PAST SPEAKERS & JUDGES

 

Since 2013 The Aspen Challenge has been fortunate to have over 100 speakers and judges in 5 cities across America. They have engaged, inspired and challenged. 

 

2018 PHILADELPHIA SPEAKERS

Featured
JAMIEL L. ALEXANDER

Senior Fellow
Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
The Aspen Institute
Josh Bernstein

Founder & CEO
Explorer at Large
Randi Boyette

Senior Associate Regional Director
Anti Defamation League
Shawn Bird

Chief Schools Officer
The School District of Philadelphia
Greg Corbin

International Award-Winning Poet, Founder
Philly Youth Poetry Movement
ANGELA DUCKWORTH

Founder, Scientific Director, Character Lab
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
EZEKIEL EMANUEL

Oncologist, Bioethicist, and Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Jane Golden

Executive Director
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Jamila Harris-Morrison

Executive Director
ACHIEVEability
JIM KENNEY

99th Mayor
City of Philadelphia
Tre Maxie

Division Director
Youth & Engagement Programs
The Aspen Institute

 

2018 PHILADELPHIA JUDGES

Featured
Nick Bayer

Founder and CEO
Saxbys
Elzat Erken

Youth Commissioner
Mayor Jim Kenney's Philadelphia Youth Commission
DONNA FRISBY-GREENWOOD

President and CEO
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia
Otis Hackney

Chief Education Officer
City of Philadelphia
WAYNE KIMMEL

Managing Partner
SeventySix Capital
Sean Vareen

President
Steppingstone Scholars
Danielle Wolf

Executive Director
M. Night Shyamalan Foundation