John Zinsser
A co-founder of Pacifica Human Communications who leads individuals and organizations to forge benefit from the natural resource of conflict. Watch: Navigating from Storm to Agreement
Vince Musi, 2015 Emcee
An award-winning photographer for National Geographic, this 2014 TEDxCharleston speaker will do about anything to get into a TEDx talk for free. Back as our emcee, he has performed this role for many events including LOOK3, of which he is a founder.
Kristy Bishop, 2015 Artist
A textile artist working in locally sourced natural dyes who finds inspiration in what most people think of as weeds: indigo, goldenrod and tickseed. www.kristybishop.com
Lisa Abernathy, 2014 Artist
An acupuncturist, herbalist, and papercut artist, inspired by Chinese medicine and Southern storytelling, who creates work that emphasizes the parallels between human emotions and the natural landscape. See her papercut art on the stage.
Teresa Bruce, 2014 Emcee
A one-time Olympic hopeful turned memoirist and screenwriter, and former Ogilvy PR executive, who was a featured speaker at TEDxCharleston 2013.
Louis Yuhasz
Crusader against childhood obesity, who founded and executive-directs the nonprofit, Louie’s Kids. See Weighing In – Solving the Obesity Crisis One Child at a Time.
John Wilson
A championship-winning soccer player for Charleston Battery, and an advocate for the importance of fun, play, and passion in work and life. See That’s Why They Call It Play – The Joy of Sports.
Graham Whorley
A singer, songwriter, instrumental virtuoso, and looping maestro, whose music touches upon universal themes of love, life, and hard-knock lessons learned along the way. See Looping Effect.
Greg Tavares
A comedic actor, writer, director, educator, and co-founder of Theatre 99. See Fun Kills Fear.
Taiko Charleston
A dynamic musical art form, grounded in core aspects of the martial arts, dance and percussion, and infused with intensity, precision, strength, and a sense of celebration. See Rhythm Effect.