Musician + educator

Laura Galante profiles advanced cyber threats and network breaches and investigates the political, military and financial implications of cyber operations.

Alex Steffen explores our planet's future, telling powerful, inspiring stories about the hard choices facing humanity ... and our opportunity to create a much better tomorrow.

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenged the way we educate our children, championing a radical rethink of how our school systems cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

A political strategist focused on creating a better future, Tom Rivett-Carnac works at the highest levels of business and government to find creative ways to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.

Alyssa Monks transfers the intimacy and vulnerability of human experience onto a painted surface.

Developer + musical entpreneur

Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry has reported from all over the world in virtually every medium. He's the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence."

2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life's work to document humanity's impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.

Ronald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory.

Ishan Bhabha counsels and represents clients on their highest-stakes matters, with a particular focus on complex issues of constitutional, regulatory and commercial law.

With a large-format camera and a knack for talking her way into forbidden zones, Taryn Simon photographs portions of the American infrastructure inaccessible to its inhabitants.

Siamak Hariri holds deep respect for the transformative potential of architecture, specializing in creating works of enduring value.

Kym Loren Worthy is the prosecutor of Wayne County, Michigan, home to Detroit.

Farmer + technologist

Ole Scheeren designs buildings that generate both functional and social spaces.

Zubaida Bai innovates health and livelihood solutions for underserved women and girls around the world.

Sanford Biggers creates art that upends traditional narratives about topics ranging from hip hop to Buddhism to American history.

Elizabeth Lesser helps her readers and students transform their lives after brushes with pain, adversity and life's myriad problems.

Leland Melvin is an engineer, educator, former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver. He shares his stories of perseverance and excellence to inspire communities for lasting positive change.

Post-conflict reconstruction educator

Giorgia Lupi sees beauty in data. She challenges the impersonality that data communicate, designing engaging visual narratives that re-connect numbers to what they stand for: stories, people, ideas.

Deborah Lipstadt's research focuses on the development of Holocaust denial and how to fight for the truth in an era marked by "alternative facts."

Bono, the lead singer of U2, uses his celebrity to fight for social justice worldwide: to end hunger, poverty and disease, especially in Africa. His nonprofit ONE raises awareness via media, policy and calls to action.

Ivan Coyote believes that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future.

Dessa is an internationally touring rapper, singer and writer who built a career by defying genre conventions and audience expectations.

Nina Fedoroff writes and lectures about the history and science of genetically modified organisms.