Rethinking Possible Creators & Guests

Courtney E. Martin is an American feminist, author, speaker, and social and political activist. She is known for writing books, speaking at universities throughout the nation.

Nguhi is currently a Project Manager with Dalberg's Implementation team. Previously, Nguhi was a fellow with the Portfolio and Investments team at the Skoll Foundation. Prior to Skoll, Nguhi worked as a Program Manager with Schole, an investment firm that acquires and manages schools across Africa- helping them develop and deepen their strategy for East Africa. Nguhi was also a management consultant with Dalberg, serving a wide range of clients, covering topic areas from Agriculture to Early Childhood Education. Nguhi is Kenyan and has experience living and working in several countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. Nguhi is passionate about serving African entrepreneurs to drive development as we define it.

Halla Tómasdóttir is an Icelandic business person and public speaker. She was a member of the founding team of Reykjavík University, and is also co-founded Auður Capital, an investment firm.

Yordanos Eyoel is the founder of The Civic Lab Initiative at New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that invests in “democracy entrepreneurs” and systems change, Yordanos is committed to solving the crisis of trust in America.

Esther Armah is a British-born playwright, radio host and political commentator living in Brooklyn, New York. She currently hosts The Spin, a talk show, for the African-American Public Radio Consortium.

Garrett Bucks founded The Barnraisers Project, an organization that “equips people who’ve never thought of themselves as organizers with the tools to move their social networks from denial and defensiveness to action.”

Colette Pichon Battle is a climate activist and lawyer, who founded the climate justice and human rights center The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy. She was a TED speaker, and a 2019 Obama Foundation fellow.

Rodney Foxworth is the Chief Executive of Common Future (formerly Business of Alliance for Local Living Economies, “BALLE”), a national network fighting to build economically empowered communities through equitable approaches to entrepreneurship, investing, and ownership.Rodney’s career has focused on social entrepreneurship, philanthropy, impact investing, and economic development. Most recently, he founded Invested Impact, a consulting firm and intermediary to better connect philanthropic and impact investment capital to underrepresented social entrepreneurs. Foxworth has advised institutions such as T. Rowe Price Foundation, Legg Mason, Red Bull, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Aspen Institute, and Calvert Impact Capital.

Christian Happi is a Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics.

Harish Hande is an Indian social entrepreneur, who co-founded SELCO India in 1995. He was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2011 for "his pragmatic efforts to put solar power technology in the hands of the poor, through his social enterprise SELCO India".

Priti Krishtel is the co-founder and co-executive director of I-MAK.