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Advisory Council
The IFTF Advisory Council represents a vanguard of scholars, authors, innovators, and officials who provide strategic guidance to the organization. They partner with us in identifying new methods, theories, platforms and collaborations that help us meet our goal of engaging the world in foresight for action.
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Eric BenhamouCEO + Founder, Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC
Gina BianchiniCEO + Founder, Mightybell
Cory DoctorowJournalist, Blogger & Science Fiction Author
Ken GoldbergProfessor, UC Berkeley
Nancy ChenProfessor, UC Santa Cruz
Joi ItoDirector, MIT Media Lab
Kati LondonExecutive Producer, Zynga
Jane McGonigalIFTF Research Affiliate, Chief Creative Officer, SuperBetter Labs
Wallace J. NicholsAuthor, Scientist, Wildlife Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Ph.D
Paul RaduExecutive Director, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Tiffany ShlainFilmmaker, Founder of the Webby Awards
Larry SmarrFounding Director, Calit2
Scott SnibbeInteractive Media Artist, Researcher, Entrepreneur
Jim SpohrerDirector, Almaden Services Research, IBM
Kelly TraverFounder/Chief Medical Director, MD Health Evolution
Kevin WerbachProfessor, Wharton School of Business