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Peter Chernin

Founder and Co-Chair

Mr. Chernin is Founder and CEO of The Chernin Group (TCG), which manages, operates and invests in businesses in the media, entertainment and technology sectors. TCG’s portfolio includes Chernin Entertainment, a film and television production company. Mr. Chernin is former President and COO of News Corp and CEO of the Fox Group.

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Chris Combe

Co-Chair

Mr. Combe serves as Former Chairman of Combe Incorporated, a manufacturer and marketer of health and beauty care products, such as Vagisil, Just For Men, Aqua Velva, Lectric Shave, Brylcreem, and Sea-Bond.

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Ray Chambers

Founder

Mr. Chambers is the World Health Organization’s Ambassador for Technology and Health Financing, and he is a philanthropist and humanitarian who has directed most of his efforts towards children. In 2011, he was recognized as a “TIME 100 Most Influential Person” for his philanthropic work.

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John Bridgeland

Co-Founder and Vice Chairman

John Bridgeland is Executive Chairman of the Office of American Possibilities, a civic moonshot factory to tap the entrepreneurial talent of Americans to solve public challenges together across divides. In that capacity, he is Co-Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO of More Perfect, a bipartisan initiative with 20 Presidential Centers and over 100 partners to protect and renew American democracy by advancing 5 Democracy Goals; Co-Founder and CEO of the COVID Collaborative, a national platform to combat COVID-19; Co-Chairman of Welcome.US to inspire, educate and engage Americans in supporting the resettlement of Afghan, Ukrainian and other refugees; and Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Malaria No More to end malaria deaths in Africa. Bridgeland also served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Assistant to the President of the United States, and first Director of the USA Freedom Corps after 9/11 under President George W. Bush, and a Member of the White House Council for Community Solutions under President Barack Obama.

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Dick Costolo

Dick Costolo is a co-managing partner of 01 Advisors. Prior to co-founding 01 Advisors, he was CEO of Twitter from 2010 to 2015 and has been Founder and CEO of multiple startups, including FeedBurner, which was acquired by Google in 2007. The former improv comedian has been a consultant on HBO’s “Silicon Valley” and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. 

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Gary Ginsberg

Gary Ginsberg is SVP and Global Head of Communications at SoftBank Group Corp., where he is responsible for leading SoftBank’s corporate communications strategy and overseeing all of the Company’s external and internal global communications functions. Before joining SoftBank, Mr. Ginsberg served as EVP of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner and as EVP of Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs at News Corp.

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Julie Henderson

Ms. Henderson is Chief Communications Officer at Snap Inc. and former EVP and Chief Communications Officer for 21st Century Fox.

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Surya Mohapatra

Surya Mohapatra, Ph.D. is the Former Chairman, President, and CEO of Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services.

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Kathy Park

Ms. Park is Managing Director and Head of Business Development at Grafine Partners and former Head of Fund & Private Capital Raising in the Americas at Goldman Sachs, and has been a leader in developing innovative and bespoke financing and business solutions for institutional investors. Park has also championed women’s issues as a Board member of Susan G. Komen Greater NYC.

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Uday Shankar

Mr. Shankar is the Co-Founder, Bodhi Tree Systems.

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Martin Edlund

Chief Executive Officer

Martin Edlund is a founding member and Chief Executive Officer of Malaria No More, a globally recognized non-profit with the visionary mission to end humanity’s oldest, deadliest disease in our lifetimes. During his tenure, Martin has played a lead role in mobilizing global political will, government resources, and innovations to scale life-saving interventions for the global malaria campaign. Martin also serves as Executive Director of the Health Finance Coalition, which is raising substantial private capital to help achieve Africa’s public health goals through blended-finance structures that count leading global corporates, major Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), and top foundations as investors. Martin lived and worked in West Africa as Malaria No More’s Director of New Programs, where he helped lead innovative net distribution, testing and education campaigns with Youssou N’Dour, government officials, and media partners in Senegal, Cameroon, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Chad. Prior to joining MNM, Martin was a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The New Republic, and a political consultant in Washington, D.C., specializing in online campaign strategies. He is a graduate of Harvard University.