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Kandi Wiens, EdD is the Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Master’s in Medical Education Program and the Penn Health Professions Education Certificate Program. As a sought-after international speaker, Dr. Wiens is co-founder and chief research officer of Big Sky Leadership Labs, where she leads and conducts evidence-based research on executive performance, emotional intelligence, burnout, and resilience. Her work has been prominently featured in the Harvard Business Review and in several Harvard Business Review Press books. 
 
A Senior Fellow at Penn, Dr. Wiens is Academic Director of the PennCLO Master’s Program and teaches various graduate-level and executive-format courses. She has designed and delivered over 2,000 leadership development programs focused on helping leaders build and leverage their emotional and social intelligence to amplify their positive impact and protect themselves from burnout.
 
Dr. Wiens holds a doctorate from the Penn Chief Learning Officer executive doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon, and a B.S. in business administration from Montana State University.

ALEXANDRA O. HUDSON is passionate about how ideas and storytelling can
change people’s lives. A writer and popular speaker, she also is the founder ofCivic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedicated to beauty, goodness, and truth. She was named the 2020 Novak Journalism Fellow, and contributes to CBS News, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TIME Magazine, POLITICO Magazine, and Newsweek.
She earned a master's degree in public policy at the London School of Economics as a Rotary Scholar, and is an adjunct professor at the Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy. She is also the creator of a series for The Great Courses,Netflix for lifelong learners, called Storytelling and The Human Condition. Her bestselling book, “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves,” was published by St. Martin’s Press, and was selected as a “Must Read” book by The Next Big Idea Book Club. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband and two children.
https://alexandraohudson.com

Arun Gupta, CEO of NobleReach, is a venture capitalist, Lecturer at Stanford University for “Valley Meets Mission”, and Adjunct Entrepreneurship Professor and Senior Advisor to Provost at Georgetown University, and author of, “Venture Meets Mission”.
Arun is active in the emerging technology, entrepreneurship, public policy, and venture finance communities. He is passionate about inspiring students to pursue mission-oriented entrepreneurial careers.
At Stanford University, Arun serves on the Stanford in Washington (SIW) Advisory Board, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Advisory Council, and is a Faculty Lecturer teaching ” Valley Meets Mission: Purposeful Entrepreneurship with Government” at Stanford in Washington. The class highlights his venture capital and academic experience building successful mission-oriented ventures at the intersection of the government, mission, technology, and entrepreneurship.
As a Partner at Columbia Capital, Arun’s investment career spanned eighteen years including initiating the firm’s Cybersecurity and Government technology investments with a focus on National Security, AI, and SaaS/Cloud infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Columbia Capital in 2000, Arun was at Carlyle Venture Partners focused on software investments. 
Arun has lived in the Washington DC metropolitan area for over 40 years and has been actively involved in local community organizations focusing on coaching youth sports, inner city educational programs, and food insecurity programs for vulnerable communities. Arun has been happily married for 27+ years to Dr. Anjali Mehta Gupta and has three wonderful children. www.venturemeetsmission.comhttps://noblereachfoundation.org

Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. He is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. Robert is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness  www.robertwaldinger.com

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. His newest book is The Fisherman’s Path to Leadership: 224 Lessons from the Wisdom of Nature.
Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50 (2021). He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey. 
Having been named “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. 
He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. 
www.olegkonovalov.com

Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton are among today’s most influential voices in workplace trends. They have spent more than two decades helping clients build high-performance cultures. In their work, they provide solutions for leaders looking to enhance employee engagement, teamwork, and wellness. Their work is supported by research with more than 1 million working adults across the globe, revealing the proven secrets behind high performance cultures and teams.
 
They are founders of The Culture Works, a global consultancy, and authors of multiple award-winning #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestsellers such as All In, The Carrot Principle, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work. Their books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
 
They have been called “fascinating” by Fortune and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. They have appeared on NBC’s Today show, CNN, and CBS 60 Minutes and are quoted frequently in The Economist, Fast Company, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal.
Gostick & Elton are founding members of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches cohort; hosts of the podcast Anxiety at Work; and in 2023 both ranked in the top 10 Global Gurus in the categories of Leadership and Organizational Culture. www.adriangostick.com
www.chesterelton.com  www.thecultureworks.com