Nicole Chang is a branding and global expansion strategist who has served in leadership positions at Morgan Stanley, McKinsey, and Stanford Business School. An entrepreneur in her own right, Chang has co-founded several companies, is involved in the international art market, and recently produced a short film about Stanford GSB graduates in China. Her most recent venture is theCoderSchool, Silicon Valley’s #1 after-school computer coding program which customized curriculum in basic coding, apps, game development. Chang holds an MBA from Stanford University School of Business and a JD from Stanford School of Law, as well as an undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University.

Marc Cosentino is the founder of Case Questions, the world’s foremost authority on case interview education. For two decades, Marc Cosentino’s work has towered over the field of case interviews. The Wall Street Journal calls his book Case in Point the “MBA Bible”, which is one of the many reasons why Cosentino is the world’s foremost authority on case interviewing. He has coached more than 100,000 job seekers and regularly presents at the world’s top business schools and consulting firms. He has consulted with and designed cases for private sector firms, government agencies and nonprofits. Cosentino is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School, Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, and the University of Denver.

Kimberly Kalb Baumgarten is the Head of Marketing for Houseparty, a video chat platform within Epic Games. She is also the Marketing Director for Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular cross-platform online games. Baumgarten was an early employee at Houseparty and has experience working with growing companies. Prior to holding her current positions, she worked in Entertainment Partnerships at Tumblr, Brand Marketing at HBO, and as a Marketing Associate at NBC Universal. She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

An EXPLO alum, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Marc Bodnick co-founded and currently serves as Executive Chairman at Telepath. He has deep experience in private equity investing. Bodnick is Co-Founder and former Managing Director at Elevation Partners, a venture capital firm he started with Bono and others. Past experience includes work as Senior Business Executive at Quora, Vice President of Lazard Capital Partners and Corporate Partners, Principal of the Blackstone Group, and Founding Principal at Silver Lake Partners II and Silver Lake Partners III. He previously served as Director of Special Projects at Kroll Associates Inc. in the Crisis Management Group, where he worked on consulting teams providing advice to clients in situations involving corporate security, kidnap and ransom incidents, and political violence. He also is affiliated with GarageBand.com, Forbes Media LLC, Illinois Technologies, Yelp Inc., iLike, Inc.), Inet ATS, Inc. and SubmitOrder.com, Inc. Bodnick was educated at Stanford University (MA, Political Science) and Harvard University (BA, Government), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Andrew Boynton is the Dean of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management and co-chaired a committee of deans, faculty and university administrators to revitalize the undergraduate core curriculum at Boston College.. Dr. Boynton’s blog on leadership and innovation is a regular feature on Forbes.com, and his two most recent books, The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make Them Happen and Virtuoso Teams: Lessons from Teams That Changed Their Worlds, received critical acclaim. Prior to his appointment at Boston College, he was a professor of strategy at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland for over 10 years. At the IMD, he led a faculty team and was program director of one of the world’s top ten Executive Global MBA programs, as recognized by BusinessWeek. Dr. Boynton earned his Ph.D. and MBA from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

J.D. Schramm is a keynote speaker, communications consultant, and coach who recently published Communicate With Mastery: Speak With Confidence and Write For Impact. He combines over 20 years of professional training and development experience with his personal expertise in Management Communication to design and deliver highly interactive courses for GSB students at Stanford. He co-founded the LOWKeynotes program in 2012, where students create and deliver inspiring talks to enroll others in their vision to change lives, organizations, and the world. Each year 30 students are chosen for this select opportunity. Over 130 of these talks are on the Stanford YouTube channel and have garnered over 1.8 million views. Dr. Schramm earned his doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating with his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University he was immediately appointed to the NYU faculty. He has taught communication workshops to EXPLO students.

EXPLO alum Sarah Law, an American-Chinese entrepreneur from Hong Kong, is the Founder and Creative Director of KARA, a handbag and accessories company that she launched in 2013 from her apartment with money that she had saved herself. By 2016 her designs were sold in over 50 stores including Barneys, Net-a-Porter and Opening Ceremony, and were available in 15 countries. As a result, she was named to the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Featuring simple, classic designs made of top quality materials, KARA bags are a favorite of fashion insiders. Law oversees every aspect of the design and production of her handbags as well as the marketing and business side of the company. Recently, she opened a Design Studio in TriBeCa New York, where customers can visit and preview new products. Law is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York and a former accessory designer at GAP.

Sima Sistani is the Co-Founder and CEO of Houseparty, a free live video group chat app that allows people to hang out together on their phones. Prior to Houseparty, she served as the Head of Media at Tumblr, leading the company’s global media strategy and partnerships with entertainment brands and influencers, focusing on second screen interactions. She created synergies with popular television shows and bridges between live events and Tumblr. Sistani joined Tumblr from Yahoo!, where she served as Director of Mobile Growth Operations. She also co-founded Rogue Paper, a first-mover in the social TV space, and has held roles at Creative Artists Agency and Goldman Sachs. Sistani is a graduate of Duke University and holds an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.