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Wanjira Mathai | TED Speaker

Wanjira Mathai has more than 20 years of experience advocating for social and environmental change on both local and international platforms.
Environmentalist, social entrepreneur, youth leadership advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/wanjira_mathai

Regina Hartley | TED Speaker

Regina Hartley thinks that those who don't always look good on paper may be just the person you need to hire.
Human resources expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/regina_hartley

Mary Ellen Hannibal | TED Speaker

In her book "Citizen Scientist," Mary Ellen Hannibal traces the origins of today’s tech-savvy citizen science movement back through centuries of amateur observations by writers and naturalists.
Author, journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mary_ellen_hannibal

Lorna Davis | TED Speaker

Lorna Davis inspires, coaches and provokes leaders to use business as a force for good.
Business leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lorna_davis

Bruce Feiler | TED Speaker

Bruce Feiler is a leading voice on family, work, transitions and meaning.
Writer, TV host
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bruce_feiler

Jeremy Heimans | TED Speaker

At Purpose, Jeremy Heimans strategizes how to harness new social, economic and technological models to build movements with impact.
Activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jeremy_heimans

Martin Danoesastro | TED Speaker

BCG’s Martin Danoesastro supports organizations to change their ways of working at scale, enabling them to succeed in an increasingly digital world.
Transformation expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/martin_danoesastro

Tilak Mandadi | TED Speaker

Tilak Mandadi and his global team at Disney are integral to converging the physical and digital worlds to create magical memories for more than 150 million annual guests at Disney’s theme parks, hotels, cruise ships, retail stores and restaurants -- and bringing that magic home to millions more with games, books and digital experiences.
Empathy advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tilak_mandadi

Geena Rocero | TED Speaker

Geena Rocero is a professional model for fashion and beauty companies around the world. And she uses her platform to share a powerful story.
Model and activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/geena_rocero

Jennifer Aaker | TED Speaker

Jennifer Aaker is a behavioral scientist focused on understanding what creates meaning vs. happiness in life.
Behavioral scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jennifer_aaker

Ashley M. Grice | TED Speaker

Ashley M. Grice believes in the power of wonder and unconventional thinking to disrupt industries and the status quo.
Purpose expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ashley_m_grice

Hilary Cottam | TED Speaker

Hilary Cottam wants to redesign the welfare state using the power of relationships.
Innovator and social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hilary_cottam

Jan Rader | TED Speaker

Jan Rader is a firefighter and a nurse.
Humanitarian warrior
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jan_k_rader

Rha Goddess | TED Speaker

Rha Goddess is a cultural innovator, social impact strategist and creative change agent. She works with leaders and organizations to realign their missions in ways that are more purposeful, profitable and impactful.
Soul coach
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rha_goddess

Alex Edmans | TED Speaker

Alex Edmans uses rigorous academic research to influence real-life business practices -- in particular, how companies can pursue purpose as well as profit.
Finance professor, editor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/alex_edmans

Teresa Njoroge | TED Speaker

At Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa.
Criminal and social justice reform advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/teresa_njoroge

Nancy Kanwisher | TED Speaker

Using fMRI imaging to watch the human brain at work, Nancy Kanwisher’s team has discovered cortical regions responsible for some surprisingly specific elements of cognition.
Brain researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nancy_kanwisher

Stuart Firestein | TED Speaker

Stuart Firestein teaches students and “citizen scientists” that ignorance is far more important to discovery than knowledge.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stuart_firestein

Paul Sereno | TED Speaker

Surely not the only science career based on a museum tour epiphany, Paul Sereno's is almost certainly the most triumphant. He's dug up dinosaurs on five continents -- and discovered the world's largest crocodile, the (extinct) 40-foot Sarchosuchus.
Paleontologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/paul_sereno

Bassam Tariq | TED Speaker

Bassam Tariq delights in making eclectic career choices. A blogger, a filmmaker, and a butcher's shop owner, the common theme linking everything together is his boundless celebration of humanity.
Creative spirit
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bassam_tariq

Rebecca Henderson | TED Speaker

Rebecca Henderson is obsessed with finding solutions to climate change.
Capitalism rethinker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rebecca_henderson

Brewster Kahle | TED Speaker

Brewster Kahle is an inventor, philanthropist and digital librarian. His Internet Archive offers 85 billion pieces of deep Web geology -- a fascinating look at the formation of the Internet over the years, and a challenge to those who would keep knowledge buried.
Digital librarian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/brewster_kahle

Nancy Frates | TED Speaker

Nancy Frates and her family have raised a projected $160 million for ALS research in 2014. How? They kicked off the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to honor 29-year-old Pete Frates.
Mother + ALS Advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nancy_frates

Nic Marks | TED Speaker

Nic Marks gathers evidence about what makes us happy, and uses it to promote policy that puts the well-being of people and the planet first. He's the founder of the Centre for Well-Being at the UK think tank New Economics Foundation (NEF).
Happiness researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nic_marks

Alan Kay | TED Speaker

One of the true luminaries of personal computing, Alan Kay conceived of laptops and graphical interfaces years before they were realized. At XeroxPARC, Apple, HP and Disney, he has developed tools for improving the mind.
Educator and computing pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/alan_kay

Maria Popova | TED Speaker

Maria Popova thinks and writes about science and art, poetry and philosophy, children's books and our search for meaning -- about what it means to live a decent, inspired, substantive life of purpose and gladness, wonder-smitten by reality.
Reader, writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/maria_popova

Gala Marija Vrbanic | TED Speaker

Gala Marija Vrbanic is a leader in the field of contactless and cyber fashion.
Digital fashion maven
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gala_marija_vrbanic

Daniel Wolpert | TED Speaker

A neuroscientist and engineer, Daniel Wolpert studies how the brain controls the body.
Movement expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_wolpert

Rick Warren | TED Speaker

Pastor Rick Warren is the author of The Purpose-Driven Life, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. His has become an immensely influential voice seeking to apply the values of his faith to issues such as global poverty, HIV/AIDS and injustice.
Pastor, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rick_warren

Valerie Purdie-Greenaway | TED Speaker

Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway teaches, conducts research and consults with global leaders to help them develop and foster diverse and inclusive work.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/valerie_purdie_greenaway
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