Estella Mims Pyfrom

Estella Mims Pyfrom

I bring technology to underserved communities. As a migrant, born in Quincy, Florida, I understand the difference between those who have and those who have not. I’ve worked since I was six years old. My father and mother were only able to attain an...
Joan Conn

Joan Conn

On a sailing trip to Cuba in 2002, my husband and I stopped on an island just outside Haiti and discovered a place of complete chaos. I decided I would never go back. But three years later, my husband decided we should return to see if there might be a way to help. I...
Peter Samuelson

Peter Samuelson

The entrepreneurial skills I developed producing 25 motion pictures in 25 years are the same as those needed to solve a gigantic social ill: our collective failure to ensure that foster youth receive the support they need to succeed. I wouldn’ t dare have...
Richard Cizik

Richard Cizik

On a cold December morning in 2008, I sat down with NPR’ s Terri Gross for an interview. My sense of purpose had evolved dramatically over the 25 years leading up to that interview: I had advised President Ronald Reagan on his “Evil Empire” speech,...