Nicole Lowenbraun is a senior content developer and executive speaking coach. She brings deep insight into why words, and how you say them, matters. Nicole serves as Senior Content Developer and Executive Speaker Coach at Duarte, Inc., where she has coached and written for thousands of clients, most of which top the Fortune 100. With a master's in Communication, Nicole most recently researched and co created Duarte's newest body of work, Adaptive Listening. Nicole resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Maegan Stephens, PhD, is a director, content & coaching lead and communications expert who earned her "10,000+ hours" with a combination of book smarts and street smarts. After sharpening her research skills with a PhD in Communication Studies from The University of Texas at Austin, Maegan transitioned to industry where she writes content for the world's top brands and coaches Fortune 50 executives, TED speakers, start-up founders, and aspiring leaders. She brought theory and practice together as the co-creator of the Adaptive Listening methodology for Duarte, Inc., where she currently leads a team of writers, strategists, and coaches to transform the way people communicate. Maegan resides in San Jose, California.

Nancy Duarte is a communications expert who has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, LA Times and on CNN. As the storyteller of the Silicon Valley, and 5th largest woman-owned employer there, her firm, Duarte, Inc., is the global leader behind some of the most influential messages in business and culture. Nancy has been a keynote speaker on numerous public stages and her firm counts almost 200 of the Fortune 500 among her firm's clientele. Nancy is the author of three bestselling books. Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, and The HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations. Nancy has three grown children who walk in their destiny, a husband who has loved her for, like, ever, and two grandkids that take her breath away. Nancy resides in Mountain View, California.