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Sarah Sladek is the leading researcher and foremost authority on Generations X, Y and Z. Her life's work has been dedicated to helping organizations engage future generations of members and talent. As the founder and CEO of XYZ University, Sarah has grown a future-focused company comprised of generational researchers, presenters, and strategists. Sarah is committed to helping organizations engage every generation to thrive and prosper in the new economy and XYZ U has helped hundreds of organizations grow membership and reduce turnover among younger generations. Sarah has authored five books, her latest, Talent Generation (2017), identifies the core strategies essential to engaging today’s talent.

Josh Miller is a passionate and informed advocate for his generation - Gen Z. He started speaking on national stages at the age of 13. Now, at the age of 16, he’s an award-winning entrepreneur and thought-leader who has met and been mentored by several notable business leaders to become a leading advocate for his generation in the business world. Josh is co-author of XYZ University’s research paper Ready or Not – Here Comes Z, and he’s the host of The Gen Z Podcast. In addition to his role at XYZ University, Josh sits on the Innovation Incubator Design Team for Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest and serves as a student ambassador for Student Voice, a student-led nonprofit based in Washington D.C.

Clarence Page, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, is a columnist syndicated nationally by Tribune Media Services and a member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Page is a regular contributor of essays to The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and has been a regular on The McLaughlin Group, The Chris Matthews Show, Nightline and Lead Story news panel programs. Page's awards include a 1980 Illinois UPI awards for community service for an investigative series titled "The Black Tax" and the Edward Scott Beck Award for overseas reporting in 1976. He also received lifetime achievement awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, the Chicago Headline Club, and the National Association of Black Journalists. In 1992, he was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame.