Selected by the Albert Einstein Foundation for inclusion in their new book Genius: 100 Visions of the Future, Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, artist, founder of The Webby Awards, co-founder of The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, and co-founder of two global initiatives, Character Day and 50/50 Day -- unified days of film and discussion about important issues shaping our lives that unite over 100,000 live events all linked together online with speakers and one theme. Character Day explores questions and research around living a life of meaning and purpose with her films 30,000 Days and The Science of Character as the centerpiece. 50/50 Day focuses on gender equity, using her film 50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present & Future of Women + Power.

Tiffany's films and work have received over 80 awards and distinctions, including premieres at the Sundance Film Festival, a Disruptive Innovation Award from Tribeca Film Festival, and being selected by the U.S. State Department to use her films to represent America around the world. She serves on the Leadership Board of the Center on Media and Child Health at Harvard's Boston Children's Hospital, and she is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. Tiffany and her husband, robotics professor and artist Ken Goldberg, have two children, and for the past eight years have turned off all screens for one day a week for what they call their "Technology Shabbats," which she has explored in a lot of her work. She runs the Let it Ripple Film Studio in San Francisco. www.tiffanyshlain.com @tiffanyshlain

Hailed the "Modern Day Hidden Figure" by PEOPLE Magazine and "The New Einstein" by her fans, Olympia LePoint is an award-winning rocket scientist who is unleashing audiences' brainpower. Seen on NBC, CBS, PBS and KTLA5 Morning News, LePoint shares her NASA experience and personal life triumphs as a TED speaker and author of the books Answers Unleashed: The Science of Unleashing Your Brain's Power and Mathaphobia: How You Can Overcome Your Math Fears and Become a Rocket Scientist. Despite being raised in poverty, failing in math classes and overcoming painful experiences in her youth, Olympia LePoint climbed the ranks to become an award-winning rocket scientist, launching 28 missions into Space. From the ages of 21-30, Olympia LePoint was one of the youngest leaders to help launch NASA's space shuttle to success. LePoint helped launch NASA's Endeavour, Discovery, Columbia, and Atlantis space shuttles. Winning numerous professional excellence awards including the "Boeing Professional Excellence Award," "Engineer of the Year," and the "Modern Day Technology Leader Award," LePoint's accomplishments led her to be recognized across the globe as science genius. Her Impact Theory interview with Tom Bilyeu, and her TEDx Talk "Reprogramming Your Brain to Overcome Fear" together are approaching over a million views worldwide.

Today, Olympia LePoint is the TV host of "Answers Unleashed Talk Show" and the author of the new book Answers Unleashed. With the same math and science she used to launch space vehicles to distant planets, LePoint now applies the same math and science to how her brain reshapes with thoughts for success. LePoint's belief is that anyone can overcome painful memories and move forward toward success using science, intuition and faith in unleashing the brain's triumphant power.

As 1 of the top 5 undergraduates in a 6,500 student graduating class, Olympia LePoint holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics, and a Master of Science degree in applied mathematics as a Notable Alumna from California State University Northridge. Olympia LePoint travels nationally to deliver keynote speeches and serves as a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) expert for TV, radio, news publications and social media outlets. www.olympialepoint.com @OlympiaLePoint

Susan Woodson's first career was as a graphic designer for over 30 years. After retiring from 30 years of deadlines she went back to her first love in the arts, painting. Picasso's quote "you don't paint with color, you paint with emotion" inspires her style. She is always working with design elements, line, shape, value, texture, and color incorporating those elements in the process, but her emphasis is mostly on the process of painting, never on the final picture. "Most of time I don't have a clue what the end product will be." Her goal is to have fun with the composition. Her subject matter is often influenced by experiences in her life at the time. Sometimes her pieces are more abstract and others may relate to more recognizable subject matter. Enjoying the process is the fun in art to her. She feels her works are more about the act of painting rather than the creation of a picture.

Anna Barnes Alicea is a sales and marketing development specialist in U.S. crop at BASF. She has worked several years in the environmental sector while gaining knowledge and expertise in agriculture. Outside of working hours, Anna volunteers her time by serving on the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Advisory Board at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University (NCA&T) and working as an AgVocate for Crop Life America. Anna also leads the African American Employee Resource Group at BASF. She earned a BS and MS from North Carolina State University (NC State) and will soon graduate with her doctorate from NC State.

Evelyn Anderson is a senior technical staff member, the highest non-executive technical role within IBM. She has over 25 years' experience in IT security, and is known as a trusted advisor and thought leader, from end users to executives, for her expertise in security and risk management. Evelyn has served across global technology services (GTS) service delivery as the global leader for identity and access management (IAM), policy program, physical security, access management, system currency, and infrastructure protection, where she led the design of a global framework to standardize delivery, automate controls, and reduce security risks for IBM and their clients. In 2017, Evelyn was recognized as an IBM Master Inventor for her talent, expertise and contributions to IBM's continued leadership in innovation and intellectual property. In 2016, Evelyn won the Women of Color (WOC) STEM Award in Technical Innovation; she was the first woman in GTS to receive this award. Evelyn has three professional certifications: Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Evelyn is also a member of ISACA, previously Information Systems Audit and Control Association^®, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She has a master's degree in technology management.

Jesica Averhart is the executive director of Leadership Triangle, a non-profit established to educate and develop regional leaders. Prior to Leadership Triangle, Jesica served as the director of corporate partnerships for Capitol Broadcasting; she has managed the partnership relationships for Google, Google Fiber, Wells Fargo, Fidelity Labs, Lincoln Financial, Audi, Lenovo, Duke I&E, CFCU, RTP, BCBSNC and others. Prior to her work with Leadership Triangle and Capitol Broadcasting, Jesica founded a boutique event production company specializing in providing professional event management services for organizations such as the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns (NFL), Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), The Procter & Gamble Company, Pepsi Cola North America, as well as a growing number of companies based in Research Triangle Park. Jes serves as a William Peace University Board Trustee and is active on the Boards of Youth Villages (chair), Prevent Child Abuse NC (chair), United Way of the Triangle, and Carolina Theatre.

Peter Benton serves as President and COO for Worldwide Clinical Trials, an award-winning, midsize contract research organization (CRO) with staff in more than 60 countries. He leads a diverse team of more than 1,600 people whose mission is to help facilitate the development of life-changing medicines by integrating clinical trials methodology, operational acumen and efficient technology.

Jenny Casagrande, co-founder of Potential Essential, is a dynamic marketing expert and researcher. With over 15 years in the world of marketing insights and customer experience, she has learned how to build stories and use those stories to transform a workforce across every level. She is passionate about fixing things and listening to companies and individuals, using what she learns to lead others to think differently and increase performance. Jenny is an accomplished, award-winning strategist who is dedicated to advocating for others' truth and creating data-guided solutions. She has won two marketing strategy awards, and is a professional speaker, corporate trainer, and international author of Keys to Marketing You to Get the Job. Jenny is an alumna of Bryn Mawr College and Temple University.

Rhonda Childress is an IBM Fellow and vice president - GTS data security and privacy officer. As one of only 25 female IBM Fellows in IBM's history, Rhonda has created many firsts in her 25-year IBM career, including: first IBM Service's female Master Inventor, first IBM Security Fellow, and first IBM Fellow from a historically black college or university. As an IBM Master Inventor, Rhonda has over 180 patent applications, resulting in 120 issued patents. Her patent ideas range from security, system management, IoT, mobile, aircraft, and various other topics. In 2014, she was honored by the State Bar of Texas IP Law as Co-Inventor of the Year. Rhonda is a dedicated global champion for the advancement of women and other underrepresented minorities across the industry; coaching and mentoring many at multiple stages in their careers from children at school, to adults joining the workforce, to those pushing their careers to heights not thought possible previously. As a STEM (STEAM) advocate, Rhonda is passionate about engaging young women in this movement by demonstrating through technology outcomes. The annual IBM Academy of Technology STEM program is but one outreach program Rhonda spearheads. She was recognized by the Society of Women Engineers in 2016 with the Spark Award which honors an individual who has contributed to the advancement of women by mentoring those around them. Rhonda graduated magna cum laude from Kentucky State University with a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

Oita Coleman currently serves as R&D vice president of the quality user-driven enterprise software testing (QUEST) division at SAS Institute; their "quest" is to delight their customers with the highest quality software. With over 30 years of experience in the software industry, Oita has led teams responsible for enterprise software testing, software development, user interface design, systems administration, and computer game testing. Her passion is helping to inspire the next generation of STEM knowledge professionals, focusing on advancing educational and career development opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women in STEM disciplines. She recently received the inaugural Great Place to Work^® For All^™ Leadership Award, recognizing women leaders from companies on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Oita's efforts were recognized by US Black Engineer & IT Magazine as "Women Who Make a Difference in Technology." She serves on the Board of Trustees at North Carolina Central University, represents SAS on the Wake STEM Early College High School Business Advisory Board, and sits on the UNC-Greensboro College of Arts and Science Advancement Council.

