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Andrew Sullivan was born in August 1963 in a small town in Southern England, South Godstone. He attended Reigate Grammar School, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a First in Modern History and Modern Languages. He was also President of the Oxford Union in his Second Year at college, and spent his summer vacations as an actor in the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. In 1984, he won a Harkness Fellowship to Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and earned a Masters degree in Public Administration in 1986. In 1990, he returned to Washington, D.C., where he free-lanced for the *Telegraph* and started a monthly column for *Esquire*. He was soon back at *The New Republic* as deputy editor under Hendrik Hertzberg, and in June of 1991 was appointed acting editor, at the age of 27. In October, he took over as editor, and presided over 250 issues of *The New Republic*, resigning in May 1996. In those years, *The New Republic*'s circulation grew to well over 100,000 and its advertising revenues grew by 76 percent. Sullivan has appeared on over 100 radio shows across the United States, as well as on *Nightline*, *Face The Nation*, *Meet The Press*, *Crossfire*, *Hardball*, *The O'Reilly Factor*, *The Larry King Show*, *Reliable Sources*, *Hannity and Colmes*, and many others. He remains a senior editor at *the New Republic* and his book, *The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It; How To Get It Back*, was published by Harper Collins in the fall of 2006.

Andrew M. Sum is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles, monographs, and books on regional, national, and state labor markets, on the labor market behavior and problems of young adults and the role of education, literacy, and training in influencing the labor market experiences of adults. Among his publications are *Toward a More Perfect Union: Basic Skills, Poor Families, and Our Economic Future* (1988), *The Subtle Danger: Reflections on the Literacy Abilities of Young Adults* (1987), *Poverty and Adolescence* (1991), *From Dreams to Dust* (1996), *Literacy in the Labor Force: Results from the National Adult Literacy Survey* (1998), *State of the American Dream in New England *(1996), *Young Workers, Young Families, and Child Poverty* (1996), *The Road Ahead: Emerging Threats to Workers, Families and the Massachusetts Economy* (1998), and *A Second Chance for the Fourth Chance: A Critique of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998* (1999).

Andrew Sussman is senior program producer of PRI's *The World*, the daily one-hour radio news magazine created at WGBH Radio in Boston and broadcast on 210 public radio stations nationwide. In addition to producing *The World* each day, Sussman has reported for the program from Egypt and Russia. He was a 2001 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and has been with the show since its inception in 1995. Previous to that, he was based in Moscow and Paris as an editor and reporter.

Andrew Myers is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University and a registered professional engineer in the state of California. He and his colleagues at NEU are involved with an international project that will advance the engineering of wind turbines for ocean wind farms.

Andrew Tarsy is the principal and founder of Emblem Strategic, a company that works with business leaders on strategy, public affairs, leadership development, executive coaching, and relationship engineering.

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Andrew Vanasse was a digital media producer for GBH's Forum Network.

Sharon native Andy Wasif brings a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor to his observational musings. **Red Sox Fans are From Mars*, Yankees Fans are From Uranus* is the third in his series of Red Sox books, after* How to Talk to a Yankee Fan* and *Red Sox University*. His work is also featured in the book *Red Sox and Philosophy*. A lifelong Red Sox fan with a collection of Yankees fans as friends (stuffed and displayed in his game room), the Syracuse University graduate first focused on sports journalism before turning his attention to stand-up comedy. Now, fully recovered from that profession, Andy has spent the last few years enjoying the renewed rivalry as he studies the two fan bases and their relationship with each other. He's written for Yahoo! Sports and Yahoo! Movies and has a regular blog called "Wasif's World" on Sportsfanlive, in which he focuses on the finer points of sports and fandom. Currently, he's contributing a chapter to "Curb Your Enthusiasm and Philosophy" along with writing projects for television and movies from his home in Los Angeles.

Andrew S. Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin, _Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin_, has been published by First Second/Macmillan in November 2022. Prior to joining Carnegie, he was director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Russia and Eurasia and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. Weiss’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. He previously served as director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff, as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. Before joining RAND, Weiss was a vice president and investment strategist at American International Group, Inc. subsidiary companies, where he worked primarily on global commodities, energy, and foreign exchange markets.

**Andrew Winston** is a globally recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from humanity’s biggest challenges. Andrew’s first book, Green to Gold, was the top-selling green business title of the last decade, selling over 100,000 copies in seven languages. Inc. magazine included Green to Gold on its all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own. His new book, \_The Big Pivot\_, provides a practical roadmap to help leaders build resilient, thriving companies and communities in a volatile world. He is also author of the Harvard Business Review cover story “Resilience in a Hotter World.” His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world’s leading companies, including Boeing, HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. His earlier career included advising companies on corporate strategy while at the Boston Consulting Group and strategy and marketing roles at Time Warner and MTV. Today, Andrew is also a highly respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands at high-profile events like TED with an entertaining message of practical optimism: the world’s challenges are great, but business has the tools, resources, and creativity to build a prosperous world. He received his BA in economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale.

Young is chairman of GoodWorks International, allowing him to pursue his life-long mission of energizing the private sector to advance economic development in Africa and the Caribbean. In this position, he puts corporate executives in contact with leaders and key influences in the regions' emerging markets, facilitating the formation of successful business partnerships.

Andrew Zornoza is the author of the novel "Where I Stay." Born in Houston, Texas, his fiction and essays have appeared in magazines such as, Gastronomica, Sleepingfish, Confrontation, Porcupine Literary Arts, CapGun, and Matter Magazine, among others. He now teaches at The New School University and Gotham Writers' Workshop. He lives in New York City.

Andrés Holderis the Executive Director of the Boston Children's Chorus. He has over ten years of experience in performing arts management through his work with Gala Hispanic Theatre, Arena Stage, and The Washington Ballet.

Andris Nelsons, originally from Latvia, debuted as the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in March 2011. In January 2016, he recorded Hans Abrahamsen's \_let me tell you\_ with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and soprano Barbara Hannigan, and in February 2016 he conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of George Tsontakis's concerto, \_Sonnets\_.

**André Leroux ** is a consultant who currently leads MassINC’s Transformative Transit-Oriented Development program at the Gateway Cities Innovation Institute. A native of Worcester, he has extensive experience living and working in our older industrial cities in Massachusetts. Prior to that, he led the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance for 12 years, where he championed zoning reform and other policies to support walkable, affordable, vibrant, and diverse communities. He also serves on the board of Smart Growth America and chairs the planning board for the City of Medford. André studied at Dartmouth College and El Colegio de México in Mexico City, is fluent in Spanish, and is a member of the LGBTQ community.