Commencement Speakers

Dr. Sanjiv Chopra is a Harvard Medical School professor, bestselling author, renowned storyteller, and inspirational speaker.

A serial innovator and consumer wireless internet veteran of 10 years in Scandinavia and the US, Dag is working on creating his fourth consecutive mobile internet product.

Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first African American woman to found a multi-billion dollar company, launched the ActOne Group in Los Angeles, California in 1978. She is currently #39 on Forbes list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.

Nastia Liukin won five medals at the 2008 Olympic Games, including the coveted All-Around Gold medal. She has since been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.

Michelle Poler is a creative and passionate social entrepreneur, keynote speaker, fear facer, branding strategist and author of "Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You’re Meant to Be."

James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Atomic Habits. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

Founder, CEO of FUBU | Star of ABC's Shark Tank

Mel leverages her experience as an international best-selling author, a digital entrepreneur, and thought leader with millions of followers to not only teach, but inspire your audience and empower them with the tools and proven strategies for change.

Keynote speaker Ron Garan is a highly decorated NASA astronaut, fighter pilot, and active social entrepreneur who believes that appropriately designed and targeted social enterprise can solve many of the problems facing our world.

Jamie Kern Lima is a New York Times bestselling author, American entrepreneur, billion-dollar business success story, champion of women, philanthropist, culture-shifter, and highly sought-after keynote speaker.

Safi Bahcall is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, which mixes physics, business, and history and shows a surprising new way of thought about the mysteries of group behavior

CEO of Disruption Advisors, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Thinkers50 ranked her one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn, where she has 1.8 million followers.

Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He passionately believes that all human beings have incredible creative capacity, and he’s on a mission to unlock inventive thinking and creative problem solving to help leaders, individuals, and communities.

Scott is recognized globally for his unique ability to accurately predict future digital trends and explain the logic behind why these will alter the current status quo of the economy and society.

International Consultant & Leadership Scholar

Annie is an author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space. She is also the only woman to have ever won the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the NBC National Poker Heads-Up Championship.

A correspondent for ESPN since 2002, Tom Rinaldi contributes to a wide variety of programs and fills a number of roles at the network. He is a weekly contributor to College Gameday and also works many tennis and golf events.

Ben is recognized as one of the World’s Best Motivational Speakers as well as World’s Top Organizational Culture Thought Leaders by Global Gurus (2019, 2020).

Respected sports executive Amy Trask worked with the Oakland Raiders for almost 30 years, serving as CEO from 1997 to 2013. She joined the Raiders as an intern, and worked her way up to become the NFL’s first female front-office executive.