Christopher Helfrich

Introduction: Darren Walker | President, Ford Foundation

Thandiwe Abdullah, Charitie Ropati, Harry Sisson, Peren Tiemann, Kellen Zeng

Ayesha Curry | Co-Founder, Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation

Christopher Helfrich | CEO, Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation

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Moderator: Brian Stelter | Former anchor of CNN’s ”Reliable Sources”

Busy Phillips | Actress, Activist‍

Darren Walker | President, Ford Foundation‍

Shannon Watts | Founder, Moms Demand Action

Introduction: Debi Larrison | Managing Director, National Art Credit Executive, Bank of America

Moderator: Salamishah Tillet | Professor of Africana Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University‍

Dr. Elizabeth Alexander | President, Mellon Foundation‍

Ebele Okobi | Trustee and Chair of the Development Board, Young Vic Theatre

Henry Timms | President and CEO, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Aeva Gaymon-Doomes, M.D. | Clinical Faculty, Howard University College of Medicine and George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Mitch Prinstein | Chief Science Officer, American Psychological Association

Andrew Solomon, Ph.D. | Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, and Best-Selling Author, “Far from the Tree”

Moderator: Cynthia McFadden | Senior Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

Jennifer Garner | Actress, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and Save the Children Trustee

Mark Shriver | Special Advisor to the President; Chief Strategy Officer, Save the Children

Prepared by Chef Tara Thomas and Chefs Annalysse Melendez and Kayla Atkins from Food Education Fund

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Questlove | Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Grammy Award-Winning Musician, Producer, DJ, Director, Culinary Entrepreneur, and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Martha Stewart | Founder, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Stellene Volandes

Editor in Chief, Town & Country

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Introduction: David Lauren | Chief Branding and Innovation Officer, Ralph Lauren

Keynote: Darren Walker | President, Ford Foundation

Moderator: Soledad O’Brien | CEO, Soledad O’Brien Productions

Dr. Cecilia Conrad | CEO, Lever for Change

Sarah Arison | President, Arison Arts Foundation

Christina Lewis | Founder and Chairwoman, BFO21; Vice Chair, Reginald F. Lewis Foundation

Sherrie Westin | President, Sesame Workshop

Moderator: Deborah Roberts | Co-Anchor and Senior National Affairs Correspondent, ABC News 20/20

Dr. Warren Ng | Immediate Past President, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Professor, Psychiatry at Columbia Medical Center; Director, Clinical Services, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry NYPH CUIMC

Isaiah Santiago | Commissioner-Elect, Rochester City School Board

Karen Friedman | Director, Strategy and Quality Practices Mental Health, YMCA

Amanda Yarnell | Senior Director, Harvard T.H. Chan Schoo

Moderator: Stellene Volandes | Editor in Chief, Town & Country

Drew Watson | Head of Art Services, Bank of America Private Bank

Jody Gottfried Arnhold | Chair of the Board, 92nd Street Y, New York City; Dance Educator and Advocate; Founder, Dance Education Laboratory, (DEL), 92NY

Shanta Thake | Chief Artistic Officer, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Leslie Odom Jr. | Producer; Creative; Entertainer

Moderator: Paul Goldberger | Architecture Critic and Author

Zach Iscol | Emergency Management Commissioner, NYC

William Rudin | Co-Chairman and CEO, Rudin

Oscar L. Tang | Retired financier; Co-Chairman, New York Philharmonic; Trustee Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Co-Founder, Committee of 100

Agnes Hsu-Tang | Ph.D., Archaeologist, and former International Expert, UNESCO; Board Chair, New-York Historical Society; Co-Founder, Hsu-Tang Library, Oxford University Press

Geoffrey Canada | President, Harlem Children’s Zone

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All Guests Please Proceed to the 44th Floor for the Lunch Program

Introduction: William Li | Contributing Editor, Town & Country; Founder, Armature Projects

Jody Williams | Chef and Owner, Buvette NYC; Co-Chef and Owner, The Commerce Inn, Via Carota and Bar Pisellino

Rita Sodi | Chef and Owner, I Sodi; Co-Chef and Owner, The Commerce Inn, Via Carota and Bar Pisellino

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Michael J. Fox | Founder, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

Arnold Schwarzenegger | Bodybuilder; Actor; Author; Politician

Charlize Theron | Academy Award Winning Actress

Cynthia McFadden | Senior Investigative Correspondent, NBC News