Renee Cunningham is a senior HR business partner with IBM and a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe. Throughout her IBM career, Renee has moved four times; wherever she landed, she found the nearest tribe, the Pow-wows, local culture so her sons would not lose their heritage. At IBM, if there wasn't a Native American Employee Group, she created it, became a leader, and implemented ways where Native American culture and heritage could be shared with everyone. When her sons were school-age she wrote an e-book, Native American Role Models, so her sons could grow up to appreciate their culture and the great things Native Americans have achieved throughout history. Renee is a co-founder of the National Society of American Indian MBA (NSAIMBA) and is active with the National Society of MBA Society initiatives. She is active in her sons' school activities, sports, and scouting activities, serving as a Den Leader until her sons earned the prestigious honor of Eagle Scout. Renee believes in giving back to the community and has volunteered over the years with Junior Achievement, INROADs, and IBM's mentor programs. She earned a BA in psychology and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.

Durham Police Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis has more than 30 years of dedicated service in the law enforcement profession. She began her career with the Atlanta Police Department where she rose through the ranks, ultimately serving as deputy chief before leaving to lead the Durham Police Department in June 2016. Chief Davis is a graduate of the 225th Session of the National FBI Academy, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) at Boston University, Leadership Atlanta, and Mercer University's Public Safety Leadership Institute. She attended the Emergency Preparedness College in York, England, and in 2012 completed an executive leadership exchange session with the Israel National Police in the cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and NeTanya. Chief Davis is an active member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police, a member of and recent appointee to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), member of Durham Rotary, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and many other professional affiliations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice, a master's degree in public administration, and is a doctoral candidate at the Business School of Northcentral University.

Sue Harnett is a proven company founder, entrepreneur, and healthcare leader. Prior to Rewriting the Code, Sue launched, developed, and successfully sold a novel e-commerce and technology business in the collegiate and professional sports industry. Sue also created the strategic vision and operational infrastructure for a multi-specialty physician organization within Duke University Health System, a nationally acclaimed academic health system. She is an expert at recognizing the viability of business opportunities, testing the market to refine the proposed model, and executing the go-to-market strategy. She brings a strong ability to create passionate teams, establish focused and positive work cultures, and lead disruptive business models to bring innovative change. Sue hopes to positively impact the young college women of Rewriting the Code by supporting the students with the necessary skills, confidence, and applied work opportunities to develop the next generation of technology leaders.

Erin Sterling Lewis is a principal with in situ studio. Before founding in situ studio in 2010, Erin worked for over eight years at Frank Harmon Architect PA, where her foundation of practicing architecture with emphasis on critical design and environmental responsibility began. Erin is involved in various community outreach and volunteer programs. From 2004 to 2006, she served on the Raleigh Historic Development Commission; from 2009 to 2015, she served on the Raleigh Planning Commission. In 2010, Erin joined the AIA North Carolina (AIANC) Board of Directors as the Young Architects Forum (YAF) director, and is now AIANC immediate past president. She is a founder of ACTIVATE NC, a statewide AIANC outreach initiative to strengthen the civic role in architecture and design. Erin occasionally teaches design studios as Professor in Practice and serves on the advisory board for the NC State University College of Design School of Architecture. She earned a BArch from the University of Kentucky.

