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
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
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
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
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
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