Aspen Ideas Festival

Jackie Bezos is co-director of the Bezos Family Foundation. She loves the intersection between a big idea and passion, what she refers to as the sweet spot of philanthropy. For the Bezos Family Foundation, that sweet spot is the field of education from birth through 12th grade. Through... Read More →

Tory Burch is CEO and designer of the luxury lifestyle brand Tory Burch, which she launched in 2004 as a retail concept with multiple product categories. The collection is available at 67 boutiques, online, and in more than 1,000 select department and specialty stores worldwide. Burch... Read More →

Merle Chambers is founder and president of Chambers Family Fund. She founded and operated an oil and gas company and is the first and only woman inducted into the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Hall of Fame. Chambers created the Chambers Family Fund to provide philanthropic support for... Read More →

Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and TV personality, well-known cancer advocate, and New York Times best-selling author. In September 2006, after completing a 15-year run as co-anchor of NBC’s “Today Show,” Couric became the first female solo anchor of an evening... Read More →

Ann B. Friedman is board chair of the SEED Foundation, the parent organization of the nation’s first inner-city, college-prep, public boarding schools. She also serves on the boards of Conservation International, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Institute, Aspen Music... Read More →

Anne Mosle is executive director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute. Ascend is a hub for breakthrough ideas and proven strategies that move parents, especially women, and their children beyond poverty. Mosle most recently served as a vice president and officer of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation... Read More →

Laurie M. Tisch is president of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, a charitable enterprise that builds on a longstanding commitment to enable more New Yorkers to take advantage of the rich opportunities that the city has to offer. Tisch was the founding chair of the Center for... Read More →

Monique Villa is CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a post she was appointed to in 2008. She has since transformed it into a strategic, high-impact, and truly global foundation that reflects the company’s expertise and business acumen. With the strong belief that information... Read More →