Priya Parker is the author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. She is passionate about helping people create gatherings in their work and life that are transformative and meaningful for the people in them. She is the founder of Thrive Labs, at which she helps activists, corporate executives, educators, and philanthropists create transformative gatherings.

Alison Levine has made a career out of breaking boundaries and inspiring others to achieve more than they ever thought possible. A history-making polar explorer and mountaineer, she served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South Poles, which only twenty people in the world have achieved.

Shabnam Mogharabi, a self-described ambassador of joy is a media powerhouse with over a decade of experience in digital entertainment, production, and news. As the co-founder of SoulPancake, she helps energize young people through optimistic, socially conscious videos about human connection—which, collectively, have reached over a billion views.

Rosalind Wiseman fosters civil dialogue and inspires communities to build strength, courage, and purpose. She is the founder of Cultures of Dignity; an organization that shifts the way communities think about our physical and emotional wellbeing by working in close partnership with the experts of those communities--young people, educators, policy makers, and business and political leaders.