Dr. Jean Accius is a passionate champion and catalyst for changing how the world sees and values aging. He is an internationally recognized thought leader on aging, longevity, equity, health systems transformation and modernizing the delivery and financing of long-term care. With tri-sector experience and deep knowledge, he has a strong track record of building high-performing teams, managing cross-functional operations and processes, and developing innovative and actionable solutions, policies, and programs to close the opportunity gap so that everyone can live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

As Senior Vice President of Global Thought Leadership at AARP, he leads a team in positioning AARP as a global thought leader by identifying emerging trends around the world, cultivating and elevating new ideas, forging global strategic alliances that become the foundation for collaboration and sparking bold solutions to change systems and improve the lives of the global population as it ages.

Dr. Accius has been generously recognized for his transformational leadership, business acumen, and systems change approach, including:

- Next Avenue’s Influencer in Aging Award (2020)
- Florida State University’s Alumni Association Circle of Gold (2020)
- The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Sharecare Award for groundbreaking work on male family caregivers (2019)
- The Maryland Daily Record 2019 Influential Marylander Award - Black Enterprise magazine’s 2018 Modern Man of Distinction - Prince George’s County Social Innovation Fund 40 under 40 Award (2018)
- Gerontological Society of America Fellow (2018)
- The National Academy of Social Insurance New Generation of Social Insurance Leaders Award (2017)

A highly sought after author and speaker, Dr. Accius has been quoted by or appeared in numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, TIME Magazine, USA Today, Reuters, Politico, Next Avenue, ESPN’s Undefeated, Rolling Out, NationSwell, Congressional Quarterly, and Huffington Post. In 2020, he facilitated several sessions at the 50th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and also engaged nearly 300 leaders across industries and sectors, including 20 ambassadors and many delegates, at the United Nations.

Accius is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and has held a variety of board and advisory positions including Justice in Aging, the American Society on Aging, Leadership Maryland and the American University School of Public Affairs Board of Advisors. Previous Board appointments also include Florida State University Alumni Association, the South Florida Institute on Aging Policy Council and the Editorial Advisory Committee for Generations, the journal for the American Society on Aging.

He is an Executive Leadership Council Fellow, member of G100’s Transformational Leadership Network, and holds a bachelor’s degree in hospitality administration and a master’s degree in aging studies from the Claude Pepper Institute at Florida State University. He also holds a Ph.D. in public administration from American University. Dr. Accius is a graduate of Leadership Maryland’s Class of 2014, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health program on health reform, and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Corporate Innovation program.

David Clunie is Executive Director of the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) – the nation’s only coalition of business leaders and aligned advocates committed to economic progress and prosperity in the Black community with a specific focus on work, wages, and wealth. Before joining BEA, David led the State & Local Government Relations team at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase & Co., David was the Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury—an appointee of President Barack Obama and a member of Secretary Jacob J. Lew’s senior staff. David previously served as Deputy Associate Counsel at the White House and Deputy Director of Voter Protection on President Obama’s 2008 Campaign legal team in Iowa.

Before joining the Obama Administration, David was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he worked on commercial litigation cases and partnered with the NAACP LDF and the Brennan Center for Justice on pro-bono matters involving voting rights, police-community relations, prisoners’ rights, affirmative action, and disability rights.

David clerked for the Honorable Cynthia M. Rufe in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Howard University School of Law where he was editor-in-chief of the law review, and the University at Albany, State University of New York. David sits on the board of the National Urban League. He currently lives in New York City.

Adele Langton is Vice President of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program based out of New York City. Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is a $150 million global initiative that fosters economic growth by providing women entrepreneurs around the world with a business education, networking and access to capital. Prior to her role with 10,000 Women, Adele worked for five years in Washington D.C as country lead for an Australian-American consultancy firm. Before moving to the United Sates Adele spent almost a decade working as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Australian Attorney-General, focusing on human rights, anti-discrimination and federal law reform. Adele also worked as a senior government lawyer for the Australian Government.

Before her time in government Adele worked in a range of private and community sector legal roles. She has also served at non-profit organisations in both Australia and the U.S focused on issues affecting women including women’s safety, equality and empowerment.

Adele holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, and is the recipient of the UN Women Scholarship for Masters of Business Administration at the University of Sydney Business School.

Kathryn Lawler serves as the Executive Director for the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI). As an interdisciplinary coalition with over 110 member organizations, ARCHI works to enhance the economic vitality of metropolitan Atlanta by improving the health and wellbeing of its residents.

Kathryn’s 20 year career has focused on cross-sector interventions to address complex social problems. Beginning as a case worker in downtown Atlanta, her work with a Congressional Commission on Health and Housing and her tenure in a variety of roles at the Atlanta Regional Commission, she has worked to bring together transportation, housing and healthcare systems to support vulnerable populations. Most recently she led a large team as Manager of the Aging and Health Resources Division and Director of the Area Agency on Aging for metro Atlanta, providing expertise in the challenges and opportunities of longevity, long term services and supports and health system reform.

Kathryn holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree from Harvard University.