About Us

Deepak Chopra is an author, teacher, physician and spiritual advisor.

Heralded as one of TIME magazine’s “top 100 heroes and icons of the century,” Chopra has touched the lives of many as Co-Founder of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing and the Chopra Well channel on YouTube. He is a teaching faculty member of Northwestern University, Columbia University, UC San Diego and Walt Disney Imagineering as well as a Senior Scientist at the Gallup Organization.

Chopra is an advocate for a holistic approach to health and well-being and lives in Carlsbad, California.

David Gorodyansky is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. His passion for technology has led Gorodyansky to create the popular app Hotspot Shield, which has been downloaded by over 100 million users.

He is the co-founder and CEO of AnchorFree, was recently named among the Most Promising CEO’s Under 35 by Forbes magazine, and has been recognized by Fortune and Inc. magazines among the top founders under 30.

Gorodyansky is passionate about bringing new ventures to the economies of developing countries.

Marcus W. Brauchli is a media investor and advisor. He also is a consultant to Graham Holdings Co., working with the company's chairman and CEO, Donald Graham.

Before his current roles, he spent close to five-years as executive editor of The Washington Post, overseeing the publication’s print and digital news operations, starting on September 8, 2008, and succeeding Leonard Downie, Jr. Brauchli lives in Washington, DC.

Gina Diez Barroso has been a pioneer in the fields of arts and education for over 20 years. In 2004 she founded CENTRO; the first university in Mexico City specialized in creative studies with a strong emphasis in business and entrepreneurship.

Mrs. Diez Barroso has given lectures in business schools in the United States, Latin America and Europe.

In 2016, Mrs. Diez Barroso founded Dalia Empower, an initiative created to empower women under a unique educational methodology, enabling their hard and soft skills. DALIA is the first international integrated platform with a global network. Mrs. Diez Barroso sits on several international boards, is the only Mexican belonging to C200 (200 Women Business Leaders of the World) and represents Mexico in W20, the women initiative from G20.

Douglas L. Maine is a Senior Advisor to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, a 200 year old, Wall Street financial services firm.

Maine is the Lead Director for public company Acreage Holdings and also a Director of private companies Olympusat, R4 Technologies, and Noble Systems. He has previously served on the Board of four public and four private companies. Maine joined IBM as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President in 1998. He later was General Manager of two operating units and retired in 2005. He has a business interest in the Arts and has produced Broadway shows, concerts and film events.

Maine has a BS from Temple University and an MBA from Hofstra University and is active with both Universities in addition to Columbia University where he is an Executive in Residence.

Patrick Coleman is a senior financial manager and executive with over twenty-five years of experience in the global financial sector.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Boston College (Magna Cum Laude), Coleman has held positions at Bank of America, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, specializing in global credit markets. Coleman is currently the Chairman and CEO of GlobalBased Technologies and is focused on developing automated systematic trading programs. He calls Greenwich, Connecticut home.

Mr Nick Solomon Lustiger, a non-attorney professional, assisted his international clients with complex regulatory, government affairs and international business matters well over 20 years. He also serves as Director of T8 Publishing group and the President of American Vertex LLC, which provides clients with assessments of international markets, corporate market entry strategies, regulatory and political risk advice, as well as partner identification and government affairs advocacy.

Prior to joining the firm, Nick represented the office of the Governor and also served as the Governor’s High Technology Advisement Committee Chairman. In addition, he served as Senator’s Special Advisor on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy. In this role, Nick worked with Department of State officials, as well as with trade associations, to promote the bilateral relationship with US and CIS. He successfully oversaw projects of large US multinationals like Emerson and Tesoro.