2022 United States Summit Speakers

Chelsie Alexandre

Coordinator, Partnerships

Kimberly Seals Allers

Founder, Irth & Executive Director, Narrative Nation, Inc.

Benjamin Backer

President and Founder, American Conservation Coalition

Allison Ball

Kentucky State Treasurer, Kentucky State Treasury

Joseph Barry

PhD Candidate, University of Kentucky College of Education

Governor Andy Beshear

Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Dr. Zabina Bhasin

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, DEI Expert, and Founder, In KidZ

Ambassador Sarah Bianchi

Deputy United States Trade Representative, USTR

Stacy Blakeley

Executive Director, The Policy Circle

Bill Bryant

Evening Anchor and Political Editor, WKYT

Noah Budnick

Executive Director, Together for Safer Roads

Hon. Christopher E Campbell

Founder & CEO, Incamera Solutions

President Eli Capilouto

President, University of Kentucky

Cordell Carter

Executive Director, Socrates Program, Aspen Institute

The Honorable Elaine Chao

18th U.S. Secretary of Transportation; 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor

Dr. Mung Chiang

Executive Vice President, John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, ...

Henry Childs

Chief Fund Manager, NMSDC Business Consortium Fund

John Clay

Sports Columnist, Lexington Herald-Leader

Ben Collier

Co-CEO, Farmlink Project

Ryan Cooper

Director of Circular Economy Solutions and Organics Recycling Lead, Rubicon Tech...

Al Cross

Director and Professor, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky

Ami Dar

Founder and Executive Director, Idealist

Mary J. Davis

Dean, University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law

Amb. Paula J. Dobriansky, Ph.D.

Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Harvard Unive...

Dr. Robert Farley

Senior Lecturer, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, Unive...

Melody Flowers

Executive Director for Strategic Analysis & Policy, University of Kentucky

Matt Forté

Former NFL Running Back, Philanthropist and Founder, What's Your Forté Foundati...

Worku Gachou

Head of North America, Inclusive Impact and Sustainability, Visa Inc.

The Honorable Aurelia S. Giacometto

General Counsel, AVC Global

Michelle Giuda

CEO, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Bonnie Glick

Director, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Mayor Linda Gorton

Mayor, City of Lexington, Kentucky

Mark Green

Editorial Director/Vice President, The Lane Report

Claudia Gurisatti

Journalist, General Director, NTN24

Colby Hall

Executive Director, SOAR

Parker Harris

Co-Founder & Global CTO, Salesforce

Lord Dr. Michael Hastings CBE

Chairman, SOAS University of London

Michael Hawse

Student Body President, University of Kentucky

Dr. Kerry Healey

Independent Director, Apollo Global Management

Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig

Dean and Professor, University of Kentucky

Paula Henderson

Executive Vice President & Chief Sales Officer, Americas, SAS

Ana María Herrera

Gatton Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

Dr. Vaughn Holder

Global Ruminant Research Director, Alltech

Kristen Kennedy

Morning Anchor, WKYT-TV

Hon. Keith Krach

Chairman and Co-founder, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Shelly Kurtz

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, X4Impact

H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle

Former President, Republic of Uruguay

H.E. Guillermo Lasso Mendoza*

President, Republic of Ecuador

Anthony (Tony) Lewis

Region VP, Verizon

Breona Link

Student, University of Kentucky

Natalie Liu

Diplomatic Correspondent, Voice of America

Nicholas Logothetis

Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

Frank Luntz

Founder & President, FIL Inc.

Maggie Lyons

Managing Director, AgTech and Consumer Goods, SAS Institute

Gayle Manchin

Federal Co-Chair, Appalachian Regional Commission

Jonathan Martin

National Political Correspondent, The New York Times

Lt. Col. Amy McGrath

Founder, Honor Bound

Bruce McIntyre

President, saveArose Foundation

Adam Met

Musician / Executive Director, AJR / Sustainable Partners, Inc.

Kevin George Miller

Senior Director, Public Policy, ChargePoint

Nate Morris

Founder, Chairman & CEO, Morris Industries

Amb. John D. Negroponte

Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates

The Honorable Sherryl Newman

Former Secretary of the District of Columbia, Director, LINK Strategic Partners

Rachel Nicks

Founder & CEO, Birth Queen

Hon. Glenn Nye

President & CEO, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

Michael J. Nyenhuis

President & CEO, UNICEF USA

Tracy Palandjian

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Social Finance

Timothy Prewitt

President and CEO, The Hunger Project

Commissioner Ryan Quarles

Commissioner of Agriculture, Kentucky Department of Agriculture

H.E. Jorge-Tuto Fernando Quiroga

Former President, Plurinational State of Bolivia

Veronica Reyes

Student, University of Kentucky

Alex Rodrigues

CEO, Embark Trucks

Robert Rosenberg

CEO, NTELX

Daniel Rowland

Professor Emeritus of Russian History, University of Kentucky

Luis Salazar

Co-Founder, X4Impact

Nancy Santiago

Deputy Director of Engagement, Office of the U.S. Surgeon General

Paola Serna

Journalist, NTN24

Tom Simpson

COO, altafiber

Xochitl Torres Small

Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Hon. Douglas A. Smith

Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Orchard Global Asset Management

Ashley Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, Black Soil KY

Sam Stephens

Executive Director, AB InBev Foundation

Barbara Stewart

Former CEO, AmeriCorps

Mark Stoops

Head Football Coach, University of Kentucky

Dr. Ryan Streeter

Director of Domestic Policy, American Enterprise Institute

Henry Strom

Superintendent, Grandview School District

Nick Such

Co-founder, Awesome Inc.

Governor Chris Sununu

Governor, State of New Hampshire

Timothy Swarens

Deputy Opinion Editor, USA TODAY

Matthew Swift

Co-Founder, President & CEO, Concordia

Michaela Taylor

Law Student, University of Kentucky

Aaron Thompson

President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

Denine Torr

Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy, Dollar Gener...

Dr. Kenneth M. Tyler

Associate Dean, Inclusion & Internationalization, College of Education, Universi...

David Urbanek

Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Quality, Elanco Animal Health

H.E. Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Former President, the Republic of Colombia

Jonathan Webb

Founder & CEO, AppHarvest

Ann Weeby

VP, Workforce Innovation, Salesforce, Inc. LLC

Don Wettrick

CEO, STARTedUP Foundation

Lin Yang

Founder, The INNOVATORS

Congressman John Yarmuth

Member of Congress, House of Representatives

Gwen Young

Chief Executive Officer, Women Business Collaborative; Visiting Scholar, Elliott...

Betsy Zorio

Vice President of U.S. Programs, Save The Children

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