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Amy Ronneberg is the president of Be The Match BioTherapies®, an organization partnering with companies pursuing new life-saving treatments in cellular therapy. She also serves as the chief financial officer of the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP)/Be The Match®, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping patients access life-saving bone marrow transplants, and parent company of Be The Match BioTherapies. Prior to joining NMDP/Be The Match, Amy served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of North American Membership Group, a media company. Earlier in her career, Amy worked for Ernst & Young as an audit manager. Amy holds a B.B.A. in accounting from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and an M.B.A. from Capella University.

Gerald Chertavian is dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide that exists in our nation. Determined to make his vision a reality, Gerald combined his entrepreneurial skills and his passion for working with urban young adults to found Year Up in 2000.Gerald's commitment to working with urban youth spans more than 25 years. He has actively participated in the Big Brother mentoring program since 1985 and was recognized as one of New York's outstanding Big Brothers in 1989. He is the recipient of the 2003 Social Entrepreneurship Award by the Manhattan Institute and the 2005 Freedom House Archie R. Williams, Jr. Technology Award. In 2006, Gerald was elected as a Fellow with the Ashoka Global Fellowship of social entrepreneurs, and in 2008, he was appointed by Massachusetts' Governor Deval Patrick to serve on the MA State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. In 2013, he was appointed by Governor Patrick to serve as Chairman of the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees.Gerald began his career on Wall Street as an officer of the Chemical Banking Corporation. Following graduate school he co-founded Conduit Communications and fostered its growth to more than $18M in annual revenues and more than 130 employees in London, Amsterdam, New York and Boston. Following the sale of Conduit to i-Cube in 1999, Gerald turned his full attention to opportunities for others.Gerald earned a B.A. in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College and an M.B.A., with honors, from Harvard Business School. He has received honorary doctorates from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and Mount Ida College. He is on the Board of Advisors for the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative and a member of the World Economic Forum's Youth Unemployment Council. Gerald is a former Board member of The Boston Foundation and an Emeritus Trustee of Bowdoin College. His 2012 book, A Year Up, is a New York Times best seller.

ALAN SMITHSON is a CEO at Smithsonian Institution.

Extensive non-profit and government sector leadership experience in strategy, operational excellence, organizational design, performance management, change management, inclusion and diversity, financial management, service design and innovation.

Pierre Ferrari joined Heifer International in 2010 with more than 40 years of business experience. He worked for many years at Coca-Cola USA, before deciding in 1995 to focus his energy and business acumen on social issues. Ferrari is a former chair and current board member of Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream and a former board member of the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund. He received a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and a Master's of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Works at City of Philadelphia as Psychologist. Worked at State of Connecticut. Lives in Philadlephia, PA.

Martin Mata is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Albanian-American Development Foundation. He attended MBA, University of Nebraska, Faculty of Economics, Tirana.