The Welcome Conference

Anthony Rudolf

Co-Host & Co-Founder · Formerly Per Se, Bouchon Bakery

Brian Canlis

Co-Owner · Canlis

Andrew Zimmern

Chef, Writer & Television Personality · Bizarre Foods

Daniel Humm

Chef & Co-Owner · Make It Nice

Alan Mulally

Former President & Chief Executive Officer · Ford Motor Company

Alan Richman

Food Writer · GQ

Alice Canlis

Co-Owner · Canlis

Alpana Singh

Master Sommelier, Restaurateur & Television Personality

Amy Mills

Author & Consultant · OnCue Consulting

Angus Collins

Founder · Beyond Endurance

Ari Weinzweig

Co-Founding Partner · Zingerman's Community of Businesses

Asma Khan

Chef, Restaurateur & Cookbook Author · Darjeeling Express

Banjo Harris Plane

Restaurant Manager · Attica

Barkha Cardoz

Chief Executive Officer · Cardoz Legacy

Becky Kennedy

Clinical Psychologist & Founder · Good Inside

Bill Golderer

Founding Pastor & Convener · Broad Street Ministry

Bobby Stuckey

Master Sommelier & Co-Founder · Frasca Food & Wine

Brian Koppelman

Filmmaker & TV Series Creator

Charles Carter

Antoine's

Charles Masson

Restaurateur · Formerly La Grenouille

Chayil Hyland

Chris Canlis

Co-Owner · Canlis

Chris Shepherd

Chef

Dan White

Chief Creative Officer · theory11

Danny Meyer

Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Union Square Hospitality Group

David Chang

Founder · Momofuku

Dominique Dawes

Olympic Gold Medalist & Motivational Speaker

Donald Miller

Chief Executive Officer · Business Made Simple

Donnie Madia

Partner · One Off Hospitality

Drew Nieporent

Founder · Myriad Restaurant Group

Elena Brower

Founder · Art of Attention

Eric Ripert

Chef & Co-Owner · Le Bernardin

Erick Williams

Chef & Owner · Virtue Restaurant & Bar

Fawn Weaver

Chief Executive Officer · Uncle Nearest

Frank Bruni

Op-Ed Columnist · The New York Times

Frank Guidara

Restaurateur

Gabriel Stulman

Founder · Happy Cooking Hospitality

Gabrielle Hamilton

Chef & Owner · Prune

Gary Noesner

Former Chief Hostage Negotiator · FBI

Gary Obligacion

General Manager · Post Ranch Inn

Hamdi Ulukaya

Owner, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · Chobani

Jade Simmons

Concert Pianist & Speaker

Jeff Katz

General Manager · Del Posto

Jen Hidinger-Kendrick

Founder · Giving Kitchen

Jen Purcell

Chef-Instructor · The Culinary Institute of America

Jenny Nguyen

Founder & Owner · The Sports Bra

John Gargano

John Medina

Developmental Molecular Biologist & Author

Jonathan Neman

Co-Founder · sweetgreen

Jordyn Lexton

Founder & Executive Director · Drive Change

Julio Garcia

Co-Founder · Ambriza Social Mexican Kitchen

Kevin Boehm

Co-Owner · BOKA Restaurant Group

Kwame Onwuachi

Chef & Author

Lara Gilmore

Co-Founder · Food for Soul

Lori Silverbush

Director & Producer

Marcus Samuelsson

Chef & Restaurateur · Marcus Samuelsson Group

Mark Canlis

Co-Owner · Canlis

Mark Hinchliffe

President · Fishbird

Mary Celeste Beall

Proprietor · Blackberry Farm

Mary Lambert

Singer-Songwriter & Poet

Max Major

Mentalist

Meherwan Irani

Co-Founder, Chef & Chief Executive Officer · Chai Pani Restaurant Group

Melanie Whelan

Chief Executive Officer · SoulCycle

Melissa Clark

Food Columnist & Cookbook Author · The New York Times

Meridith Maskara

Chief Executive Officer · Girl Scouts of Greater New York

Michael Che

Stand-up Comedian, Actor & Writer · Saturday Night Live

Michael Solomonov

Chef & Co-Owner · CookNSolo

Miles Adcox

Proprietor & Chairman · Onsite

Molly Irani

Co-Founder & Chief Hospitality Officer · Chai Pani Restaurant Group

Nadja West

Lieutenant General (Retired); 44th Army Surgeon General · U.S. Army

Nathaniel Ru

Co-Founder · sweetgreen

Nick Kokonas

Co-Owner & Co-Founder · Alinea, Next, The Aviary

Nicolas Jammet

Co-Founder · sweetgreen

Nilou Motamed

Food & Wine

Patrick O'Connell

Chef & Owner · The Inn at Little Washington

Paul Grieco

Restaurateur & Wine Director · Hearth, Terroir

Priya Krishna

Food Writer · The New York Times

Randy Garutti

Chief Executive Officer · Shake Shack

Richard Betts

Master Sommelier & Author

Richard Melman

Founder & Chairman · Lettuce Entertain You

Rick Bayless

Chef & Restaurateur