Hamdi Ulukaya was raised in a dairy-farming family in a small village in eastern Turkey. After moving to the U.S., he founded Chobani in 2005 with the mission of making high-quality food more accessible. Five years after selling the first cup of yogurt, Chobani was a billion-dollar brand and today, the #1 selling U.S. yogurt brand. In 2023, Chobani acquired leading coffee roaster La Colombe.

Ulukaya built Chobani on the foundation that it would do well by doing good. As part of this, he has been at the forefront of the movement to hire refugees, having discovered first-hand “the minute a refugee gets a job is the minute they stop being a refugee.” 

He founded the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent) in 2016 with the mission of mobilizing the world’s largest companies to connect refugees to jobs. Today, Tent is a network of 400+ businesses across the Americas and Europe that are committed to hiring refugees and helping them become job-ready.

Tom’s deep understanding of peak performance has allowed him to push beyond limits and set new records. With unmatched focus, discipline, and drive, Tom has built a legacy of sustained excellence.

As a seven-time Super Bowl champion, Tom is one of the most accomplished athletes of all time. His career includes 18 division titles and 10 Super Bowl appearances, earning him a place among the greatest competitors in sports history. He won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, holding the record for the most Super Bowl victories by a quarterback.

Beyond the field, Tom has built a legacy as an entrepreneur, broadcaster, author, and philanthropist. He is the lead color analyst for FOX Sports’ NFL coverage and is part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, Birmingham City FC, and the Las Vegas Aces, among many other ventures. Tom has also co-founded Autograph, developed a media business with Shadow Lion, and partnered with some of the biggest brands in the world, including Cisco, Verizon, and Delta.

Tom holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Johanna Sjöberg is CEO of TOTEME. Born and raised in Sweden, she played professional football for 10 years. A graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics, she honed her critical thinking in fashion and luxury management consulting, working in New York, London and Hong Kong. Most recently, she spent seven years at McKinsey & Company, where she led the Scandinavian apparel, fashion and luxury goods hub as associate partner in Sweden, and consulted international labels on strategy and expansion. She joined TOTEME in August 2019. Today, she oversees the strategy and execution of TOTEME’s global growth journey.

TOTEME is a fashion house rooted in Swedish sensibilities, modern aspirations and the notion of style. With an appreciation for women’s many roles and how pieces are worn in practice, we create emblematic designs with an emphasis on materiality and shape. Archetype pieces are examined through a female lens and realized with sumptuous fabrics, rich textures and graphic silhouettes. Representing a direct and decisive way of dressing, the collections are contextualized in curated edits, visuals and spaces.

TOTEME was founded in 2014 by Elin Kling and Karl Lindman. From the studio in Stockholm, we create collections spanning ready-to-wear, shoes, bags, accessories and jewelry.

Maria Veerasamy is the CEO of Svenskt Tenn, the iconic Swedish interior design company renowned for its distinctive interior philosophy and enduring commitment to quality craftsmanship. Since taking the helm in 2011, she has expanded the brand’s international reach and digital presence, with revenue more than doubling under her leadership.

A self-taught leader, Veerasamy began her career as a women’s tailor and once worked in the storied glassworks in Småland, Sweden. She sees herself as a guardian of threatened craft professions and brings this ethos into every aspect of her work. At Svenskt Tenn, she steers a legacy brand founded by Estrid Ericson and shaped in collaboration with designer Josef Frank, with the outspoken vision for the company to exist in perpetuity.

Owned by the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation since 1975, Svenskt Tenn is driven by a philosophy rooted in longevity, creativity, and sustainability — purposefully long-term in a fast-moving world.

Mark Hyman, MD has devoted his life to helping others discover optimal health and address the root causes of chronic disease through the power of Functional Medicine. Dr. Hyman is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine. He is a Co-founder and the Chief Medical Officer of Function Health, Founder and Director of The UltraWellness Center, Founder of Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and Board President for Clinical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Food Fix Campaign, dedicated to transforming our food and agriculture systems through policy.

Dr. Hyman is the host of one of the leading health podcasts, The Dr. Hyman Show, with 300+ million downloads and a fifteen-time New York Times best-selling author.  He is a regular medical contributor to several television shows and networks, including CBS This Morning, Today, Good Morning America, The View, Fox and CNN.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose films have impacted legislative change. Since 2001, she has made more than two dozen multi-award-winning films in over 16 countries around the world. In 2022, she infused her signature style and the verisimilitude she brings to her nonfiction projects to her narrative directorial debut for Marvel’s critically acclaimed series, “Ms. Marvel.” The New York Times included her episodes in its annual list of the best TV episodes, calling them “ingenious and surprisingly moving.”

