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"My husband, Muhammad Ali, lived his life connecting with people across cultures and countries with curiosity, kindness and compassion. As Muhammad demonstrated throughout his life, creating a kinder world does start with us."
Lonnie Ali
Founder, Muhammad Ali Enterprises
"I'm excited about the potential for Starts With Us to help people develop greater humility, curiosity, empathy, and mental flexibility."
Adam Grant
Psychologist & Bestselling Author
"If we are to achieve a future of longer tables where there's room for everyone to be part of building solutions, it will be thanks to efforts like Starts With Us."
José Andrés
Chef & Owner, ThinkFoodGroup; Founder, World Central Kitchen
"Curiosity is the antidote to contempt. And just like contempt, it can be cultivated, on purpose, in a million ways, in every medium. We just need to get to work."
Amanda Ripley
Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author
"I noticed opportunities for improvement in my life and hope Starts With Us can become a community for anyone looking to create change in theirs."
Daniel Lubetzky
Founder, KIND Snacks
Aaron Webman
Founding Team & Head of Business Development, Ender
Abraham (Abe) Foxman
National Director Emeritus, ADL
Adam Grant
Psycologist & Bestselling Author
Adam Sher
President, ITV America
Akiko Cooks
Community Organizer & Co-Founder, #1865 No Racism in Schools
Alan Alda
Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, & Advocate for Science Communication
Alan Fleischmann
Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Laurel Strategies
Alex Kruglov
Co-Founder & CEO, pop.in
Alice Marie Johnson
CEO, Taking Action for Good; Criminal Justice Reform Advocate; & Author
Alison Goldsworthy
Founder & CEO, The Depolarization Project; & Author, Poles Apart
Allan Mutchnik
President, Harbor Freight Tools
Amanda Ripley
Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author
Anastasia Williams
Founder & CEO, TheAList
Andrew Yang
Former Presidential Candidate & Founder, Forward
Andy Hanauer
President & CEO, One America Movement
Ann Sarnoff
Former Chair & CEO, Warner Bros & Warner Media Studios & Networks Group
Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Historian & Writer, The Atlantic
April Lawson
Managing Director of Debates, Braver Angels
Ariana Pekary
Social Entrepreneur & Public Editor, Columbia Journalism Project
Ariel Burger
Founder & Senior Scholar, The Witness Institute
Arthur Brooks
Leadership Professor, Harvard; Social Scientist; Bestselling Author; & Columnist, The Atlantic
Aurelian Craitu
Political Science Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
Barbara Corcoran
Founder, The Corcoran Group; & Star, ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank
Barry Kramer
Partner Emeritus, Fenwick & West; & Entrepreneur
Barry Poznick
President, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Unscripted Television & Orion Scripted Television
Bobbi Brown
Makeup Artist & Entrepreneur
Brandon Farbstein
Motivational Speaker & Gen Z Activist
Brian Hooks
CEO, Stand Together
Caleb Hyun
Founder & CEO, Balanced Media
Caroline Klibanoff
Executive Director, Made By Us, Smithsonian Institution
Caroline Mehl
Co-Founder & Executive Director, OpenMind
Chandler Tuttle
Co-Founder & CEO, Freethink
Charles Bronfman
Chairman, CRB Family Foundation
Chris Volpe
Executive Director & Founding Board Member, ScienceCounts
Clara Tsao
Co-Founding Officer, Filecoin Foundation & Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
Corey Lewis
CEO, 1AND1
Cynthia Marshall
CEO, Dallas Mavericks
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Award-Winning Author & Scholar of Extremism & Radicalization, American University
Daisy Khan
Founder & Executive Director, WISE Leaders
Daniel Lubetzky
Founder, KIND Snacks
