With two restaurants, six published cookbooks, an Emmy-nominated YouTube series, a newly launched Cabernet Sauvignon, Chef Adrianne Calvo is a nationally acclaimed chef, author, and mega restaurateur with an accrued Instagram following of over one million.

Chef Adrianne Calvo opened her namesake restaurant, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Bar at the age of 22. Now open over 15 years, and collecting numerous accolades as it carves out its position on the culinary stage, such as 8 Most Innovative Restaurants in Miami, Best Chef Miami, Best Chef Florida, New Times Miami Best Restaurant, Thrillist’s 50 Things to Eat Before You Die, and many more.

In 2019, Chef Adrianne launched her fine-casual eatery, Cracked by Chef Adrianne. Equal parts fun as it is serious about food, Cracked by Chef Adrianne has been featured on Food Network, CNN, and Delish boasting about its “drool-worthy” cuisine. In a true testament to her passion and drive, her culinary empire has now expanded to Baked by Chef Adrianne.

Philanthropy – Make It Count Foundation

Adrianne founded the Make It Count Foundation in honor of her younger sister Jennifer, who died from a rare form of cancer. “Make It Count” was one of Jennifer’s often-repeated phrases about our time on earth, and today, those words continue to fuel Adrianne’s mission to give back. The Foundation’s goal is to positively impact the lives of children and teens nationwide, and to deliver on this promise, the organization has aligned with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (where Adrianne is the Culinary Ambassador), Susan G. Komen, Flippany, Cooking Matters, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Easter Seals, and many other non-profit organizations.

As the CEO of Hong Kong’s largest non-hospital medical services provider, Lu and EC Healthcare’s mission is to provide an unrivaled, expansive network and ecosystem – a one-stop shop for health care.

From checkups and vaccinations to lab testing, imaging diagnostics and pain management, as well as aesthetic medical, beauty and veteran services, EC Healthcare draws on the expertise of 337 doctors and 56 veterinarians across 46 brands at 182 service points to offer exemplary care for patients and animals.

“It’s basically about creating sustainable, attainable and affordable health care for the general public.”

Stepping into the role of CEO at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that Lu – who brought with him over 20 years’ experience in corporate operations, risk management and client relationship management at companies including Cathay Pacific – faced additional challenges. But ultimately, he saw them as more positive than negative over the long-term.

While acquisitions comprise a major facet of the company’s ongoing strategy, arguably even more crucial is its dependence on high-quality suppliers. As well as insurance, telecom, property and pharmaceutical partners, other medical specialist systems and products, such as laser aesthetic skin care provider Solta Medical Hong Kong, are integral to ensuring EC Healthcare can offer its customers top-of-the-line solutions.

Over the past few years, EC Healthcare has continued looking at ways to expand its offerings and venture into new pillars and subsidiary services. This diversification meant that it was essential to keep not only the immediate team, but also the stakeholders and suppliers, consolidated and operating in the same way and under the same value system.

About the speaker

Goldy Hyder is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada. Founded in 1976, the Council is a non-profit, non partisan organization composed of the chief executives and entrepreneurs of Canada’s leading companies.

Members collectively employ 1.7 million Canadians across the country in every major industry.From July 2014 to October 2018, Mr. Hyder was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hill+Knowlton Strategies (Canada), providing strategic communications counsel to the firm’s extensive and diverse client base. Prior to joining Hill+Knowlton in 2001, he served as Director of Policy and Chief of Staff to The Right Honourable Joe Clark, former prime minister and former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party.

In addition to his achievements in business and public policy, Mr. Hyder has a long track record of service on behalf of several charities and non-profit organizations. He is chair of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council, a board member of the Business + Higher Education Roundtable, an executive committee member of the Century Initiative and co-chair of Canada’s World Trade Organization Business Advisory Council. In addition, he sits on the advisory boards of two leading organizations promoting advancement of women leaders: Catalyst Canada and the 30% Club (Canada).

