Leadership In Action Speaker Archives
Each Academy semester features a star-studded lineup of today’s most impactful changemakers for our Leadership In Action speakers series. These deeply human conversations are live, unscripted and student-led, featuring alumni moderators and questions from Academy students.
Here you'll find a complete list of past speakers who have shared their inspiring leadership journeys with the Academy.
Past Academy Speakers
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Abby Falik
Founder & CEO, Global Citizen Year
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Adam Grant
Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School of Business
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Agapi Stassinopoulos
Author, motivational speaker & Thrive Global facilitator
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Alexandra Bernadotte
Founder & CEO, Beyond 12
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Andrew Youn
CEO, One Acre Fund
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Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
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Ashanti Branch
Founder & Executive Director, Ever Forward
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Baratunde Thurston
Writer, Actor & Comedian
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Bill George
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic Author of Discover Your True North
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Courtney Martin
Journalist
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DeRay Mckesson
Civil Rights Activist, Educator, Podcaster, & Author
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Dereca Blackmon
CEO, Inclusion Design Group
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Doug Hirsch
Co-founder & Co-CEO, GoodRx
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Dr. Jennifer Aaker
General Atlantic Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Dr. Raj Panjabi
Last Mile Health & Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
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Eddie Ndopu
United Nations Secretary-General's Global Advocate for Sustainable Development
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Edgard Gouveia Júnior
Founder of Livelab & Ashoka Fellow
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Garvita Gulhati
Founder, Why Waste?
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Jay Shetty
Storyteller, Podcast Host, Former Monk
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Jennifer Kaberi
Founder, Mtoto News
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Jennifer Morgan
Executive Director, Greenpeace International
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Jerome Foster II
Executive Director & Founder, OneMillionOfUs
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Joey Hubbard
Chief Training Officer, Thrive Global
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Julie Lythcott-Haims
Author, former Stanford dean
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Jéssica Silva Rios
Partner & Leader of the Impact Management & Measurement Strategy at Vox Capital
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Mandana Dayani
Creator & Cofounder, I am a voter.
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Matt Dalio
Founder, Endless
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Maxine Williams
Chief Diversity Officer, Facebook
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Melinda Gates
Philanthropist, Author, & Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Michael Brun
Haitian DJ & Record Producer
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Miguel Mckelvey
Co-Founder, WeWork
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Niketu Iralu
Social Worker restoring community relationships in India and Myanmar
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Premal Shah
Co-founder Kiva.org
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Priti Krishtel
Co-Executive Director, I-MAK
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Selena Sermeno
Psychologist, Educator and Facilitator
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Selina Tobaccowala
Chief Digital Officer, Openfit
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Seth Godin
Author, Teacher, akimbo.com
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Shawn Mendes
Singer/Songwriter
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Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
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Sophia Bush
Actress & Activist
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Sundar Pichai
CEO, Google and Alphabet
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Toni Townes-Whitley
President, US Regulated Industries
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Varshini Prakash
Executive Director and Co-founder of Sunrise Movement
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Wendy Kopp
CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All
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Wes Moore
CEO, Robin Hood
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Ziad Ahmed
21-year-old entrepreneur, student, and speaker
