Speakers

JSES Invited to Speak at:
Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China
​Mirman School
WeWork Santa Monica
WeWork Sony Center
UCLA Lab School
Pluralistic School 1 (PS1)
Berlin Metropolitan School

JSES 2017 Speakers to Include:
  • Dr. Professor Hanns-Christian Gunga (Mentor: JSES Xi'an 2017) 
  • Henry De Sio
  • Shari Sant Plummer, Founder, Code Blue 
  • WeWork - Santa Monica, Berlin, Shanghai
  • Isaac Gross  
  • Dianna Cohen, Co-founder Plastic Pollution Coalition
  • Marion Kracht, Actress, Cookbook author, education advocate

JSES 2016 Speakers:
  • David Dressler, Co-Founder Tender Greens
  • Diana Cohen, CoFounder Plastic Pollution Coalition
  • Christin Heuer, Director Ashoka Deutschland
  • Robert Greve (Ashoka Fellow)
  • Shivani Siroya (Founder InVenture, Ashoka Fellow)
  • Dr. Elissa Grossman (USC, Social Entrepreneurship, JSES Mentor)
  • Elana Horwich (Founder, Meal and a Spiel)
  • Ken Budd (Author, "The Voluntourist")
  • Dr. Karol Watson M.D. (Cardiologist, Director UCLA's Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program, JSES Teen Heart-health Initiative Mentor) 
  • Silke Georgi, International Marketing Sozialhelden, Berlin
  • Marion Kracht, Actress, Advocate for Education for Underserved populations, cookbook author "Kracht Kocht" 
  • Sonja Jost, CEO DexLeChem
  • Martin Rahmel, DexLeChem, Marketing
  • Sebastian Copeland, Sustainability Advocate, Adventurist, Author "Arctica"
  • Dr. Professor Hanns-Christian Gunga, Director Center Space Medicine Berlin
  • Technical University Berlin's Centre for Entrepreneurship
  • WeWork Promenade (Santa Monica) and WeWork Sony Center Team (Berlin)

  • JSES LA 2015 Speakers:
  • Dr. Elissa Grossman (USC Professor and JSES LA 2014 and 2015 mentor)
  • Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Team - 2nd year
  • Professor Adlai Wertman (USC Professor of Social Entrepreneurship) - 2nd JSES session
  • Dianna Cohen (Co-founder Plastic Pollution Coalition) - 4th JSES session
  • Annenberg Community Beach House Team - 2nd year
  • Amri Rigby (JSES LA Workshop leader chosen from USC's Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy)
  • Ben Choe (JSES LA Workshop leader chosen from USC's Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy)
  • Professor Hanns-Christian Gunga via Distance-learning to USC (Director, Center for Space Medicine Berlin) 4th session
  • Shivani Siroya (CEO, InVenture), Magna Sundstrom - 2nd year
  • TOMS Shoes Team, Jessica Dreyer
  • Katie Gurvin, FarmshopLA
  • CoLoft Team
  • JSES Berlin 2015: 
  • Dianna Cohen via Distance-learning (Plastic Pollution Coalition)
  • Silke Georgi (Sozialhelden)
  • Dr. Hanns-Christian Gunga (Director of Center for Space Medicine Science, Berlin) - hosted JSES for 1/2 day site-visit
  • Sonja Jost (CEO DexLeChem, Victress Award 2015 winner for Life Science, JSES Berlin mentor) 
  • Martin Rähmel (DexLeChem)
  • Marion Kracht (Actress-Author-Designer; Founder of Eco-fashion start-up Marion Kracht Designs by Lana)
  • Raul Krauthausen (Ashoka 2010 Fellow, Founder Wheelmap, Sozialhelden)
  • Azadeh Shladovsky - Design-thinking 
  • Social Impact Lab - (Ashoka Fellow) hosted JSES for site-visit
  • Nils Svensson (Leuchtfeuer associated Business Coach)
  • Vehement (Vegan Martial Arts Equipment)
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JSES LA 2014 class with Austin Beutner, Founder Vision to Learn
  • JSES Berlin 2012 (prototype camp), JSES Berlin 2013-4, JSES Santa Monica 2014:
  • Till Behnke (Ashoka Fellow 2008, Founder BetterPlace.org)
  • Austin Beutner (Founder, Vision to Learn)
  • Carolyn Braddock (Founder, The Carolyn Braddock Method)
  • Dianna Cohen (Co-founder, Plastic Pollution Coalition)
  • Professor Jason D'Mello (Loyola Marymount Professor)
  • Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment writing and creative development team
  • Lisa Gaché (Founder and CEO, Beverly Hills Manners)
  • Aaron Godfried (Revelations Entertainment, Television Development, CBS show: Madame Secretary)
  • Todd Gravori, M.D. (Neurosurgeon)
  • Dr. Elissa Grossman (USC, JSES LA Mentor)
  • Professor Dr. Hanns-Christian Gunga (Director, Center for Space Medicine Berlin)
  • Cristin Heuer (Ashoka)
  • Sonja Jost (CEO & Founder DexLeChem, Victress Award 2015 Nominee for Life Science, JSES Berlin Mentor since 2010)
  • Marion Kracht (JSES Arts Mentor, Actress, Founder Marion Kracht Designs by Lana, Cookbook Author "Kracht Kocht")
  • Raul Krauthausen (Founder Wheelmap, Founder Sozialhelden, 2010 Ashoka Fellow)
  • Constanze Lohbeck (Founder Berliner Plätzchen)
  • Tracy Mercer (Head of Creative Development, Film and TV, Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment)
  • Professor Dr. Michael Meyer (Professor, Institute of Prehistoric Archeology, Freie Universität Berlin)
  • Britt Perlick (Director, ProFund Center for Entrepreneurship, Freie Universität Berlin)
  • Pamela Rosenberg (American Academy Berlin, Director of Fellows)
  • Shivani Siroya's Team (InVenture), Santa Monica
  • Social Impact Lab Team, Berlin
  • Soul Bottles Team, Berlin
  • Professor Dan Schnur (Director - USC's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics)
  • Professor Fran Seegull (USC, Social Entrepreneurship)
  • Professor Skiebe-Corrette (Freie Universität Berlin, Science)
  • Dr. Peter Strasser (Technical University Berlin, Chemistry)
  • Kori Street (Director of Education) USC's SHOAH Foundation 
  • Andreas Voss (Entrepreneurship workshops with Britt Perlick, at Berlin's ProFund Center for Entrepreneurship)
  • Professor Adlai Wertman (USC Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship, Founding Director Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab) 
  • Dr. Helena Yli-Renko (Director of Lloyd Greif's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, USC Marshall School of Business)

