THERAPIST & ENTREPRENEUR
Livestream Chat MC

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Bea Arthur is a Columbia University-trained psychotherapist, award-winning entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and pioneer in psychology technology.

Her life’s work has been dedicated to making mental healthcare more affordable and accessible, and she has built tech products for Amazon and MetLife, raised over $2MM in funding as a solo founder, and produced/hosted shows for both Forbes and Sonos.

As the first African-American female founder accepted by Y Combinator, Bea was named an “Entrepreneur to Bet On” by Newsweek and one of the “100 Most Inspirational New Yorkers” by Bumble. Her debut book, The White Man Within, shares inspirational lessons from her journey in the startup world.

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
Movember Institute of Men’s Health

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Brian Heilman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Movember Institute of Men’s Health and a global expert on masculinity, men’s health, and violence prevention.

With more than 15 years of experience, his research examines how social norms shape men’s health, relationships, and help-seeking, and how healthier, more connected models of masculinity can benefit families and communities.

He co-authored Movember’s recent Real Face of Men’s Health report, and has led past influential studies including Equimundo’s State of American Men, and State of the World’s Fathers.

CHIEF CULTURE CURATOR AND EXECUTIVE COACH, Merging Path

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Brooks E. Scott is an MCC-level Executive Coach, interpersonal communications expert, public speaking trainer, and certified workplace mediator who coaches leaders in leadership, communication, and values-based decision-making.

He has trained tens of thousands of employees across banking, technology, entertainment, and consumer, helping them lead under pressure.

A former New Jersey State Police trooper and bodyguard to the CEO and COO of Facebook, Brooks brings a unique lens to communicating with clarity and confidence when the stakes are high.

AUTHOR
The Master Plan

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Chris Wilson is author of The Master Plan, a keynote speaker, and a sought after visual art whose work investigates societal injustices, human relationships, and public policies, and is collected and displayed internationally.

Through the Chris Wilson Foundation, he supports social entrepreneurship and educational programming for justice-impacted people through the Master Plan Program, a trauma-informed program facilitated by formerly incarcerated credible messengers across juvenile and adult carceral and reentry spaces.

FOUNDER & CEO
OFF THE CUFF

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Cristian Palma is a visionary entrepreneur who has left a mark in media, tech, and brand partnerships, working with top companies like Spotify, AFROPUNK, Vox Media, and NBCUniversal. He is the founder of OFF THE CUFF, a digital media platform amplifying the untold stories of thought leaders through storytelling and live experiences.

He has partnered with global brands including TikTok, Samsung, Google, and Major League Baseball, leading powerful conversations on mentorship, mental wellness, legacy, and celebrating others by giving them the flowers they deserve.

HEAD OF PEOPLE & WORKPLACES
Digital Asset

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Daisy Auger-Domínguez is the Head of People & Workplaces at Digital Asset, where she leads the company’s global talent, culture, and workplace strategy. A global C-suite executive, workplace strategist, and keynote speaker, she has led teams at Google, Disney, and Vice through transformation, scale, and reinvention.

She is the author of Inclusion Revolution and Burnt Out to Lit Up, and CEO of Auger-Domínguez Ventures, where she advises leaders on building workplaces that work.

VICE PRESIDENT, STARTUP BANKING
JPMorgan Chase

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Derrick “DT” Thomas is a Vice President in Innovation Economy Startup Banking at JPMorgan Chase, where he is known for connecting founders and private clients to the right capital, partners, and infrastructure at the moments that matter most. DT’s career sits at the intersection of community, technology, and business-building.

He played Division I basketball at Drexel University, starting 90 games and earning a reputation as a top defensive guard. After college, he joined Tesla in its early days and helped spearhead the Tesla Owners Club community—an early model of community-led product growth. He later founded and helped build platforms focused on onboarding new communities into emerging technology, including Tech Runs / Tech Runs DAO, convening leaders across sports, culture, and tech. This  lived experience shapes his approach today—practical, founder-first, and focused on building durable businesses. 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Russell Reynolds

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Emani Fenton is an Executive Director with Russell Reynolds Associates, advising clients on how to recruit, develop and retain transformative leaders, and conducting senior executive searches cross-functionally for insurance, financial services, private equity funds and their portfolio companies.

Previously he was a senior manager in the people advisory services practice at Ernst & Young (EY), leading client engagements focused on organizational and people strategy. Emani’s nearly 10 years of management consulting also includes roles at PwC and Aon with financial services clients, as well as work with the National Football League (NFL) in the coaching and player personnel departments.

