Democracy Forum Speakers

Valerie Jarrett

CEO, Obama Foundation

Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Mónica Guzmán

Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels

Eboo Patel

Founder & President, Interfaith America

Finale Doshi-Velez

Professor, Harvard University

Layla Zaidane

President & CEO, Future Caucus

Rep. Tory Marie Blew

State Representative, Kansas House of Representatives

Rep. Brandon Woodard

State Representative, Kansas House of Representatives

Berto Aguayo

Intellectual Property Attorney, K&L Gates

President Obama

44th president of the United States

Ainka Jackson

The Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation, Executive Director

Manu Meel

CEO, BridgeUSA

Nika Kovǎc

Founding Director, Research Institute of 8th March

Shamil Idriss

Chief Executive Officer, Search for Common Ground

Michael Shipler

Vice President of Strategy, Search for Common Ground

Faitth Brooks

Director of Strategy and Community, Search for Common Ground

Rebecca Russo

Vice President of Higher Education Strategy, Interfaith America

Jenan Mohajir

Vice President of External Affairs, Interfaith America

Ximena Docarmo

APolitical, Co-Head of the Accelerator, Apolitical Foundation

Rebekah Ison

APolitical, Head of Content and Partnerships

Natalia Herbst

APolitical, Director for Latin America Strategy & Development

Ross Irwin

Chief Operations Officer, BridgeUSA

Jack Ruotolo

Learning and Development Manager, BridgeUSA

Sabrina Nabizada

Chapter Growth and Development Consultant, BridgeUSA

Asma Reed

Chapter Development Manager, BridgeUSA

Alexis Conavay

Senior Director Learning Design & Implementation, The Change Collective at Civic Nation

Kinzie Mabon

Director of Learning Design and Membership, The Change Collective at Civic Nation

Karla Edwards

Deputy Director of Programs and Strategy, Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable (Change Collective Mississippi Cohort)

Jason McCarty

Executive Director, Mississippi Harm Reduction Initiative (Change Collective Mississippi Cohort)

Dominicca Washington

Founder and Executive Director, SHE Chicago

William Stubbs

Executive Director & Co-Founder, Museum of Sticks & Stones

Abaas Mpindi

CEO & Co-Founder, Media Challenge Initiative

Wafa Ebenberi

Social Impact Strategist, Freelance

Anna Kynthia Bousdoukou

Co-founder and Managing Director, Journalist, iMEdD (incubator for Media Education and Development)