Annette Favorite is vice president of workforce strategy and programs at IBM. She is responsible for defining the talent strategies to ensure IBM has the skills, capabilities and competencies to meet current and future business needs. 

Ginger C. Hanson, Ph.D. is a research associate III at Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Center for Health Research. Her research interests include occupation health psychology and work-life integration.

Lora Geiger is the director of human resources for TURCK, Inc. an internationally recognized developer and manufacturer of sensors, connectors and networks specializing in factory and process automation applications. 

Dr. Ellen Kossek is the Basil S. Turner Professor of Management and director, Center for Leadership, at Purdue University's Krannert School of Management where she teaches graduate students and managers on organizational behavior and human resource challenges. She was elected to the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Management and is a Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. She also serves as Co-Chair and Director of Public Education at the Council on Contemporary Families, a non-profit, nonpartisan association of family researchers and practitioners based at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been featured in many newspapers such as The New York Times, as well as scholarly journals such as Journal of Marriage and Family, and she is frequently interviewed on national television and radio.

Bianchini was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, the co-founder and CEO of Ning, and is now the CEO of Mightybell, a startup aimed at helping others succeed in collaborative small steps. She serves as an advisor to the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford and is the co-founder of Lean In with Sheryl Sandberg.

Bob Johansen of the Institute for the Future has been helping organizations around the world prepare for and shape the future for nearly 40 years. He draws on his training in the social sciences and his extensive experience at the edges of multiple disciplines as he interacts with top leaders of business, government, and nonprofit organizations to encourage thoughtful consideration of the long-term future.