Behind the Dream with Ryan Carson

Barbara is Intel's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and VP of Human Resources for the Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group, the company’s largest business group. She leads Intel’s Diversity in Technology initiative which resulted in reaching full representation in Intel's U.S. workforce in October 2018, two years ahead of schedule. The company’s workforce now reflects the percent of women and underrepresented minorities available in the U.S. skilled labor market.

As Chief Diversity Officer at Microsoft, Lindsay-Rae leads the organization’s diversity and inclusion commitments at the center of the company’s cultural transformation. It is critical to her mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. With more than 20 years’ experience as a human resources executive for the technology sector, she is passionate about driving business growth through innovative and inclusive people strategies.

Matt Mullenweg is the Founder and CEO of Automattic as well as the Founding Developer of Wordpress. He also advises and invests in startups through his company, Audrey Capital. Matt has been featured on Forbes, Inc, WSJ, Recode Decode with Kara Swisher, Fortune's 40 Under 40 List, The Tim Ferriss Show, This Week In Startups, and more.

Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of barre3, a fitness company focused on teaching people to be balanced in body and empowered from within. Starting in 2008 in Portland, Oregon, barre3 has grown to more than 140 franchise studios powered by female entrepreneurs, plus an online-workout streaming-subscriber base in 98+ countries. Sadie is on Inc.'s Female Founders 100 list, featured on NPR's How I Built This, and speaks on the topics of mindful leadership, the power of body wisdom, and more.

Van Jones is a U.S. media personality, the founder of multiple social enterprises and a world-class change maker. He's a three-time NY Times bestselling author, Van hosts two shows on CNN: “The Van Jones Show” and “The Redemption Project.” He is the host of CNN’s “Incarceration, Inc.” podcast series. Van is the CEO of the REFORM Alliance, an initiative founded by Jay-Z, Meek Mill, and six billionaires to transform the criminal justice system.