250+ Imaginators đź’¬
There are those who innovate and those who imaginate. People who don't just renovate or renew but reimagine our future. Bold and unafraid to break the model and turn the possible into the real, the challenge to the solution.
Guy Satat
Senior Software Engineer, Google X
Harald C Ott
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Director of Organ Engineering at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Founder of IVIVA Medical Inc.
Hayley Reardon
Folk, Pop Singer Songwriter
Helen Greiner
CEO, Tertill; Co-founder, iRobot
Hugh Herr
American rock climber, engineer, and biophysicist
Ian Rogers
Chief Digital Officer, LVMH
Ibrahim AlHusseini
Founder & Managing Partner, FullCycle
Isaiah Kacyvenski
Former Co-Captain, Seattle Seahawks; Co-Founder & MD, Will Ventures
Isha Datar
Executive Director, New Harvest
Jacqueline Novogratz
James Conlon
Musician
James Currier
General Partner, NFX
Jamie Heywood
Founder, Patients Like Me
Jamie Metzl
Founder, One Shared World
Jane Metcalfe
Founder, Wired; Founder & CEO, NEO.LIFE
Janet Hill
Board Member, The Carlyle Group
Jasmine Roberts
Software Engineer, AR, Google
Jason Gelles
Former Head Writer, Ellen deGeneres Show
Jason Lanier
Jay Olshansky
Professor, U. of Illinois, Researcher, Center on Aging at the U. of Chicago, Chief Scientist, Lapetus Solutions
Jeff Marlow
Assistant Professor of Biology, BU
Jeffrey Walker
Chair, New Profit
Jen Lum
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Biospring Partners
Jennifer Blanke
Former, Chief Economist, World Economic Forum
Jenny Fielding
Jess Stiles
COO, Gaiascope
Jinhua Zhao
City and Transportation Planning, Director, MIT Mobility Initiativ
Joanna Peña-Bickley
Head of Research & Design, Alexa Devices at Amazon
Joe De Sena
CEO, Spartan Races
John Harthorne
Founder & Managing Director, Two Lanterns Venture Partners
John Katzman
Founder, Princeton Review; CEO, Noodle
John Klein
Chief Executive Officer, Generate Technologies
John Linehan
CEO, Zoo New England
John Moleman Anthony
2x Boomerang Team World Champ.; Former World Record & USA Record
John Sharp
Physician, Board-certified Psychiatrist, Clinical Leader, Teacher & Author
Joji Hattori
Violinist and Conductor
Jon McNeill
Former Tesla president, COO of Lyft, CEO of DVx Ventures
Jonathan Lopez "JFLO"
Award Winner Beatboxer
Jordan Badia-Bellinger
Hulu
Jordan Gray
Decathlete
Joseph Auon
President, Northeastern University
Joy Ladin
Professor, Yeshiva University
Juan Enriquez
Futurist
Judith Amores
Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, MGH
Julia DeMarines
Astrobiologist and PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley
Julien de Wit
Professor of Planetary Sciences, MIT
Justyna Zander
Global Head of Verification and Validation, Autonomous Driving, NVIDIA
Karen Smyers
Ironman World Champion, Triathlon Hall of Fame Inductee
Kasia Chmielinski
Co-Founder of The Data Nutrition Project
Kathleen Murphy
President, Fidelity
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Star Families
Kena Gilmour
Men's Basketball Team, Hamilton College
Kendall Spencer
Olympic Sports Committee Liaison, Division I Board of Directors, & Chair-Division I SAAC, NCAA; Former Student Athlete, University of New Mexico Track & Field Team; Clinical Staff, Institute for Public Representation-- Communications and Technology
Kennda Lynch
Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Kevin Wall
CEO, PTK Capital
Keyun Ruan
Founder, Happiness Foundation & Institute; Computer Scientist & Economist
Khahlil Louisy
President, Institute for Technology & Global Health
Khalid Shah
Vice Chairman Neurosurgery, Founder and Director CSTI, BWH-HMS
Kim Guimond
CMO & CAO, Modern Mill
Kim Polese
Co-Founder, The Titan Fund; Executive Chairman, CrowdSmart
Kim Scott
Co-Founder, Just Work Together
Kostas Mallios
CVP & GM, Applied Materials
LaNell Williams
Founder, Women+ of Color Project
Larry Nagler
1960 NCAA Tennis Singles & Doubles Champion; Tennis Association Hall of Fame; Attorney
Laura Deming
Partner, The Longevity Fund
Lauren Kuntz
CEO, Gaiascope
Lea Davison
Mountain Biking Olympian, co-founder of Little Bellas to train girls
Leana Wen
ER Physician; Professor of Health Policy and Management; Fellow, Brookings Institution: Columnist, The Washington Post; On-air Commentator, CNN
