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Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D.

The REACH Institute Resource for Advancing Children’s Health

The REACH Institute is dedicated to ensuring that the most effective, scientifically proven mental health care reaches all children and families.

Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D., is the CEO of The REACH Institute, a nonprofit organization that trains primary care providers, therapists, and health care institutions in evidence-based therapies for child and adult mental health issues. Dr. Romanelli is also a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adults.

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Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D.

The REACH Institute Resource for Advancing Children’s Health

The REACH Institute is dedicated to ensuring that the most effective, scientifically proven mental health care reaches all children and families.

Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D., is the CEO of The REACH Institute, a nonprofit organization that trains primary care providers, therapists, and health care institutions in evidence-based therapies for child and adult mental health issues. Dr. Romanelli is also a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adults.

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Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D.

The REACH Institute Resource for Advancing Children’s Health

The REACH Institute is dedicated to ensuring that the most effective, scientifically proven mental health care reaches all children and families.

Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D., is the CEO of The REACH Institute, a nonprofit organization that trains primary care providers, therapists, and health care institutions in evidence-based therapies for child and adult mental health issues. Dr. Romanelli is also a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adults.

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Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D.

The REACH Institute Resource for Advancing Children’s Health

The REACH Institute is dedicated to ensuring that the most effective, scientifically proven mental health care reaches all children and families.

Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D., is the CEO of The REACH Institute, a nonprofit organization that trains primary care providers, therapists, and health care institutions in evidence-based therapies for child and adult mental health issues. Dr. Romanelli is also a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adults.

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David Flink

The Neurodiversity Alliance

The Neurodiversity Alliance’s mission is to improve the educational experience and outcomes of students who learn differently, while growing the neurodiversity movement for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.

David Flink is a leader in the learning rights movement, envisioning a world where all learners are seen, heard, and valued. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, he dedicated his life to neurodivergent students. As a student at Brown University in 1998, David founded Eye to Eye, a mentoring program that grew into the Neurodiversity Alliance, the only national organization run by and for neurodiverse people.

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David Flink

The Neurodiversity Alliance

The Neurodiversity Alliance’s mission is to improve the educational experience and outcomes of students who learn differently, while growing the neurodiversity movement for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.

David Flink is a leader in the learning rights movement, envisioning a world where all learners are seen, heard, and valued. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, he dedicated his life to neurodivergent students. As a student at Brown University in 1998, David founded Eye to Eye, a mentoring program that grew into the Neurodiversity Alliance, the only national organization run by and for neurodiverse people.

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David Flink

The Neurodiversity Alliance

The Neurodiversity Alliance’s mission is to improve the educational experience and outcomes of students who learn differently, while growing the neurodiversity movement for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.

David Flink is a leader in the learning rights movement, envisioning a world where all learners are seen, heard, and valued. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, he dedicated his life to neurodivergent students. As a student at Brown University in 1998, David founded Eye to Eye, a mentoring program that grew into the Neurodiversity Alliance, the only national organization run by and for neurodiverse people.

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David Flink

The Neurodiversity Alliance

The Neurodiversity Alliance’s mission is to improve the educational experience and outcomes of students who learn differently, while growing the neurodiversity movement for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.

David Flink is a leader in the learning rights movement, envisioning a world where all learners are seen, heard, and valued. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, he dedicated his life to neurodivergent students. As a student at Brown University in 1998, David founded Eye to Eye, a mentoring program that grew into the Neurodiversity Alliance, the only national organization run by and for neurodiverse people.

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Sean Sherman

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems

The mission of NᾹTIFS is to promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access.

A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous food systems throughout North America. Through his activism and advocacy, Sean is helping to reclaim and celebrate the rich culinary heritage of Indigenous communities around the world.

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Sean Sherman

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems

The mission of NᾹTIFS is to promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access.

A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous food systems throughout North America. Through his activism and advocacy, Sean is helping to reclaim and celebrate the rich culinary heritage of Indigenous communities around the world.

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Sean Sherman

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems

The mission of NᾹTIFS is to promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access.

A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous food systems throughout North America. Through his activism and advocacy, Sean is helping to reclaim and celebrate the rich culinary heritage of Indigenous communities around the world.

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Sean Sherman

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems

The mission of NᾹTIFS is to promote Indigenous foodways education and facilitate Indigenous food access.

A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous food systems throughout North America. Through his activism and advocacy, Sean is helping to reclaim and celebrate the rich culinary heritage of Indigenous communities around the world.

