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.

Featured Speakers

Raj Chetty

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

Arne Duncan

Managing Partner, Emerson Collective

José M. Hernández

University of California Regent & CEO and President, Tierra Luna Engineering, LLC

Vivienne Ming

Founder and CEO, The Human Trust & Chief Scientist, Dionysus Health & Chair, UC Berkeley Neurotech Collider Hub

Shyla Raghav

Chief Climate Officer, TIME

Margaret Spellings

President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center

Ta-Nehisi Coates 

Award-Winning Author & Journalist

(Photo by Gabriella Demczuk)

Wawa Gatheru 

Founder and Executive Director, Black Girl Environmentalist

Ezra Klein

Columnist, New York Times & Podcast host, The Ezra Klein Show & Author, "Why We're Polarized"

Sara Nelson

International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

Michael Smith

CEO, AmeriCorps

Past Speakers

Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

Abigail Disney

Abigail Disney

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Larry Hogan

Larry Hogan

Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett

Karin Kimbrough

Karin Kimbrough

Heather McGhee

Heather McGhee

Ellen McGirt

Ellen McGirt

Larry Miller

Larry Miller

Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

Saket Soni

Saket Soni

Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi

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