Douglas P. Boyd Ph.D. is a pioneer in imaging innovation, exploiting the computed tomography (CT) concept to advance fields as diverse as medicine and homeland security. He led the development of fan-beam CT technology, Xenon detector arrays, and electron beam tomography scanners that are used in hospitals, medical imaging centers, and airports. He is a former professor of radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, and currently CEO of TeleSecurity Sciences, a venture company developing advanced solutions for airport security, and Imatrex Inc., a related company developing innovations in radiotherapy and medical imaging.

Dorothy Cantor Psy.D., a psychologist in private practice, serves as the president of the American Psychological Foundation and is a past president of the American Psychological Association. She has published six books and many articles on women’s issues and has appeared on Good Morning America, Prime Time Live, and Today, among others. A 2009 inductee of Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni, she serves on the Rutgers Board of Governors and is a past chair of the Rutgers Board of Trustees.

Scientist, adventurer, and motivational speaker, Michelle Dickinson Ph.D. is senior lecturer in engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. A respected nanotechnologist, she studies nanomaterials and thin films as well as standard macro-sized materials. Through her Nanogirl live stage show and OMGTech! nonprofit education organization, she makes hands-on science fun and accessible to children, especially girls. She was appointed to the New Zealand Order of Merit for her service to the nation.

After working a few years as a bouncer at a Philly nightclub, then a few more as an engineer, Craig Fennie Ph.D. quit his job and returned to graduate school to study theoretical materials physics, armed only with a freshman-year physics course taken 10 years earlier. He hasn’t looked back since. Today, he is an associate professor in the Department of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell, a fellow of the American Physical Society, and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow.

Karl Gebhardt is the Herman and Joan Suit Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2006, he has been project scientist on the $40-million Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment, a major research effort to search for dark energy, the mysterious substance that is causing the universe to expand faster as it ages. Data from the experiment will allow science to better understand the formation, evolution, and long-term fate of the universe.

Raymond Iezzi Jr. M.D. is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education and conducts preclinical and clinical translational trials in many research areas. His work in the field of retinal prosthesis extends to methods for restoring vision to patients with advanced retinal degeneration, including contributions to the development of a “bionic eye” that uses EEG signals to help patients “see” again. He is the recipient of the Visionary Award from Foundation Fighting Blindness.

As chief operating officer of DiversityInc Media, Carolynn Johnson is responsible for the production of the company’s DiversityInc magazine, web properties, and events as well as sales management, information technology, circulation, and business development. She also develops and executes the annual DiversityInc Top 50 competition, and will soon take the helm as DiversityInc’s next CEO. She serves as a director of the DiversityInc Foundation and as a trustee of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Thomas A. Kennedy is chair and CEO of Raytheon Company, which specializes in defense, civil government, and cybersecurity solutions. A former U.S. Air Force captain, Kennedy joined Raytheon as an engineer on the B-2 bomber radar development program, advancing to president of the Integrated Defense Systems business, which makes the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System, among other products. He holds several patents and is a recipient of the Aviation Week Laureate Award for his achievements.

Kam-Biu Luk Ph.D. completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington at Seattle. He joined Fermilab as a R.R. Wilson Fellow from 1986 to 1989 before moving to the University of California, Berkeley, where he is professor of physics and faculty senior scientist of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A fellow of the American Physical Society, he was awarded the 2014 Panofsky Prize and the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Kagendo Murungi is a Kenyan feminist writer, community activist, video producer, and founder of Wapinduzi Productions. She is director of food programs at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, volunteer coordinator at African Film Festival of New York, a nonteaching adjunct at Hunter College and CUNY, and a research assistant at Pace University. She helped to launch the Africa Program at OutRight Action International and works extensively with LGBTQA social and economic justice organizations.

Dragana Rogulja Ph.D. is an assistant professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School and directs a research lab studying the brain’s role in sleep. After earning her Rutgers degrees, she completed postdoctoral training in the genetics lab of Michael W. Young at Rockefeller University. In 2015, she was named an NYSCF–Robertson Neuroscience Investigator by the New York Stem Cell Foundation, an award supporting early career scientists in expanding their labs and training new researchers.

Edgar A. Sandoval is chief operating officer for World Vision U.S., the world's largest Christian humanitarian organization helping children, families, and communities reach their full potential by addressing poverty and injustice. Previously, in a 20-year career at Procter & Gamble, he held various leadership positions, most recently vice president of Global Feminine Care, where he advocated for girls and women around the world. A former scholar of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, he now serves on its board of directors.

Gene Saragnese retired as CEO of Philips Imaging Systems, a division of Philips Healthcare, and was formerly vice president of molecular imaging and computer tomography at GE Healthcare. Today, he focuses on three professional roles: chair and CEO of MedyMatch Technology, an artificial intelligence health care startup; chair of the board of directors for Mirada Medical, a medical imaging software company; and independent consultant with his own firm, Saragnese Innovation and Insights.

Brian Scholl Ph.D. is professor of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University, where he directs the Yale Perception and Cognition Laboratory. He and his group work on several research topics, with a special focus on how seeing relates to thinking. In selecting Scholl for an Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, the American Psychological Association praised him for setting “a breath-taking agenda that inspires junior and senior researchers alike.”

Jared Speck Ph.D. is the Cecil and Ida P. Green Career Development Associate Professor of Mathematics at MIT. He is the recipient of an NSF Fellowship at Princeton University (2011), a Sloan Research Fellowship (2014), and an NSF CAREER Award (2015). Speck is an analyst of nonlinear partial differential equations arising in mathematical physics. He has made research contributions to the mathematical theory of shock waves, general relativity, fluid mechanics, kinetic theory, and nonlinear electrodynamics.

David L. Spector Ph.D. is director of research and head of the gene regulation and cell proliferation program of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center, where he has been on the faculty since 1985. His research centers on understanding the organization and regulation of gene expression in living cells, with a focus on how misregulation of non-coding RNAs contributes to human disease. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In 2014, Ella Watson-Stryker was featured on the cover of Time magazine, selected to represent the thousands of unsung heroes collectively named Person of the Year for their efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Over the past decade, as a health promoter and educator, she has worked with displaced persons in Thailand and Myanmar, on child immunization and disease surveillance programs in West Africa, and on the Ebola response in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.