Paul Irving is a corporate and nonprofit director and advisor to leaders in business, philanthropy, and academia. Irving is a senior advisor at the Milken Institute, a national advisor at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a national law and consulting firm, and a distinguished scholar-in-residence at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

Cinny Kennard serves as the executive director of the Annenberg Foundation, one of the largest family foundations in the United States.

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the President, The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, an organization dedicated to improving the care of older adults.

Throughout her long career in science, Dr. Blackburn has been a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research, having discovered the molecular nature of telomeres – the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving the genetic information – and co-discovered the ribonucleoprotein enzyme, telomerase. She is also known for her championing of diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

As the sixth managing partner in the 98-year history of Edward Jones, Penny Pennington is responsible for its strategic direction, working with more than 49,000 associates across North America to help 7 million clients achieve their financial goals. She was recently named to Barron’s inaugural 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business lists.

Joseph Coughlin is founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. He teaches in MIT's Department of Urban Studies & Planning and the Sloan School's Advanced Management Program.

Rodney Slater is a partner with Squire Patton Boggs, co-leading the law firm’s transportation, shipping and logistics practice. A former U.S. secretary of transportation, Slater helps clients integrate their interests in the overall vision for the transportation system of the 21st Century, an extension of his work for the federal government promoting a safer, more efficient, environmentally sound and sustainable worldwide transportation infrastructure.

Pinchas Cohen, MD, is the dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California.

Fernando Torres-Gil is director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is also a professor of social welfare and public policy. He is a leading spokesperson on demographics, aging and public policy.

Trent Stamp has served as CEO of the Eisner Foundation since 2008. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, the Center for the Future of Aging at the Milken Institute, Eisner Health and Southern California Grantmakers, where he chairs the audit committee.

A world-renowned geriatrician and epidemiologist, Linda Fried has defined frailty and its causes, conducted research on the prevention of disability and cardiovascular disease, and proposes that investments in health for longer lives could build a Third Demographic Dividend.