Leaders + Staff
Anousheh Ansari
CEO
David Babson, Ph.D
EVP, Climate & Energy
Michael Birnbach
Chief Financial Officer
Peter H. Diamandis, M.D.
Executive Chairman of the Board
Aneeta Akhurst
VP, Content & Community
Hossein Atoufi, Ph.D.
Technical Lead, XPRIZE Water Scarcity
Nikki Batchelor
Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Jason Bateman
VP, Community
Dr. Sara Beery
Assistant Professor, MIT
Max Bello
International Ocean Policy Expert, Mission Blue
Rhett Butler
CEO, Mongabay
Dr. Daphne Carlson
Head, Division of International Conservation, International Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Dr. Susan Cheyne
Co-Director, Borneo Nature Foundation International
Natalie Kyriacou OAM
Board Director, Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
Dr. Catherine Ball
Associate Professor, The Australian National University
Alina Daati
Founder, ConTech Africa
Dr. Carlos Nobre
Amazônia 4.0
Dr. Oris Sanjur
Deputy Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
IN MEMORIAM. Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University; United Nations Foundation; Board of Trustees - National Geographic Society
David Gadsden
Director of Conservation Solutions, Esri
Christin Khan
Fishery Biologist, NOAA
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder, Parley for the Oceans
Dr. Ezra Feilden
CTO, Starcloud, Inc.
Dr. Bethany Ehlmann
Professor of Planetary Science, Caltech
Dr. Tim Crain
Chief Growth Officer/Chief Technology Officer, Intuitive Machines
A.C. Charania
Former Chief Technologist, NASA
Rebecca Boyle
Author & Science Journalist
Dr. Mariel Borowitz
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech
Dr. Daniela Bezdan
Space Biotech Entrepreneur, University Tuebingen, dxOmics, GmbH, NASA Genelab Microbe AWG
Chris Beauregard
Planning and Analysis, United States Space Force
Dr. Nasr A. Al-Sahhaf
Chair, International Moon Day
Van Jones
Founder, Dream Machine Innovation Lab
Prashanth Irudayaraj
Managing Director, Swarm AI consulting
Ahmer Inam
Chief AI Officer, Relanto
Felecia Hatcher
CEO, Black Ambition Opportunity Inc.
Gordon Grant
Principal, ChiSquared Technologies
Kristina Francis
Chief Possibility Officer
Elyas Felfoul
Director, WISE, Qatar Foundation
Nooshin Esmaeili
Registered Architect | Member of Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) | SAPL Instructor, UCalgary | Board Member, ACSF
Mark Donovan
Founder & Executive Director, Denver Basic Income Project
Ana Carcani Rold
CEO & Founder, Diplomatic Courier & World in 2050
Alexander Nicholas, Ph.D.
EVP, Learning & Society
Dr. Jennifer Garrison
Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, University of Southern California
Dr. Peer Fischer
Professor & Director, Micro Nano and Molecular Systems Lab
Dr. Daniele Faccio
Professor of Quantum Technologies, University of Glasgow
Dr. Dorit Donoviel
Executive Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Dr. Thomas Clozel
CEO & Co-Founder, OWKIN
Dr. Dino Di Carlo
Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of California – Los Angeles
Shawna Butler
Nurse Economist, NextMed Health | SEE YOU NOW podcast
Dr. Rick Bright
Founder, Bright Global Health
Ashley Bennett
Health Scientist
Eliah Aronoff-Spencer
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Jamie Justice, Ph.D.
EVP, Health
Jean-Paul Mugrditchian
Business Development & Sales Manager, Technology Division, Setton Farms
Allison Lin
Global VP Packaging Sustainability and Chief Circularity Officer, Mars Inc.
David Katz
Founder & CEO, Plastic Bank
John Ikeda
Chief Mission Officer, Water Environment Federation
Dr. Sarah Garland
Founder and Executive Director, Triple Helix Institute
Dr. Evan Fraser
Director, Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph
Renaud des Rosiers
Director of Sustainability, Amy's Kitchen
Jill Conklin
Director and Strategic Officer, Food for Soul
Dianna Cohen
CEO + Co-Founder, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Ananya Chakravarti
Chemical Engineer and Biophysicist, Princeton University; Social Impact Fellow, XPRIZE
Dr. Ali Ahmadalipour
Research Scientist , Google
Lauren Greenlee, Ph.D.
