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On January 20, 2021, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the 49th Vice President of the United States— the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected to this position.

As Vice President, she brought people together to advance opportunity, deliver for families, and protect fundamental freedoms. She led the fight for the freedom of women to make decisions about their own bodies, the freedom to live safe from gun violence, the freedom to vote, and the freedom to drink clean water and breathe clean air. She took particular focus on job creation through the investment in our nation’s small business and community banks. She also presided over the vote to confirm the first Black woman, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court. While visiting 36 states and making history at home, she represented the nation abroad — embarking on 17 foreign trips, traveling to 21 countries, and meeting with more than 150 world leaders to strengthen critical global alliances.

The Biden-Harris administration delivered monumental achievements that are life-changing for millions of Americans. The President & Vice President were focused on investing in economic opportunity resulting in a record 21 million new small business applications, created a record 16 million jobs, lowered the unemployment rate to the lowest average in 50 years, capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors, cut prescription drug prices, and improved maternal health by expanding postpartum care through Medicaid. They passed the largest investment in a generation to upgrade the nation’s water, transportation, and internet infrastructure and the Vice President cast the tie breaking vote on the largest investment ever to tackle the climate crisis.  

On July 21, 2024, Vice President Harris announced her campaign for president after President Joe Biden withdrew his bid for reelection. She officially became the party's nominee on August 5 after a formal roll call vote of DNC delegates and made history again as the first Black woman and first South Asian woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party.

Vice President Harris’ campaign promised a future where we protect and fight for fundamental freedoms, including a women’s right to make decisions about her own body, and focused on a vision of ensuring all Americans can climb the ladder of economic opportunity, including by bringing down the cost of living and making housing more affordable. In just 107 days - the shortest general election presidential campaign in modern American history - Vice President Harris rallied the country around a "new generation of leadership” earning the votes of 75 million Americans.

Fighting for the people is nothing new for Kamala Harris.

In 2017, she was sworn into the United States Senate where she championed legislation to fight hunger, provide rent relief, improve maternal health care, expand access to capital for small businesses, revitalize America’s infrastructure, and combat the climate crisis. She questioned two Supreme Court nominees while serving on the Judiciary Committee. She also worked to keep the American people safe from foreign threats and crafted bipartisan legislation to assist in securing American elections while serving on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

In 2010, Vice President Harris was elected Attorney General of California where she oversaw the largest state justice department in the country. She took on those who were preying on the American people, winning a $20 billion settlement for Californians whose homes had been foreclosed on and a $1.1 billion settlement for students and veterans who were taken advantage of by a for-profit education company. As Attorney General she cracked down on the transnational gangs that smuggled drugs, guns and people across the U.S.-Mexico border. She also defended the Affordable Care Act in court and enforced laws to protect public health and the environment.

Following years as a courtroom prosecutor in Oakland standing up for women and children against predators who abused them, in 2004, Vice President Harris was elected District Attorney of San Francisco. There she was a national leader in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights, officiating some of the first same-sex weddings. She also established the office’s environmental justice unit and created a ground-breaking program to provide first-time drug offenders with the opportunity to earn a high school degree and find employment, which the U.S. Department of Justice designated as a national model of innovation for law enforcement.

Vice President Harris was born in Oakland, California. She was raised by a diverse community and a loving extended family. She and her sister, Maya, were inspired by their mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a breast cancer scientist and pioneer in her own right who came to the United States from India at the age of 19 and then received her doctorate the same year that Kamala was born.

Both of the Vice President’s parents were active in the civil rights movement and instilled in her a commitment to build strong coalitions that fight for the rights and freedoms of all people. They brought her to civil rights marches in a stroller and taught her about heroes like Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and civil rights leader Constance Baker Motley.

Vice President Harris went on to graduate from Howard University and the University of California Hastings College of Law. In 2014, she married Douglas Emhoff, a lawyer. They have a large blended family that includes their children, Ella and Cole.

As a trailblazer throughout her entire career, the Vice President is committed to fulfilling her mother’s advice: “Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you are not the last.”

Steven Bartlett is the leading young entrepreneur in the UK and the youngest-ever Dragon on the long-running BBC series Dragons’ Den.

The founder of media and investment company Flight Story - comprising of Flight Studio- a leading media company - and Flight Fund, a global investment fund that has invested in more than 40 companies, including SpaceX, Whoop, Zoe, Huel, PerfectTed, and more.