Mr.Hyder is also a member of the selection board for A Seat At The Table, an initiativeto encouragegreater representation of people with disabilities on corporate boards.Heis a past co-chair of the United Way of Ottawa’s Campaign Cabinet.

Gaby Sulzberger is a seasoned financial executive with over 30 years of experience assisting public and privately held companies in consumer products, retail, financial services and life sciences. Gaby has helped companies globally navigate disruption and transformation, execution of major M&A transactions, and engagement with shareholder activists. She brings deep corporate governance experience through her work with corporate boards and is qualified to serve on audit committees as a financial expert.

In addition to her role as Chair of Global ESG Advisory at Teneo, Gaby is a Senior Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners. Previously, she was a General Partner of Fontis Partners, a private equity fund based in Pasadena, California, and has served as CFO of several public and private companies, including Gluecode Software, a venture-backed open source software company which was sold to IBM, and Crown Services, a California-based consolidation of commercial contractors.

Until August of 2017, Gaby served as Chairman of the Board of Whole Foods, where for 13 years she also served as Chair of the company’s audit committee. She currently serves on the boards of MasterCard, Eli Lilly, Warby Parker, where she chairs the governance committee, and Cerevel Therapeutics, where she chairs the audit committee. She also serves on several private company boards, including Auxmoney, where she is Chairman of the Board. Previously, Gaby served on five other public company boards, including Brixmor Property Group, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Stage Stores, IndyMac Bank and Bright Horizons.

Gaby is a Trustee of the Ford Foundation and is chair of the governance committee. She also serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sesame Street Workshop, TimesUp and Trinity Church Wall Street. She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.

Gaby received her B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. She received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and J.D. from Harvard Law School and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Ursula Burns has extensive international experience in leading large companies that are facing technology sea changes within their industries.

Ursula was the Chairwoman of the Board of Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016, after having been appointed President in 2007. Ursula joined Xerox as a summer intern in 1980 and held leadership posts spanning corporate services, manufacturing and product development. During her tenure as Chief Executive Officer, Ursula helped the company transform from a global leader in document technology to the world’s most diversified business services company serving enterprises and governments of all sizes. Shortly after being named CEO in 2009, Ursula spearheaded the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services.

In 2016, Ursula led Xerox through a successful separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which is comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company. After her retirement from Xerox, Ursula was appointed as Chairwoman of VEON, Ltd. in 2017. She became Chairwoman and CEO in December 2018 until June 2020. During her tenure at VEON, Ursula successfully steered the company through various compliance and restructuring changes.

Ursula is a founding partner of Integrum Holdings, a private equity firm and a Non-Executive Chairwoman of Teneo Holdings LLC. She is also a member of the Uber Technologies, Inc., Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., TSMC Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited and IHS Holding Board of Directors. In addition, Ursula is on several private company boards, while also providing leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Mayo Clinic, amongst others.

U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Ursula to lead the White House national program on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) from 2009 – 2016, and she served as Chair of the President’s

Export Council from 2015 – 2016 after service as Vice Chair from 2010 – 2015. In February 2022, Ursula joined the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness as Vice Chair.

Ursula holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Ursula is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering and the G7 Gender Equity Advisory Council.

Her book “Where You Are Is Not Who You Are” was published in June 2021.

Sheryl Sandberg is the board chair of the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to build a more equal and resilient world through three key initiatives: Lean In, Option B, and the Dave Goldberg Scholarship Program. Launched in 2013, Lean In supports a global community of peer groups called Lean In Circles. Over 73,000 women have started Circles in 190 countries—and 85 percent of members credit their Circle with bringing positive change to their life within the first six months of joining.

Sheryl previously served as chief operating officer at Meta for fourteen years, during which the company grew from $150 million to over $110 billion in annual revenue and implemented industry-defining benefits and programs to make the workplace more inclusive. Before joining the company then called Facebook, Sheryl was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google, chief of staff for the U.S. Treasury Department under President Clinton, a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an economist with the World Bank. She continues to serve on Meta’s board of directors and also serves on the boards of Momentive, ONE Campaign, and Women for Women International. Sheryl is the best-selling author of three books: Lean In, Lean In for Graduates, and Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. She received a BA summa cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA with highest distinction from HBS.