Leonard Kleinrock
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Lin Yang
President, Innovation Ideas Institute
Linda Pizzuti Henry
CEO, Boston Globe
Lindiwe Matlali
Social Entrepreneur, South Africa
Linnea Olson
Patient Advocate, Activist, & Cancer Survivor
Liz Bronstein
Founder, Lizard
Liz Powers
Co-founder & CEO, Artlifting
Louisette Geiss
Co-writer/ lyricist, producer, screenwriter, voice actor and actress
Luke McKay
Assistant Research Professor, Montana State University
Lynn Malooly
Economic Director, Water for South Sudan
MacCalvin Romain
Head of Product, Lantern
Madhuri Dixit
Actress
Malcolm Riddell
Investment Banker, Diplomat, Lawyer, Harvard Academic, & CIA Case Officer
Marc Hodosh
Co-Host, LIFE ITSELF
Marc Tarpenning
Co-founder, Tesla
Margaret Gould Stewart
VP, Product Design & Responsible Innovation
Margarita Davydova
PhD student, MIT
Mariana Figueiro
Professor, Director, Lighting Research Architecture, RPI
Mark Billinghurst
Director, Empathetic Computing Lab
Mark Bittman
Author
Mark Schatzker
Award-winning Author of: Steak, The Dorito Effect, & The End of Craving
Mary Lou Jepsen
CEO, Openwater
Mats Lederhausen
Founder & CEO, Be-cause; Former Chairman of Chipotle; Co-Founder, Redbox DVD;
Matt Collier
CEO, VetAccel
Max Holm
Producer/Composer/Pianist
Megan Smith
CEO, Shift 7
Melissa Ludtke
Merle Fernandes
Director, LVPEI, Visakhapatnam & Consultant, Cornea and Anterior Segment Services
Michael Scott Moore
Journalist & 997 day hostage by Somali Pirates
Mike Federle
CEO, Forbes
Mike Whitehead
4x Canadian Paralympian, Wheelchair Rugby
Misha Sra
Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mo Cowan
President, Global Government Affairs and Policy at GE
Nancy Oriol
Faculty Associate Dean for Community Engagement in Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
Naomi McDougall Jones
Award-winning filmmaker, actress, author, speaker, and women in film activist
Neil Hunt
Former Chief Product Officer of Netflix, Former CEO and Chief Product Officer, Curai
Nicole Condrey
Skydiving Demonstrator at Team Fastrax and Mayor of the City of Middletown, Ohio
Nicole Crane
Faculty/Cabrillo College; Executive Director One People One Reef
Nicole Lazzaro
President and Founder at XEODesign, Inc.
Nir Barzilai
Founding Director, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nolan Bushnell
Founder, Atari and Chuck E Cheese
Norman de Greve
Chief Marketing Officer, CVS Health
Nuria Oliver
Computer Scientist
Ofer Levy
Director, Precision Vaccines Program, Children’s Hospital
Olle Ljungqvist
Professor, Ă–rebro University; Chairman, ERAS Society
Otkrist Gupta
VP Data Science, LendBuzz
Pamela Meyer
CEO, Calibrate
Panagis Galiatsatos
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Parag Khanna
Patrick Lyons
Restaurateur
Pattie Bellinger
Chief of Staff to the President, Harvard
Paul Daugherty
Group Chief Executive & CTO, Accenture
Paul Rabil
Co-founder & CMO, Premier Lacrosse League, Professional Lacrosse Player
Paul Starobin
Journalist and Author, former Moscow Bureau Chief, Business Week
Peter Diamandis
Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Innovator, Philanthropist
Peter Girgius
Professor of Biology, Harvard University
Peter Kalvert
Singer/Songwriter/Music Educator; Founder & Director, Music Ascension
Peter Schwartz
Futurist
Phil Clay
Former Chancellor, MIT
Phil Sanderson
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Griffin
Phyllis C. Zee
Director, Centre for Circadian Sleep Medicine, NWU
Rachel Johnston
Conservation Genomics Scientist, Zoo New England
Ramesh Raskar
Associate Professor, MIT; Winner, 2016 Lemelson Prize (“Nobel for engineering”)
Randall Lane
Chief Content Officer & Managing Director, Forbes
Rebecca Love
President, SONSIEL; Clinical Innovation, OptimizeRx Corporation
Rebecca Xiong
Managing Director, Harvard Innovation Lab
Reed Sturtevant
General Partner, The Engine
Renee Gauthier
Comedian, Writer, & Producer
Rich Miner
Android Founder
Richard Kane
CEO, Verijet
Rob Reid
Science-Fiction Author
Rob Shugdinis
VP of Manufacturing and Sustainability / chemist, Modern Mill
Robert J. Waldinger
Director, Harvard Study of Adult Development; Director, MGH Center for Psychodynamic Therapy; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert Zellem
