Richmond’s own TED talk, TEDxRVA, is set to turn Virginia Rep’s November Theatre into a hub for knowledge on 3/28, and tickets are still available through the TEDxRVA website at $100 a pop.
Richmond’s own TED talk, TEDxRVA, is set to turn Virginia Rep’s November Theatre into a hub for knowledge on 3/28, and tickets are still available through the TEDxRVA website at $100 a pop.
This year’s theme is “re___” which Andy Stefanovich, curator of TEDxRVA, said connects to Richmond through the city’s recent “renaissance.” “Not the beginning of one, not imagining one, but actively in the middle of one. TEDxRVA will inspire and encourage us toward collaborative thinking and action,” said Stefanovich.
The full line up has been released (see below), you can learn more about each speaker through the events website.
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Duron Chavis – community activist, urban gardener, and founder of Happily Natural Day
Lisa Freiman – director of the soon-to-be-built Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University
Anne Goddard – president and CEO, ChildFund International
Reggie Gordon – CEO, American Red Cross, Eastern Virginia Region and co-founder of The Ujima Legacy Fund
Jasmine Lawrence – program manager on Microsoft’s Xbox One engineering team in Seattle and founder of EDEN BodyWorks
Mike Muse – co-founder of Muse Recordings in New York and nationally known commentator on the business of music, pop culture and politics
Dr. Andrew Poklepovic – medical oncologist, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Charlotte Potter and Robin Rogers – Potter is a glassblower, manager and program director, and Rogers is a sculptor and assistant manager with the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio in Norfolk
David Rau – principal and creative director at 3North
Chad Varga – CEO of the Chad Varga Company, West Chester, Ohio, and the nonprofit organization Inspire Now
Jesse Vaughan Emmy Award-winning filmmaker
Dr. Tawnya Pettiford Wates – founder and artist director of the Conciliation Project
Morgan Yacoe and Dr. Jennifer Rhodes – Yacoe, a sculptor, brings the perspective of an artist to Rhodes’ plastic surgery practice as director of the Center of Craniofacial Care at Children’s Hospital of Richmond
Danny Avula – deputy director, Richmond City Health Department
Amy Black – tattoo artist at Trademark Tattoo
Joshua Braunstein – slam poet and junior at VCU
Archie Lee Coates IV of New York – partner at PlayLab and co-founder of +Pool
Daniel Goldschmidt – music therapist at Poplar Springs Hospital
Carmen Jones – musician and fashion merchandising student at VCU
Jim Meehan – world-renowned New York mixologist
Brian Shepard – chief executive officer, UNOS
Ashley Stanley – executive director of Boston’s Lovin’ Spoonfuls
