Keynote Speakers

Shaun Donovan

Chief Executive Officer | Enterprise Community Partners

Monday, October 6 | 9:00 am

Shaun Donovan is the Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Community Partners. One of the nation’s foremost leaders in housing and community development, Donovan’s 30-year career in public service has focused on building opportunity and fighting for people and communities too often left behind.

He served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet for his full eight years in office, as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2009 to 2014 and as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017. He was commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development from 2004 to 2009.

As HUD secretary, Donovan led the fight against the nation’s unprecedented foreclosure crisis and served as chair of the president’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. He also advanced landmark fair housing protections and led the strategy that dramatically reduced homelessness around the country, including cutting in half the number of veterans sleeping on our streets and in shelters.

Later, as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Donovan increased investment in domestic and national security priorities as well as oversaw regulations that reduced inequality, expanded access to healthcare, improved education, and fought climate change. He also served in the Clinton administration as deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing at HUD and as acting FHA commissioner during the Clinton/Bush presidential transition.

Jesse Israel

Founder, Human Performance and Well-Being Expert | The Big Quiet

Tuesday, October 7 | 8:00 am

After experiencing debilitating anxiety and panic attacks in his career as a record label and music tech fund founder, Jesse Israel founded The Big Quiet, a movement that has played an integral role in bringing mindfulness and meditation into mainstream culture and the corporate workplace in the United States.

Today, Jesse is one of the world’s leading voices in mindful leadership. He has led some of the largest meditations on earth, including in sold-out arenas on tour with Oprah Winfrey and in global broadcasts with Deepak Chopra. He blends his entrepreneurial experience with his expertise in well-being to cultivate calm, clarity, and resilience in the face of life’s demands.

An expert in human performance and well-being, Jesse is a leadership coach to top CEOs, senior White House advisors, and Academy and Grammy Award-winning actors and musicians. As a 5X Audible worldwide bestseller, Jesse’s work has been featured in more than 200+ publications including Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Ad Week, and Fast Company.