2023 Speakers

2023 Frontiers of Social Innovation Speakers

More speakers will be confirmed and added weekly…

Xavier de Souza Briggs

Xavier de Souza Briggs

Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro

Christiana Bukalo

Christiana Bukalo

Co-founder, Statefree

Gillian Caldwell

Gillian Caldwell

Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID

Claudia Chwalisz

Claudia Chwalisz

Founder and CEO, DemocracyNext

Kendra Davenport Cotton

Kendra Davenport Cotton

CEO, New Georgia Project, Inc. and New Georgia Project Action Fund

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Cheryl L. Dorsey

Cheryl L. Dorsey

President, Echoing Green

Yordanos Eyoel

Yordanos Eyoel

Founder and CEO, Keseb and Civil Society Fellow, ADL and the Aspen Institute

Isabelle Ferreras

Isabelle Ferreras

Senior Research Associate, Harvard Law School's Center for Labor and a Just Economy

Sarita Gupta

Sarita Gupta

Vice President of U.S. Programs, Ford Foundation

Lukas Haynes

Lukas Haynes

Founding Principal, Leveraged Philanthropy

Shawon Jackson

Shawon Jackson

Founder and CEO, Vocal Justice

Ben Jealous

Ben Jealous

Executive Director, Sierra Club

Vu Le

Vu Le

Writer for the blog NonprofitAF.com

Johanna Mair

Johanna Mair

Academic Editor, Stanford Social Innovation Review; Codirector, Global Innovation for Impact Lab at Stanford PACS

Gabriel Marmentini

Gabriel Marmentini

Executive Director, Politize! Brazil

Bryan Maygers

Bryan Maygers

Deputy Editor, Digital at Stanford Social Innovation Review

Suzanne McCormick

Suzanne McCormick

President and CEO, YMCA of the USA

Liz McKenna

Liz McKenna

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Hemakshi Meghani

Hemakshi Meghani

Co-Founder, Indian School of Democracy

Eric Nee

Eric Nee

Editor-in-Chief, Stanford Social Innovation Review

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President, Interfaith America

Jonathan Reckford

Jonathan Reckford

CEO, Habitat for Humanity International

Rob Reich

Rob Reich

Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

Michael Smith

Michael Smith

CEO, AmeriCorps

Bhaskar Sunkara

Bhaskar Sunkara

President, The Nation magazine

Nick Tilsen

Nick Tilsen

President & CEO, NDN Collective

Nina Ozlu Tunceli

Nina Ozlu Tunceli

Executive Director of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund

Anthony Ubani

Anthony Ubani

Pioneer Executive Director, #FixPolitics Initiative

Rajiv Vinnakota

Rajiv Vinnakota

President, The Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Caroline Weimann

Caroline Weimann

Founder, JoinPolitics

Grace Williams

Grace Williams

Founder and Director, Citizen Tasmania

Joseph Wong

Joseph Wong

Vice-President, International, University of Toronto

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