Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Dr. Rochelle Walensky is a renowned expert exploring the challenges and gifts of what it means for leaders, organizations, and the world to protect public health. Dr. Walensky was the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and served as the 19^th director of the CDC and the ninth administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Having received an M.D from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she also trained in internal medicine and earned an MPH in clinical effectiveness from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2001. In the earliest part of the pandemic, Dr. Walensky served on the front lines, taking care of patients, serving on the Massachusetts General Hospital incident management team, and conducting research on vaccine deliver and strategies to reach underserved communities. Dr. Walensky’s tenure at the CDC began on January 20th, 2021, when she led the nation - and the world - through unprecedented times, facing the largest density of infectious threats likely ever seen in this country.

Dr. Walensky has worked to improve HIV screening and care in South Africa, led health policy initiatives, and researched clinical trial design and evaluation in a variety of settings. She was chair of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council at the National Institutes of Health from 2014 to 2015. She has also been a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents and had been co-director of the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2011 before assuming the position of CDC Director. She is currently current Menschel Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Sought-after for her perspective on public health and crisis management, Dr. Walensky has spoken for groups including Boston University, Northeastern University, Bloomberg, Milken Institute, Aspen Ideas, and more.

Uniquely qualified to discuss the challenges and solutions in health and climate policy, William H. Frist, MD is a heart and lung transplant surgeon and former two-term Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007. He ascended to that position, the highest-ranking elected official in his party, after spending fewer years in Congress than anyone in history.

Today, Senator Frist is the Global Board Chair of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world’s largest conservation organization.  As chairman, he is committed to preserving the health of our planet, recognizing that population health is empirically linked to healthy ecosystems. He also is Founding Partner at Nashville’s Frist Cressey Ventures, and he has founded two “unicorn” companies ($1B valuation) that serve the healthcare needs of hundreds of thousands of patients across the United States. He is a respected national leader in business and venture capital. Two of his companies have been in the top three companies for the past two years on the INC5000 list of fastest growing companies in America. He also hosts the healthcare podcast A Second Opinion: Rethinking American Health and eponymous newsletter which discuss the latest in human health as it is influenced by nature, medical innovation, the changing climate, and public policy, and considers commonsense solutions that work in neighborhoods and on a global scale. 

He is actively engaged in the business as well as the medical, humanitarian, and philanthropic communities.

Known to millions as the “Medical Mythbuster,” Joel Bervell is a Ghanaian-American doctor and science communicator reshaping how the world talks about medicine, race, and equity. With over one million followers and 300 million views, Bervell is leading a movement that brings transparency, accountability, and humanity to healthcare. His work exposes the hidden biases that shape medical systems—and empowers audiences to challenge them.

A Peabody Award recipient and TIME100 Creator honoree, Bervell has become one of today’s most influential voices bridging medicine and media. He’s spoken for Google, Meta, Novartis, the Clinton Foundation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Congressional Black Caucus, and has served on advisory councils for the White House, WHO, and the Council for Responsible Social Media. Featured by The New York Times, NPR, and Good Morning America, his storytelling turns complex science into powerful, actionable insight.

As a speaker, Bervell brings intellect, warmth, and storytelling together to spark essential conversations about trust, inclusion, and innovation in healthcare and beyond.

A leading vaccine expert and viral immunologist, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is renowned for leading a team that developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record-breaking speed. Dr. Corbett’s patented technology is used in many vaccines around the world, including Modern, Pfizer, and Novavax.

“It was Kizzmekia’s previous work that led to what we knew about the coronavirus and prepared us for making that vaccine so rapidly,” noted renowned global vaccinologist, Dr. Barney Graham.

Dr. Corbett’s patent portfolio not only boasts COVID-19 vaccines, but also COVID-19 antibodies (developed by Eli Lilly and used globally during the pandemic), as well as next-generation COVID-19 and flu vaccines, which are currently in clinical trials. Her work over the past two decades has resulted in over 50 scientific publications and 100 invited speeches. With global media presence, she has shared insights into vaccine safety, pandemic preparedness, and public health for a range of leading publications, including Time, Oprah Daily, and USA Today, and she has participated in television interviews for major news networks, such as MSNBC, CNN, CBS, and PBS. For her outstanding contributions to the fight against COVID-19, Dr. Corbett was named one of Time’s 100 Heroes of the Year in 2021, and a 2021 Bostonian of the Year by the Boston Globe. She has also received several international awards for her research, including the Hans Sigrist Prize, the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, the Sabin Vaccine Institute Rising Star Award, the Salzman Memorial Award in Virology, and numerous honorary doctorates from leading universities.

Dr. Corbett is currently a professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Her lab focuses on using virology and immunology to inform vaccine and therapeutics development for viruses that have pandemic potential, such as coronaviruses and bird flu.