More recently, it was announced that Obaid-Chinoy will direct a “Star Wars” feature starring Daisy Ridley. She will also direct Paramount’s “Brilliance,” based on the Marcus Sakey novel of the same name.

Obaid-Chinoy is also the recipient of four Emmy Awards, a Knight International Journalism Award, two Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards, a RFK Journalism Award and the Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the world and in 2013, the Canadian government awarded her a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work in the field of documentary films and the World Economic Forum honored her with a Crystal Award at their annual summit in Davos.

Rutger Bregman (1988) is a Dutch historian and bestselling author. His books Humankind: A Hopeful History (2020) and Utopia for Realists (2017) were both Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers, translated into 46 languages.

The Guardian described him as “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas,” while TED named him “one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers.” His TED Talk, “Poverty Isn’t a Lack of Character; It’s a Lack of Cash”, was selected by TED curator Chris Anderson as one of the top ten talks of 2017.

In spring 2025, Rutger will publish the English edition of his new book Moral Ambition. He argues that career choices, consisting of 2,000 workweeks, are among the most important decisions of our lives. Yet millions are stuck in pointless or harmful jobs. The antidote to this waste of talent? Moral ambition: the will to be among the best, but with different measures of success.

In 2024, Rutger co-founded The School for Moral Ambition, a nonprofit focused on helping people find impactful work.

Arthur Brooks is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. He is also a columnist at The Atlantic, where he writes the popular weekly “How to Build a Life” column.

Brooks is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, including Build the Life You Want in 2023, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, and From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.

Brooks is one of the world’s leading experts on the science of human happiness, appearing in the media and traveling the world to teach people in private companies, universities, public agencies, and faith communities how they can live happier lives and bring greater well-being to others.

Since making her debut in 2019, Gracie Abrams has emerged as one of the most compelling singer-songwriters of her generation, earning the highly coveted nomination for Best New Artist for the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Most recently, Gracie earned her second GRAMMY nod, this time for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards and made her Saturday Night Live debut as musical guest in December 2024. A consummate songwriter she penned her first song at age eight, then went on to amass a devoted following on the strength of her emotionally intimate lyrics. Gracie’s debut project minor arrived in summer 2020, and the seven-song effort features her beloved singles “21,” “I miss you, I’m sorry,” and “Long Sleeves.” In November 2021, Abrams returned with This Is What It Feels Like, a 12-track project followed and kicked off 2022 with her sold-out North American headline tour for This Is What It Feels Like. In 2023, Abrams released her highly anticipated debut album, Good Riddance, in February, followed by a North American headline tour that sold out in under one hour. Following her headlining tour, Gracie toured with Taylor Swift as the opening act on select dates of her blockbuster Eras Tour. She released her sophomore album, The Secret of Us, in June 2024 and it became her first ever #1 in the UK, Australia and the Netherlands and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 in the US. Her single “Close To You” had over 3 million streams on Spotify on its first day and earned Gracie her first solo debut on the Billboard Hot 100. Another standout track, “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” rose to a new peak of #11 on the US Spotify Chart. The Secret of Us Deluxe, released in October, featured four new tracks, including “That’s So True” which hit #1 on the US Spotify chart and has amassed more than 100 million streams. The song rose to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Gracie’s first Top 10 and also marked the first time she held the #1 spot in the UK for 5 consecutive weeks. This past fall, Gracie embarked on her sold-out headlining tour, The Secret of Us Tour and following the U.S. leg of her tour, Gracie rejoined Taylor for the second North American Leg of the Eras Tour as direct support. She continues The Secret of Us Tour in 2025 with her long-awaited Europe, Australia, and Asia stops. In addition to playing arenas across Europe and Australia, Gracie recently announced her first solo arena tour in North America, The Secret of Us Deluxe Tour, which will include iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and Kia Forum. Gracie was recently named a Chanel ambassador and starred in the brand’s Spring-Summer 2025 Pre-Collection campaign. 

Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults.

Mr. Stevenson has argued and won multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners who suffer from dementia and a landmark 2012 ruling that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. Mr. Stevenson and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 140 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced.

Mr. Stevenson has initiated major new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination efforts that challenge inequality in America. He led the creation of EJI’s highly acclaimed Legacy Sites, including the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. These new national landmark institutions chronicle the legacy of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation, and the connection to mass incarceration and contemporary issues of racial bias.

Mr. Stevenson’s work has won him numerous awards including the prestigious MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Prize; the ABA Medal, the American Bar Association’s highest honor; the National Medal of Liberty from the American Civil Liberties Union after he was nominated by United States Supreme Court Justice John Stevens; the Public Interest Lawyer of the Year by the National Association of Public Interest Lawyers; and the Olaf Palme Prize in Stockholm, Sweden for international human rights.