Hariri
The founder and CEO of Celgene Cellular Therapeutics, Dr. Hariri pioneered the use of human stem cells to treat a range of life threatening diseases.
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O’Reilly
Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. Over the years, Tim has built a culture where sustainable innovation is a key tenet of business philosophy.
Abrahams
Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of the Annals of Improbable Research magazine and the creator of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, which honors scientific achievements that “first make people laugh, and then make them think”.
Vialet
Jill Vialet founded the national non-profit Playworks to promote safe, inclusive play and physical activity in U.S. elementary schools, transforming recess into a tool for youth development and improved learning.
Iliff
Neuroscientist Jeff Iliff’s research follows two main paths. The first is the exploration of how the brain’s support cells, called glia, contribute to maintaining the proper environment for neuronal function and how their failure in conditions like vascular dementia, stroke, and traumatic brain injury leads to neurodegeneration. The second seeks to define the basic cellular mechanisms by which brain blood flow is coordinated up and down the vascular tree.
Jarvis
Debra Jarvis uses humor and compassionate conversation, drawn from her experience as a hospital and hospice chaplain, to help people talk openly about serious illness and death.
Conservatory of Music
The Washington Conservatory of Music is a nationally accredited community music school in Bethesda, MD and Glen Echo Park, founded in 1984 to serve the Greater DC area. At WCM, children and adults, without audition, study with performing artist faculty. Individual lessons are the cornerstone of WCM, along with Early Childhood, Jazz, Classical, Folk, Irish classes and an amateur adult orchestra.
Brothers
The Manzari Brothers, John and Leo, are performers who rocketed to overnight national stardom in 2010. Then ages 17 and 15, respectively, they co-starred with tap-dance legend Maurice Hines in “Sophisticated Ladies” at the Lincoln Theater in Washington D.C.
Austin
Sue Austin is a multimedia, performance and installation artist with a socially engaged practice. As Artistic Director and Co founder of Freewheeling she “recognises the power of starting at the ‘personal’ and finding archetypal, numinous images that ‘communicate’ through connecting with universality of human experience.”
Okun
Sally Okun is the Vice President for Advocacy, Policy and Patient Safety at PatientsLikeMe in Cambridge, MA. She is responsible for the company’s patient advocacy initiatives; she participates and contributes to health policy discussions at the national and global level; and she is the company’s liaison with government and regulatory agencies.