He has a BS in developmental sociology and applied economics and management from Cornell University.

FOUNDER & CEO
Identity & Impact

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Geraldine White is the founder and CEO of Identity and Impact, and a highly awarded organizational transformation executive known for driving systemic change that strengthens performance, trust, and wellbeing grounded in integrity and human impact.

She was previously the Chief Diversity Officer for Publicis Groupe’s 103,000 global workforce and has spent the majority of her career in advertising, marketing, and consulting. She spent nine years at Sapient in business transformation, change management, governance and systems thinking, and started on the client side at 1-800-FLOWERS, leading the teleflorist’s online evolution and the deal with AOL.

She is the board president for A Call to Men, and also serves on the boards of Harvard's Women in Public Policy, Bottom Line, the Institute for Corporate Productivity, and Bridge, which brings together CEOs, CMOs and diversity leaders in the advertising and marketing industry.

POLICY ADVISOR
Antenna Up

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Giovanna Gray Lockhart is a policy advisor to Antenna Up. As the Executive Director of the Frances Perkins Center in Maine, she led the efforts to designate the national park site for the longest serving labor secretary who was a key architect of the New Deal, shaping modern American policy on economic security during the Great Depression.

Giovanna is a leader in the federal paid family leave movement in the United States, has served as the Washington editor of Glamour, Head of Impact at The Wing, Chief Strategy Officer at The Riveter, and in government as an advisor to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.

CLINICAL ASSOCIATE
Backline

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Isaac Slone, M.A., L.P., is a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice. He works with adults and children struggling with depression and anxiety, with a particular focus on the psychological demands of artistic and cultural labor. He also works with new parents and families navigating pregnancy, postpartum life, and early parenthood.

He is a Clinical Associate at Backline, a mental health and wellness resource for music industry professionals and their families, where he supports the organization’s clinical program and helps expand its provider network. His work has appeared in volumes published by Routledge, Bloomsbury, and Penn State University Press. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Contemporary Freudian Society and ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.

CEO
Antenna Up

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Janna Meyrowitz Turner is the CEO of Antenna Up, a platform of convenings and collectives advancing new signals about leadership, culture, and the health and wellbeing of boys and men. For more than 20 years, she has been a strategist focused on systems change and communication in all its forms, building values-aligned networks across the public, private, and social sectors.

She founded Style House in 2006, scaling it into an award-winning strategic communications and business development consultancy known for its holistic, multicultural approach to brand building, partnerships, and leadership moments. Janna became a trusted advisor to senior leadership teams at globally recognized organizations including Estée Lauder and the WNBA.

She also leads Synastry Capital, which houses her angel investments in sports, health, and the humanities, as well as her Personal Brand Alignment work with senior executives, founders, and creators. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, TechCrunch, and Axios.

CO-FOUNDER & CEO
The Lives of Men

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Jason Rosario is the founder of The Lives of Men, a personal development, wellness, and community platform helping men navigate modern masculinity through content, experiences, and culture consultation. He previously served as Global Chief Impact & Inclusion Officer at BBDO Worldwide, where partnered with Fortune 500 clients to redesign organizational culture and brand strategy.

He now works independently as a strategic advisor for brands and organizations navigating cultural complexity—redesigning systems so performance, trust, and momentum grow together. Jason brings fluency across business strategy and human behavior. His approach: slow down to see clearly, then expand to move differently.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

CO-FOUNDER
B Corp, White Men for Racial Justice, AND 1

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Jay Coen Gilbert is cofounder of the global B Corporation movement, with more than 10,000 companies across 105 countries leading the way to a better way of doing business.

Jay is cofounder of WMRJ, a national anti-racist pro-justice community of practice for white men, and cofounded AND 1, a global basketball footwear, apparel, and entertainment company. Jay grew up in New York City and graduated from Stanford University.

FOUNDER
Be Here Tomorrow Media

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Kevin Hines is one of the world’s leading mental health advocates and suicide prevention storytellers, whose 25-year mission began after surviving his jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. An award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, and globally recognized speaker, he has reached hundreds of millions with his life-saving message of hope and resilience.

His films, including “Suicide: The Ripple Effect” and the forthcoming “Death Bridge”, have helped transform public understanding of brain health and suicide prevention. Through his HINESIGHTS Podcast, viral content, and global advocacy, Kevin blends lived experience, science, and spirituality to change and save lives. A survivor turned storyteller, Kevin Hines is proof that one voice, shared boldly, can spark hope around the world.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION EXECUTIVE
Formerly Google

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Michael Muñoz is an advisor to Antenna Up and was most recently Google’s Global Marketing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Lead. Michael drove strategy and delivery of the company’s Marketing DEI commitments and operational plans, advising Google’s leadership team on building capacity and shared accountability.

