder and CEO
Mogul
James Rosebush
CEO, GrowthStrategy, Bestselling Author, and Reagan White House Official
Jack Young
Managing Director
Qualcomm Ventures and Qualcomm Life
Peter Samuelson
Co-Founder and President
First Star
Eric Lefkofsky
CEO, Tempus, and co-founder and Chairman, Groupon
Gabriel Brodbar
Executive Director
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Laura S. Thrall
President and CEO
CureSearch
Rob Knight, PhD
Principal Investigator, Knight Lab (UCSD), and co-founder, American Gut Project
Peter Wilderotter
President and CEO
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Jacki Zehner
President
The Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation
D.A. Wallach
American recording artist, songwriter, essayist, and investor in health and biotechnology
Terry Fulmer, PhD
President
The John A. Hartford Foundation
David Weild IV
CEO, Weild & Co., and former Vice Chairman, NASDAQ
James C. Greenwood
President and CEO
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Eva Moskowitz
CEO
Success Academy Charter Schools
Jack Jewett
President and CEO
Flinn Foundation
Rachel Ramoni, DMD, ScD
Chief Research and Development Officer
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Jamie Metzl
American writer, Partner at Cranemere, and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Isaac Blech
Investor
21st Century Investors Group
Rubén Flores, PhD
Director of Commercialization
UCSD
David Coleman
President and CEO
The College Board
Michael Fitzpatrick
World-renown musician, Prince Charles Award for Outstanding Musicianship recipient, and founder and Chairman, Earth's Call
Soledad O'Brien
American Broadcast Journalist and Executive Producer
Susie Harborth
Managing Director and Co-Founder, BioLabs San Diego
General Partner and CFO, BioInnovation Capital
Please note that titles and affiliations are representative of the timing of the speaking engagement.