Renée Fleming is a 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree and one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. Honored with five Grammy® awards and the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Super Bowl. In recent years, Renée has become a leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience. As Artistic Advisor to the Kennedy Center, she helped launch the first ongoing collaboration between The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Institutes of Health. She has presented her program Music and Mind in more than 50 cities around the world, and in May 2023, Renée was named a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health for the World Health Organization. Renée’s other awards include the 2023 Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum, the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, and honorary doctorates from eight leading universities. www.reneefleming.com

Susan Magsamen is the founder and executive director of the International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab), Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics, a pioneering initiative from the Pedersen Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her body of work lies at the intersection of brain sciences and the arts—and how our unique response to aesthetic experiences can amplify human potential. Magsamen is the co-author of Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us with Ivy Ross. She is also the designer of the Impact Thinkingmodel, an evidence-based research approach to accelerate how we use the arts to solve problems in health, well-being, and learning. In addition to her role at IAM Lab, she also serves as co-director of the NeuroArts Blueprint projectin partnership with the Aspen Institute.

Sarah Williams Goldhagen, PhD. (Columbia University) and former Harvard professor, is a leading figure in the emerging movement in neuroaesthetics and architectural design. Her Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives (HarperCollins), which won a Nautilus Book Award in 2017 for its contribution to social and environmental justice, has made her a sought-after speaker; she lectures frequently and publishes widely about the effects of architecture, landscape, and urban design on human health, cognition, and wellbeing. The New Republic’s architecture critic for nearly a decade, Goldhagen’s criticism has appeared in the New York Times, Art in America, Architectural Record, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Prospect (UK), and dozens of other publications. She is a faculty member of the Moving Boundaries consortium, and sits on the boards of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), the Centre for Conscious Design, and on the Intentional Spaces Advisory Committee of the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab. She recently released her first film, What Design Can Do (co-written and produced with Sarah Robinson), which premiered at the IAM Lab’s Intentional Spaces Summit.

Anjan Chatterjee, MD, FAAN is Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. He received his BA in Philosophy from Haverford College and MD from the University of Pennsylvania. A past Neurology Chair at Pennsylvania Hospital, his research addresses neuroaesthetics, spatial cognition, language, and neuroethics. He wrote The Aesthetic Brain and co-edited Brain, Beauty, and Art, and Neuroethics in Practice, and The Roots of Cognitive Neuroscience. His editorial services have included several neuroscience, psychology, aesthetics and bioethics journals. He received the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology, the Rudolph Arnheim Prize for contributions to psychology and the Arts from the American Psychological Association, and the Leadership in Innovation Award from the Global Wellness Institute. He is a founding member of the Board of the International Neuroethics Society, past President of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and the Behavioral Neurology Society. He serves on the board of The Global Wellness Institute and was on the boards of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Haverford College, the Norris Square Neighborhood Project, and the Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Rick Luftglass is Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, which strives to increase access and opportunity for all New Yorkers and build healthy, vibrant communities. The foundation’s programs address disparities in several areas, including access to the arts, health, economic opportunity and public service. In 2018, the Illumination Fund launched its Arts in Health initiative to support organizations utilizing the arts to address health issues that impact New York communities. Its programs in the Arts in Health initiative have focused on mental health stigma, psychological trauma, and aging-related diseases.

Before joining the Illumination Fund in 2011, Rick spent 16 years at Pfizer, including as Executive Director of Pfizer’s foundation and Senior Director of U.S. Philanthropy and Community Engagement for the company, and led Pfizer’s health access initiatives for low-income uninsured patients, which donated medicines for more than 2,000,000 patients annually. At the time, Pfizer was the world’s largest corporate giver.

He has served on the board of Philanthropy New York (PNY) and as co-chair of PNY’s Foundation CEO Roundtable and Community Food Funders. He also has served in committee leadership roles at the Council on Foundations, the Conference Board, and the Contributions Advisory Group.

Rick started his career in nonprofit arts organizations, producing jazz concerts and immigrant cultural heritage programs. He continues this engagement role as current President of the board of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, which collaborates with immigrant community organizations to sustain cultural heritage in New York City’s communities.

He received an MBA at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a BA in History at Haverford College.

Raised in Texas and Mexico, Camille Zamora is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Sing for Hope. She has appeared with collaborators including Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, and The Mambo Kings; ensembles including London Symphony Orchestra and Glimmerglass Opera; and in live broadcasts on NPR, BBC, and Deutsche Radio. Her recent albums, Si la noche se hace oscura/ If the night grows dark and Le dernier sorcier/The Last Sorcerer, debuted on Billboard’s Top Ten Classical Chart. Camille has been recognized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and NBC Latino, received a 100 Hispanic Women Community Pride Award, and been named NY1’s “New Yorker of the Week,” one of the “Top 50 Americans in Philanthropy” by Town & Country, and one of CNN’s “Most Intriguing People.” She has given masterclasses and held Distinguished Artist in Residence positions at LA's Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Houston's Hobby Center, Harvard, NYU, and FSU, and given keynotes at Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Aspen Ideas Festival, and The United Nations. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and currently serves as a Trustee. Camille was a member of the 2016 inaugural Kennedy Center Citizen Artist cohort.

Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh and raised in New Jersey, Monica Yunus is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Sing for Hope. Monica has performed with the world’s leading opera companies, including Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and The Metropolitan Opera, where she spent ten seasons as a principal artist. She has performed in concert and recital in Spain, Guatemala, Bangkok, and Lebanon’s Zouk Festival. Monica has been honored with a 21st Century Leaders Award and named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a “New Yorker of the Week” by NY1, and one of the “Top 50 Americans in Philanthropy” by Town & Country. A leading voice in the “artist as citizen” discussion, she has performed and spoken at Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Aspen Ideas Festival, and The United Nations. She is an Artist Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, and has been the Housewright Eminent Artist-Scholar in Residence at Florida State University and the Reflexions Artist in Residence at University of Arkansas. Monica was a member of the 2016 inaugural Kennedy Center Citizen Artist cohort. The daughter of Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Monica is a graduate of The Juilliard School.