Elie Honig is a CNN Senior Legal Analyst who previously worked for 14 years as a federal and state prosecutor. His first book, “Hatchet Man,” was a national bestseller, and his second book, “Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It,” publishes with HarperCollins in January 2023. In 2022, Honig was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding News Analysis: Editorial and Opinion.” Honig also hosts podcasts and writes for Café and Vox Media, teaches at Rutgers University, and is Special Counsel at a New Jersey law firm. He is a graduate of Rutgers College (1997) and Harvard Law School (2000).

Tom Turcich is the tenth person to walk around the world. His dog, Savannah, is the first dog to do so. After the death of his friend, Tom has sought to get the most out of life. For him, that meant travel, adventure, and understanding the world. His walk around the world spanned twenty-five thousand miles over seven years. It was a deep dive into the kindness of humanity and an amazing example of how far perseverance can take you.

Hal Stern is the VP and Head of Technology for Janssen R&D, where his team designs and delivers the end to end systems to support discovery, early development, clinical development, regulatory, safety and quality processes. Hal has strong interests in data science, non-traditional and applied computing techniques, security, privacy, large-scale networking, intellectual property management and open source software. He joined Janssen from Merck & Company; before joining Merck, Hal had a 25 year career in the technology industry, with variety of software and services leadership positions at Juniper Networks, Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems. He is co-inventor on 11 United States patents in the areas of networking, security and user experience and co-author of three technical books. Hal holds a BSE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and he serves on the graduate board of the Colonial Club at Princeton. Hal and his wife have two adult children, and outside of work he plays the bass guitar, coaches Under-8 Mite ice hockey for the New Jersey Devils Youth club, and enjoys live music, photography, cooking, reading and travel.

A Paterson, NJ native, Rosa Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts/Eastside High graduate and member of the Rutgers University Athletic Hall of Fame, Essence Carson is a 13-year WNBA veteran, All-Star, World Champion, philanthropist, speaker, and current Senior Manager of Label Relations and A&R Operations at Motown Records. Prior to her arrival at the world-renowned Motown Records, Essence started her career in the music industry at Priority Records and Virgin Records of the Capitol Music Group. No stranger to initiating change as an active player, Essence has stood on the front lines championing equality and equity. Deeply rooted in the community, she has been the ambassador of Health Equity Initiative (501c3) for over a decade.

Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell is a family medicine and urgent care physician, Medical Director of Community Engagement and Health Equity, Co-Lead of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and Medical Director of Urgent Care Clinics with Carbon Health and Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, NV. Deeply involved with her community, Dr. Curry-Winchell is also the founder, of Beyond Clinical Walls, the medical director, Washoe County Sexual Assault Response Team, and volunteers as an assistant medical examiner, Washoe County Child Protective Services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Curry-Winchell joined the Reno Mayor's Task Force and Governors Medical Advisory Team. She has received many awards, including the 2022 Healthcare Heroes Award from Nevada Business Magazine, the Community Service Award from Washoe County Medical Society, the 2021 Young Physician Award from Washoe County Medical Society, the 2020 PBS Reno Spotlight Extraordinary Neighbor award, Sierra Nevada's Top 20 Most Powerful Women award in 2019 and recently named one of 75 Black health care leaders to know by Becker's Hospital Review and was a TEDx presenter in 2022. She participates in national media interviews and regularly contributes to several publications. She and her husband enjoy life in Reno-Tahoe with their two young girls.