Rose Manjarres serves as senior vice president, digital and technology, for CBRE. She is responsible for the support and delivery of CBRE's global marketing and research applications portfolio, as well as for leading the agile transformation and improving employee engagement for the digital and tech organization globally. Rose joined CBRE in April 2012 as vice president, information technology, responsible for PeopleSoft, business intelligence, and JDE applications support and delivery. She was promoted to senior vice president in 2014. Rose has over 30 years of experience leading large-scale, multi-site software development, delivery and support organizations. She possesses a diverse background leading multifaceted complex international projects, managing all phases of the software development lifecycle, and leading global teams to deliver mission critical enterprise applications. Prior to CBRE, Rose was employed with Perot Systems Corporation (later acquired by Dell Corporation) for 17 years. The first 15 years were spent in IT, supporting, developing, and managing Dell's internal PeopleSoft and Microsoft application development teams with a focus on human capital management (HCM) and finance. Over the remaining two years, she focused on building and leading Dell's PeopleSoft and business intelligence global applications management outsourcing practice, growing the practice to include service offerings around PeopleSoft Higher Education and further expanding Dell's capabilities around Oracle's BI products. She began her career as a programmer analyst at Adistra Corporation in 1988, and later joined Electronic Data Systems as a systems engineer in 1989, where she was with the company for six years prior to joining Perot Systems Corporation.

Jessica Mitsch is a co-founder and the CEO for Momentum. She began her career in technology at Red Hat's corporate headquarters in Raleigh, where she served in several roles for the company's "people" team, working in talent acquisition, support, and development. This experience was formative for her understanding of how tech talent training and economic development initiatives intersect. She joined the Durham startup community in 2014; she held integral leadership roles growing and developing transformative tech education. Since then, Jessica has been at the forefront of the education technology industry as an executive, spokesperson, and a founding member of The Iron Yard, one of the first national code schools. She has spoken at SXSW Interactive, appeared on national TV, worked on White House initiatives to expand access to technology education, and contributed to CIO magazine. Locally, Jessica was awarded the Triangle Business Journal's "40 Under 40" honor. She has been a panelist for the North Carolina Emerging Issues Forum, where she spoke on new delivery models for higher education, and has served as a panelist for the Carolina Women in Business Conference.

Dawn Ohaver Moyer, co-founder of Potential Essential, achieves when others succeed. For Dawn, It is about working one-on-one to connect companies with their employees, employees with the careers they want, and women with the opportunities they deserve. A corporate marketing executive, Dawn has over 25 years of experience--including several executive-level roles--with GlaxoSmithKline and other corporations. She is an experienced consultant, corporate trainer, leadership expert, and award-winning marketing strategist - having launched several highly successful multi-million dollar products where she inspired, lead, and empowered individuals to realize exceptional performance. Dawn has won eight marketing strategy awards, including two North America Effie Awards, a global symbol of advertising achievement. She is a professional speaker and international author of Keys to Marketing You to Get the Job.

Entrepreneurial by nature, Barbara Mulkey founded Mulkey Engineers & Consultants, Inc., an engineering consulting firm specializing in engineering and related services for both the public and private sectors, in 1993. Begun at her kitchen table, the company made the list of Top 500 Engineering Companies nationally multiple times while under her leadership. With a career foundation as a structural engineer focusing on highway bridge design, Barbara naturally placed a strong emphasis on her firm's transportation planning, design and construction services. Today she is heralded as one of the most respected transportation experts in the state, as evidenced by her induction into the North Carolina Transportation Hall of Fame. Giving back to her profession, Barbara served as president of The American Council of Engineering Companies for the state organization as well as national director. She was later named a Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE). Barbara serves her community as a member of the Research Triangle Board of Directors, and chairs the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies Board. Among other community recognitions, Barbara was named the Triangle Business Journal Legacy Leader and was admitted into the Leadership Raleigh Hall of Fame. At NC State, Barbara served for eight years on the Board of Trustees, including two years as chair. Barbara and her husband Jim are benefactors of the Mulkey/General Hugh Shelton Leadership Award, an endowed scholarship that recognizes values-based leadership in engineering students at NC State. She has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the College of Engineering; in 2016 she was awarded the Watauga Medal, and this past year was one of the inaugural inductees into the Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Hall of Fame. Since 2016, Barbara has been the Director of the General Hugh Shelton Leadership Center at NC State University. The Center's programs focus on building the next generation of values-based leaders at the university, as well as in corporate, government, and youth organizations across the state. Barbara graduated magna cum laude from NC State in engineering and completed a master's degree in structural engineering at NC State.