Exoplanet Astronomer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Techonology
Robin Chase
Founder, ZipCar
Rodney Brooks
Computer Scientist and Roboticist
Rohit Mittal
CEO, Stilt
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Change Management, Harvard Business School
Ross Newhouse
Folk musician
Royden Saah
International Program Coordinator, Island Conservation
Rudy Tanzi
Vice Chair of Neurology, Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, & Co-Director, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health; Co-Director, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND); Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Rusty Schweickart
Executive & NASA Apollo Astronaut
Ryan Phelan
Co-founder and Executive Director, Revive & Restore
Rylan Hamilton
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, 6 Rivers Systems
RĂ©becca Kleinberger
Voice Expert & Researcher, MIT McGovern Institute
Sam Tolkoff
CEO, NextDroid
Sameena Shah
Managing Director of AI Research, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Sandra Campos
CEO, Project Verte
Sandy Pentland
Professor, MIT Media Lab, Sloan Business School, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Sara Mae Berman
Winner of the first three Boston Marathons
Sarah Springer
Creative Producer & Director, TISSUE LLC
Satchin Panda
Professor of Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute
Sheryl Winarick
Immigration Lawyer, Explorer
Sheryl WuDunn
American business executive, writer, lecturer, and Pulitzer Prize winner
Shirley Mills
COO, Shoobx
Shriram Nene
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon; Founder, Pathfinder Health Sciences
Shriya Srinivasan
Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT; Biomedical Engineer; CEO, Project Prana
Simon Mainwaring
CEO, We First
Skylar Tibbits
Founder, MIT Self-Assembly Lab
Spencer Kympton
Managing Director, Blue Meridian Partners; Former Captain, U.S. Army, Blackhawk helicopter pilot
Spencer Schneider
Attorney, Former Member of Ultra Secret Cult for 23 Years, Author of “Manhattan Cult Story”
Stephanie Fox
COO, Thrasio
Stephen Coller
Advisor, Kanopy; Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Stephen Palumbi
Professor in Marine Sciences at Stanford University
Steve Feiner
Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
Steve Papa
Serial entrepreneur & investor, CEO of Parallel Wireless
Steve Smith
Technology Exec and NASA Astronaut
Steven Hassan
Director, Freedom of Mind Resource Center
Sudhanshu Mishra
Investment Team, Sequoia
Sunny Bates
Founder & CEO, Sunny Bates Associates
Tal Zaks
Chief Medical Officer, Moderna
Teasel Muir-Harmony
Curator of the Apollo Collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Terah Lyons
Policy Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Obama Administration; Founding Executive Director, The Partnership on AI
Terri Lyne Carrington
Jazz Drummer, Professor, Berklee College of Music
Tina Cassidy
CMO, WGBH
Tish Shute Leichliter
Director, Spatial Computing, Strategy & Technology Planning, Futurewei Technologies Inc.; Co-Founder of Augmented World Expo & Augmented Reality.org
Tom Caltabiano
Emmy Award-winning writer and stand-up comedian, 9 year writer & co-executive producer for Ray Romano’s Everybody Loves Raymond
Tom Grilk
CEO, BAA
Tom Gruber
Impact Advisor, Humanistic.AI
Tony Dugas
Principal, O'Keeffe Middle Schools, Madison, Wisconsin
Tulaine Montgomery
Co-CEO, New Profit
Ty Pinkins
Decorated Army Officer; Equal Justice Works Fellow, Mississippi Center For Justice; Founder & CEO, The Pyramid Project Youth Organization
Tyler Dewitt
YouTuber, Textbook Author, VR Education Strategist
Usman Riaz
Animator & Musician
Usman Riaz
Animator & Musician
Valerie Mosley
CEO, Valmo Ventures; Former Partner, SVP, & Portfolio Management and Investment Strategist, Wellington
Victoria Hayward
Athlete’s Unlimited Pro Softball Player, Team Canada Olympic Team
Vik Dewan
CEO at Philadelphia Zoo
Vik Parth
Research Affiliate, MIT; Head of Product, Digital SaaS, Arrow Electronics
Vinod Khosla
Venture Capitalist, Khosla Ventures
Wade Davis
Professor of Anthropology, BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk; Author; Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Will Staples
Screenwriter, Producer & Novelist