2025 SIBF Summit Speakers
Nashville, Tennessee - October 4-7, 2026
Leslie is a Tony and Grammy Award–winning actor, songwriter, and New York Times bestselling author. He is best known for his breakout role as Aaron Burr in the Pulitzer Prize–winning musical Hamilton, a performance that earned him widespread acclaim. His film and television work includes One Night in Miami, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Many Saints of Newark, and Abbott Elementary. A Tony-nominated Broadway producer and performer, Odom also stars in the acclaimed revival of Purlie Victorious. He is the author of Failing Up and co-author of the children’s book I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know, and has released six studio albums, including the live album An Offering: Live at Speakeasy Studios.
Marcin is a professor of economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw, the highest-ranked business school in Central and Eastern Europe, and Lead Economist for South Asia at the World Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice. His work focuses on job creation and private-sector development across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. He also lectures at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management. Previously, Marcin served as Chief Economist and Managing Director of PKO BP, the region’s largest bank, and held senior roles at the International Monetary Fund and within Poland’s Ministry of Finance. A visiting scholar at Harvard, London Business School, and the OECD, he is the author of Europe’s Growth Champion, an award-winning and widely acclaimed analysis of Poland’s economic rise.
Aneesh is Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn, where he leads global efforts to expand economic opportunity and shape the future of work in a rapidly evolving, technology-driven economy. He works across business, government, and education to advance a skills-first labor market and help individuals navigate changing career pathways. Prior to LinkedIn, Aneesh served as Senior Economic Advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom, helping shape the state’s economic agenda and pandemic response, and previously led Economic Impact initiatives at Facebook focused on workforce development and inclusive growth. Earlier in his career, he served in the Obama Administration as a speechwriter to President Barack Obama and to the Treasury Secretary during the global financial crisis. Aneesh began his career as a journalist with CNN, reporting from Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including as a war correspondent in Iraq.
David is the Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times and one of its most senior writers, covering national security, foreign policy, and the presidency. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has reported from New York, Tokyo, and Washington, and has served as White House correspondent, Tokyo bureau chief, and chief economic correspondent. A three time Pulitzer Prize winner, he is widely recognized for his reporting on global affairs and U.S. policy. David is also the author of several books, including Confront and Conceal and The Perfect Weapon. He is an adjunct lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a graduate of Harvard University.