We are proud to announce our Empathy Challenge judges for this concept phase:

 

David Blankenhorn

David Blankenhorn is the founder and president of Better Angels, a nonpartisan network of scholars and leaders whose vision is to reunite America. Before founding Better Angels, David was the president of the Institute for American Values, a think focusing on civil society that he founded in 1988. Prior to that time, he worked as a community organizer in Massachusetts and Virginia.

 

Steve Holm

Steve Holm, served at Desert Cross Lutheran Church, Tempe, for 22 years. He is also board chair of Horizon Learning Centers.

 

Sheila Kloefkorn

Sheila Kloefkorn, CEO/President of KEO Marketing, Inc, is a business and marketing expert who helps companies increase leads and revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars. Sheila was recently named one of the “Top 10 Business Leaders of the Year”, “Top 25 Dynamic Women in Business” by the Phoenix Business Journal. She is a certified business coach and frequent national and local speaker on a wide range of marketing, diversity and business topics.


Miriam Weisman

Miriam Weisman is a national leader with the Anti-Defamation League, and has served as board chair, education committee chair, and national chair of education. She is an anti-bias facilitator for ADL and GLSEN.