Events
October 2015 Events for JSES Ambassadors:

Founding Members of UCLA's Teen Heart-health Initiative (Kaycee Branche, Hannah Fogelman, Luca Pistor), were acknowledged at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion's event. 
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Special Guest: 
Ann Meyers Drysdale '78, Pioneering woman athlete;Vice President, WNBA Phoenix Mercury & NBA Phoenix Suns; NBA Broadcaster
Panelists:
Karol E. Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA Professor of Cardiology
Director, UCLA Barbara Streisand Women's Heart Health Program
Tamara B. Horwich, M.D., M.S.
UCLA Associate Professor of Cardiology
Co-Director, UCLA Women's Cardiovascular Center
Marcella Calfon Press, M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Co-Director, UCLA Women's Cardiovascular Center
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D.
UCLA Professor of Cardiology
Author, Zoobiquity
Co-Director, Evolutionary Medicine Program
Anne Saltzman, Psy.D.
Psychologist
UCLA Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

October 29, 2015
Sebastian Copeland's book (Arctica) signing 
Global green usa event, sponsored by four seasons
JSES Youth Speaking Engagements, Roundtables, Publications:

2017
​JSES Xi'an - NPU, Xi'an, China
UCLA Lab School 
PS1
Leadership Circle
Mammoth Mountain Techreation
Mammoth Mountain Ski Team
UCLA Health Website
​Berliner Morganpost

2016
February 10th Mirman School - Valentine's STEAM day to present JSES and Teen Heart-health Initiative
February 27th Total Teen Expo, Pressman Academy
March 6th, Summer Days Camp Fair, Steven S. Wise School
March 10th Social Entrepreneurship Institute hangout
March 12th Santa Monica Pier, Innovation Panel 2 pm
March 26th Santa Monica Pizza & Planning Session 3 - 5 pm
April UCLA U Magazine, Teen Heart-health Initiative Introduced
April 2016 Day Camp Fair, Parent Education League, TBD
April 30th Best Buddies Friendship Walk, Long Beach
May 7 - 14 ChinaWeekLA Celebrating the LA-China Connection

2015
Total Teen Expo sponsored by Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles (February), Luca with JSES Ambassadors Alaman D. (JSES Santa Monica/LA 2015) and Lucy F. (JSES Santa Monica/LA 2014)
Berlin Metropolitan School, Berlin (July), Luca with JSES Berlin 2014 Ambassadors Marlene B. and Naomi F.
Harvard-Westlake Middle School's Spectrum Magazine 

2014
International School Seychelles, Sony Center Berlin
Berlin British School, (July)
LA Educational and Enrichment Fair, UCLA, May
Steven S. Wise, Los Angeles, Parent Educational League, Summer Day Camp Fair
Harvard-Westlake's Spectrum Magazine, article on Entrepreneurship Club & speaker Sean Olson
Mirman School Alumni Newsletter, April issue

2013
Berlin British School, Berlin, Luca with JSES Berlin Ambassador, Zdenek
John F. Kennedy Schule (June),Berlin, Luca with (JSES Berlin 2013 Ambassadors

2012
Mirman School, Los Angeles, Luca at Mirman Open House (May), Mirman Spring Fair
Berlin British School, Berlin, July