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A first-round draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in 1983, Marino became an instant NFL sensation, setting the standard for quarterback excellence. He became the only rookie quarterback ever to start in the Pro Bowl (1983) and was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in his second season (1984). The nine-time Pro Bowler (1983-87, 1991-92, 1994-95) played in 18 playoff games and led the Dolphins to the Super Bowl in 1985 against San Francisco.

Upon retirement, Dan held 25 NFL regular-season quarterback records and was tied for five others, quarterbacked Miami for 17 years, positioning the Dolphins as perennial championship contenders throughout his career. One of three players ever to do so, he twice won the Dolphins’ Community Service Award (1996 and 1998), and was named the NFL Man of the Year in 1998. Dan was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August 2005 and in 2010 he was ranked number 25 on the NFL’s Top 100 Greatest Players list.

Dan Marino continued to stay close to the game and joined CBS Sports as a studio analyst for the CBS Television Network’s NFL pre-game show, The NFL Today for 12 years. Along with CBS Dan has developed equity partnerships in numerous business ventures including Nutrisystem, 3Cinteractive, Anthonys Coal Fired Pizza, Modernizing Medicine, ZiNG Sock Club and Universal Insurance to just to name a few. Upon reaching the milestone, Dan joined AARP as the Men’s Life Ambassador in 2012. Dan currently is a Special Advisor to the Vice Chairman, President and CEO of the Miami Dolphins.

Dan attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he played football and earned a degree in communications. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate degree in broadcast journalism from his Alma Mater.
Inspired by experiences in raising his second son, Michael who has autism, Dan and his wife Claire became one of the first families to advocate for children with autism. Founding The Dan Marino Foundation in 1992, they have raised over $45 million to provide services and fund first of their kind initiatives including the Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Center, the Marino Autism Research Institute, the DMF Jobs Development Program and the Marino College. The Marino Campus provides an inclusive, supportive and welcoming atmosphere where young adults can experience success, learn vital life skills and most importantly, gain independence.

As a keynote speaker, Emmitt Smith has few rivals. Emmitt’s speech talks to the points he makes in his bestselling book Game On: Find Your Purpose-Pursue Your Dreams. The importance of family, the belief in coaching, and a strong belief in yourself will give you the tools it takes to be a winner in life. Emmitt discusses how the continuous hard work that he showed during high school, college, and professional football to gain those successes on the field are the basis for his business achievements. And he shares how important those loyal relationships from his youth football days continued through his life to mentor him as he now mentors others.

He prepared himself with a vision from the time he was 7 years old. Along the way, he had people that lent a hand that he now calls his angels; men and women who inspired a young kid sitting alone in the projects to realize that he could actually have goals and maybe even succeed with them.

As a keynote speaker, Emmitt tells the story of how in 1990 he was sitting in his apartment thinking about his goals for the next year. He imagined that he could be the NFL’s all time leading rusher and wrote that goal down on a single sheet of paper. 12 years later, he was on the field with one play to go in order to attain that very same goal.

When Emmitt retired from the Dallas Cowboys, he befriended Roger Staubach and asked him to mentor him in the real estate development business. He’s now a full-time developer and entrepreneur. His construction and real estate development and investment company ESmith Legacy focuses on construction and property solutions geared to minority development as well as multi-family housing, retail opportunities, and hospitality-based businesses. His Emmitt Smith Enterprises oversees his brand and the further development of Emmitt’s public image: endorsements, advertising, #22 jerseys and other related Cowboys game products, public relations opportunities and of course speaking engagements.

After Emmitt Smith’s keynote speech, he spends time with audience members at a reception for autographs and photographs. Your audience will line up for a handshake from one of the most personable sports celebrities on the planet.