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<p>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award, and Edward R. Murrow Award, Caitlin Dickerson engages audiences on the power of journalism, telling stories of remarkable resilience and hope from around the world.</p><p>From Ukraine to Romania to Guatemala, Caitlin Dickerson has spent years covering refugees and other humanitarian crises for some of the nation’s foremost news outlets.

<p>Traci Brown is the Fraud-Busting Body Language Expert. She's spent the last 20 years reading people and uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight.</p><p><i>TIME Magazine</i> named her one of the country’s top deception detection experts, and she’s currently ranked the #5 body language expert in the world by GlobalGurus.

<p>“TopGun” fighter pilot and trainer leverages the leadership lessons of teams in flight to show audiences what it takes to build inspired, compassionate, mission-driven teams and leaders.</p><p>Patrick had a distinguished 27-year career in the United States Marine Corps as an Active Duty and Reserve fighter pilot. He was stationed in San Diego, CA. and participated in four six-month deployments: three to the Western Pacific and one to Al Assad, Iraq. Patrick was recognized as the Instructor Pilot of the Year and graduated from the U.S.

<p>Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends, sustainable business, and how to build companies that profit by contributing to a thriving world. He was ranked #3 on the <em>Thinkers50</em> list of the most influential management thinkers in the world. </p><p>Andrew’s books on strategy have sold over a quarter million copies in 15 languages. His bestsellers include <em>Green to Gold</em> – which <em>Inc.

<p>NASA duo shares lessons learned and best practices from the launch of the current Mars 2020 mission to help leaders and teams “Sustain Awesome.”</p>

<p>The former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and bestselling author of the memoir <i>Lessons from the Edge </i>shares insights on the region and the current crisis as well as experiences from her 33-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service.</p><p>Marie Yovanovitch served three times as U.S. Ambassador, most recently in Kyiv as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. Previously, she served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic (2005-2008) and the Republic of Armenia (2008-2011).

<p>Johnny Crowder is a suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, Certified Recovery Peer Specialist, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes®, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in more than 100 countries around the world.

<p>Chad E. Foster is more than a keynote speaker—he’s a catalyst for peak performance in an era of nonstop disruption. </p><p>After going blind at 21, Chad became a Harvard-educated executive, tech innovator, and billion-dollar dealmaker.

<p>One of America’s most respected investigative business journalists, Kurt Eichenwald draws on his decades spent covering the biggest white-collar scandals to offer unmatched insights on what is—and isn’t—good corporate governance.</p><p>In addition to his distinguished work as a senior writer at <em>Newsweek</em> and a contributing editor at <em>Vanity Fair</em>, Kurt Eichenwald spent two decades as a senior writer at <em>The New York Times</em>, where he was a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

<p>The most senior military woman ever to serve in the U.S. Department of Defense, four-star General Lori Robinson speaks on leadership, overcoming obstacles, and the most pressing U.S. national security issues today.</p><p>General Lori Robinson was the first woman to be nominated and confirmed as a combatant commander. She retired in 2018 having served as Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Commander, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM). In that role, she led the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and civilians from the U.S.