Featured Speakers

 

Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Employers. Philanthropists. Activists. Entrepreneurs.

At Horizons, presented by JFF, we amplify voices from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, bipartisan leaders, entrepreneurial innovators, established partners, and the learners and workers of today. 

Main Stage Speakers

Past Speakers

Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor, Stanford & Director, Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Miguel Cardona

Miguel Cardona

Secretary, U.S. Department of Education 

Keely Cat-Wells

Keely Cat-Wells

Founder and CEO, Making Space

Raj Chetty

Raj Chetty

Director, Opportunity Insights & William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics, Harvard University

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Award-Winning Author & Journalist

Abigail Disney

Abigail Disney

Director, “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales”

Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan

Managing Partner, Emerson Collective & Former U.S. Secretary of Education 

Damien Dwin

Damien Dwin

President and CEO, Lafayette Square

Wawa Gatheru

Wawa Gatheru

Founder and Executive Director, Black Girl Environmentalist 

José Hernández

José Hernández

Retired NASA Astronaut

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Staff Writer, The New York Times Magazine

Heather McGhee

Heather McGhee

Author, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
(Penguin Random House / One World) 

Larry Miller

Larry Miller

President, Jordan Brand

Ted Mitchell

Ted Mitchell

President, American Council on Education

Wes Moore

Wes Moore

Governor, Maryland

Shyla Raghav

Shyla Raghav

Chief Climate Officer, TIME

Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

Aneesh Raman

Aneesh Raman

Chief Economic Opportunity Officer, LinkedIn

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe

Host, Weekend Edition Sunday & Host, Up First

Rylin Rodgers

Rylin Rodgers

Disability Policy Director, Microsoft Accessibility

Margaret Spellings

Margaret Spellings

President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center & Former U.S. Secretary of Education

David Steward

David Steward

Founder and Chair, World Wide Technology

Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher

Co-Host, Pivot podcast, New York Media & Former Executive Producer, Code Conference

David Wilson

David Wilson

President, Morgan State University

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