Nolan Kay Bushnell is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain. Bushnell has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News "Innovator of the Year" award, and was named one of Newsweek's "50 Men Who Changed America." Bushnell has started more than twenty companies and is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry. He is on the board of Anti-Aging Games. In 2012 he founded an educational software company called Brainrush, that is using video game technology in educational software.
Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of both former presidents of Mozambique and South Africa; Mozambican President Samora Machel and South African President Nelson Mandela. Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary British Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two different countries.
Helen Mary Caldicott is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation, and military action in general.
The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Orinda, California, United States, coordinating the efforts in the GNOME project.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is a South African politician and United Nations official, and is currently serving as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Kering S.A. is an international luxury group based in Paris, France, and specialized in luxury goods. The luxury brands owned by the group include Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron, Brioni and Pomellato.
Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game company based in Irvine, California. The company was formed in March 2005 through the merger of video game developers Backbone Entertainment and The Collective.
Charles E. Phillips is an American business executive in the tech industry. From 2010 to 2019 he was the CEO of Infor, a company that specializes in enterprise software applications for specific industries. As of August 2019, he is Chairman of the board at Infor.
Morris Mike Medavoy is an American film producer and executive, co-founder of Orion Pictures (1978), former chairman of TriStar Pictures, former head of production for United Artists (1974–1978) and current chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures.
Pipeworks Studios is an American video game developer based in Eugene, Oregon. The company was founded in November 1999 by Dan White and Dan Duncalf, and sold to Foundation 9 Entertainment in April 2005.
Kay Coles James is an American public official who served as the director for the United States Office of Personnel Management under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. Previous to the OPM appointment, she served as Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources under then-Governor George Allen and was the dean of Regent University's government school. She is currently a member of the NASA Advisory Council. She is the president and founder of the Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African Americans.
Alison Lawton is a Canadian social venture philanthropist, social advocate, and business investor.
Andrew Hauptman is an American businessman, co-founder of the investment firm Andell Inc..
The San Diego International Film Festival(SDIFF), held annually in the Autumn across two "villages" in the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla, it is the largest independent film festival in San Diego. produced by the non-profit San Diego Film Foundation in San Diego, California. The festival is held annually in the Autumn across two "villages" in the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla.
Amina Jane Mohammed is a Nigerian-English politician who is the current Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was formerly the Federal Minister of the Environment of Nigeria.
Jennifer Hyman is the CEO and cofounder of Rent The Runway, a fashion and technology/logistics company that offers clothing, accessory, and home rentals from over 600 designer brands for women and kids via on-demand rentals and subscription. Rent the Runway has pioneered dynamic ownership in the fashion industry and amassed a huge customer following of 11million people.
The British Esports Association is a national body for esports in the United Kingdom. After receiving authority from the UK Government, it was established in June 2016 to help develop the UK's grassroots esports scene and provide an infrastructure to nurture future talent.
Ulle "Ursula" Schauws is a German politician from Alliance '90/The Greens.
Nanjira Sambuli is a Kenyan researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist and musician. She is currently the Digital Equality Advocacy Manager at the World Wide Web Foundation.
Nkiru Balonwu is a Nigerian entrepreneur and US-trained communicator and IT expert based in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the founder and managing partner at RDF, a consultancy that provides advice on strategic communication and stakeholder engagement. She was the chief executive of Spinlet, an African-owned digital music distribution platform on the continent and the founding member and chair of African Women on Board (AWB), a network of African women on the continent. In 2016, during her time at the helm of Spinlet, Balonwu was featured in YNaija as one of "Nigeria's 100 Most Inspiring Women".
