👏 Lehman College / City University of New York — Associate Professor of Digital Media and Networked Culture
Jonah Brucker-Cohen is an artist and Associate Professor at Lehman College. He received his Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin and his artwork has been exhibited at venues such as SFMOMA, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, MOMA, ICA London, Whitney Museum of American Art, Palais du Tokyo, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, and more. Two of his artworks are included in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. His writing has appeared in publications such as WIRED and Make and his Scrapyard Challenge workshops have been held in over 15 countries on 5 continents.
👏 New York Public Library — Library Technical Assistant III
Danny Jimenez, a Library Technical Assistant III at NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is a highly accomplished individual. He was a panelist at the New York Comic Con 2021 Panel "The Future Is Mobile: Leveraging Digital Media for Libraries & Classrooms". Furthermore, his short story, "Like An Old Tree," was published in an Anthology, and his YA Comics Chat program was featured in the eBook "Beyond Virtual and Hybrid Programs". He passionately advocates for global literacy.
👏 Girls Who Hack — CEO
BiaSciLab is a 16 year old hacker. She was the youngest speaker at H.O.P.E. and has spoken multiple times at DEF CON and internationally on cyber security. She received national attention when she hacked the election system at DEF CON, this was highlighted at a Congressional Hearing on Election Security, inspiring her to build her own election system, Secure Open Vote.
BiaSciLab is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Hack, teaching girls the skills of hacking so that they can change the future.
👏 Power Home Remodeling — Engineer Of Things
Eric Lewis is the Engineer Of Things at Power Home Remodeling where he focuses on cyber security. He is also a Hacker, Programmer and Maker. Board member of DEFCON 610, a member of TOOOL, and 2600. When he is not breaking things, he likes to teach others programming, fixing, hacking and other useful skills.