Kristin Jones is passionate about engaging people and communities through authenticity and emotional connection.

Jens Burchardt is BCG's global expert on climate impact and cofounder of its Center for Climate Action.

Jonas Eliasson is dedicated to researching transportation flow, analyzing how people think about their commutes and what can influence their travel decisions.

Van Jones is the CEO of REFORM Alliance and a CNN political commentator.

As CEO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Allan Jones leads an ambitious project to build an open, online, interactive atlas of the human brain.

Sara Jones creates global diversity and inclusion strategies to elevate inclusive work cultures.

Tony Award-winning monologist, UNICEF ambassador, firebrand and FCC-fighting poet -- Sarah Jones assumes as many roles offstage as on.

Carolyn Jones creates projects that point our attention towards issues of global concern.

Fueled by a limitless curiosity for science, Nicola Jones writes and edits stories about topics ranging from quantum physics to climate change, from animals to anthropology.

Christopher Emdin is a science advocate who uses hip-hop to make better teachers.

Tom Nash engages audiences about self-reflection and realization, encouraging people to take a fresh look at their human experience.

Linda Hill studies collective genius -- the way great companies, and great leaders, empower creativity from many.

Kevin B. Jones is a life-long student of human nature, fascinated most by the decision-making capacity intrinsic to each of us.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is a multifaceted talent and one of the most recognized personalities in the world.

Legendary skeptic James Randi devoted his life to debunking frauds and investigating paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.

Rebecca Onie is a nationally recognized leader in the intersection of social determinants, population health and health care delivery

David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion.

Ellen Dunham-Jones takes an unblinking look at our underperforming suburbs -- and proposes plans for making them livable and sustainable.

Lucy Farey-Jones is obsessed with what makes people embrace or reject new things.

Joe DeRisi hunts for the genes that make us sick. At his lab, he works to understand the genome of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest form of malaria.

Jonas Gahr Støre is the Norwegian Foreign Minister, charged with working for Norway's interests internationally.

TED Fellow Daniel Alexander Jones creates performance experiences through music, storytelling and improvisation featuring his dynamic alter ego, Jomama Jones.

With his artistry and creativity, Bill T. Jones has inspired a generation of dancers, choreographers -- and audiences.

Naomi McDougall Jones is a vocal advocate and activist for bringing gender parity to film, both on and off screen.

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism.

Drew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact.

Mark Roth's research has reawakened an unusual notion from the annals of science: reversible metabolic hibernation. Yes, putting living organisms into suspended animation -- and bringing them back safely.

Sarah Kaminsky writes about her father, Adolfo Kaminsky, a forger with a mission.

Amy Smith designs cheap, practical fixes for tough problems in developing countries. Among her many accomplishments, the MIT engineer received a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2004 and was the first woman to win the Lemelson-MIT Prize for turning her ideas into inventions.

David McCandless draws beautiful conclusions from complex datasets -- thus revealing unexpected insights into our world.