Neha is a first generation American, lover of orange Tic Tacs and Taco Bell and a prior Wheel of Fortune champion. She is also a global technology leader who has most recently held roles as CEO of Waze and President at Expedia Group, where she was both their youngest and first female President. Neha was named to the inaugural ‘Forbes CEO Next 50 Leaders Set to Revolutionize Business’ and Gold House, the leading AAPI changemaker community recently named Neha to their A100 list honoring the 100 Asian Pacific leaders making the greatest impact on culture and society.

Navina Najat Haidar is Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah Curator in Charge of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is the co-curator of the current exhibition Indian Skies, The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting and is working on an upcoming exhibition of drawings and photographs with film director James Ivory later this year - Ink and Ivory.

Navina was deeply involved in the planning of the permanent Islamic galleries which opened in 2011 and recently marked their tenth anniversary with new installations. She has co-organized multiple exhibitions, and just published a book on the pierced window screen (jali) in Mughal architecture - Lattice of Divine Light (2023).

Roni Mazumdar, with partner Chef Chintan Pandya, is the innovative restaurateur behind Unapologetic Foods which owns and operates award-winning restaurants Adda Indian Canteen, Dhamaka, Semma, Rowdy Rooster, Masalawala & Sons, Naks and soon to come Kebabwala. These restaurants and food brands have set the New York City scene on fire.

Since opening the original Masalawala with his father Satyen, Roni has been exploring the foods of his youth, sharing lesser-known dishes from remote areas of India with New Yorkers. Crain’s New York Business honored him with placement on their prestigious 40 Under 40 Class of 2020 list, Bloomberg BusinessWeek named him and Chef Pandya as one of the People that Defined Global Business in 2021, and in 2023 they were #3 on the Observer’s Dining and Nightlife Power List.

Puneet Jaggi is a first-generation entrepreneur and the founder of Gensol, India's largest Renewable Energy and Electric Mobility company. With a background in Chemical Engineering from IIT Rookee, he transitioned from the traditional Oil and Gas sector to pursue his passion for Clean Energy.

As a Clean Energy Enthusiast, Puneet has become a prominent figure in the industry, advising on 30 GW of Renewable Energy Projects, digitizing 10 GW, and operating 3 GW of Renewable Energy Projects. His commitment to sustainability is evident in his leadership, driving a team of 800 Renewable Energy Technocrats across 14 countries.

Mr. Dandapani is a hotel industry veteran who cofounded Apple Core Hotels, an owner-operator of boutique hotels in Manhattan in 1993 and was president of the company till December 2016. He was appointed President and Chief Executive officer of the Hotel Association in January 2017.

He is an active participant in the hospitality industry and has spoken on hospitality issues at many forums sponsored by organizations such as the Lodging Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, the ALIS conference, University of California at Los Angeles, Columbia University, New York University, and numerous industry associations.

Ganesh Seetharaman is a highly accomplished IT Strategy leader, currently serving as Managing Director in Deloitte's Cloud Engineering Practice, with over 25 years of experience in consulting and industry leadership.

With a robust business development and consulting background, Ganesh is actively engaged with Fortune 500 clients, guiding them through their technology modernization journeys and facilitating the adoption of digitally enabled capabilities and reliability engineering principles.

Presently, he spearheads the Cloud Tech Resiliency Practices across North America.

Ms. Nivruti Rai joined Invest India after an illustrious 29 years at Intel as a global business and technology leader. She led Intel India as Country Head for the past seven years driving growth and investment of Intel in India. At Intel she worked on Microprocessors, Hard and Soft Intellectual Properties, Platform HW/SW, AI and Sensor Hub engines.

Most recently, she also led the worldwide Automotive Foundry business as Vice President of Intel Foundry Services, where she was building Autonomous Driving, Advanced Driver Assist Systems, Infotainment, Power deliver solution and Microcontroller Units on Intel Foundry process nodes for global Automotive customers.

Mahesh Krishnamurthi is a versatile leader, entrepreneur, and advisor renowned for his expertise in board and C-suite consulting, particularly in PE and VC portfolio companies. As the Founder & CEO of Thought Leadership Capital, Mahesh spearheads boutique advisory services focusing on ESG strategy, leadership coaching, impact investing, and cross-cultural communications. With extensive experience across diverse sectors, including finance, technology, and social impact ventures like BuzzOnEarth, Mahesh has left an indelible mark as an independent director at YES BANK, steering the institution through a notable turnaround. His global footprint encompasses roles in Arka Venture Labs, Vaco, and Supply Chain Resources Group.

Sonia Marciano has been a Clinical Professor at the Stern School of Management since July, 2007. She teaches in Stern’s full time, part time, and executive MBA programs, as well as in the undergraduate college. She is Stern’s academic director for TRIUM – a joint executive MBA program that includes Stern, LSE and HEC. Marciano was a recipient of the 2022 NYU Distinguished Teaching Award, which is conferred to up to 6 faculty selected from more than three thousand across the 20+ schools that comprise New York University. She has taught MBA and executive MBA courses at Booth, Kellogg, Wharton and Yale. Professor Marciano has won several teaching awards for distinction in teaching, most recently for best professor in Yale and Stern’s Executive MBA programs.

Dolly Chugh is a social psychologist and management professor at the New York University Stern School of Business where she teaches MBA courses in leadership and management.

Dolly is best known for her two books The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias (HarperCollins, 2018) and A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with our Past and Driving Social Change (Simon & Schuster, 2022).

Dolly’s TED Talk was named one of the 25 Most Popular TED Talks of 2018 and currently has almost 5 million views. Prior to becoming an academic, Dolly worked at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Sibson and Company, Scholastic, and Time Inc.

Dan Gode is a Clinical Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He teaches and consults extensively in the areas of business drivers, financial reporting, data analytics, modeling, and taxation. Dan has been at Stern since 1998 and was voted "Professor of the Year" twice and has been nominated for the award seven times.

His primary research areas include financial analysis, legal liability of firms, valuation, managerial accounting, and performance measurement. Professor Gode has been published in the Review of Accounting Studies, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of Political Economy.