Creativity

<p>Dewitt Jones is one of America's top professional photographers with a career stretching over twenty years.</p><p>As a motion picture director, he had two documentary films nominated for Academy Awards (Climb - Best Live Action Short Film and John Muir's High Sierra - Best Short Subject Documentary) before he was thirty.</p><p>Turning to advertising, Jones rose to the forefront of corporate creative marketing photographing national advertising campaigns for Dewar's Scotch, Canon, and United Airlines.</p><p>He has published nine boo

<p>During his 22 years at Microsoft, Robbie Bach worked in various marketing and business management roles—including supporting the successful launch and expansion of Microsoft Office and leading the creation and development of the Xbox and Xbox Live franchises. </p><p>Then as Microsoft’s President of the Entertainment and Devices Division, he was responsible for the company’s worldwide gaming, music, video, phone, and retail sales businesses until he retired from Microsoft in 2010.</p><p>Robbie now serves extensively on both public and private sector boards, h

<p>Todrick Hall blends activism and art during a compelling live experience that inspires audiences to believe they can accomplish anything when they take control of their destinies.</p>

<p>Raised on a Texas farm, Todrick tapped into his lifelong passion for the performing arts at an early age, landing a role in Broadway’s “The Color Purple.” He subsequently appeared on Season 9 of “American Idol” before being voted off as a semifinalist.</p>

<p>As one of the leaders of the infamous MIT Blackjack team​, ​Jeff Ma was the inspiration for the main character in the best-selling book <em>​Bringing Down the House</em> and the hit movie,<em> ​21</em>. ​</p><p>In addition, he has helped start four different companies including GolfSpan.com (sold to Demand Media), CircleLending (sold to Virgin), Citizen Sports (sold to Yahoo) and tenXer (acquired by Twitter).

<p>Dubbed "America’s 24-hour point person on terrorism" by National Journal, Michael Leiter served as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) during two administrations.</p>