His podcast, The Diary of a CEO, is the world’s second-biggest host-led podcast across all platforms. It remains the No. 1 podcast in Europe and is the fastest-growing video podcast channel in the world, as well as the second-largest podcast YouTube channel globally. In November last year DOAC reached the milestone of 1 billion streams across all platforms and continues to grow at an exponential rate.  

Steven is also the co-founder of Thirdweb, a San Francisco-based software company recently valued at $160 million and backed by Shopify, Coinbase, Mark Cuban, and others. He is the author of Diary Of A CEO - 33 Laws For Business And Life, the fastest-selling personal development book in the UK since records began and a publisher through his label, Flight Books.

Mauricio Umansky is one of the world's most influential leaders in real estate, and regularly appears on Bloomberg, CNBC and Fox News as founder and CEO of The Agency, a global real estate brokerage known for its exceptional service, elite clientele and portfolio of coveted properties worldwide.

With 133 offices in 13 countries, The Agency continues to expand into strategic markets across North and Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe, and has achieved $88 billion in residential property sales.

Widely known for his starring role in Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills, Mauricio ranked #33 on Swanepoel's 2025 Power200 list of top U.S. real estate executives. The Agency has been recognized as one of the country’s fastest growing companies for seven consecutive years by Inc. 5000, as well as The Financial Times.

For more than 35 years, Tim S. Grover has been the preeminent coach, Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Charles Barkley, Maxx Crosby, Aaron Donald, Paul Skenes, Jason Heyward, 7x Mr. Olympia Phil Heath, and hundreds of champions in the NFL, MLB, NHL, golf, tennis, and the Olympics.  

Tim is the New York Times bestselling author of WINNING: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness and RELENTLESS: From Good to Great to Unstoppable. 

Tim appears around the world as a keynote speaker and consultant to business leaders, athletes, and elite achievers in any area, teaching the principles of relentless drive, result-driven performance, mental toughness, and the ultimate winning mentality.  

He appeared throughout ESPN/Netflix’s THE LAST DANCE, and appears regularly on many major media outlets. He is also the creator of the original online series BREAKTHROUGH  and the digital training platform “The Relentless System.” 

Tim earned his Master’s degree in Exercise Science and his Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at University of  Illinois-Chicago. As a former NCAA Division I basketball player at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Grover was  inducted into the UIC Hall of Fame with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. 

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Josh Phegan is the internationally renowned go-to speaker, trainer and coach for high performance real estate agents and agencies. He is the number one preferred trainer for  Australia's top 100 agents and top 50 women in real estate.  

In 2025 he is set to perform in 200 events face to face and virtually in the UK, UAE, New  Zealand and Australia. His mission is to inspire agents to achieve their potential and financial  freedom.  

He personally coaches some of the who's who in the real estate industry, both new, emerging  and high-performance agents, with his number 1 sales agent writing over $20.5m fees, 250+  transactions and 1.1 billion in sales.  

He hosts industry-leading events such as the Real Estate Blue-print, is an author with his book  Lonely In Business and is the producer behind the High-Performance podcast with Alexander  Phillips, Dream Big, Move Fast with Phil Harris and Grow, Scale, Master with Kon Stathopoulos. 

To rapidly help his clients achieve their potential, he has built a unique online training platform  Josh Phegan Digital to measure and track the metrics that count, together with access to  industry-leading content. In a way, Josh has automated the role of a great sales manager to  monitor what counts and help lift agents up.  

His company’s digital products and marketing have received top accolades internationally,  helping to drive huge growth in his business. 

Josh works with leading real estate agencies at both training and boardroom levels.  Individually, he works with brand new people to help them establish the critical skills and  behaviours to rapidly drive their careers and with industry heavyweight agents who have  achieved incredible results of up to 200+ transactions per year.  

He is often in boardrooms providing strategic direction and support for fast-growth  companies, with his fastest client scaling from 0-30 offices in under ten years.

Will Guidara is the author of the National Bestseller Unreasonable Hospitality, which chronicles the lessons in service and leadership he has learned over the course of his career in restaurants.

He is the former co-owner Eleven Madison Park, which under his leadership received four stars from the New York Times, three Michelin stars, and in 2017 was named #1 on the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

He is the host of the Welcome Conference, an annual hospitality symposium that brings together like minded people to share ideas, inspire one another, and connect to form community.

A graduate of the hospitality school at Cornell University, he has coauthored four cookbooks, was named one of Crain's New York Business's 40 Under 40, and is the recipient of WSJ Magazine's Innovator Award.

Australia’s Most Successful Olympian / Young Australian of the Year 2024.