Before joining Google, Michael led DEI efforts at Aetna, MassMutual, EY and ESPN. Michael has been active in facilitating Anti-Defamation League’s ‘A World of Difference’ training for over three decades. Michael serves on the boards of ADCOLOR the University of Connecticut Hillel, and Strong Girls United. Michael has a B.S. from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Human Resource Management from Cornell.

ADVISOR AND AUTHOR
Applied Empathy

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Michael Ventura is an accomplished entrepreneur and the author of Applied Empathy, teaching the practice of empathy for individuals and teams. He is often engaged as an advisor to leaders and boards at moments of transformation and change, including organizations from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Goldman Sachs, Google, Nike, The United Nations, and the Obama Administration.

Michael serves as faculty at the Esalen Institute and shares his work on emotionally intelligent leadership at The University of Michigan, Princeton University, and the US Military Academy at West Point.

ADVISOR
Antenna Up

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Nicole is a seasoned advisor, entrepreneur and twice-over founding executive who has spent the past 20 years growing mission-driven organizations. Nicole served as the founding COO of social impact company NationSwell, where she shaped the vision of the company, initiated their Benefit Corporation certification, built a high performing team, and 10x’ed sustainable revenue while meeting social impact metrics.

She also led regenerative brand consultancy BBMG and consulted on mergers and acquisitions at PwC. She takes pride in innovating for social impact, while also demonstrating the value of creativity, intellect and kindness in  leadership and business.

FOUNDER
The Company of Dads

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Paul Sullivan is the founder of The Company of Dads, a media company, community for Lead Dads. A long-time New York Times columnist of Wealth Matters for 13 years, Paul became a Lead Dad in 2013 when his wife started her own asset management firm. After seven years undercover, not feeling he could be open about his role, he learned that a third of all fathers today identify as Lead Dad.

The Company of Dads works with companies to change the caregiving conversation in the office,  and to train managers in messaging care policies effectively. Paul is the co-host of Bright Horizons’ Work-Life Equation podcast. He is the author of Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t and The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of The Super Wealthy.

CHIEF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
AARP

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Sami Hassanyeh is the Chief Digital Transformation Officer at AARP, where he leads the organization’s digital strategy across web, mobile, and social platforms. With more than 30 years of experience in technology and marketing, Sami has played a pivotal role in transforming AARP’s digital presence—driving growth in audience engagement, digital memberships, and advertising revenue.

Sami is passionate about harnessing technology to empower people to choose how they live as they age, and he brings both vision and purpose to every aspect of his work. His forward-thinking approach has positioned AARP as a leader in digital innovation among nonprofit and membership organizations.

SENIOR ADVISOR, MEN’S ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIST
Warrior Compassion Institute

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Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSEd, is the Founder of the Warrior Compassion Institute and is a thought leader, advisor, and strategist focused on humanizing systems by engaging men. Sean works with the hardest-to-reach men in the hardest-to-access systems including law enforcement, first responders, military, energy, tech, and essential infrastructure, developing new models of engagement that can be applied across men’s initiatives.

He brings almost three decades of leadership and organizational development experience, including serving as Head of Personal Transformation and Wellbeing at Eileen Fisher and as VP of Talent Consulting at Partners in Human Resources International, overseeing 150 consultants and coaches worldwide. An interfaith minister, he partners with evangelical faith leaders to reimagine how men and boys are engaged. He is the author of Warrior Compassion, a TEDx speaker, co-founder of Project Compassion to deepen compassion in policing, and teaches “Men, Masculinity, and Extremism” at American University.

FOUNDER
THE REAL Mental Health Foundation

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Shawn Lesser is an entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and global movement builder focused on making what has long been invisible, visible. Shawn founded THE REAL Mental Health Foundation to change the way the world talks about, shows up for, and invests in men’s mental health. After spending over 30 years in finance across public equity and private equity, Shawn co-founded the world’s first impact investing investment bank, Big Path Capital, helping pioneer an industry dedicated to aligning capital with purpose.

