TEDxCulverCity

Speakers

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• David Ennio Minor

  CEO | Ballerina | Composer | Impact Investor

  David Ennio Minor is a cultural technologist and founder of GLOAM Studios, where he designs expressive wearables and empathy tech — spatial environments and relational objects that function as emotional infrastructure for human connection. Trained in classical ballet at the Joffrey Ballet and an award-winning composer, he pioneered robotic ballet collaborations that brought engineers, dancers, philosophers, and designers into shared creative systems — long before anyone was talking about embodied AI. He works globally at the intersection of art, technology, ethical private equity and human experience, exploring how the physical world can be designed to let identity breathe and real encounters happen.

• Jean Batthany

  Chief Creative Officer + Founder

  Honored as one of Business Insider's 30 Most Creative Women in Advertising, Jean Batthany is the founder of Art of the Pause and pioneer of Regenerative Creativity, a new operating system for how we create, lead and work. The first Chief Creative Officer at Walmart and former VP, Global Creative at Disney, she has spent 30+ years working in the business of creativity, agency and brand side. Ruthlessly committed to creating impact, Jean has spoken at NASA JPL, Cannes Lions and ThinkLA. Her message moves beyond burnout toward something more radical and more human, creativity that restores rather than depletes: people, culture and the planet.

• Rebecca Zung

  CEO | AI Founder | Trial Attorney | Author

  Rebecca’s reach includes over 1 million followers across platforms, more than 60 million views on YouTube, and a globally ranked podcast, Leverage with Rebecca Zung, is in the top 0.5% of all podcasts worldwide. Her programs, including the Justice Blueprint SLAY AI™ Training, have transformed the lives of thousands across more than 100 countries. SLAY AI™, her newest innovation, brings legal clarity to complex emotional conflicts by helping users instantly identify patterns, build leverage, and prepare court-ready strategies and exhibits using their own documentation. She is a regular media contributor and has been featured on Extra, Forbes, Time, Newsweek, Dr. Drew, NPR, HuffPost, and The Mel Robbins Podcast, among others. Through a unique blend of legal expertise, strategic negotiation, and psychological insight, Rebecca helps individuals and professionals navigate conflict with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

• Samara Bay

  Author + Communication and Journalism Professor

  Samara Bay is the author of the #1 bestselling Permission to Speak and a professor at USC Annenberg. She is a private advisor to movie stars, global business leaders, rising athletes, and candidates for office — all on the same thing: how to show up fully in the moments that matter most.