About FoST

Beth Comstock leads GE’s growth efforts via marketing, sales, licensing, and communications and oversees GE Ventures.

Andrew Zolli is a well-known writer, thinker, and social innovator working at the intersection of global innovation, foresight, social change and resilience. He is the author of bestselling Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back, now published in 15 languages worldwide. For twelve years, he was the chief creative and curatorial force behind PopTech (poptech.org), and now works with a wide variety of organizations, from the next-generation Earth-imaging company Planet Labs (where he advises on social, environmental and humanitarian Impact initiatives) to the Garrison Institute, a leading center for contemplative practice and enlightened social change.

Ronda Carnegie most recently served as Head of Global Partnerships/Strategic Initiatives for TED over the last seven years and during that time founded the TEDInstitute in 2012 with a mission to utilize a specialized curatorial approach around story to uncover innovative ideas and expertise discovered inside corporations around the world.

Candice Faktor has a passion for growing consumer Internet companies. As Head of Business at Wattpad, Candice leads monetization and partnership efforts in entertainment, technology, media, and advertising. Wattpad is a new form of entertainment that connects over 40 million people through addictive and engaging stories. These stories attract a global millennial audience who spend 30 minutes at a time immersed in free, original content. Candice is no stranger to innovation and entrepreneurship. Previously, she was cofounder of Torstar Digital, one of Canada’s leading digital portfolios, where she launched over 15 mobile, social, and digital businesses. Before Torstar Digital, Candice worked for Monitor Group, a boutique strategy consulting firm. Candice is a frequent speaker on innovation, technology, and storytelling.

Kevin Wall is a producer, digital entrepreneur and environmentalist who creates and produces global events often viewed by a billion or more people. Recent events include CHIME for Change Concert, Opening Kickoff Concert for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, A Decade of Difference Concert celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Clinton Foundation and the first ever U.S. version of the Secret Policeman’s Ball for Amnesty International. Mr. Wall is also the Managing Partner of Craton Equity Partners and an active investor in early stage technology startups. He is married to Dr. Susan Smalley, PhD, and has three grown children. They live in Beverly Hills, CA.

Robert Krulwich works in radio, podcasts, video, and the blogosphere. He has been called “the most inventive network reporter in television” by TV Guide.

Robert is a science correspondent for NPR. His NPR blog, “Krulwich Wonders,” features drawings, cartoons, and videos that illustrate hard-to-see concepts in science. He is also the cohost of Radiolab, a nationally distributed radio/podcast series that explores new developments in science for people who are curious but not usually drawn to science shows. Radiolab won a Peabody Award in 2011.

For twenty-two years, Robert was a science, economics, general assignment, and foreign correspondent at ABC and CBS News. He won Emmy awards for a cultural history of the Barbie doll and for a Frontline investigation of computers and privacy; a George Polk Award and an Emmy for a look at the Savings & Loan bailout; and the 2010 Essay Prize from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Jon Kamen is Founding Chairman and CEO of RadicalMedia, creating some of the world’s most innovative content across all platforms of media. Originally renowned for its commercial and advertising success, it has transformed and grown to develop, produce, and distribute television, feature films, music programming, live events, digital content and design. Aside from his professional duties and prolific production credits, Jon is on the Board of Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design, and has recently has been appointed to the Board of the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. He has continuously fostered RadicalMedia’s work with numerous organizations and public service initiatives, including RED, ONE, and Conservation International. RadicalMedia was a recipient of the Smithsonian’s National Design Award, and in 2012 Jon accepted Mayor Bloomberg’s Made in New York Award.

Keith Reinhard is Chairman Emeritus of the DDB Worldwide Communications Group, Inc., one of the world’s largest and most awarded advertising agency networks. A member of the Advertising Hall of Fame, Keith has been referred to as the industry’s “soft-spoken visionary” by Advertising Age, which in 1999 named him one of the 100 most influential figures in the history of advertising.

While practicing accounting in Toronto, Robert Wong woke up one day, flew to New York, and became a graphic designer instead. Since then, he has had the privilege of working on some of the world’s most loved brands—Google, Starbucks, Apple, and MTV, among others. At the Google Creative Lab, he leads a small team of amazingly talented people to help communicate to the world the magic of Google products and the spirit of the people who make them. Prior to Google, Robert was Executive Creative Director of Arnold Worldwide, the agency most famous for a decade of epic Volkswagen advertising in the ’90s. His work has won nearly every industry award and is represented in the permanent collections of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. He has no plans of ever going back to accounting.

Jacob Marshall is a musical artist, lecturer, writer, artist manager, social entrepreneur, and pioneer of humanitarian art campaigns. He serves as a Senior Connector at More Partnerships, working with some of the world’s largest and most innovative public and private companies to coordinate their cause partnerships with some of the world’s best artists. He worked as a senior advisor and liaison for the Global Citizen Festival, which brought 60,000 music fans to New York’s Central Park on September 29th, 2012.