Tiago Roberti Sampaio is a former Amazon software development engineer, a serial entrepreneur, and an AI engineer who has been involved in protein-based vaccine computational biology research since 2011. Tiago recently established AnalysisMode.com, a seven-time award-winning tool that uses AI and citizen science collaboration to help reduce the cost of producing life-saving cancer and genetic medicines. Tiago's goal is to increase public participation in health research, which will lead to better knowledge and more affordable drugs for everyone.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trsampaio/
www.analysismode.com

Romain Muller is an engineer by background. He went on building a career as a project and policy manager in various technological fields, specializing in the public funding of research and innovation programs. In parallel, he trained in different dance practices including butoh which had a lasting impact on him. He subsequently developed his own choreographic work and research focusing on the questioning of our perception of space. His performances have been staged in Belgium and France. Romain is now developing tailor-made innovation workshops deeply rooted in movement practices to embody the creative process of bringing a new idea to life.

Tuuli Utriainen has facilitated and researched the life of multidisciplinary innovation teams in some of the top universities and research centers around the world. Her interdisciplinary studies weaved in technology and human aspects from various fields - engineering, social sciences, and design. Tuuli is currently exploring pattern play through movement and embodied practices in the field of innovation. Building on her experiences from afro, house, salsa, and contemporary dance, she’s always ready to move and appreciates the wisdom of the body beyond a brain transportation unit

Silvano Lieger is Executive Director at Sentience Politics, a political NGO in the area of animal welfare and sustainability in Switzerland. His organization has launched popular initiatives on sustainable nutrition and is currently working on a federal initiative to abolish factory farming as well as on a cantonal initiative on fundamental rights for nonhuman primates. Silvano is heavily involved with systemic change work as promoted by collaboratio helvetica, where he has been selected as a Catalyst working on transforming the Swiss food system in accordance with the goals of the Agenda 2030. He is also a newly elected board member of Global Shapers Zurich.

Silvano's story is unique because just a few years ago, his life was very different. He was working for an advertising agency, promoting multi-national beverage and car brands. He ate meat every day and used to be on the rather conservative side of the political spectrum. New role models, books, movies, travel, and friends made him go through a big personal transformation. He is now an active member of the Green party, an activist for animal rights, and an avid advocate for progressive policies on climate change.

Niels den Daas is a neuroscientist by training, a teacher by heart, and a rebel by nature. Niels is on a mission to add compassion to the world of leaders and teams. His secret sauce is based on weaving neuroscience, Buddhism, and virtual reality together. Join this chat to get actionable insights on how you too can become a more compassionate leader.

Thank you Boryana Milova for sharing with us who inspires you.

Hermann Arnold is a serial founding entrepreneur, start-up investor and democracy reformer. He studied at the University of St. Gallen, and was shaped by the understanding of companies as „productive, social systems”. He has been co-founder and longstanding CEO of Haufe-umantis, a democratically led company supporting organizations to transform for the future. Together with his colleagues and with customers, he has experimented with leadership elections, team recruiting, spiral careers, crowd strategizing and other ways of innovating collaboration in organizations. He is a fourfold Ironman finisher, married to the love of his life and proud father of three young girls (*2016, *2017, *2020).

Julia Bodin is a changemaker and catalyst for systemic change on the topic of waste and circular economy. After finishing her environmental engineering and sciences studies at EPFL Lausanne, Julia went to Israel for a Master’s project on coral resilience to climate change and ocean acidification. During that time she spent a lot of her days underwater discovering the wonders of the marine world and the variety of man-made pressures applied to that complex and fragile ecosystem. The one that struck her the most? Plastic and waste pollution. She has made it her mission to work towards a world where ocean plastic and waste pollution is history by addressing this issue at the root cause. She is working on two projects to accomplish this. One with the precious support of collaboratio helvetica and her partner Boryana Milova.

Boryana Milova is a changemaker and catalyst for systemic change on the topic of waste and circular economy. An avid purpose-driven business proponent, Boryana’s focus during both studies and her social entrepreneurial path has been on how business practices can benefit society and operate in alignment with nature. Her passion for nature and water, in particular, drove her to investigate the limitations of the buy-use-throw-out practices that dramatically contribute to the natural world’s misalignment. Ever since she has been exploring alternative economic models and business practices. Thanks to collaboratio helvetica, she recognizes the necessity to convene multiple stakeholders to successfully address the waste challenge at its root. In 2020 Boryana joined the Catalyst Lab at collaboratio helvetica thanks to which she co-initiated Future of Waste together with her partner Julia Bodin.

Since 2012, Karun Gopinath has been a development practitioner, addressing various systemic challenges in India. In this episode of Legacy ChangeMaker through his association with The Collective Consciousness, he speaks about the various challenges that over 200 million girls and women face in India around the socio-cultural taboo topic of menstruation.

As the Founder of The Collective Consciousness, an early stage nonprofit, he’s addressing various systemic challenges and leveraging technology to advance child rights. He previously led a comprehensive school transformation program working with more than 37 schools and 7,200 children in Bangalore, India. As a consultant to Texas-based JMJ Associates, Karun led behavior-based, safety transformation programs for large oil and gas projects in the Middle East.

Karun is a graduate in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute, Geneva. He is a recipient of a full institutional scholarship. He holds a Masters in Political Science from the Masters Christian College, a PG-Diploma in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism and a Bachelors in Commerce from St.Joseph's College of Commerce.

Nikia Brown will present #Tools to #Thrive at the Legacy ChangeMaker broadcast. Nikia is a Philadelphia native with an unyielding passion for people and places. Growing up in a Caribbean household kindled within her a strong desire to build bridges between people of diverse cultures. After teaching English as a second language in South Korea for two years, she obtained her first master’s degree in sociology at Sungkyunkwan University where she researched the identity negotiation of youth born to multicultural families. Upon her return to the States, she worked in youth development and civic engagement and completed a subsequent master’s degree in intercultural and international communication at The American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C. In Nikia's current role as the Associate Director of Intercultural and Global Learning – International Student Experience, she supports international students in their transition to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: The Smart, Healthy Communities Initiative and develops intercultural programs for domestic and international students. In addition to being a travel enthusiast, she is passionate about creating platforms that enable individuals to become agents of their own change.

Bea is a medical student, climate activist, and planetary health advocate. Following her passion for health equity, she has been involved in various youth-led initiatives on mental and planetary health over the past years. A creative leader, she is the youngest catalyst of the very first future laboratory of Collaboratio Helvetica and the cofounder of the Health for Future movement in Switzerland. Having been both a frontline worker during the COVID pandemic and a youth delegate to the WHO at the same time, Bea keeps advocating for systemic change, addressing the root causes of global health challenges and the ecological crisis.

A live conversation with Sascha NICK - a professor at Business School Lausanne (BSL) and Scientific Director of the Diploma in Sustainable Business. His “SDG Explorer” course has been selected as best practice by #UNSDSN. Sascha is also a lecturer in sustainability at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) and University of Lausanne. As a B Leader, he helps companies become certified B Corps. As a serial entrepreneur, he founded four start-ups in industrial software and sustainability, including CO2-monitor AG, helping companies engage their employees. Sascha holds two US patents for software-based business methods.

Earlier, Sascha led a software research group at Siemens in Munich, and then held various management positions at Schneider Electric in Paris and Chicago, including VP Strategy and Development. He holds an M.Eng in electronics and an MBA from INSEAD.

Privately, he is passionate about his two young children, water sports, biking, theatre, and music.

Jean-Christophe Vautrin is the CEO of Clean Sea Services Holding SA. He is a sustainability leader, mentor, lecturer, and speaker. Jean-Christophe has worked in Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ivory Coast, and Cameroun. He is a seasoned entrepreneur, an advisor to multiple green businesses, and an investor focused on environmental wellbeing. Among others, LaManivelle, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, and Versus Virus are initiatives he has been very proud to support.

Dr. Denise “deno” Cooper will retire on 1st June 2021 as a Colonel and an Air Force Wounded Warrior. She has the nickname Deno, which she received 25 years ago from a General officer Wing Commander! Deno's doctoral work is on Organizational Behavior. She studies the behavior of people in organizations of all sizes. As a military officer, she has served in multiple command positions and has run an Air Force, Department of Defense level program. In retirement, she will have a private practice specializing in "turn around" work - for individuals and large organizations. Dr. Cooper has specialized experience working on these issues. To this point, she helped study the #MassiveCheatingScandal that occurred in the United States Air Force nuclear enterprise. Her research was well received and she was asked to join the senior leadership team, turning the organization around. As a Wounded Warrior who has trauma-based PTSD and a Traumatic Brain Injury, she understands the hard work, turning around a crisis and a catastrophic medical event. Deno has extensive experience as an academician, as well as, an executive-level leader. She is excited to bring context and texture to the idea of the "beauty of a bad day" with practical advice and personal insights. #LegacyChangeMaker

Based on her research and mission statement of “Global Peace - one Coach, one Leader at a time”, Masa recently launched a workshop called “OK Speak Up©: Coaching in Racial Equity” ( https://masagong.teachable.com/ ). This venture is dedicated to transforming the global coaching industry and address a critical training gap in the competency and awareness of coaches in cross-race engagements.

Raised by a single mother of six in New York’s Lower East Side, Masa has studied culture and human nature for as long as she can remember. Driven by the difficult experiences of her immigrant mother and her own first-generation, low-income upbringing, Masa found her calling in developing others to reclaim and magnify their power and potential. The grit of women, mothers, and workers of all colors fuels her. Underdogs are her inspiration.

Masa is an experienced Executive and Team Coach, Coach Supervisor, Facilitator, and People Development Consultant based in New York City with 20+ years of leadership experience in global tech organizations including 12+ years at Google. Masa develops leaders (through individual coaching or classroom training) from all sectors with a focus on women and leaders of color, and has devoted her life to understanding differences. Part-coach, part-tech insider, part-teacher, part-scholar, part-historian, part-mystic, part-comedian, part-client, part-practitioner, all-New Yorker, she blends hands-on experience, business savvy, laughter, and modern social science. She teaches and speaks in various forums about coaching, supervision, leadership and management, career, diversity, and culture, and authored the papers: “Multiplicity: Asian-American Females – Understanding Cultural Frames to Enhance Cross-Cultural Coaching Effectiveness”, “Missing Link: Marrying Applied Positive Psychology and Diversity Training”, and “Activating Coaching Supervision in the Americas to Address Racial and Social Justice”.

A medieval history and Spanish major from Yale University, a Yale delegate-at-large, and a Columbia Executive Education alumnus, she recently completed her master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Masa now serves as an Assistant Instructor for the Master of Applied Positive Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania and is also a Learning-Coach for NEO supporting INSEAD Executive Courses (Leading Organizations in Disruptive Times, Strategy in the Age of Digital Disruption, and Building Digital Partnerships and Ecosystems).

Spirituality, Gratitude, Love of Learning, Humor, and Zest are her signature character strengths. Masa is also a devoted aunt to twelve thriving nieces and nephews, a former Bikram yoga teacher, a trained French pastry chef, and an aspiring writer.

Abdul is the Executive Director on-site and manages all BRAVEAURORA projects and activities in Ghana. He joined the team in December 2015. Abdul has M.A. in NGO Management and Rural Development and B.A. in Planning and Rural Development from the University for Development Studies. He worked with Camfed Ghana under the Enterprise and Leadership Development Team before joining BRAVEAURORA. He is a Changemaker Scholar on Ashoka’s Future Forward Programme. His work towards a world in which rural dwellers have the power to define their own reality has seen him support causes like The Hunger Project, Global Citizen, ONE, and Echoing Green.

Sarah Kotopulos holds a MA in social work with a focus on intercultural competence. At the age of 21, an internship in Ghana transformed her life. In 2009, Sarah co-founded the award-winning NGO Braveaurora, active in North Ghana. Braveaurora provides children with better living conditions so that they can grow up healthy and live with dignity. Her passion is the fight against illegal orphanages, voluntourism, and poverty as a tourist attraction. With an open mind, an open heart, and an open will at the age of 26 she became the youngest Executive Director of SOS- Menschenrechte, a human rights organisation in Upper Austria.

Sarah is brave, she takes risks and is convinced that a heart-to-heart talk, a run, and a sense of optimism about human nature can change the world.

Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, LL.M. is the co-founder and CEO of Chi Impact Capital an independent and female-powered Impact Fund Advisor based in Zurich/Switzerland. Christin is passionate about proactively making the shift towards a regenerative and deep impact economy a reality. Christin has long-standing experience and a 15 year+ track record in the financial services sector & private equity, impact investing and sustainable investing. She completed her Doctoral Thesis at Harvard Law School (summa cum laude) and her Master's Studies at Duke Law School; Christin is a regular author, key-note speaker and long-time university lecturer in impact investing. Her last book is “Conscious Investing”. Privately, Christin is the co-founder and president of award- winning NGO Braveaurora, active in North Ghana since 2009.

Caty Batten is co-founder of Intaconnected, a start up platform that helps any type of company become a force for good, by transforming its negative footprints into positive impact. Intaconnected’s ambition is to mobilise every business to play their part in the fight against climate change and ecological collapse. Caty is a graduate from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the University of St Andrews, and is currently studying Sustainable Corporation Leadership with Said Business School, Oxford. She has a unique understanding of complex international development issues thanks to her roles with international NGOs including VSO, Oxfam and OneAction. She has always been most passionate about environmental conservation and brought her experience and passion together in marine conservation in Mozambique where she tackled the critical balance between humans and nature. In her spare time Caty participates in equestrian sport, plays the viola, and enjoys cycling, hiking and spending time in Nature.

Jess has experience as a CEO, lawyer and volunteer. She thrives on exploring, hiking and trying new things all of which drive an interest in change and innovation. A curious leader, Jess always goes into organisations looking at how things can be done differently and how change can be implemented effectively. Despite this approach, she questions whether she is a changemaker. She believes that collaboration and diversity in any organisation creates strength and leads to success.

Jess sits on the Audit & Risk Committee of Founders Pledge, a dynamic charity creating a community of entrepreneurs to fund and find solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. She is also an active supporter of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Room to Read and Giving Women all of which empower girls and women.