Speakers:
All Years
2011
Jody Adams
Chef
James Beard award-winning chef and owner of Rialto restaurant, regarded for her creative cuisine as well as her support of local farmers, her charitable work, and business acumen
2011
Marjorie Agosín
Poet and Activist
Author, poet and Professor of Latin American literature and Spanish at Wellesley College, and spokesperson for the plight and priorities of Latin American women
2011
James Anderson
Climate Change Scientist
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Harvard University, focused on the mechanisms that control climate change and experimental approaches for testing predictions of global-scale change in climate system
2011
Nathan Ball
Inventor and Entrepreneur
Inventor, entrepreneur, athlete, musician, TV host, and co-founder of Atlas Devices, a lifesaving equipment company that makes a powered rope ascender – a real-life version of Batman’s grappling setup
2011
Daryl Collins
Financial Strategist and Author
Coauthor of Portfolios of the Poor and director at Bankable Frontier Associates, a niche consulting practice in Boston, Collins is leading research efforts to build on an expertise in the demand-side dynamics of development finance.
2011
Chico Colvard
Filmmaker
After pursuing a career in theatre arts, filmmaker Chico Colvard received his J.D. from Boston College Law School and now teaches race, law and media-related courses at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is a former Filmmaker-in-Residence at WGBH, a member of the Producer's Lab at Firelight Media and Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow.
2011
Claudius Conrad
Surgeon and Musician
Director of Music in Medicine of the Department of Surgery and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, concert pianist, and an advocate for the scientific use of music to aid patients and physicians.
2011
Elliot Davis
Museum Curator
John Moors Cabot Chair of the Art of the Americas Department at the Museum of Fine Arts; spearheaded the planning and installation of the museum’s new wing which offers a broader definition of “American” art by including more than 5,000 works from North, Central, and South America.
2011
Joan Fitzgerald
Urban Policy Expert
Director of the Law, Policy, and Society Program at Northeastern University, author of the recently-released book Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development , and one of the country’s leading authorities on environmentally effective urban policies
2011
Eric Giler
Entrepreneur
CEO of WiTricity, serial entrepreneur in telecommunications fields, and author of multiple patents, currently working to commercialize the recently developed technology enabling wireless electricity