Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired
in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor from its inception until
1999. He is currently completing a book for Viking/Penguin publishers
called "What Technology Wants," due out in the Fall 2010. He is also
editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets half a million unique visitors per month. From 1984-1990…
Laraine M. Mai
Laraine M. Mai is President of ICIS. She has over thirty-eight years of
nonprofit leadership and management experience as a founder, executive,
and consultant in the fields of education, youth services, international
issues, and interfaith cooperation. In 2002 she launched RiverTides, an
ICIS leadership education and consulting services program. Previously,
she served as Vice-President of ICIS…
Lawrence B. Brilliant
Lawrence Brent Brilliant, M.D., is Executive Director of Google.org,
the umbrella organization for Google's philanthropic activities, where
he works with the company's co-founders — Larry Page and Sergey Brin —
to apply innovation and an estimated billion dollars to make a new
assault on the largest of the world’s problems.
A physician and epidemiologist, he has been…
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig, J.D. is the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
and a Professor at Harvard Law School. A strong proponent of the free
culture movement, he is well known for his work in reducing legal
restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum,
particularly in technology applications. He founded Stanford
University’s Center for Internet and…
LeLy Hayslip
A survivor of unspeakable torture during the Vietnam War, LeLy Hayslip
tells of her war-time experiences as a 12 year old spy for the Viet Cong
and her remarkable transformation into an international leader of peace
and reconciliation, in her bestselling autobiography When Heaven and
Earth Changed Places. Her book is translated into 17 languages, made
into an Oliver Stone movie “Heaven and…
Leo Burke
Leo Burke is Professor and Director of the Global Commons Initiative at the Mendoza College of Business, the University of Notre Dame. In this capacity he teaches courses on the commons to undergraduates, MBAs and Executive MBAs. From December 2000 through June 2008, he served as Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education. Prior to joining Notre Dame, Burke served in a variety of roles at…
Lewis Marshall
Lewis Marshall
is a parish priest, the vicar of All Saints Church, a little Episcopal
church on Staten Island. He is an aspiring systematic theologian with a
particular interest in the integral discourse among all the approaches
to knowledge and wisdom. He is very interested in nurturing integral
inquiry and a sense of global community in his parish and in his
neighborhood.
Lois Jewel Barber
Lois Barber is Co-founder and Executive Director of EarthAction, a
global network of over 2,000 organizations in over 160 countries. She is
also the Founder and President Emerita of 20/20 Vision (now named 2020 Action), a US based
activist network of over 30,000 citizens focused on peace and
environmental security. She served as an advisor to President Clinton, received the Woman of…
Lynne D. Feldman
Raised in Dallas, Texas, Lynne received her B.A. from Tulane
University and her M.A. in Public Law and Government from Columbia
University's Graduate Faculties. She was a researcher and speech writer
for John C. Clarke, Senior Vice President and Special Legal Counsel for
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before becoming a speechwriter for
Nelson Gross, Senatorial candidate from New Jersey. She…
Marco Toscano-Rivalta
Marco Toscano-Rivalta (Italy) is Humanitarian Affairs Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, NY. He holds a Law degree and PhD in International Human Rights Law, and has served as a lecturer to the Universities of Bologna, Siena, Roma e Trento (Italy) and John Hopkins. He has held several positions at the UN including Rule of Law Advisor, UN Assistance Mission in…