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Bill Clinton

Founder, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States

William Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. In 1978 Clinton became the youngest Governor in the country when he was elected in Arkansas. Elected U.S. President in 1992 and reelected in 1996, he oversaw the country’s longest peacetime economic expansion.

Since leaving office, President Clinton has dedicated his time to leading the development of global initiatives through the Clinton Foundation, which includes The Clinton Global Initiative, which garners the expertise of leaders from around the world to address global issues.

Kate Gilmore

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Kate Gilmore was appointed United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights on 1st December 2015.
She brings to the position diverse and longstanding experience in strategic leadership and human rights advocacy with the United Nations, government and non-government organizations.

Prior to joining OHCHR, Ms. Gilmore was Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director for Programmes with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Previously she was National Director of Amnesty International Australia and then Executive Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International.

Ms. Gilmore started her career as a social worker and government policy officer in Australia. She helped establish Australia’s first Centre Against Sexual Assault at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital and her work over a number of years focused on prevention of violence against women. In Australia, she was granted honorary appointments to provincial and national public policy and law reform processes, including membership of the country’s first National Committee on Violence Against Women.

Ms. Gilmore holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New England and postgraduate degrees in Social Work from the University of Melbourne and Community Development from RMIT.

Irwin Redlener

MD, Director of National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) at the Earth Institute of Columbia University.

Irwin Redlener, MD directs the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) at the Earth Institute of Columbia University. He is a professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and a Professor of Pediatrics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. NCDP is an academic think tank devoted to research, practice and policies related to large-scale disasters in all phases from prevention and mitigation to response and recovery. His areas of special expertise include system readiness, citizen preparedness, special population challenges, large-scale evacuation planning and disaster recovery.

In 2013, Dr. Redlener was appointed by New York Mayor Bill deBlasio as a special adviser on emergency planning and response. He was also appointed by then Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, as a founding member of the Congressional and White House designated National Commission on Children and Disasters. He has been an adviser on disaster and resiliency related issues to the White House, members of Congress and to Secretary Hillary Clinton’s senatorial and presidential campaigns. He is the author of “Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now” (Alfred Knopff), and his latest book, published by Columbia University Press, is entitled, “The Future of Us: What the dreams of children mean for 21st century America.” In addition to numerous disaster related research articles and op-eds.

Dr. Redlener has led disaster relief efforts and research initiatives following major disasters, natural and manmade, including Hurricane Andrew in South Florida, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the Gulf oil spill, Superstorm Sandy and others. He was director of grants and medical director for USA for Africa, working in Sub-Saharan Africa and has taught medical students in rural Honduras. He has also spoken extensively on the current global refugee crisis. Dr. Redlener is co-founder and president of the Children’s Health Fund, a national 501-c-3 organization providing healthcare to medically underserved children in 25 disadvantaged urban and rural communities in the U.S.

Deborah Dugan

Chief Executive Officer, (RED)

Deborah Dugan is (RED)’s CEO, the AIDS organization founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to engage the world’s most iconic brands in the AIDS fight. (RED) partners include Apple, Beats by Dre, The Coca-Cola Company, Starbucks, Bank of America, Salesforce and Latin America’s Claro and Telcel among many others. (RED) has raised over $500 million for the Global Fund and impacted the lives of 110 million people.

One of (RED)’s intentions is to inspire the most creative people in the world to work for the world’s poorest. Under Deborah’s leadership, (RED) provides innovative and creative ways for people to engage in philanthropy. All by tapping into peoples’ passions–from the (RED) SHOPATHON on Jimmy Kimmel Live to Amazon, celebrity experiences, and EAT (RED). (RED) continuously launches digital and innovation firsts showing how technology can be used to disrupt philanthropy. (RED) has a digital army of over 6 million.

Prior to (RED), Deborah was President of Disney Publishing Worldwide, a $2 billion retail division of the Walt Disney Company. Deborah also served as Senior Advisor to the Tribeca Enterprises Board and is Co-Chair of The Moth, an award-winning storytelling organization. Previously, she spent eight years as Executive Vice President at EMI/Capitol Records, and began her career as a mergers and acquisition attorney on Wall Street.

Deborah has been recognized as “100 Most Powerful Women” in the Forbes ‘Social Entrepreneurism’ issue and Elle’s “Top Women To Help Change the World”. Deb has received PTTOW’s “Nelson Mandela’s Change-makers Award”, she is a Tribeca Disruptor Awards Fellow, and a Legacy Lab Honors’ “Re-founders of the Year.”

Deborah is a regular speaker on innovation in philanthropy, on the role of the private sector in driving social impact and on the importance of living a life of value. Recent speaking engagements include Salesforce’s Dreamforce Keynote, PTTOW’s Worldz, Interbrand’s Global Brands, Columbia University’s Social Enterprise Conference, NYU Social Innovation Summit, Boston University School of Public Health, Dean’s Lecturer “How to Change the World” and the “Square Campus Tour” on entrepreneurship and philanthropy with Jack Dorsey. Most recently, Deborah has given keynote talks on ‘Mindful Leadership’ and amplifying compassion. Deborah is also a regular writing contributor to Forbes and Huffington Post.

Grace Kim

Design and Research Lead at Twitter

Grace Kim is the design and research lead at Twitter and leads its consumer and business-facing product design and research efforts. Prior to joining Twitter in 2011, Grace was a principal research manager at Adobe Systems where she spent nine years overseeing research teams in both user experience and marketing. Grace was a founding member of the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom team and regularly partnered with Adobe’s entrepreneurs in residence to identify promising new business opportunities. Early in her career, Grace spent several years at Sapient conducting international research for numerous global brands. Grace holds a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and a masters degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow.

Jim Zemlin

Executive Director, The Linux Foundation

Jim Zemlin’s career spans three of the largest technology trends to rise over the last decade: mobile computing, cloud computing, and open source software. Today, as executive director of The Linux Foundation, he uses this experience to accelerate innovation in technology through the use of open source and Linux.

At The Linux Foundation, Jim works with the world’s largest technology companies, including IBM, Intel, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others to help define the future of computing on the server, in the cloud, and on a variety of mobile computing devices. His work at the vendor-neutral Linux Foundation gives him a unique and aggregate perspective on the global technology industry.

Jim has been recognized for his insights on the changing economics of the technology industry, and he is a regular keynote speaker at industry events. He advises a variety of startups, including Splashtop, and sits on the boards of the Global Economic Symposium, Open Source For America, and Chinese Open Source Promotion Union.