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Yordanos Eyoel

Keseb

Keseb is building an ecosystem for cross-country learning, collaboration, and innovation to counter authoritarianism and advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

Yordanos Eyoel is an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Keseb. Keseb is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a transnational civil society ecosystem for learning, collaboration, and innovation to advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

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Yordanos Eyoel

Keseb

Keseb is building an ecosystem for cross-country learning, collaboration, and innovation to counter authoritarianism and advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

Yordanos Eyoel is an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Keseb. Keseb is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a transnational civil society ecosystem for learning, collaboration, and innovation to advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

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Yordanos Eyoel

Keseb

Keseb is building an ecosystem for cross-country learning, collaboration, and innovation to counter authoritarianism and advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

Yordanos Eyoel is an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Keseb. Keseb is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a transnational civil society ecosystem for learning, collaboration, and innovation to advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

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Yordanos Eyoel

Keseb

Keseb is building an ecosystem for cross-country learning, collaboration, and innovation to counter authoritarianism and advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

Yordanos Eyoel is an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur who is the Founder and CEO of Keseb. Keseb is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a transnational civil society ecosystem for learning, collaboration, and innovation to advance inclusive and resilient democracies.

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Michèle Traoré

Kabakoo – La maison de l’Etonnement

Kabakoo’s mission is to enable West African youth to flourish with mindset and skills for self-employment through community-driven, AI-powered upskilling.

Michèle Traoré is an innovative leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience in education, youth empowerment, and international business. As the Co-founder & CEO of Kabakoo Academies, she spearheads a transformative upskilling platform that empowers young people in West Africa by combining high-tech solutions with indigenous knowledge.

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Michèle Traoré

Kabakoo – La maison de l’Etonnement

Kabakoo’s mission is to enable West African youth to flourish with mindset and skills for self-employment through community-driven, AI-powered upskilling.

Michèle Traoré is an innovative leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience in education, youth empowerment, and international business. As the Co-founder & CEO of Kabakoo Academies, she spearheads a transformative upskilling platform that empowers young people in West Africa by combining high-tech solutions with indigenous knowledge.

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Michèle Traoré

Kabakoo – La maison de l’Etonnement

Kabakoo’s mission is to enable West African youth to flourish with mindset and skills for self-employment through community-driven, AI-powered upskilling.

Michèle Traoré is an innovative leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience in education, youth empowerment, and international business. As the Co-founder & CEO of Kabakoo Academies, she spearheads a transformative upskilling platform that empowers young people in West Africa by combining high-tech solutions with indigenous knowledge.

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Michèle Traoré

Kabakoo – La maison de l’Etonnement

Kabakoo’s mission is to enable West African youth to flourish with mindset and skills for self-employment through community-driven, AI-powered upskilling.

Michèle Traoré is an innovative leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience in education, youth empowerment, and international business. As the Co-founder & CEO of Kabakoo Academies, she spearheads a transformative upskilling platform that empowers young people in West Africa by combining high-tech solutions with indigenous knowledge.

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Fre Tachea

Essential Impact

Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations in fermentation to generate low-cost, high-quality, climate resilient proteins that tackle malnutrition and build climate-resilient food systems.

Fre has worked in fermentation technology for more than 20 years. Fre is passionate about solving critical problems and recently co-founded a new bioscience organization, Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations to transform food systems and tackle malnutrition in East Africa.

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Fre Tachea

Essential Impact

Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations in fermentation to generate low-cost, high-quality, climate resilient proteins that tackle malnutrition and build climate-resilient food systems.

Fre has worked in fermentation technology for more than 20 years. Fre is passionate about solving critical problems and recently co-founded a new bioscience organization, Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations to transform food systems and tackle malnutrition in East Africa.

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Fre Tachea

Essential Impact

Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations in fermentation to generate low-cost, high-quality, climate resilient proteins that tackle malnutrition and build climate-resilient food systems.

Fre has worked in fermentation technology for more than 20 years. Fre is passionate about solving critical problems and recently co-founded a new bioscience organization, Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations to transform food systems and tackle malnutrition in East Africa.

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Fre Tachea

Essential Impact

Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations in fermentation to generate low-cost, high-quality, climate resilient proteins that tackle malnutrition and build climate-resilient food systems.

Fre has worked in fermentation technology for more than 20 years. Fre is passionate about solving critical problems and recently co-founded a new bioscience organization, Essential Impact, which creates breakthrough innovations to transform food systems and tackle malnutrition in East Africa.

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Bing Chen

Gold House Foundation

Gold House is a cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific leaders to power tomorrow for all.

Bing Chen is an impact founder, investor, and new world builder. He is the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-founder of Gold House, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asia Pacific creators and communities to power tomorrow for all.

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Bing Chen

Gold House Foundation

Gold House is a cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific leaders to power tomorrow for all.

Bing Chen is an impact founder, investor, and new world builder. He is the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-founder of Gold House, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asia Pacific creators and communities to power tomorrow for all.

