Anne-Marie Slaughter is currently the president and CEO of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute and idea incubator based in Washington and New York. She is also the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2009–2011 she served as director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that position. Upon leaving the State Department she received the Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award for her work leading the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, as well as meritorious service awards from USAID and the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe. Prior to her government service, Dr. Slaughter was the Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 2002–2009 and the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School from 1994-2002.

Dr. Slaughter has written or edited six books, including A New World Order (2004) and The Idea That Is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World (2007), and over 100 scholarly articles. She was the convener and academic co-chair, with Professor John Ikenberry, of the Princeton Project on National Security, a multi-year research project aimed at developing a new, bipartisan national security strategy for the United States. In 2012 she published the article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” in The Atlantic, which quickly became the most read article in the history of the magazine and helped spawn a renewed national debate on the continued obstacles to genuine full male-female equality.

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Sally Hogshead is the creator of The Fascination Advantage™: the world’s first personality test that measures what makes someone most engaging to others. Unlike Myers-Briggs, Kolbe, DiSC or StrengthsFinder, this Assessment is not about how you see the world— but how the world sees you.

Sally measured 200,000+ people to identify a scientific approach to personal branding. Her research shows how the brain is hardwired to focus on 7 specific types of messages. Her findings also reveal surprising trends about why certain people and companies succeed in a world with a 9-second attention span.

When you fascinate employees and customers, you immediately engage their interest. They’re more likely to remember you, trust you, respect you, follow you and buy from you. But if you fail to fascinate, they’ll move on to the next option.

Sally’s internationally acclaimed book, FASCINATE: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, has been translated into 14 languages, with praise from thought leaders such as Seth Godin and Tom Peters.

In her new, game-changing book, HOW THE WORLD SEES YOU (HarperCollins, June 2014), Sally helps you understand what makes you most fascinating—how your personality is uniquely suited to influence opinions, and how to harness your distinct competitive advantages.

Sally frequently appears in national media, including NBC’s Today Show and the New York Times. The press has described her as “an icon” who has “changed the face of North American advertising.” Reality TV show Making It Big dedicated an episode to Sally’s creativity.

With over 3 years of experience as a part of the Talent Acquisition team for Waste Management, Alex has developed strong networking, writing and communications skills, and a broad knowledge of the Employment Branding space. Alex brings a blend of fresh ideas and creative energy to any organization. Communicating through Social and Traditional Media is not just an end result -- it is about process, methods, and a strong foundation in collaboration, performance, and context. Alex strives to improve his skill set while providing valuable services to the organizations with which he works.