GBN : Our Practice

Economic and community development advisor, Metropolis Strategies/Chicago Community Trust; former executive director, Chicago Metropolis 2020, launching infrastructure, justice, education, and quality of life initiatives; former president, Inland International

Larry Brilliant

Epidemiologist and philanthropist; president,the Skoll Foundation's Urgent Threats Fund; first executive director, Google.org; leader of WHO's smallpox eradication in Southeast Asia; former international health professor; founder, four technology companies and the Seva Foundation to combat blindness in developing countries

Barbara Bylenga

Qualitative market researcher and strategic advisor focused on Gen Y trendsetters; president and founder, Outlaw Consulting; founder, Open a Door (mentoring Rwandan students); former advertising executive

Doug Carlston

Technology entrepreneur and philanthropist; cofounder, ICPlanet and Broderbund Software; trustee, Santa Fe Institute; board chair, Public Radio International, the Carlston Family Foundation; board member, MoveOn Political Action Committee, the Ploughshares Fund, the Albanian American Enterprise Fund,the Long Now Foundation

Chip Conley

Marketing and management innovator; founder and executive chairman, Joie de Vivre Hospitality; philanthropist; author, Emotional Equations, Peak, Marketing that Matters, The Rebel Rules

Peter Gabriel

Award-winning singer, song-writer, composer, and world music advocate and producer; human rights activist; cofounder, WOMAD, On Demand Distribution (OD2), and the WITNESS Project

Gerald Harris

Scenario and strategic planner specializing in energy and utilities, nonprofits, and communities of color; former practitioner, GBN, and strategist, PG&E and Bechtel; author, The Art of Quantum Planning

Paul Hawken

Environmentalist and entrepreneur; cofounder, The Natural Capital Institute, WiserEarth, Metacode, Groxis, and Smith & Hawken; chair, The Natural Step; coauthor, Natural Capitalism; author, Growing a Business, The Ecology of Commerce, and Blessed Unrest

Kathryn Johnson

Healthcare and community advocate and educator; cofounder,the Center for Global Service and the Food Commons initiative; former president, Health Forum

Graham Leicester

Integrative thinker on governance, learning, health, and policy; cofounder, International Futures Forum, Scotland; former diplomat (EU and China); co-author, Ten Things to do in a Conceptual Emergency; author, Transformative Innovation in Education and Beyond Survival

Pierre Omidyar

Philanthropist and entrepreneur; chair and CEO, Omidyar Network; chair, eBay

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