This work became deeply personal following his own mental health journey. Shawn’s goals by 2030 are helping 10,000,001 men with their mental health, and mobilizing $10 billion of new capital into mental health by 2030. Today the global movement has 700+ Ambassadors (men) and 200+ Allies (women) across 50 countries. Through grassroots walks, retreats, summits and conversations across New York, London, and Davos at the World Economic Forum, THE REAL creates spaces to show up honestly and support one another in real life.

ADVISOR
Antenna Up

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Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg is a creative executive and 5x content studio builder with over 20 years of experience launching new divisions for industry leaders including NBCUniversal and Hearst, after starting out at HBO. He guides media companies to build platform-native content engines, and serves as an advisor to Antenna Up as Co-Chair of the company’s Marketing to Men Collective.

A pioneer in the men’s wellness media, he most recently served as SVP and Executive Producer at Wayfarer Studios, where he architected the Man Enough ecosystem into a first-of-its kind respected and engaged community on American manhood, reaching 6.5 million people monthly, proving that calling me "in" is a vital commercial asset.

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
A Call to Men

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Ted Bunch is an author, educator, and the co-founder and Chief Development Officer of A Call to Men. He is an internationally recognized violence-prevention leader and a respected voice on issues of manhood, male socialization, and its intersection with violence, including the prevention of violence against all women and girls.

Ted is a sought-after speaker and trusted source for media and content creators on male socialization in America. He is the co-author of The Book of Dares: 100 Ways for Boys to Be Bold, Kind, and Brave and co-creator of A Call to Men’s LiveRespect®: Life Skills and Well-Being for Boys & Young Men curriculum, developed in partnership with Scholastic.

VICE PRESIDENT, PLAYER ENGAGEMENT
New York Giants

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Usama Young is an 8-year veteran of the NFL, a Super Bowl XLIV Champion, speaker, and philanthropist. Inducted into the Kent State University Athletics Hall of Fame, Young was drafted to the New Orleans Saints where won a Super Bowl and played an active role in Hurricane Katrina victim relief efforts. He received the Browns’ Byron “Whizzer” White Award and was named the Raiders’ Walter Payton Man of the Year — the NFL’s highest honor for excellence on and off the field.

After retiring in 2016, Young served for 8 years at the NFL league office, leading initiatives in financial literacy, social justice, and fatherhood as part of the player engagement department. He created the first-ever NFL Social Justice Town Hall, held in Los Angeles during Super Bowl LVI, uniting players, executives, and community leaders for collaborative change. He currently serves as the Vice President of Player Engagement with the New York Giants, and also leads the Believe In U Foundation, empowering youth to unlock their full potential.

SVP, BUSINESS OPERATIONS & STRATEGY
TNT Sports

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Yang Adija is SVP, Business Operations and Strategy, for TNT Sports leading the overall business operations and daily execution of strategic digital partnerships with NCAA, NHL, Unrivaled Basketball, and other digital league initiatives. Yang leads TNT Sports’ innovation efforts to integrate emerging technologies and assess new ventures and is also the general manager and lead business executive overseeing cross-functional teams in operationalizing the TNT Sports streaming strategy.

Yang was previously VP, Business Operations and Strategy for Turner NBA Digital, in which he managed NBATV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass and worked closely with the League on communication and execution of new business development deals, strategic partnerships, and product initiatives. Yang is a Sports Emmy award winner in the category of Outstanding Interactive Experience for the NBA App, and was named to the 2020 Cablefax Diversity Influentials List. Prior to joining WBD Sports (Turner), Yang was a director in KPMG's advisory management consulting practice in Atlanta, and also served in several capacities with the Walt Disney Company including financial support during the digital transformation of the feature animation film business.

FOUNDER & CEO
Release Recovery

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Zac is a multi-dimensional business executive with over a decade of professional experience in the behavioral health field. As Founder and CEO of Release Recovery and the founding board member for Release Recovery Foundation, he is dedicated to providing comprehensive, innovative, and individualized care to all those in need.

Having started in direct client care and quickly evolving into senior leadership positions, Zac has a strong understanding of the many facets of the recovery industry, including the nonprofit sector. His entrepreneurial endeavors, partnered with his commitment to high quality care, continue to expand Release’s growth and impact.

STUDENT
Stanford University

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Zach Gottlieb is a Stanford sophomore who founded the global wellness platform Talk With Zach. He writes for publications like The New York Times and The Atlantic and speaks for media outlets including NBC News and Fox Business on cultural issues related to Gen Z. Operating at the intersection of media, culture, and branding. He consults for and works with tech (AI, GovTech) and consumer (apparel, social, CPG) companies, and writes equity research reports on companies in these industries.