Born and raised in Wollongong in New South Wales, Emma grew up one of three children with brother David and sister Kaitlin. Emma comes from a family with rich swimming pedigree, with both her parents Ron and Susie, and Uncle Rob, representing Australia and winning medals across numerous Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

With swimming in her veins, Emma took to the pool from an early age. 2010 saw Emma’s international breakthrough at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Youth Olympics and World Short Course Championships, collecting one gold, and multiple silver and bronze medals across several events.

After narrowly missing out on Australian selection to the 2012 London Olympics, Emma cemented her spot in the team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Emma won four golds and two bronze medals, throwing herself into the Australian sporting spotlight as one of Australia’s best swimmers.

Qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Emma shared her experience with brother David who also swam at a national level. It was in Rio Emma was part of Australia’s all- conquering 4x100m Freestyle relay team that won gold and set a new world record.

Swimming in two more relays, Emma secured a further two silver medals. She claimed her first individual medal in the 200m freestyle – a bronze – and finished as Australia’s most successful Olympian at the Rio Games.

Emma performed exceptionally well at her home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018, with three individual medals to accompany her three relay golds.

In 2019, Emma demonstrated her class once again with three golds, two silvers and one bronze medal at the World Championships.

In the inaugural International Swimming League (ISL), Emma represented the London Roar, finishing third overall in the race for MVP.

By the time the 2020 Tokyo Olympics arrived, Emma had cemented herself as one of the world’s best swimmers. Competing in freestyle, butterfly, and relays, Emma faced the prospect of swimming for seven Olympic medals.

Nine days later, she finished the swim meet with just that: Four golds and three bronze.

Her gold medals came in Olympic Record time in the 100m and 50m freestyle and the medley relay. he was also part of the World Record 4×100 freestyle relay team.

Emma’s bronze medals came in the 100m butterfly, 4×200 freestyle relay, and the mixed medley relay.

The Tokyo Olympics saw history be made on many levels. Emma became the most decorated Australian Olympian ever with a combined five gold, two silver, and four bronze medals – 11 medals in total.

She also became the most successful Australian athlete at a single Olympics, and the only female in the world, across all sports, to win seven medals at one Olympics.

Backing up with the 2022 Commonwealth Games a year later, Emma became the most successful Commonwealth Games athlete: with 8 medals taking her overall tally to 20, and cementing her as the greatest of all time.

At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Emma cemented her place as Australia’s Greatest Ever Olympian with a further 3 medals bringing her incredible total to 15 Olympic medals.

Emma won gold with the 4 x 100m freestyle relay, a silver in the 4 x 100m medley relay and rounding it out with bronze in the mixed 4 x 100m medley relay.

While competing, Emma completed a Bachelor of Public Health at Griffith University complimenting her passion in global health issues.

Emma has been a brand ambassador of Speedo since a young age, and is also an Ambassador for Nike, George & Matilda, Cetaphil, Cadbury, Dior and Omega.

Emma is also a UNICEF Australia Ambassador and travelled to Bangladesh with the team in December 2024.to learn more about the programs they are running.

In November 2024 Emma announced her retirement from professional swimming and is now looking forward to the next chapter. She is looking forward to good coffee, days at the beach, skiing and heading back to her home town Wollongong to spend time with friends and family.

4-time Olympic Gold medalist, and current World Record holder in the 200m and 400m freestyle, swimmer Ariarne Titmus is one of the greatest middle-distance swimmers of all time.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ariarne achieved a historic 3rd Individual Olympic Gold Medal, winning the 400m freestyle, in the race dubbed “The Race of The Century”, where she defeated the other two previous world record holders of this event - American all time great Katie Ledecky, and Canadian swimming prodigy Summer McIntosh, to become the first Australian athlete since Dawn Fraser in 1964, to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event.

Overcoming challenges & pressure, to be the best when it counts on the big stage, time & time again, is what has placed Ariarne in a league of her own and making her an inspiration to many.

As a world class big wave surfer, Red Bull Athlete and Surf Contest Director Mark Mathews has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment. 

Winner of an unprecedented 3 back to back Oakley Big Wave Awards, Mark has cemented himself as one of the best big wave surfers in the world. 

As a highly sought after international speaker, Mathews’ surfer chill vibe and magnetic charisma, has graced the stages of leading companies worldwide. 

From Google, Sony, Intel, to MasterCard, he instantly captures audiences with his epic tales and spectacular big wave surf vision. 

His compelling story offers game changing tips to adapt to stress, harness resilience and perform when it counts. He has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalised emotional resilience techniques to successfully strengthen ones mindset and sustain long term performance.