Annie Young-Scrivner
Business Leader & CEO
Annie Young-Scrivner is a globally respected board director and proven CEO known for scaling businesses, modernizing brands, and using technology and data to reinvent legacy companies for the future. With deep cross-sector experience spanning consumer, luxury, food & beverage, and beauty, Annie brings a unique blend of commercial savvy, values-based leadership that creates economic value for stakeholders.
She most recently served as CEO of Wella Company, where she led the relaunch of the Multi-Billion global beauty business as an independent enterprise. Before Wella Company, Annie was CEO of GODIVA Chocolatier, where she spearheaded the brand’s modernization through digital transformation, product innovation, and international expansion. Her earlier leadership at Starbucks as Global CMO was instrumental to the company’s turnaround and global brand resurgence. She began her career at PepsiCo, where she held senior commercial and general management roles in more than 30 countries.
Annie currently serves on the boards of YUM! Brands and is on the University of Washington, Foster School of Business Advisory Board. Annie previously served as a director for Tiffany & Co., Macy’s Inc., and Starbucks Japan. Recognized for her leadership and impact, Annie has been inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame and honored with a Top Women in Retail award.
Stephen Moore is an Economist and Author, serving as a Senior Visiting Fellow in Economics at The Heritage Foundation. He is a frequent lecturer to audiences around the world on the U.S. economic and political outlook, and is the author of 6 books, including “Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive our Economy.”
Moore is a graduate of the University of Illinois and holds a master’s degree in Economics from George Mason University.
From 1999-2004, Moore served as Founder and President of the Club for Growth, an organization dedicated to helping elect free market candidates to Congress. In his tenure as president, the Club for Growth became one of the most influential and respected political organizations in the nation. From 2005-2014, Moore served as the senior economics writer for The Wall Street Journal editorial page and as a member of the WSJ editorial board. He remains a regular contributor to the publication. Moore served as a senior economic advisor to President Trump’s 2016 campaign, drafting tax, budget, and energy policy plans.
In 2007, Moore received the Ronald Reagan “Great Communicator” award from the Republican party for his advancement of economic understanding. In 2010, he was awarded the University of Illinois Alumni of the Year. His book “Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain its Economic Superpower Status” was a finalist for the F.A. Hayek Award for Advancing Economic Understanding. In 2018, Worth Magazine named Stephen Moore one of the 75 Most Influential People in the World Dealing with Economics and Finance.
Stephen Moore
Economist & Author
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Dr. Robert Marbut
Former Federal Homelessness Czar and Executive Producer of Americans With No Address
Dr. Robert Marbut has consulted on issues of homelessness with more communities and organizations than anyone else in the USA and has more than three decades experience working with homeless populations. He worked on issues of homelessness as chief of staff to San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, then as a White House Fellow to President H.W. Bush and later became the Founding President & CEO of Haven for Hope. He has worked in 3 different U.S. Presidential Administrations, including serving as the Executive Director of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, often called the “Federal Homelessness Czar.”
In 2007, Dr. Marbut conducted a nationwide best practices study. After personally visiting 237 homeless service facilities in 12 states and the District of Columbia, he developed The Seven Guiding Principles of Homeless Transformation which focuses on root causes and recovery, not symptoms nor short-term gimmicks. Since his national best practices study, Dr. Marbut has visited a total of 1,348 operations and has worked in all 50 states, plus Washington, DC and Mexico. He has helped hundreds of communities and agencies to dramatically reduce homelessness.