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Elisabeth Jackson is the President and CEO of Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a nonprofit in Boston that serves homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth.

Jenny Pell is a career permaculture designer and consultant based on Maui whose extensive international portfolio spans everything from neighborhood foodscaping to large-scale climate resilient agroforestry. She was the lead designer for Seattle's first food forest, a successful and much-loved multi-stakeholder project. But teaching is her passion - growing food from seed to plate, watershed restoration, planting living banks of valuable genetics, buffering against the extremes of climate instability, and empowering people to learn important skills that will carry us through the coming challenges. And of course having good fun all the while, 'cause who wants to come to the party if you can't dance! Her website is https://permaculturenow.org.

Fareed Zakaria is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, a columnist for The Washington Post, and a bestselling author.

Timothy A. Wise is a Senior Advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), where his work focuses on the Future of Food, based on his recent book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (The New Press 2019). Tim has long collaborated with IATP, on issues including agricultural dumping, U.S. agricultural subsidies and policies, responses to the 2007-8 global food crisis, the WTO, and Mexico under NAFTA.

Emm Gryner is an independent recording artist with a career that spans more than 25 years. Her albums Asianblue and Girl Versions were nominated for Pop Album of The Year at the Juno Awards. Emm appears on albums by David Bowie and Rob Zombie.

Dr. Martini's research focus is observational cosmology and the formation and evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes. He has served as Instrument Scientist in the design and testing of DESI. He is a rare scientist able to combine engineering and research skills.

An experienced podiatrist, Deepa has a passion for causes that help uplift women. She works at Boston Medical Center and serves on their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee as well as Beth Israel Lahey Health in Danvers and Lexington. She is the immediate past President of the Indian Medical Association of New England (IMANE) where she has also run the Indian Women Physicians Forum.

Shaleen is the co-founder and CEO of Women Who Win, and she also works full time in e-commerce technology. She was also appointed to Akshaya Patra USA Young Professionals Leadership Council and Saheli Boston Advisory Board. She was featured in Boston Business Journal 25 under 25 List and honored by the Massachusetts Asian American & Pacific Islander Commission for her unique approach and dedication uplifting the AAPI community.

Dr Manju Sheth is a physician with passion for media and community leadership. She is president of India New England Multimedia and Women Who Win. She is the creator of the esteemed Chai with Manju celebrity talk show series and the prestigious New England Choice Awards. She is also the Director and host of Woman of the Year Gala. She has received numerous awards for her work including from Leadership in Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity from Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Asian and Pacific IslandersCcommission

Jon Abbott was President and CEO of WGBH Boston and a leading advocate for public service media nationwide.

Bob Seay was the transportation reporter for GBH News.

Susan Bellows was a Senior Producer at American Experience.