Karen Compton is a freelance journalist and producer who has produced live interviews with political, business, and cultural newsmakers such as John Kerry, Christine Lagarde, and Anna Wintour at events including Davos, UN General Assembly Week, and Art Basel-Miami. She served as speechwriter for the editor Tina Brown and produced live journalism events in New York, LA, Washington, Dallas, and London for Tina Brown Live Media. She also produced a 32-episode season of the podcast TBD with Tina Brown. Prior to this work, she spent 15 years at ABC News producing in-studio interviews for Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, and George Stephanopolous. She is a recipient of Emmy, Dupont, and Peabody awards.

Dedicated to social justice, Jessica is a civic sector strategist with experience cultivating partnerships, designing and implementing programs, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration. She has partnered with cities and communities internationally on issues including criminal justice, climate change, and national memorials. Her work has had lasting impact on national and municipal policy and has transformed public realms nationally. Jessica’s initiatives have been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian and has received several recognitions from Fast Company’s Design for Innovation competitions. Jessica is currently an Innovation Fellow at the New Jersey Center for Innovation, received a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Michigan, and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from the City University of New York—Hunter College.

Amani Olu is the founder of Olu & Company, a marketing and business consultancy at the intersection of art and social justice; co-founder of Detroit Art Week, a five-day festival celebrating contemporary art in Detroit; and founder of IMG SRVR, a visual content sharing platform for creative professionals.

Before launching Olu & Company, Olu worked as an independent curator and arts writer. During this period, he organized over 40 exhibitions, co-authored Humble Art Foundation’s “The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 1 and 2” (2008, 2010), launched his ground-breaking “Young Curators, New Ideas” exhibition series, wrote about artists William Eggleston, Rashaad Newsome, David Benjamin Sherry, Elad Lassry, Zoe Crosher, and K8 Hardy. In 2018, as part of the inaugural edition of Detroit Art Week, Olu organized “Rhythm, Repetition, and Vocab,” an exhibition of abstract works by Allie McGhee and Carole Harris at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Amy Cole is the founder and president of AOK Communications providing strategic communications consulting services. From 2011 to 2019, Amy was the Director of Communications and Development at The Picture House Regional Film Center, a non-profit cultural center dedicated to the art of film. Located in Pelham, New York, The Picture House is the oldest, continuously running movie theater in Westchester County. In 2011, Amy co-founded and co-chaired the organization’s annual fall fundraiser ‘Picnic in the Park’ which subsequently was named Best Event by Westchester Magazine.

As the former co-president of the Pelham Chamber of Commerce, Amy co-founded and co-chaired the organization’s inaugural Wolfs Walk street festival featuring local live music, artisanal food and drink, curated vendors, and area non-profits and also launched the Chamber’s Inside 10803 podcast, which she continues to co-host and executive produce. She has been active with a number of local non-profits including the Westchester Children’s Museum, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, County Harvest, end Family Services of Westchester where she established the organization’s Junior Board.

Prior to joining TPH, Amy was the Executive Director of College Communications at St. Joseph’s College, New York. Amy began her career in publishing at The Conde Nast Publications, Inc. at the relaunch of House & Garden.. She earned her B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

Hunter Tura is the CEO of THE-CREATIVE, a global strategic brand consultancy where he is responsible for the firm’s overall creative excellence and global business development. Previously, he was the CEO of Syndicate Sub Rosa and from 2010 to 2019, he was the President & CEO of Bruce Mau Design with offices in London, New York and Toronto.

He has worked with leading organizations such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lucid Motors, Changi Airport Group, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Netflix, Audi, Asics, Lululemon, Allstate, Samsung, Unilever, and Sonos on a range of brand initiatives.

He was the curator of the Canada Pavilion at the 2018 London Design Biennale, a member of the Presidential Design Awards Jury in Singapore in 2017, and is a juror for the 2019 Florence Design Biennale. He has served on the design faculty of Designskolen Kolding, the University of California and Columbia University, and has lectured at Universities and conferences worldwide. He appeared as a commentator in the 2017 documentary "Design Canada."

He is a graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he completed his thesis under the direction of Rem Koolhaas and has a BA from Haverford College in the Growth and Structure of Cities. Tura serves on the Alumni Council for the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the Design Council for IE Business School in Madrid, was the Secretary of the Board of Trustees at the Van Alen Institute in New York.