Jonah Berger

Jonah Berger is a Marketing Professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an internationally bestselling author, and a world-renowned expert on change management, influence, word of mouth, natural language processing, consumer behavior, and how products, ideas, and behaviors catch on.

He has published over 50 articles in top-tier academic journals, teaches Wharton’s most popular online course, and popular accounts of his work often appear in places like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Over a million copies of his books, Contagious, Invisible Influence, and The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind are in print in over 35 countries around the world.

Berger often keynotes major conferences and events like SXSW and Cannes Lions, advises various early-stage companies, and consults for organizations like Apple, Google, Nike, Amazon, GE, 3M, and The Gates Foundation.

Joseph Coughlin

Joseph F. Coughlin is founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab, the first multidisciplinary research program created to understand the behavior of the 45+ population, the role of technology and the opportunity for innovations to improve the quality of life of older adults and their families. His research focuses on how the convergence of baby boomer expectations and technology will shape the future of public policy and drive innovation across global industries. He has published his work in a variety of policy journals.

Coughlin is one of Fast Company magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business. (June 2009). The Wall Street Journal (February 2008) named him one of America’s 12 pioneers inventing the future of retirement and aging. A fellow of Switzerland’s World Demographic Association, Coughlin is currently contributing to a number of national and international initiatives examining the impact of demographic change on business strategy and public policy.

A frequent guest on news programs, Coughlin’s work has been featured in both print and on television — ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, News Asia, The Economist, Financial Times, The Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other media outlets throughout the world.

Austan Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee is the Robert P. Gwinn professor of Economics at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and one of the world’s leading experts on business, government and the economy.

Goolsbee previously served as chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and a member of the cabinet as well as the chief economist for the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (chaired by Paul Volcker). In addition, he served as a member of the Board of Education for the City of Chicago and eight years as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Goolsbee is a former Fulbright Scholar and Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and sits on the board of the Lumina Foundation. In 2009, he was voted “D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity”. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics from Yale University and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Christina Romer

Christina Romer is the Class of 1957—Garff B. Wilson professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also co-director of the Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

From January 2009 until September 2010, Professor Romer served as Chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. In that role, she helped formulate the response to the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession, and contributed to the development and passage of the President’s health reform legislation. She is a specialist in economic history and macroeconomics, and is best known for her work on the causes of the Great Depression and on the conduct and effects of macroeconomic policy. Her current research focuses on the impact of financial crises in advanced economies. Romer graduated from the College of William and Mary and received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the National Science Foundation “Presidential Young Investigator Award”, fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation, the “Distinguished Teaching Award” from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Council for Economic “Education Visionary Award."

Bryan W. Adams

Bryan co-founded Integrity in 2006, and his principled and visionary leadership has been instrumental in driving the company’s growth and success. Integrity serves the life, health and wealth protection needs of over 11 million people each year, with nearly $20 billion in new annual premium and $30 billion in assets under management and advisement.

A nationally recognized and respected innovator and thought leader, Bryan is passionate about helping American families plan for the good days ahead. He is also deeply committed to giving back to the communities Integrity serves and is proud to support local and national charities through the Integrity Foundation.

Ellen G. Cooper

Ellen G. Cooper is president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Financial Group. She serves as a director on the Lincoln National Corporation Board. She is also president and serves on the board of the principal insurance subsidiaries of Lincoln Financial Group. Prior to her current role, Cooper was executive vice president, chief investment officer, head of enterprise risk and annuity solutions at Lincoln. She joined the organization in 2012 and was instrumental in developing and executing on Lincoln’s general and separate account investment strategy, overseeing more than $300 billion in assets and managing the Corporation’s industry-leading hedge program. Before joining Lincoln, Cooper served as managing director and global head of insurance strategy for Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Earlier in her career, she was the chief risk officer for AEGON Americas. She also served as a principal at Ernst & Young LLP and in an insurance consulting role at Towers Perrin. Cooper currently serves on the board of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). She has also served on the board of the Lincoln Financial Foundation and as the chairperson of the Lincoln Variable Insurance Products (LVIP) Trust board. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Actuarial Science from Temple University, as well as CERA, CFA and FSA designations.

Gilles Dellaert

Gilles Dellaert is the Global Head of Blackstone Insurance Solutions (BIS). Prior to joining Blackstone in April 2020, Mr. Dellaert served as Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of Global Atlantic Financial Group. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in its Reinsurance Group which became Global Atlantic upon its separation in 2013. Prior to that he was with Goldman Sachs in its Credit Trading business and with JP Morgan. Mr. Dellaert holds a bachelor’s degree from Ghent University in Belgium.

Jennifer Fitzgerald

Jennifer Fitzgerald is the CEO and co-founder of PolicyGenius, the one-stop platform where customers can compare options from top insurance carriers, get unbiased expert advice, buy policies, and manage their insurance portfolio, in one seamless, integrated experience. Before starting PolicyGenius in 2014, she and her co-founder, Francois de Lame, were management consultants at McKinsey & Company. Jennifer was the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year New York and one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business. She has appeared on NPR’s How I Built This, shared insights in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and spoken at conferences such as the CB Insights Future of Fintech. Early in her career, she was a Peace Corps volunteer and did standup comedy. Jennifer is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Florida State University.