Malia Mills is head of her own company, Malia Mills. While the company focuses on swimwear design, it bills itself as a beauty company and the company\'s mission is \"to produce collections of items which inspire women to look in the mirror and see what is right instead of what is wrong.\" In 1993, Mills won the Vidal Sassoon Excellence in New Design award for her innovative designs. Prior to starting her own business, Malia Mills worked as an assistant designer for Jessica McClintock, Inc. Malia Mills is a graduate of Cornell University.
Jacie Stivers is the founder and owner of Commercial Investment Real Estate, based in Florida. In addition to running her own company, she is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). A CCIM is a recognized expert in the disciplines of commercial and investment real estate.
Robert S. Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (there are 14 Institute Professors at MIT; being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member). Dr. Langer has written over 1,100 articles. He also has approximately 760 issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer\'s patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 220 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history. He served as a member of the United States Food and Drug Administration\'s SCIENCE Board, the FDA\'s highest advisory board, from 1995 -- 2002 and as its Chairman from 1999-2002. Dr. Langer has received over 180 major awards including the 2006 United States National Medal of Science; the Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers and the 2008 Millennium Prize, the world\'s largest technology prize. He is the also the only engineer to receive the Gairdner Foundation International Award; 72 recipients of this award have subsequently received a Nobel Prize. Among numerous other awards Langer has received are the Dickson Prize for Science (2002), Heinz Award for Technology, Economy and Employment (2003), the Harvey Prize (2003), the John Fritz Award (2003) (given previously to inventors such as Thomas Edison and Orville Wright), the General Motors Kettering Prize for Cancer Research (2004), the Dan David Prize in Materials Science (2005), the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2005), the largest prize in the U.S. for medical research, induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006), the Max Planck Research Award (2008) and the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2008). In 1998, he received the Lemelson-MIT prize, the world\'s largest prize for invention for being "one of history\'s most prolific inventors in medicine." In 1989 Dr. Langer was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 1992 he was elected to both the National Academy of Engineering and to the National Academy of Sciences. He is one of very few people ever elected to all three United States National Academies and the youngest in history (at age 43) to ever receive this distinction. Dr. Langer received his Bachelor\'s Degree from Cornell University in 1970 and his Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, both in Chemical Engineering.
Philip Krim is the CEO of Casper, a sleep startup that launched with an outrageously comfortable mattress. Its direct-Âto-Âconsumer model has been praised for disrupting the mattress industry.A serial entrepreneur, Philip Krim started his first company out his dorm room at the University of Texas over a decade ago. As an early e-Âcommerce executive, Philip has been focused on the evolving consumer shopping trends - both online and off - in a number of different verticals throughout his career. Philip Krim is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Distinguished Senior Advisor and Board Director with broad experience in top leadership roles in Fortune 50 global Consumer, Technology and Retail corporations including Gap Inc, PepsiCo, Disney, Xerox and Sun Microsystems. Deep expertise in Human Resources, C-Suite Leadership Development & Succession Planning, Communications & Risk management, Public Policy, Workforce Development, Employee Engagement and Diversity & Culture strategies. Currently Vice Chair of Skills for America\'s Future Advisory Board at the Aspen Institute, working directly with senior White House leaders, Community Colleges and corporations to build skilled workforces and close the skills-employment gap. Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, focused on Consumer, Technology and Public Sector Practice areas. Senior Advisor for the G100 Network and Talent Consortium, an an active network of CEO\'s, CHRO\'s, Chief Strategy Officers, and other senior members of world-class companies focused on leveraging human capital to drive business results. Former member of the Board of Directors of Sapient, a global digital technology marketing firm and served on the Compensation Committee. Board Director at TalentSky, a professional skills networking company. Previously was the Chief People Officer and head of Corporate Affairs at Gap Inc. for over 10 years. Led the company\'s human resources, internal and external communications, government and public affairs, social and environmental responsibility, and Foundation teams responsible for supporting 136,000 employees, serving customers in 90 countries.
Nick Bayer is the founder and CEO of Saxbys Coffee. Nick Bayer graduated from Cornell University.
Robert Neff is the Co-founder and CEO of PicSwitch Technologies, Inc. Robert Neff is a graduate of Cornell University.
Matt Russo is the Managing Partner of Northwestern Mutual\'s midtown Manhattan office. In 1995, Russo joined the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network as a financial representative, concentrating his market within the medical field and the hospitality industry. As a financial representative, he had achieved Forum honors since 2000, and had been the recipient of numerous individual sales awards. In 1999, Russo was appointed Managing Director of The North Shore Group in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Under his direction, The North Shore Group had been awarded the District Network Office Growth Award for the last 6 years, and the Outstanding Achievement in Recruiting and Selection for the last seven years. Matt Russo received a Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Administration in 1990 from Cornell University.
<p>Ford R. Myers is President of Career Potential, LLC. Since 1992, he has been providing professional services in career consulting and executive coaching. <p>After counseling thousands of individuals on their careers, Ford drew from his diverse experience to create Career Potential - a powerful new approach to career management. </p> <p>He is author of "Get The Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring" (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) and "The Ultimate Career Guide", the only comprehensive manual for career management and job search. Articles and interviews have been featured in such publications as Inc. Magazine, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, CNN-Money, and he has also appeared as an industry expert on many television and radio programs. </p> <p>Ford Myers received his undergraduate degree from Hampshire College and his Master's Degree in Human Resource Development from Temple University.</p>