Samora Pinderhughes is a multidisciplinary artist and composer whose work explores the intersection of art, justice and healing with striking vulnerability and radical honesty. Through the Healing Project, his community arts initiative, he collaborates with those impacted by structural violence to re-examine sociopolitical issues and fight for change. Pinderhughes is the first-ever Art for Justice + Soros Justice Fellow and a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2020 Visionary Award. He is currently the Adobe Creative Resident at MoMA.

Theresa Fyffe is the executive director of impact at the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. With 25 years in research and nonprofits, she leads global conservation efforts and builds lasting partnerships with Indigenous communities, donors, scientists, industry and government. She heads a team overseeing 400 projects and 500 partners across the Indo-Pacific. Backed by TED's funding initiative the Audacious Project, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation will begin large-scale coral restoration across vital reefs in Australia and the Pacific, using new seeding techniques to deploy heat-tolerant corals in oceans more efficiently, and with inclusion of Traditional Owners.

Robert C. Green, a physician-scientist and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, directs the Genomes2People Research Program at Mass General Brigham, Ariadne Labs and the Broad Institute. He is revolutionizing preventive genomics — the process of analyzing DNA to identify genetic conditions before they strike — and has helped develop guidelines for sharing genetic information responsibly. He advises nations around the world on their plans to implement genomic screening, and currently leads the BabySeq Project, a US clinical trial that explores the benefits of DNA testing in healthy newborns.

Stand-up comedian and Oscar-nominated writer Jena Friedman is the creator of the critically acclaimed film Soft Focus with Jena Friedman on Adult Swim and the true crime show Indefensible on AMC+. Among her TV credits: work with Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Jon Stewart and David Letterman; her films include Palm Springs and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Her bestselling book, Not Funny: And Other Things I've Been Called, was published in 2024.

Alison Darcy is a clinical research psychologist and health tech designer who is challenging traditional thinking about psychotherapy. As the founder of Woebot Health, the world's first clinically validated therapeutic AI, she believes emotional well-being should be accessible to all. Trained at Stanford Medical School, she applies expertise in behavioral health and translation science as well as what she learned while leading AI pioneer Andrew Ng’s Health Innovation Lab.

A legend in the field of evolutionary anthropology, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy has dedicated her life to understanding human nature in all its diversity. She is a leading scientific expert on motherhood and the evolutionary basis of parenting in humans, and her six books — including the trilogy Mother Nature, Mothers and Others and Father Time — blend rigorous scholarship with a novelist’s touch. Now a professor emerita at the University of California, Davis, she recently shifted her research focus from mothers to men, studying how the bodies, brains and aspirations of 21st-century fathers are changing as they care for babies.

Ndinini Kimesera Sikar is founder and executive director of the Maasai Women Development Organization, which serves marginalized Maasai women and girls in Tanzania through education, healthcare and economic initiatives. For this work, she was recognized as a Woman of Courage by the US Embassy in Tanzania and also acknowledged by the Tanzanian government for promoting gender equality, maternal health and sustainable development.

Andy Laats, cofounder and CEO of the watch and accessories brand Nixon Inc., became a single father of three after losing his wife to ovarian cancer. To share what he’s learned along the way, he serves on advisory boards for cancer support organizations including Camp Kesem and the American Cancer Society. Before building Nixon, he worked as a product manager for Burton Snowboards, and he holds patents in both snowboard and watch design.

Scientist, serial entrepreneur and writer Avni Patel Thompson thinks machines ought to make modern parenthood easier — and she is now on her third startup trying to do exactly that. Her latest venture, Milo, harnesses AI to help parents manage the complexities of family life. She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and also writes 10,000 Ways, a newsletter about the everyday realities of building a startup while raising a family.

Duncan Keegan is a communications professional in Ireland's public sector. In 2023, he experienced a devastating personal loss that transformed his perspective on life, language and grief. Keegan was featured on “Thanks for Being Here,” a weekly segment of the podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders.