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Brenda Simmons is the Founder and Executive Director of the Southampton African American Museum - SAAM
Founder and Executive Director of the Southampton African American Museum in Southampton. Former Assistant to the Mayor in the Village of Southampton for ten years, Life Coach for young single moms, mentor for inmates at the Riverhead Correctional Facility, producer of her TV show VOW-Voices of Wisdom, poet, and proud mother of two beautiful daughters, an extraordinary granddaughter graduated from FIT, and  “Meema” to a bubbly vivacious cutie grandson. 
 
Bachelors degree in Community and Human Services, with a concentration in Family Advocacy from SUNY Empire State University, receiving the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, and prior attended and completed a Family Development Criteria certification from Cornell. 
 
Received  the Woman of Distinction Award-Black Million Women-Nassau County in 2013 and in 2011 selected 2nd Legislative District “Woman of Distinction Award” by Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman. And most recently the Anne Ackerson Award 
 
Presently “ Re-Journeying” (retired) and enjoy spending my winters in the Caribbean.
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Karen Ballou is the Founder and CEO of Immunocologie skincare and a partner at Lucas Brand Equity, an equity firm that acquires beauty brands. A beauty industry leader, entrepreneur, and master esthetician, Karen founded Immunocologie skincare after battling Hodgkin's lymphoma. Immunocologie Skincare is an innovative and holistic skin health company that strengthens the skin's microbiome and immuno-skin protection system through mineral delivery science. Karen sources ingredients and new technologies for Immunocologie skincare from around the world and works to empower women by creating jobs within their communities. This allows her to create sustainable, distinct, and efficacious products. 
 
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Kunal Sood is a world-renowned social entrepreneur and thought leader in the field of innovation, impact, and leadership. Currently serving as the Chief Impact Officer at the Chopra Foundation and as a Partner at ChopraX, he focuses on unlocking humanity’s limitless potential through inner transformation to drive individual and collective global impact. As the founder of We The Planet, X Fellows, and NOVUS he has made it his life’s purpose to make the impossible possible through service, fellowship, and personal mastery.
From working in the trenches of the slums in Mumbai with Harvard to building global movements with the United Nations in New York with heads of state and iconic global leaders during the General Assembly, Kunal has dedicated his life towards transforming our world for a better future in service of something larger than himself. Over the last decade alone Kunal has curated over 75 high-level summits, originally started out bringing TED to the United Nations. As a high-impact strategist and philanthropist, Kunal works tirelessly to guide and lead others in their search for meaning and purpose through curating extraordinary experiences and hosting iconic leaders to inspire a better way of life. He recently launched #WeTheFuture a global initiative focused on uniting the youth and elders at the nexus of the inner sciences, technological innovation, and human consciousness to help create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.
Forbes named Kunal an Icon of Impact as an award-winning disruptive innovator and pioneer in his field. He is a TED Resident, Tribeca Film Festival Disruptor Honoree, Nonviolence Global Ambassador, and Global Innovation Fellow at Columbia University, and has forged successful public-private partnerships with top-tier international organizations, such as Google, SAP, LinkedIn and Meta alongside the United Nations, NASA, X Prize and Singularity University.
Kunal has a lifelong love for learning, earning his MBA from Kellogg School of Management, MSc in Global Health from UCSF, and MAPP in Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He started his journey in fashion with a Bachelor’s degree in Design Management from Parsons School of Design. Currently, Kunal is an Executive Fellow at the Indian School of Business (ISB) completing his doctoral training focused on creating a new leadership theory and model he has titled the ‘Theory of Audacity’, where he is conducting groundbreaking evidence-based research in the field helping individuals, teams and organizations worldwide understand and apply the science of Audacious Leadership for a brave new world.
 
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Poonacha Machaiah is the CEO of The Chopra Foundation, dedicated to improving health, social and planetary wellbeing. Co-founder of Seva.Love the metaverse platform for wellbeing and ChopraX, a venture platform backing transformative entrepreneurs reimagining the future of health and wellbeing, along with world-renowned mind-body medicine pioneer and New York Times best-selling author Deepak Chopra, MD.
He has co-founded initiatives such as NeverAlone® to address mental well-being and suicide prevention. Co-founded CIRCA®, an anxiety management platform, along with Srini Pillay, MD — Harvard-trained psychiatrist and brain researcher, and Cyberhuman.ai, a personalized AI platform for optimizing health and wellness.
He is on the board of transformative companies such as The Healing Company, Beacon Media, Limitless Minds and Reulay. He has also held senior management positions at Nortel, Iridium, Motorola and Sasken. He holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering.

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Griefcat: From the German word Kummerspeck or in English “grief bacon,”  
the weight you gain from emotional eating or, in this case, the cat you get after a breakup. 
 
Annie Nardolilli: Singer, Songwriter, Guitar
Louisa Hall: Singer, Songwriter, Ukulele
 
What does a Mormon ex-sheriff and an Atheist tech employee have in common?  No, that’s not the beginning of an elaborate joke and Griefcat isn’t the punchline.  Instead, Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, the masterminds behind Griefcat, are a duo that you can’t easily categorize or file into a neat little genre. They are mutually perpetuating forces in matching outfits who together create beautifully blended harmonies and brilliant lyrics, with an unpredictable twist.  They’ve been compared to Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Norwegian duo Ylvis, and Garfunkel and Oates by fans, but if you ask Annie to describe their sound, she’ll say “We’re like if Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, and Bo Burnham met up at an Olive Garden and wrote a song while eating unlimited breadsticks. Does that make sense? Probably not.” 
 
On their brilliant album Late Stage Capitalism, the nine tracks range from flat out hilarious to unexpectedly thought provoking, each with a unique sound and lyrics to tickle the soul.  An amalgamation of musical talent, these troubadours of the modern age display immense songwriting skills and infinite humor, with topical songs that not only dazzle but also make you smile and laugh while making fun of the world in which we live.  The musicianship stands out on its own too; traditional instruments abound but you will also hear slide guitar, ukulele, trumpet, trombone, violin, and cello peppered throughout the album.  The album explores how unbridled capitalism has invaded every facet of modern life, from workplace politics to interpersonal relationships, and even our most private moments. 
 
They came up with the title in early 2020 when they wrote arguably their most well-known song on the album to date, “Revolution (Poop At Work)” which catapulted the duo to viral infamy and a strong following with over 25 million organic views of their videos, more than 15 million of those views for that song alone.  Even Questlove commented on the song, saying “LOL I feel seen, I see my version as a political act.”  They’ve also received likes from SZA and actor Alan Tudyk for their posts, among others. 
 
“Revolution (Poop At Work)” is a song about how even the smallest acts of defiance can be revolutionary. “So much of the 2020s feel like the 1920s all over again - the income inequality is staggering, and the rich are getting richer while others are struggling,” says Louisa.  “Late stage capitalism is at the core of our entire album, but this is the song that most explicitly calls this out. We always tell audiences it’s our most cerebral song, then we dive into a 1.5 minute poop joke.  Life can be crappy, but it’s so much more fun to laugh your way through it!” 
 
Other songs on the album include “I Just Want To Get Inside (Your Bank Account),” an unanticipated, ‘90s-style love song with a hilarious contradiction between two women looking for two different things when it comes to a new relationship.  Are they looking for love or money? It also shines a light on dating culture and how much sensitive personal information we share online every day.  “Crytpobro” is a traditional country tune with all the makings of a hit song.  It’s a melodic, catchy, and current, and a breakup song about losing love, in this case to the cult of Cryptocurrency and the church of Elon Musk.  The opening track, “Benevolent Billionaire,” featuring standout vocalist Jarreau Williams along with many of Washington, DC’s brightest musical talent, is loosely based on ‘80s supergroup charity singles like “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and “We are the World.”  The song begins with Jarreau