Dr. Almontaser is the Founder and CEO of Bridging Cultures Group, Inc. She was the founding and former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn. A 25 year veteran of the NYC Public School System, she trained teachers in literacy, and taught special education and inclusion. She is the Board President of the Muslim Community Network.

Mohamed serves as the Muslim Senior Advisor to the NYC Mayor’s Office, Community Affairs Unit. He served as an NYPD officer for 18 years. He has expertise in cultural engagement and interfaith relations. He has a Juris Doctorate from Cairo University Law School, and completed a fellowship at the Interfaith Center of New York.

Brian is the President of BYU Pathway Worldwide, a position he has held since 2021 (having previously served as the first vice president of field operations from 2018 to his appointment as president. He holds an MBA from Harvard University.

Yfat is the Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). She is the founder and first Executive Director of the WJC Institute for Technology and Human Rights. She also serves on the Multi-faith Advisory Council to the UN Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development.

Rev. Bernard is the founder, CEO, and Pastor of the Christian Cultural Center, one of New York’s largest houses of worship. He has been recognized as one of New York’s 50 Most Powerful People in Brooklyn, The Power Pastor by The New York Times, and a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Consulate General of Israel.

Rev. Breyer is the Director of the Interfaith Center of New York. She is an Episcopal Priest in the Diocese of New York and has served at Harlem churches for more than two decades. She participates in local religious peacemaking work, interfaith dialogues, and humanitarian aid initiatives, including as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary.

Justice Breyer is a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who served from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. Since his retirement, he has been the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he was special assistant to the United States attorney general for antitrust and assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force in 1973. He became a federal judge in 1980 when he was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Bishop Victor Brown is the senior pastor of Mt. Sinai United Christian Church and a former adjunct professor of preaching at New York Theological Seminary. He is also a member of the Worldwide Fellowship of Independent Christian Churches.

Ryan is a professor of practice at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters alongside 4 books about religion and politics in the United States. He served as a pastor in the American Baptist Church for over 20 years.

Venerable Chang Kuan graduated from the first class of the Shanghai Buddhist Institute in 1984. She received full ordination in 1985. In 1988 she founded the Western Buddhist Association in New York, along with Fanyin Temple and Fanyin Pure Land Center, where she has continued her monastic service to this day.

Dave is an American businessman and sports executive. He began his career at Bain & Company, a Boston-based consulting firm. He was the CEO of Madison Square Garden and is responsible for founding the New York Liberty in 1997. He thereafter founded SCP Worldwide, a sports consulting and investment company. He is the managing partner of Checketts Partners Investment Management.

Evan retired from Cravath, Swaine & Moore’s Litigation Department in 2023. He is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading litigators, with broad experience in trial and appellate courts across the country.

Ken is the Assistant Commissioner with the NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS). He has been associated with DORIS for more than 45 years. He received an M.A. in American History at Columbia University.

Elder Cook is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He previously served in the Area Presidency in the Philippines and as Executive Director of the Missionary Department. Prior to his call to serve in the Church, he was vice chairman of Sutter Health System and was a business lawyer and managing partner of a San Francisco Bay Area law firm.

McKay is a journalist, author, and staff writer for The Atlantic. He received a Wilbur Award for religion journalism in 2021. He is the author of Romney: A Reckoning, a biography of Mitt Romney.

Bonnie is the President of the Southern Virginia University. She previously served as a general officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for seven years, including as the Young Women General President from 2018 to 2023.

Beth is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for climate reporting at the Boston Globe. She also worked at the New England Center for Investigative Reporter as a reporter and director of partnerships. She is the Executive Editor and General Manager at The Conversation.

Rev. DeGraff is the New York State Clergy Leader for Choose Healthy Life, a network of 30 interdenominational churches across New York State, including 20 churches in New York City, helping these churches address current health challenges. He served at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem for 50 years.

Dr. Didigu is a physician and international development professional with expertise in areas of sustainable development and the SDGs, global heath, population, SRH & gender, climate change, intergovernmental and interagency affairs, policy integration and poverty reduction. She is currently a Senior Strategic Partnerships Specialist with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

His Eminence Cardinal Dolan is the Archbishop of New York. He is a former president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, serving from 2010 to 2013. He is known for his charismatic media personality. He recently participated in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

Justin is a the editor-in-chief of BYU Studies, Brigham Young University’s academic journal, and a Fellow at the Wheatley Institute. His research explores the relationship between religion and mental health, and he has published extensively on how they influence each other. His work has been cited in court cases and other public forums supporting the vital role of religion in higher education and society more broadly.

Rev. Dr. Que English is the President and CEO of Elev8 Health Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the social determinants of health. Her work focuses on advancing maternal health, mental wellness, and suicide prevention through community-driven, village-sustained solutions.  She is the past director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Rev. Fowler is the CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. In addition to leading Tanenbaum’s work, Rev. Fowler is a graduate of the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and is an ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual minister and an instructor of first and second year students at One Spirit.

President Freeman is the Young Women General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has written more than a dozen books and spoken at a variety of conferences, workshops, and gatherings. She is known for her teaching, particularly focused on personal application of scripture.

Rabbi Gerson is the Associate Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis (NYBR). A major focus of her work has been to advance the NYBR’s leadership role in confronting family violence, domestic violence, sexual abuse and the exploitation of children by working with other faith communities.