Outside of the lab, Dr. Corbett engages with the community towards the goal of health equity and vaccine education. Passionate about igniting the youths’ interest in science, Dr. Corbett invests much of her time mentoring and advocating for STEM education. Her advice for aspiring scientists? “Own your dreams.” 

55^th Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is described as a man exuding “true American grit.” Prior to his election to Congress, McCarthy served as the fastest rising Minority Leader in the California State Legislature. In Congress, he held nearly every elected leadership position in the House Republican conference and served under four Presidents, during two economic crises, and through consistent political upheaval while always maintaining his approach to governing as a Happy Warrior. After his election to Speaker, McCarthy went on to secure $2T in deficit reduction. McCarthy’s decade and a half at the pinnacle of U.S. government has imbued him with powerful insights into politics, leadership, and values.

Throughout his career, McCarthy fought for a more effective, efficient, and accountable federal government. McCarthy’s invaluable perspective as a Washington insider, as well as his sharp insights and analysis, make him the ideal voice on the future of the U.S.

Glenn Youngkin served as the 74th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 2020, Governor Youngkin took a bold step and left his role as Co-CEO of one of the largest investments firms in the world, The Carlyle Group, to win the 2021 historic race in Virginia and ignite the Great Virginia Renaissance during his term-limited four years as Governor. Business investment soared to $157 billion - more than the previous six governors combined. His pro-growth policies spurred record job growth with over 270,000 more Virginians working. With over 200,000 open and available jobs and 85,000 more jobs on the way, he drove unprecedented business investment in the Commonwealth.

As America's Education Governor, Youngkin delivered record education investment, lead in recovering learning loss after the pandemic, set a national standard for bell-to-bell cellphone-free education, expanded choice, and put parents at the head of the table. Governor Youngkin’s Back-the-Blue pro law enforcement policies led to a 30% reduction in the murder rate and a nationally leading 60% reduction in fentanyl overdoses. Governor Youngkin brought a business mindset to government - reducing wait times at the DMV from 35 minutes to 6 minutes, transforming the behavioral health system and delivering $10 billion in budget surpluses. Governor Youngkin's commonsense conservative leadership delivered on his frequent refrain that "results matter."

Jack Lew is a distinguished attorney, diplomat, and policymaker with a remarkable career spanning both public service and the private sector. As the 76th Secretary of the Treasury (2013–2017) and United States Ambassador to Israel, Lew played a pivotal role in shaping global economic policy and U.S. foreign relations. He also served as White House Chief of Staff (2012–2013) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under both the Clinton and Obama administrations.

Lew’s extensive experience extends beyond government service. Prior to 2010, Lew served as managing director and chief operating officer for two different Citigroup business units. Lew was tapped by Citigroup for his work as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of New York​ University, where he was responsible for budget, finance, and operations, and served as a professor of public administration. From 2004 through 2008, Lew served on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service and chaired its Management, Administration, and Governance Committee. As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1993 to 1994, Mr. Lew helped design Americorps, the national service program.

Lew began his career in Washington in 1973 as a legislative aide. From 1979 to 1987, he was a principal domestic policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr, when he served the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee as Assistant Director and then Executive Director. He was the Speaker's liaison to the Greenspan Commission, which negotiated a bipartisan solution to extend the solvency of Social Security in 1983, and he was responsible for domestic and economic issues, including Medicare, budget, tax, trade, appropriations, and energy issues. With deep expertise in public finance, policy, and international relations, Lew offers invaluable insights into leadership, economic strategy, and governance, making him an ideal speaker for audiences seeking perspectives on global economics and public service.

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner has spent his political career working towards a smaller, less costly, and more accountable federal government. He took the gavel as Speaker of the House following a historic election in which Congressional Republicans, under Speaker Boehner’s leadership, picked up 63 seats in the U.S. House. Speaker Boehner represented the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio in the U.S. House for over two decades, serving as Chairman of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, House Minority Leader, and House Majority Leader during his tenure. Boehner led the government through many pivotal historical moments, giving him a holistic view of politics, leadership, and decision-making.

For insight into what is happening behind closed doors in the current political landscape, turn to Speaker Boehner's firsthand perspective. His book, On the House: A Washington Memoir, recalls Boehner’s five years as Speaker of the House. Hosts such as Stanford University, Edison Electric Institute, the National Restaurant Association Public Affairs Conference, BMO Financial Group have sought his expert remarks.

12th President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim is a global visionary devoted to improving the lives of people in developing countries and championing the cause of global health. Renowned for his pioneering approaches to tackling global health issues, education, and economic development at the World Bank, Kim re-defined the institution's work amplifying the voices of the world's poor, vowing to end extreme poverty by 2030.