Daniel Stid
Executive Director, Lyceum Labs
David Eilenberg
Head of Originals, Roku
David Einhorn
President, Greenlight Capital; & Founder, Einhorn Collaborative
David Kamenetzky
Food & Tech Investor
David McCullough
CEO, American Exchange Project
Daymond John
Founder & CEO, FUBU; New York Times Bestselling Author; Star of ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank; & Founder & CEO, The Shark Group
Deb Roy
Professor & Director, MIT Center for Constructive Communication; Co-Founder & CEO, Cortico
Deke Copenhaver
Principal, Copenhaver Consulting
Deron Triff
Co-Founder, WaitWhat
Dhani Jones
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, NFL Linebacker, Author, Host, & Explorer
Dolores Morton
CEO, Step Up
Dominic Packer
Psychology Professor, Lehigh University; & Co-Author, The Power of Us
Dov Baron
Leadership Expert, Inc. Top 100 Leadership Speaker
Dr. Bernice King
CEO, King Center; Human Rights Leader; & Social Change Advocate
Eboo Patel
Founder & President, Interfaith America
Ed Latimore
Writer, Retired Boxer, & Self-Improvement Enthusiast
Elisa Vilaneuva Beard
CEO, Teach For America
Eric Liu
Co-Founder & CEO, Citizen University
Erskine Bowles
President Emeritus, UNC
Farah Pandith
Author of How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat
Fred Dust
Founder, Making Conversations LLC
Fred Zeidman
Chairman Emeritus, Gordian Group
Garry Kasparov
Former World Chess Champion & Chairman, Renew Democracy Initiative
Gary Lauder
Co-Founder, Laura & Gary Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund
George Atallah
Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs, NFL Players Association
Hank Fortener
Speaker, Entrepreneur, & Activist
Hilary Preston
Vice Chair, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Holly Jacobs
Executive Vice President, US Alternative & Syndication Programming, Sony Pictures Television (SPT)
Humera Khan
President & Co-Founder, Muflehun
Isaac Lee
Executive Chairman, EXILE Content
Jacob Weisberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Pushkin Industries
Jamie Siminoff
Chief Inventor & Founder, Ring
Jamil Zaki
Director, Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory
Jane Greenfield
Principal, Vanguard Institutional Investor Group
Jason Alexander
Actor, Writer, Composer, Director, & Producer
Jason Marsh
Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief, Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Jay Van Bavel
Psychology Professor, NYU; & Co-Author, The Power of Us
Jeff Orlowski
Founder & Filmmaker, Exposure Labs — Chasing Ice / Chasing Coral / The Social Dilemma
Jenna Arnold
Entrepreneur; Author; Co-Founder, Organize; & National Organizer, Women’s March On Washington
Jesus Mantas
Global Managing Partner, IBM; & Independent Director, Biogen
Jim Whitehurst
Former President, IBM
Joan Blades
Co-Founder, LivingRoomConversations.org
Joe Lonsdale
Founding Partner, 8VC; & Co-Founder, Palantir
Joel Fields
Writer & Producer
Joel Kellman
Attorney & Venture Capitalist
John (Jack) Brennan
Chairman Emeritus & Senior Advisor, Vanguard
John Delaney
Entrepreneur, CEO, & Public Servant
John Maxwell
Bestselling Author, Speaker, Coach, & Leadership Expert
John Wood Jr.
National Ambassador, Braver Angels; Opinion Columnist, USA Today
Jon Adam Ross
Managing Director & Co-Founding Artist, Inheritance Theater Project
Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO & National Director, ADL
Jonathan Haidt
Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern
Jonathan Saad
President, Danly Properties
Jose Andres
Chef & Owner, ThinkFoodGroup; & Founder, World Central Kitchen
Josh Thomas
Executive Director, Seeds of Peace
Julia Minson
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
June Cohen
Co-Founder & CEO, WaitWhat
Karith Foster
CEO & Creator, Inversity Solutions, L.L.C.
