Brian Cayce is the Vice President of Gray Ghost Ventures.  He is a leading impact venture capitalist seeking technology-led startups in emerging markets bridging the access gap to essential services and goods for the mass market.

Shaun’s first career was in the financial markets. He worked for Goldman Sachs in London and later managed his own hedge fund in San Francisco. Shaun was then drawn to the non-profit sector. He worked with street children in India and for fistula patients in Africa. And, at mothers2mothers, he led the launch and scale-up across Southern and East Africa of a program preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. 

Ann Mei Chang is the Chief Innovation Officer and the Executive Director of the U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID.  The Lab is the newest bureau at USAID and aims to transform global development through science, technology, innovation, and partnerships.  Prior to USAID, Ann Mei was the Chief Innovation Officer at Mercy Corps, an international NGO.  She also served as the Senior Advisor for Women and Technology in the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues at the U.S. Department of State.

I’m the Founder and CEO of JDPLabs. As a technology passionate  and considering what a pleasant experience writing code is to me, I’ve always been interested in innovation through software, by focusing not only on what is needed, but also on improving how things are currently done around the globe, perhaps even shortening the gap between the present and the future. In an attempt to achieve this, I started a master’s degree program, during which I specialized in areas related to pervasive computing and autonomous multi-agent systems. 

Angie is a Vice President at Hackbright Academy, where she leads partnerships and the mentorship program. Hackbright Academy runs 12-week accelerated engineering fellowships exclusively for women quarterly in San Francisco, with the goal of changing the ratio in engineering and technology by training more female software engineers. In 2008, she started Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners to network women in technology. 

With over 35 years as a corporate lawyer & business advisor in international trade and investment, Tony is keenly focused on sub-Saharan Africa. Currently working to transfer new technology and methodology to the region, his passion for Africa, its business and overall development date back to his Peace Corps service in Botswana in the late 1970s.

Jean Case is an actively engaged philanthropist, investor and a pioneer in the world of interactive technologies. Her career in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before she and her husband, Steve Case, created the Case Foundation in 1997. The Case Foundation is recognized for its innovative efforts to address significant social challenges, harnessing the best impulses of entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and collaboration to drive exponential impact.

Frank Chen is a partner at the venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz. Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Frank was the VP of products at Opsware. During his tenure there, he gained expertise in enterprise software development and sales, product marketing, change management, and competitive strategies. 

Steve Ciesinski is president of Silicon Valley-based SRI International (www.sri.com), one of the world’s leading independent R&D organizations, with annual revenues of approximately $500M. SRI’s innovations have led to new products, businesses and industries that impact people’s lives every day...

Patrick Collison is the CEO and co-founder of Stripe, the technology company that expands internet commerce by making it easy to process transactions from anywhere.  After experiencing firsthand how difficult it was to set up an online business, Patrick and his brother John started Stripe in the fall of 2010. Their goal was to make accepting payments on the internet simpler and more inclusive. 

Maria Contreras-Sweet was sworn in as the 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and as a member of President Obama’s cabinet on April 7, 2014.  The SBA is charged with supporting America’s 28 million small businesses, which create a majority of US jobs and employ half of our nation’s private-sector workforce.