George is a Senior Editor at Large at LinkedIn—where he covers topics ranging from college to careers—and the author of 5 business books, including The New York Times bestseller Perfect Enough. Earlier in his career, he spent two decades as a top feature writer for The Wall Street Journal, where he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. He has also been a contributing writer at Forbes, a founding editor of Bloomberg View, and the West Coast bureau chief of Fast Company magazine. His most recent book You Can Do Anything explores the surprising power of a Liberal Arts education. Check out his books at georgeandersbooks.com and visit his incredible LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeanders/!

Austin works as the Director of Partner Development at Microsoft and is the founder of his startup, Cultivated Culture, which focuses on using unconventional strategies to land jobs in today’s market. Through his step by step process and unique strategies that have been featured in prominent newspapers, Austin has helped hundreds of people land their dream jobs.  Since launching in April of 2016, Austin has helped his students land interviews and offers at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and many more. You can check him out on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelcak/ and learn more about Cultivated Culture at https://cultivatedculture.com/!

Basant Shenouda is currently a career coach and an incoming Global Sales Associate at LinkedIn in their graduate program. After working at Intel, she realized her love for technology and creating economic growth and opportunity for her home region, Egypt, as part of her work—which is exactly what she will be doing at LinkedIn for the Middle East and North Africa. Her work as a career coach started as part of her purpose to help people become more resourceful and less fearful, promoting greater understanding of the recruitment system. Since launching in March, she has helped more than 100 people and held workshops in China, Nigeria, the US, Germany, and more. As a passionate content creator on LinkedIn, her content has gained over 6 million views and helped thousands feel less alone and more uplifted through their own job search. To see her journey and career advice on LinkedIn, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/basantshenouda/!

Jerry Lee graduated from Babson College and is currently a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager at Google and the COO of Wonsulting. As someone who came from a low income and first generation background, he was able to find his voice with the help of mentors and organizations. At Google, he works to accelerate Google's app promotion revenue by working to create and execute go-to-market strategies globally. His personal brand, as well as his prominent role at Wonsulting—an organization that aims to turn underdogs into winners, having directly impacted over 80,000 people—has allowed him to develop a huge LinkedIn audience. He’s reached over 10 million professionals and garnered over 48,000 followers on the platform. You can check him out on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehakjerrylee/ and learn more about Wonsulting at https://www.wonsulting.com/!

Sonal graduated from Rice University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and now works at Genentech, a biotech corporation dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with life-threatening diseases.  At Genentech, she focuses on using digital transformation techniques to make manufacturing faster and more efficient, allowing medical drugs to reach patients at a quicker rate. Her primary expertise lies in machine learning, augmented and virtual reality, and IOT. Additionally, Sonal is the Head of Sales and Marketing at Techlab Education, a small business that teaches coding and various STEM topics to students at both the local and national level. You can check out her LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/sonalpai/ and learn more about Techlab Education at techlabeducation.com.

Jasmin graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, Red McCombs School of Business and now works in corporate finance as a full time Senior Analyst. In 2017, she started her company Melanation (melanation.org), which is a digital space created by and for women of color, aiming to promote cultural awareness and inclusion through blog posts, interviews, apparel, and more.