Moran Cerf & Nancy Lublin

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Moran Cerf is a former hacker and renowned neuroscientist. Moran was a hacker for nearly a decade, breaking into leading financial and government institutes to test and improve their security. His hacking background has led him to later pursue non-traditional ways to investigate the brain, using methods and techniques that benefit from heavy computational skills and novel research tools.
Moran is a professor of neuroscience and business at the Kellogg School of Management and the LIJ department of Neurosurgery. He holds multiple patents and his work has been published in wide-circulation academic and science journals as well as media outlets such as Time, CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, NPR, MSNBC and dozens of others.

Moran is also a science consultant for various Hollywood films and TV shows. He was previously a furniture-designer, pilot, radio host, and a filmmaker. and served on the boards of phamaceutical, telecom and fashion companies.


Nancy Lublin is the founder and CEO of Crisis Text Line, the nations first free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis. To date, almost 42 million text messages have been processed through the text line. Backers include Melinda Gates, Steve Ballmer and Reid Hoffman.
She also served as the CEO of Do Something Inc., one of the largest global organizations for young people and social change.