The Honorable Karl Rove
Senior Advisor & Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush
Kate Glantz
Social Entrepreneur
Kathryn Murdoch
Co-Founder & President, Quadrivium Foundation
Keith Grossman
CEO, Enterprise, Moon Pay; & Former CEO, Time
Kelvin Beachum
NFL Athlete, Arizona Cardinals
Ken DeAngelis
Co-Founder & General Partner, Austin Ventures
Kerry Sulkowics
Founder & Managing Principal, Boswell Group
Kevin Schmiegel
Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret.); CEO & Founder of ZeroMils
Kiera Peltz
CEO, The Coding School
Kmele Foster
Co-Founder & Executive Producer, FreeThink
Krista Tippett
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The On Being Project
Kristin Frank
Media & Data Expert; CEO, AdPredictive; Past COO, MTV; Director, BCOV & GAIA
Laura Lauder
Co-Founder, Laura & Gary Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund
Laura Lindenfeld
Dean, School of Communication & Journalism, Stony Brook University
Laura Schmiegel
SVP of Strategic Partnerships, Orion Talent
Lauren McCann
Founder & CEO, CALLIOPE
Layla Zaidane
President & CEO, Millennial Action Project
Leon Ford
Survivor of Police Brutality, Activist, Writer, Entrepreneur, & Change-Maker
Lester Crown
Chairman Emeritus, Henry Crown & Company
Lisa Oz
Radio Personality, Bestselling Author, & Actress
Lonnie Ali
Founder, Muhammad Ali Enterprises
Lori Greiner
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Producer, National Best Selling Author, Humanitarian, & Star of ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank
Luis Miranda
Political Strategist & Philanthropist
Lydia Winkler
Co-Founder & COO, RentCheck; Founder, REEPNow
Madeline Levine
Co-Founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education; New York Times Bestselling Author
Manu Meel
CEO, BridgeUSA
Mara Lee Durrell
CEO, OneVoice Movement & PeaceWorks Foundation
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur; Investor; Owner, Dallas Mavericks; & Star, ABC’s Emmy Award–Winning Show Shark Tank
Mats Lederhausen
Founder & CEO, Be-cause
Matt Flake
President, CEO, & Director, Q2
Matthew Satnick
Co-CEO & Chairman, Enstructure
Megan Phelps-Roper
Author & Activist
Michael Johnston
President, Lubetzky Family Foundation
Michael Tennant
Founder & CEO, Curiosity Lab; Creator, Actually Curious
Michelle Gadsden-Williams
Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Blackrock
Mike Erwin
Executive Director, Team Red, White & Blue
Mike Jacobson
Co-Founder, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Mohamed Abdel-Kader
Founder & Principal, Radial Global Advisory
Monica Guzman
Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels
Nathan Otto
Co-Founder, Pine Creek Renewables; & Founder, Safe Conflict Project
Nick Hamburger
CEO & Founder, Quevos
Nicole Mutchnik
Founder, California Democracy Fund
Nido Qubein
President, High Point University
Pano Kanelos
President, UATX
Pati Jinich
Chef, Cookbook Author, & PBS TV host
Peter Coleman
Psychology & Education Professor, Columbia University
Peter Hutchison
Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Rabbi David Wolpe
Max Webb Senior Rabbi, Sinai Temple
Rabbi Elan Babchuck
EVP, Clal; Founding Director, Glean Network
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Rabbi, Park Avenue Synagogue
Rabbi Josh Stanton
Rabbi, East End Temple
Reggie Van Lee
Chief Transformation Officer, Carlyle Group
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor
President, Sojourners; & Author
Rev. DeForest B. Soaries
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
Author; Minister, Middle Church
Rev. Jen Bailey
Founder & Executive Director, Faith Matters Network
Richard Edelman
CEO, Edelman
Rob Feld
Filmmaker & Journalist
Robert (Bobby) Barad
Excel Sports Management
Robert (Bob) Brown
Founder, Chairman, & CEO, B&C Associates, Inc.