EVP, Food, Water & Waste
Aneeta Akhurst
VP, Content & Community
Hossein Atoufi, Ph.D.
Technical Lead, XPRIZE Water Scarcity
Nikki Batchelor
Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Jason Bateman
VP, Community
Dr. Sara Beery
Assistant Professor, MIT
Max Bello
International Ocean Policy Expert, Mission Blue
Rhett Butler
CEO, Mongabay
Dr. Daphne Carlson
Head, Division of International Conservation, International Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Dr. Susan Cheyne
Co-Director, Borneo Nature Foundation International
Natalie Kyriacou OAM
Board Director, Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
Dr. Catherine Ball
Associate Professor, The Australian National University
Alina Daati
Founder, ConTech Africa
Dr. Carlos Nobre
Amazônia 4.0
Dr. Oris Sanjur
Deputy Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
IN MEMORIAM. Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University; United Nations Foundation; Board of Trustees - National Geographic Society
David Gadsden
Director of Conservation Solutions, Esri
Christin Khan
Fishery Biologist, NOAA
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder, Parley for the Oceans
Dr. Ezra Feilden
CTO, Starcloud, Inc.
Dr. Bethany Ehlmann
Professor of Planetary Science, Caltech
Dr. Tim Crain
Chief Growth Officer/Chief Technology Officer, Intuitive Machines
A.C. Charania
Former Chief Technologist, NASA
Rebecca Boyle
Author & Science Journalist
Dr. Mariel Borowitz
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech
Dr. Daniela Bezdan
Space Biotech Entrepreneur, University Tuebingen, dxOmics, GmbH, NASA Genelab Microbe AWG
Chris Beauregard
Planning and Analysis, United States Space Force
Dr. Nasr A. Al-Sahhaf
Chair, International Moon Day
Van Jones
Founder, Dream Machine Innovation Lab
Prashanth Irudayaraj
Managing Director, Swarm AI consulting
Ahmer Inam
Chief AI Officer, Relanto
Felecia Hatcher
CEO, Black Ambition Opportunity Inc.
Gordon Grant
Principal, ChiSquared Technologies
Kristina Francis
Chief Possibility Officer
Elyas Felfoul
Director, WISE, Qatar Foundation
Nooshin Esmaeili
Registered Architect | Member of Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) | SAPL Instructor, UCalgary | Board Member, ACSF
Mark Donovan
Founder & Executive Director, Denver Basic Income Project
Ana Carcani Rold
CEO & Founder, Diplomatic Courier & World in 2050
Alexander Nicholas, Ph.D.
EVP, Learning & Society
Dr. Jennifer Garrison
Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, University of Southern California
Dr. Peer Fischer
Professor & Director, Micro Nano and Molecular Systems Lab
Dr. Daniele Faccio
Professor of Quantum Technologies, University of Glasgow
Dr. Dorit Donoviel
Executive Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Dr. Thomas Clozel
CEO & Co-Founder, OWKIN
Dr. Dino Di Carlo
Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of California – Los Angeles
Shawna Butler
Nurse Economist, NextMed Health | SEE YOU NOW podcast
Dr. Rick Bright
Founder, Bright Global Health
Ashley Bennett
Health Scientist
Eliah Aronoff-Spencer
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Jamie Justice, Ph.D.
EVP, Health
Jean-Paul Mugrditchian
Business Development & Sales Manager, Technology Division, Setton Farms
Allison Lin
Global VP Packaging Sustainability and Chief Circularity Officer, Mars Inc.
David Katz
Founder & CEO, Plastic Bank
John Ikeda
Chief Mission Officer, Water Environment Federation
Dr. Sarah Garland
Founder and Executive Director, Triple Helix Institute
Dr. Evan Fraser
Director, Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph
Renaud des Rosiers
Director of Sustainability, Amy's Kitchen
Jill Conklin
Director and Strategic Officer, Food for Soul
Dianna Cohen
CEO + Co-Founder, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Ananya Chakravarti
Chemical Engineer and Biophysicist, Princeton University; Social Impact Fellow, XPRIZE
Dr. Ali Ahmadalipour
Research Scientist , Google
Lauren Greenlee, Ph.D.
EVP, Food, Water & Waste
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