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Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo PepsiCo is a Fortune 500, American multinational corporation founded in 1898. It owns 5 different billion-dollar brands: Pepsi, Tropicana, Frito-Lay, Quaker, and Gatorade. Indra Nooyi has been CEO since 2006. While at PepsiCo Indra has been striving for a net-zero impact on the environment. This focus on healthier foods and lifestyles is part of Indra’s "Performance with Purpose" philosophy. Forbes magazine ranked Indra #3 on the 2008 and 2009 list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. |
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Patrick Sciaratta Executive Director, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation; Co-Founder Youth Assembly at the United Nations Patrick has been the Executive Director of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation (FAF) since 1993. His long and laudable career in the arts and cultural industry includes having taught at several universities as well as co-founding and serving as Artistic Director at the Bond Street Theatre Coalition, where he produced, directed and co-wrote 12 plays. Under his leadership, FAF creates and produces domestic and international cultural exchange programs to promote and foster international cooperation in meaningful ways. Patrick created and runs the premier leadership program for youth - the Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations - now in its 7th year. He also serves on the United Nation’s Department of Public Information and Non-Government Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference Planning Committee.
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Joanna Sherman Co-Founder, Bond Street Theater; Director; Actor Use you passions to create impact! Joanna has taken her passion for theater to educate viewers on world issues as well as therapy to those involved. Since Bond Street’s start in 1976 she has initiated and participated in company projects in South Asia, China, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has been featured on CNN, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, National Public Radio, and international TV and news media. Further she has directed, lectured, and taught internationally. Recently, with Exile Theatre of Kabul, she directed Beyond the Mirror, a historical view of conflict in Afghanistan that toured in Afghanistan, Japan and the US. She also conducted a 3-year Conflict Resolution project in India as part of the US Department of State’s educational and arts initiative. |
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Tom Szaky Founder and CEO Terracycle; Entrepreneur; Author
At the age of 19 Tom had an unusual idea - use worms to eat organic waste. The result: Terracycle -a company that makes affordable, eco-friendly products from a wide range of different, non-recyclable waste materials. In late 2009 Terracylce, as featured on NBC Nightly News, has diverted more than 1,000 tons of waste from landfills. The company is partnered with Walmart, Home Depot, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft, Stonyfield Farm and CLIF BAR. Tom was dubbed #1 CEO in America under age 30 in 2006 by Inc. Magazine, the Holy Grail for young entrepreneurs. Last year he authored Revolution in a Bottle and produced a reality-show Garbage Moguls (debuted on The National Geographic Channel, scheduled to run in 2010). Tom knows how to turn an idea into impact!
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Marc Weiner Producer of Nickelodeon Weinerville and Creator of the Empathy Labyrinth® With appearances on Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and Entertainment Tonight, Marc has helped millions to laugh and better understand themselves..He has performed with Robin Williams twice outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Marc created and hosted the popular daily children's show Nickelodeon Weinerville, on Nickelodeon. Marc also provides the voices of the “Map”, “Swiper”-the fox, “Pirate Parrot” and a few other characters on Nick Jr's series Dora the Explorer. He devised the Empathy Labyrinth® as a tool to teach Nonviolent Communications (NVC) to others. His ultimate goal is to go beyond judgments, assumptions, and habitual thinking by fostering empathic, heart-to-heart connections - what a true leader should do. |
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Dr. Joshua Weiss Associate Director, Global Negotiation Project at the Program on Negotiation, Harvard University
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Jennifer Openshaw Founder and CEO, SuperFutures, Author, Entrepreneur, and National Commentator Founder of SuperFutures Academy, Family Financial Network, and Co-Founder of WeSeed (an investment education site now used in over 100 schools), Jennifer knows how to create impact. This energizing woman, always on the go, can be seen on CNN, the Today Show, Fox Business Channel, Oprah, and Nightline as well as hosting ABC Radio’s Winning Advice. She has authored two books: What is Your Net Worth? and Millionaire Zone. As a columnist for Dow Jones’ Marketwatch, Jennifer’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Business Week, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Fortune, Small Business, Kiplinger’s, Women’s Day and Redbook. A proven entrepreneur and powerful voice for "the little guy" and working families, Jennifer knows that ordinary people often have limited resources, but unlimited aspirations. |