Michelle Proctor is the senior business operations manager for the Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions division of SAS. In this capacity, she is responsible for the daily operations of some 250 global resources across R&D, Risk Business Consulting, Methods and Operations. Previously, Michelle was the development manager for the Model Risk Management and Enterprise Government Risk Compliance solutions where, in addition to leading the development team, she worked directly with a base of over 150 customers. Prior to joining SAS in 2012, Michelle enjoyed 14 years of experience with IBM working on large enterprise products. Her progression from technical team member, to team leader, to the manager of multiple teams, provided Michelle with an in-depth knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle and the implementation of Agile principles and processes. Michelle is a NASA Cooperative Education Scholarship recipient. She interned with NASA, at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, gaining experience in networks and communications, while working on her Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida. Michelle is the president of the SAS Women's Initiative Network (WIN). She is also very passionate about STEM and volunteers her spare time to educational outreach. Since 2001, Michelle has been an active STEM evangelist, organizing and leading teams of professionals to promote its importance to thousands of young students in the Triangle area alone. Michelle is similarly involved in other organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of Raleigh and the Triangle NC chapter of Dress for Success, an organization empowering women to achieve economic independence.

Director, Workstation Virtualization, Commercial Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Dell
Gary Radburn is the director of VR/AR globally at Dell Inc. As part of his role, he manages the team charged with developing and delivering VR/AR technology, works closely with Dell customers on VR/AR deployments, and founded Dell's VR Centers of Excellence with locations around the world for businesses and consumers to experience and learn more about VR in the real world. With more than 27 years of experience in the technology industry, ranging from engineering to sales and marketing, Gary has had experience across all aspects of designing successful products and solutions and bringing them to market. He has worked for companies such as Digital Equipment, 3Com and, for the past 16 years, Dell. Originating from the UK, where he managed the OptiPlex client business for EMEA, he went on to lead the Workstation Solutions team in the U.S. and then championed graphics virtualization for engineering applications. This has now progressed into other domains, and with the fast adoption of VR and AR solutions, Gary has taken the helm for driving this exciting new area of business.

Sepi Saidi is a visionary leader who founded SEPI Engineering & Construction in 2001 and has led the company to become a premier full-service civil, environmental planning, and construction management engineering firm in the Southeast. The firm's awards include Fast 50 firm by Triangle Business Journal, Zweig White Hot Firm List, Inc. 5000, and ranking as a Top 500 Design Firm on the Engineering News-Record's 2017 list. Incorporating the firm's core values, SEPI is dedicated to providing a unique work space and environment for its employees to plan, design, build, and give back to the communities in which they serve. With a dedicated passion to support organizations that align with the health, safety, and well-being of the families in their communities, Sepi and the firm are proud to be champions of community service. A professional engineer and alumna of NC State University, with degrees in civil and agricultural engineering, Sepi has been named by the Triangle Business Journal as a Top 20 CEO of the Year, was recently selected as a Charlotte Business Journal 2018 Women in Business Achievement Award winner, and has been inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame.

Savitha Sridharan brings with her a decade of experience in technology innovation and real-world experience in social work in India. She was chosen to present her Commitment to Action to Clinton Global Initiative at the 2014 CGIU Annual Meeting to bring light into the lives of billions of people by eradicating the use of kerosene lamps and replacing them with reliable renewable energy solutions. This triggered her to start Orora Global, Inc. as a social business to convert this vision into reality. Savitha, an Indian national, holds an MBA from F.W. Olin School of Business (Babson College), Boston, a Master of Science in computer architecture from NC State University, and a Bachelor of Technology in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Before joining Babson College, Savitha worked in the telecom industry for more than a decade, gaining extensive experience with processors. During her free time, she trained to become an ultra-marathoner and fundraised to support several developmental efforts in rural south India including organic farming, relief and rehabilitation of bonded laborers, education, and women empowerment.

Kayla Woitkowski is the senior manager of university outreach and recruitment at SAS. She has spent seven years in the university recruiting field focusing on recruitment and strategy development for internships and entry-level recruitment both in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and the San Francisco Bay area. She was responsible for building the university recruiting and outreach department and strategy from the ground up at SAS. Kayla is an active member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers where she has served on multiple committees, contributes to the association's blog, and is an alumna of their Leadership Advancement Program. Kayla is seen as a subject matter expert in university recruiting and her expertise has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Huffington Post. She has also presented on university recruiting trends and best practices at events and conferences, including the North Carolina Technology Association leadership retreat, Silicon Valley Compensation Association, InnovateEDU Raleigh, North Carolina Veterans Enablement Consortium, and the 2017 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Conference. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources and a minor in French from NC State University.