KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Chef, TV Host & Restaurateur Known for Chef & the Farmer & Lenoir; Host of PBS' "A Chef's Life" & "Somewhere South"; Author, "Deep Run Roots"

Bestselling Author, Senior Fellow at Duke University, Entrepreneur

Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Accountability Coach, Corporate Speaker & Trainer; Executive Coach with Novus Global

Former NFL Player; Founder of First Fruits Farm; Farmer & Philanthropist; Founder of Wisdom For Life Ministries

Social Entrepreneur; Growth Mindset & Women's Empowerment Speaker; Chief Creative Officer at Mic Drop Workshop; Founder of Headbands of Hope; Bestselling Author of "Chasing the Bright Side" & "Create Your Bright Ideas"

Artist , Fashion Designer & Professor; Contestant on Season 12 of "Project Runway"

Technology & Diversity Marketer; Mentor; Storyteller; Inclusion & Culture Practitioner

Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Record Executive, DJ & Rapper

Retired Professional Soccer Forward; Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist; Founding Member of the Women's United Soccer Association

Leadership Training Innovator

Business Trainer, Ziglar Certified Motivational Speaker

Former President of IBM & CEO of Red Hat

Former NASCAR Race Car Driver

Former Captain of the U.S. National Women's Soccer Team; Olympic Gold & Silver Medalist; Assistant Coach of Duke Women's Soccer Team

Actress & Model; Best Known for "Rizzoli & Isles" and "Law & Order"

Cultural Critic, Sociologist & Award-Winning Writer; Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Founder of Logic Grip, Department Head and Associate Professor of Art + Design at North Carolina State’s University

Conservative Politician, Political Commentator, Former Secretary of Education & "Drug Czar"

Grand Prize Winner of the First Google Global Science Fair, Cancer Researcher & Resident Physician, University of Chicago; Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Piper Learning Inc.