Jared Cohen is the president of global affairs and cohead of applied innovation at Goldman Sachs, where he joined as a partner and member of the firm's management committee in 2022. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was CEO of Jigsaw, which he founded at Alphabet Inc. in 2016. Prior to that, he was Google's first director of ideas and chief advisor to Google's chief executive officer and executive chairman Eric Schmidt. From 2006 to 2010, he served as a member of the Secretary of State's policy planning staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. He is a
New York Times bestselling author of five books, most recently
Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America. He has been named to the
Time 100 list,
Foreign Policy's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," and
Fortune's "40 Under 40." He lives in New York City with his wife and three daughters.
Vivian Shih is a Taiwanese American illustrator, art director, and designer. Her work has appeared in various digital and print media, including
The Los Angeles Times, NPR, promotions for
Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, and the critically acclaimed novel
African Town by Charles Waters and Irene Latham. Vivian was raised in California and is now based in Brooklyn, New York.