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Bing Chen

Gold House Foundation

Gold House is a cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific leaders to power tomorrow for all.

Bing Chen is an impact founder, investor, and new world builder. He is the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-founder of Gold House, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asia Pacific creators and communities to power tomorrow for all.

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Bing Chen

Gold House Foundation

Gold House is a cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific leaders to power tomorrow for all.

Bing Chen is an impact founder, investor, and new world builder. He is the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-founder of Gold House, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asia Pacific creators and communities to power tomorrow for all.

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Imran Ahmed

Center for Countering Digital Hate

The Center for Countering Digital Hate holds social media companies accountable and responsible for their business choices to protect human rights and civil liberties online.

Imran Ahmed is the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate US/UK. He is an authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media, such as identity-based hate, extremism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

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Imran Ahmed

Center for Countering Digital Hate

The Center for Countering Digital Hate holds social media companies accountable and responsible for their business choices to protect human rights and civil liberties online.

Imran Ahmed is the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate US/UK. He is an authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media, such as identity-based hate, extremism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

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Imran Ahmed

Center for Countering Digital Hate

The Center for Countering Digital Hate holds social media companies accountable and responsible for their business choices to protect human rights and civil liberties online.

Imran Ahmed is the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate US/UK. He is an authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media, such as identity-based hate, extremism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

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Imran Ahmed

Center for Countering Digital Hate

The Center for Countering Digital Hate holds social media companies accountable and responsible for their business choices to protect human rights and civil liberties online.

Imran Ahmed is the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate US/UK. He is an authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media, such as identity-based hate, extremism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

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Richard Casper

CreatiVets

CreatiVets empowers wounded veterans to heal through the arts and music.

Richard Casper, Co-Founder & Executive Director of CreatiVets, is a Marine Corps Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, artist, entrepreneur, and songwriter.

During his Iraq tour (2006–2007), Richard survived four IED blasts, sustaining a traumatic brain injury and witnessing the loss of a close friend, leading to post-traumatic stress.

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Richard Casper

CreatiVets

CreatiVets empowers wounded veterans to heal through the arts and music.

Richard Casper, Co-Founder & Executive Director of CreatiVets, is a Marine Corps Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, artist, entrepreneur, and songwriter.

During his Iraq tour (2006–2007), Richard survived four IED blasts, sustaining a traumatic brain injury and witnessing the loss of a close friend, leading to post-traumatic stress.

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Richard Casper

CreatiVets

CreatiVets empowers wounded veterans to heal through the arts and music.

Richard Casper, Co-Founder & Executive Director of CreatiVets, is a Marine Corps Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, artist, entrepreneur, and songwriter.

During his Iraq tour (2006–2007), Richard survived four IED blasts, sustaining a traumatic brain injury and witnessing the loss of a close friend, leading to post-traumatic stress.

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Richard Casper

CreatiVets

CreatiVets empowers wounded veterans to heal through the arts and music.

Richard Casper, Co-Founder & Executive Director of CreatiVets, is a Marine Corps Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, artist, entrepreneur, and songwriter.

During his Iraq tour (2006–2007), Richard survived four IED blasts, sustaining a traumatic brain injury and witnessing the loss of a close friend, leading to post-traumatic stress.

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Hannah Fried

All Voting is Local

All Voting is Local is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, multistate, on the ground voting rights organization that fights against state and local voting policies that silence voters of color and other historically marginalized communities — not just in election years, but every year.

Hannah Fried is the Executive Director of All Voting is Local. Prior to co-founding the organization in 2022, she served as the National Director and Deputy General Counsel for Voter Protection on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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Hannah Fried

All Voting is Local

All Voting is Local is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, multistate, on the ground voting rights organization that fights against state and local voting policies that silence voters of color and other historically marginalized communities — not just in election years, but every year.

Hannah Fried is the Executive Director of All Voting is Local. Prior to co-founding the organization in 2022, she served as the National Director and Deputy General Counsel for Voter Protection on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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Hannah Fried

All Voting is Local

All Voting is Local is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, multistate, on the ground voting rights organization that fights against state and local voting policies that silence voters of color and other historically marginalized communities — not just in election years, but every year.

Hannah Fried is the Executive Director of All Voting is Local. Prior to co-founding the organization in 2022, she served as the National Director and Deputy General Counsel for Voter Protection on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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Hannah Fried

All Voting is Local

All Voting is Local is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, multistate, on the ground voting rights organization that fights against state and local voting policies that silence voters of color and other historically marginalized communities — not just in election years, but every year.

Hannah Fried is the Executive Director of All Voting is Local. Prior to co-founding the organization in 2022, she served as the National Director and Deputy General Counsel for Voter Protection on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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