Kevin Keaton
Kevin Keaton is the CIO & CISO and Founding Partner at Red Cell Partners. Prior to joining Red Cell, he began a Federal career in the US Army Signal Corp, followed by over 30 years with the National Security Agency, including as the first Chief of Innovation for the NSA, where he was responsible for […]
Vikram Karnani
Vikram joined Horizon in July 2014. Prior to joining Horizon, Vikram was with Fresenius Kabi, a global health care company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition, where he served as vice president of the therapeutics and cell therapy business, with a focus on sales, marketing and clinical implementation. […]
Juliana Olayinka
Juliana Olayinka is a broadcast journalist and communications consultant with over two decades of industry experience. She has contributed to output in the world’s leading newsrooms including Bloomberg, BBC, Thomson Reuters and ITN. Juliana is currently the anchor of a weekly business show, Channels Business Global. The show airs on Channels Television, a multi-award-winning 24-hour […]
The Hon. Robert C. O’Brien
Co-founder and chairman of American Global Strategies LLC. He was the 27th United States National Security Advisor from 2019 – 2021. O’Brien served as the President’s principal advisor all aspects of American foreign policy and national security affairs. O’Brien brought a renewed focus to defense and industrial base issues to the NSC. A long-time advocate […]
Dr. John Nkengasong
Dr. John N. Nkengasong is an Ambassador at Large and serves as the U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy. In this role, Dr. Nkengasong oversees the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief – PEPFAR; which is the largest commitment by any nation to address a […]
Dr. Julia Nesheiwat
Dr. Julia Nesheiwat brings over 20 years of leadership and expertise in international energy, national security, and environmental diplomacy as a former U.S. diplomat, White House official, thought leader, and U.S. Army veteran. She served in four presidential administrations to ensure a balanced energy policy that incorporates global energy security into domestic and foreign policy […]
Melanie Nakagawa
As Microsoft’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Melanie Nakagawa leads the company’s commitments to become carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste by 2030. She brings nearly two decades of experience at the nexus of policy, business, and technology, most recently serving as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the […]
Nicole Iseppi
Nicole Iseppi is the Director of Energy Innovation at the Bezos Earth Fund. Nicole was previously at ENGIE, a leading global energy company, for over 12 years where she was a Senior Executive Advisor and Managing Director for Operations & Performance for Global Transformation. Before ENGIE, Nicole was a Senior Advisor and Project Manager for […]
Igor Jablokov
Igor is the CEO and Founder of Pryon. Named an “Industry Luminary” by Speech Technology Magazine, he previously founded industry pioneer Yap, the world’s first high-accuracy, fully-automated cloud platform for voice recognition. After its products were deployed by dozens of enterprises, the company became Amazon’s first AI-related acquisition. The firm’s inventions then served as the […]
The Hon. Chavonda Jacobs-Young
Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young serves as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, and as USDA’s Chief Scientist. The REE mission area is comprised of more than 8,500 employees across five organizations including the Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and […]
Lisa Jacobson
Lisa Jacobson is the President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), a 65-member trade association representing the energy efficiency, natural gas, and renewable energy industries. Ms. Jacobson has over 20 years of experience advising federal and state policymakers on energy, tax, air quality, and climate change issues. She is a member of the […]