Before his time at the World Bank, Kim served as President of Dartmouth College – becoming the first Asian-American president of an Ivy League institution – and as Executive Director and co-founder of the internationally renowned non-profit medical organization Partners In Health (PIH). At PIH, Kim helped launch a movement that changed global health forever, tackling some of the world's most difficult health problems, and proving experts wrong in what medical treatments and results are possible in communities of extreme poverty. Kim's work at PIH has now been replicated in 40+ countries and is chronicled in the award-winning documentary Bending the Arc and bestselling book Mountains Beyond Mountains. Kim also served as Chief of the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department. At WHO Kim led the groundbreaking "3 by 5" initiative, the first-ever global goal for AIDS treatment.

Sought-out to speak everywhere from TED to the World Economic Forum, Kim's ideas and efforts have changed the way the world thinks about global development. A physician and anthropologist, he is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and has been recognized as one of America's "25 Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report, named to TIME's "100 Most Influential People in the World," and listed to Forbes' "World's Most Powerful People." Kim inspires people to change the world and provides eye-opening and empowering insights on just how we can do it. 

Practicing family physician and bestselling author Mark Hyman, MD is an internationally recognized leader in Functional Medicine. He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, founder of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, and Board Member at The Institute for Functional Medicine. A 16-time New York Times bestselling author, his books include The Pegan Diet, Food Fix, and Young Forever, an instant #1 NYT bestseller. In 2025, Dr. Hyman was named to TIME’s 100 most influential people in health. Through his writing and sought-after talks, he offers a practical, science-backed guide to building lifelong health.

Dr. Hyman is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Function Health, founder and chairman of the Food Fix Campaign, and host of The Dr. Hyman Show, one of the leading health podcasts with more than 300 million downloads. He has testified before the Senate on health care reform, advised the U.S. Surgeon General on diabetes prevention, and participated in the White House Forum on Prevention and Wellness. As a speaker, Dr. Hyman addresses food as medicine, health system disruption, and the impact of emerging technologies like AI, motivating audiences to turn knowledge into lasting change.

Dr. Francis S. Collins is a physician–scientist whose career has been defined by a commitment to human dignity, ethical leadership, and service. As Director of the National Institutes of Health from 2009 to 2021, he helped guide the nation’s biomedical research enterprise through moments of profound uncertainty, advising three U.S. presidents while keeping public trust and human impact at the center of decision-making.

Collins is best known for leading the Human Genome Project, a global effort that transformed medicine by unlocking the genetic foundations of disease. Yet his legacy extends far beyond scientific achievement. Throughout his career, he has focused on how discovery translates into care, equity, and real-world benefit for people and communities.

At the NIH, Collins built broad coalitions to advance initiatives that prioritized lives over politics, including major efforts in cancer research, neuroscience, precision medicine, and pandemic response. He championed research designed to serve diverse populations, expanded global health partnerships, and supported interdisciplinary approaches to healing that recognize the whole person, not just the disease. In 2026, he was recipient of the National Academy of Sciences’ Public Welfare Medal, recognizing extraordinary scientific leadership in service of public health and society.

As a speaker, Collins delivers both intellectual rigor and moral clarity. He speaks candidly about leading with compassion under pressure, making decisions that affect millions, and sustaining trust in an era of polarization and misinformation. Audiences connect with his humility, warmth, and belief that science, at its best, is an act of service.

His talks resonate with leaders across healthcare, business, policy, and philanthropy who are seeking to lead responsibly, communicate honestly, and keep humanity at the center of innovation.

Iconic campaign strategist Karl Rove is one of the most sought-after political pundits of our time, widely respected for his robust knowledge of major political issues. Rove served as Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush overseeing the Offices of Political Affairs, Public Liaison, Intergovernmental Relations, Strategic Initiatives and as Deputy Chief, the White House Policy process. Before the White House, he ran Rove + Co., a public affairs firm that consulted on over 75 GOP campaigns for Senator, Governor, Congress, and statewide office. Rove writes a weekly op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, appears frequently on Fox News, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Courage and Consequence and The Triumph of William McKinley. Conservative editor and columnist Fred Barnes called him “the greatest political mind of his and probably of any generation.”

From major international conferences and association meetings to college campuses and corporate events, Rove's shrewd analysis resonates with audiences. Diverse organizations including the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Sinai Health System, Cigna, Yahoo!, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, and more have sought out Rove as a speaker. Sponsors hosting Rove have reported his remarks "were extremely insightful and very helpful to our industry leaders"(Edison Electric Institute) and "provocative, lively and thoughtful" (Nomura) with audiences" often erupting in applause" (Wabash College) and for presentations praised as "one of the highest-rated" (The TriZetto Group).