Sairah Ashman is Global CEO at creative consultancy Wolff Olins. She leads business direction and performance in partnership with local Managing Principals. Wolff Olins has 3 global hubs in London, New York and San Francisco and is part of the Omnicom group. She is an alumna of Harvard Business School and Goldsmiths University of London, an active supporter of The House of St Barnabas (working to break the cycle of homelessness) and a regular TEDx host and speaker.

Cynthia is Creative Director of Wolff Olins New York, where she leads the design team in brand creation, experience and setting the course for design in NY. Her career has spanned disciplines across branding, advertising, packaging and retail display to web and exhibition design. She has worked with a diverse list of clients including Google, CoverGirl, Converse, Sonos, Sally Hansen, Marriott, Rémy Martin and Columbia University. A graduate of the Hunter College Masters in Art History, she is also a professor of design at Pratt Institute.

Ida C. Benedetto is an experience designer who sparks new insight through adventure and play. Her recent research outlines the design of transformative social experiences by comparing sex parties, funerals, and wilderness trips. Her work has been featured in Businessweek, The New York Times, Fast Company, NPR, and The New Yorker. She is currently a senior designer at SYPartners in New York City.

Louis is a multi-disciplinary creative with a track-record for creating successful human centered campaigns, environments and experiences. He has worked with the most recognizable brands (and people) in the world as well as launching new ones. He has over 20 years experience in the Entertainment, Spirits, Sports, Telecommunications, and Consumer Electronics industries. Brands include: Google, NIKE, Diageo, Verizon, Beats By Dre, Samsung, Island DefJam, Sean Combs Enterprises.

Shannon earned her PhD in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Waterloo where she studied the role of attention and visual processing. At BEworks, Shannon applies her expertise to experiment design and advanced statistical analysis challenges. She uses insights from the behavioral sciences to guide online acquisition, cross-platform marketing initiatives, and various behavioural interventions.

Emily Segal is an artist, writer, and trend forecaster. She founded the art collective and trend forecasting group K-HOLE, and is currently the director of Nemesis, a think tank for cultural strategy based in Berlin, Helsinki, and NYC.

Louise Bernard is the founding Director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center. Bernard was formerly Director of Exhibitions at the New York Public Library. As a Senior Content Developer and Interpretive Planner in the New York office of the museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates, she worked on the design team that developed the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, along with other international projects. Bernard received her Ph.D. in African American Studies and American Studies from Yale.

Bryan is a Designer and Design Justice Advocate. He is the founder/Director of Colloqate Design, a nonprofit multidisciplinary design practice dedicated to expanding community access to design and creating spaces of racial, social and cultural equity. Bryan is the founding organizer of the Design Justice Platform and organized the Design As Protest: National day of Action. Leads two award-winning architecture + design programs for high school students. Noted keynote speaker, advocate, and writer.

Stephanie spent the first ten years of her career in the nonprofit arts management sector, before joining Kickstarter in 2011, where she was most recently the Director of Creator Engagement. Previously she worked at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, and has an MA in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BFA from Mason Gross School the Arts at Rutgers University.

Kathleen joined Reformation in 2014 to help further the brand’s mission to lead and inspire a sustainable way to be fashionable. Reformation designs and manufactures limited-edition collections in its L.A. factory - the first sustainable sewing factory in the U.S. Kathleen directs sustainability programs that range from fabric sourcing, supply chain compliance, and operational efficiencies to make beautiful styles at a fraction of the environmental impact generated by most fashion brands. Kathleen also works on customer-facing campaigns and services to raise awareness around the impact fashion has on the environment, and how Reformation offers sustainable solutions.

Celika Caldwell serves as the Vice President, AARP Experience Design, where she is responsible for using human centered design to enhance the experience across every consumer touchpoint. Prior to joining AARP, Celika held various marketing and operational leadership positons at FedEx, Citibank, Honeywell, and Deloitte Consulting. Celika graduated with an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business as well as a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

Melissa Dalrymple has spent her career at the intersection of design, innovation and business strategy. She helps lead the Service Design group within McKinsey Design. Before joining McKinsey in 2016, she was on leadership teams at IDEO, Doblin and Rockwell Group in both the US and Europe and has been a consultant to multiple early stage digital companies. She has lectured at multiple business schools on design thinking and was a former mentor to the HBS Field course.

Josh Emig is the Head of Research & Development for WeWork, where he works with a team of researchers, architects, engineers, developers and designers to create spaces and technologies that transform how people work and live. Current research and development efforts are focused on the cognitive and affective experience of work environments, technology development for spatial interface and interactions, and the broader social and urban impacts of new patterns of working and living.

Charles co-founded BCG Digital Ventures in January of 2014, which has become one of the fastest-growing corporate investment and incubation firms worldwide. He is currently leading the build out and launch of BCGDV’s new global Innovation and Investment Center in New York City and also leads the firm’s work for financial institutions in the Americas. Over the last four years, Charles has launched disruptive ventures for market leaders in the financial services, consumer and healthcare sectors.