Ross Irwin
COO, BridgeUSA
Roy Spence
Chairman & Co-Founder, GSD&M
Ryan Holiday
Writer, Media Strategist, & Creator, Daily Stoic
Ryan Modjeski
Executive Director, Empatico
Sandy Gottesman
President, The Gottesman Company
Sanyin Siang
Founding Executive Director, Fuqua / Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics, Duke University
Scott Cooper
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran & Community Leader
Scott Shigeoka
Entrepreneur, Storyteller, & Designer
Shamil Idriss
CEO, Search for Common Ground
Sharon McMahon
America’s Government Teacher
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy
Shelly Sethi
Practicing Physician, Author, & Speaker on Integrative Health & Wellness
Simran Jeet Singh
Author, The Light We Give; Executive Director, Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program
Sophie Beren
CEO, The Conversationalist
Stacy Dick
President, Camino Partners
Stanley Bergman
Chairman & CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.
Stephen DeBerry
Founder, Bronze Investments
Steve Rittvo
Chairman, Innovation Project Development
Susan David
Psychologist & Bestselling Author, Emotional Agility
Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies
Tali Farhadian Weinstein
Prosecutor, Processor, & Legal Analyst, NBC News & MSNBC
Tara McGowan
CEO & Founder, Good Information
Tiffany Yu
CEO & Founder, Diversability
Tim Phillips
Founder & CEO, Beyond Conflict
Tim Shriver
Chairman, Special Olympics International; & Co-Founder, UNITE
Tim Urban
Co-Founder & Writer/Illustrator, Wait But Why
Tina Exarhos
Chief Content Officer, NowThis
Tom Bernstein
President & Co-Founder, Chelsea Piers, L.P.
Tony McAleer
Speaker & Author, The Cure For Hate
Vance Cryer
Senior Manager, Weapons Integration & Business Development, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
Wendy Kopp
CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All
Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland, Combat Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, & Former CEO, Robin Hood
will.i.am
Musician, Tech Entrepreneur, & Philanthropist
Yascha Mounk
Founder, Persuasion
Yasmin Green
CEO, Jigsaw
Alyssa Farah Griffin
Alyssa Farah Griffin
Benji Backer
Founder & Executive Chairman, American Conservation Coalition
Chris Bail
Professor & Executive Director, Polarization Lab, Duke University
David Eisner
President & CEO, Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
Dr. Maria Zalewska
Media & Holocaust Scholar; Executive Director, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation
Eric Bronner
Founder & COO, Veterans for Political Innovation
Fernando Szew
Founder & CEO, MarVista Entertainment
Geoffrey Baym
Media & Communication Professor, Temple University
Ilana Redstone
Professor, Author, & Academic Entrepreneur
Isaac Saul
Founder, Tangle
Joe Cobbs
Sports Business Professor, Northern Kentucky University; & Co-Founder, Know Rivalry Project
John Burnett
Retired NPR Correspondent
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Star Families
Mark Selleck
Founder, 360Insight, a Social Purpose Corporation
Nathan Lockwood
Executive Director, Rank The Vote
Paul Hobby
Founder, Genesis Park, L.P.
Riaz Patel
Executive Producer/Director & Creator, ConnectEffect
Suzanne Firstenberg
Social Practice Artist; Creator, In America: Remember
Tess Winston
Washington Post Guest Contributor & graduate, Stanford Law School
Todd Connor
Founder & CEO, Veterans for Political Innovation
Vidyha Ramalingam
Founder & CEO, Moonshot CVE
James Impoco
Editor in Chief, Message Lab
Scott Budnick
CEO, 1Community; Founder, Anti-Recidivism Coalition
Steven Olikara
Founder of Millennial Action Project; former U.S. Senate candidate; featured in The Reunited States documentary
Mary Matalin
Political Strategist, Author, Television and Radio Host
Katie Couric
Journalist, Author, and co-Founder of Stand Up To Cancer
James Carville
Political Strategist, Author and Commentator; Host of Politics War Room Podcast
Jim Hornthal
Chairman, Zignal Labs
Alia Braley
Researcher, Stanford Digital Economy Lab
Xavier Gutierrez
President & CEO Arizona Coyotes
Laura Chen
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Civic Synergy
Nuseir Yassin
Founder and CEO, Nas Company
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