The Aspen Institute Names Innerscope Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Carl Marci as 2014 Henry Crown Fellow

BOSTON (May 14 , 2014) – Dr. Carl Marci, Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Science Officer for Innerscope Research, Inc., has been named by The Aspen Institute as a member of its 2014 Class of Henry Crown Fellows. The Henry Crown Fellowship mobilizes the next generation of leaders, all under the age of 45, to tackle the world’s most intractable problems.

Candidates for the Fellowship are all proven entrepreneurs, who are working to apply their creative talents to build a better society. Henry Crown Fellows spend four weeks in structured retreat, where they discuss their visions for how to be an “Enlightened Leader” and how to build a “Good Society” while working to launch a new initiative that will stretch them and have a positive impact on their communities, their country or the world.

“It’s an honor to have been selected to participate in this fellowship program alongside these distinguished leaders—all of whom are working towards a common good,” said Dr. Marci. “I’m very excited to bring my experience and perspective to the table, and leverage my skills to help further this worthwhile cause.”

Dr. Marci is one of 21 leaders named to the Crown Fellows Class. In 2006, he co-founded Innerscope Research, the leader in integrated consumer neuroscience.

Other Henry Crown Fellows for 2014 include:

  • LaToya Cantrell, District “B” Councilmember, New Orleans City Council, New Orleans, LA
  • Ami Dror, Chief Executive Officer, Dror3 LTD, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Di-Ann Eisnor, Head of Growth and Global Partnerships, Waze, Palo Alto, CA
  • Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker, New York, NY
  • Kristen Grimm, Founder and President, Spitfire Strategies, Washington, DC
  • Niall Hay, Brand Director, Penske Automotive Group, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Andrew Hayek, President and Chief Executive Officer, Surgical Care Affiliates, Glencoe, IL
  • Lieutenant Brandon Hilliard, Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Officer, East Coast Unit
  • Dan Hoffman, Founder and Former CEO, M5 Networks, Brooklyn, NY and Barcelona, Spain
  • Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (a.k.a. Lupe Fiasco), President and CEO, 1st & 15th Entertainment Group, Chicago, IL
  • Keli Lee, Executive Vice President of Casting and Talent, ABC Entertainment Group, Burbank, CA
  • Michelle Marciniak, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, SHEEX, Bethlehem, PA
  • Javier Olivan, Vice President, Growth and Analytics, Facebook, Menlo Park, CA
  • Shervin Pishevar, Co-Founder, SherpaGlobal, San Francisco, CA
  • Navyn Salem, Founder and Executive Director, Edesia Inc., Providence, RI
  • Nicholas Sellers, Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Alabama Power Company, Birmingham, AL
  • Rebecca Taichman, Freelance Theater Director, New York, NY
  • Dylan Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Americas, Colliers International, Denver, CO
  • Dolf van den Brink, President and CEO, Heineken USA, Inc., White Plains, NY
  • Matt Wisdom, Chief Executive Officer, TurboSquid, New Orleans, LA

Photos and bios are available at http://as.pn/crown2014.

About Innerscope Research, Inc.

Founded in 2006, Innerscope Research, Inc. is the leading integrated consumer neuroscience company dedicated to improving the way marketers understand consumer decision making. By measuring emotional engagement, Innerscope helps Fortune 500 clients optimize their brands, products and communications for superior in-market performance. With its breakthrough and validated methodology, including the latest advances in biometrics, neurometrics, psychometrics and self-reporting, Innerscope measures and analyzes moment-by-moment non-conscious responses, the primary drivers of behavior and choice. Founded by Harvard and MIT scientists, Innerscope has been recognized with ARF Innovation and Rising Star Awards, ESOMAR Best Presentation Award, and as a 2013 EXPLOR award finalist at IIR’s TMRE. For more information, visit www.innerscope.com.

About The Henry Crown Fellowship Program

The Henry Crown Fellowship Program was established in 1997 to honor the life and career of Chicago industrialist Henry Crown (1896-1990) and was initially funded by the Henry and Gladys Crown Charitable Trust Fund. The Fellowship is the flagship program within the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN).

About The Aspen Global Leadership Network

The Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN) is a growing, worldwide community of entrepreneurial leaders from business, government and the nonprofit sector — currently, more than 1,800 Fellows from 46 countries — who share a commitment to enlightened leadership and to using their extraordinary creativity, energy and resources to tackle the foremost societal challenges of our times. All share the common experience of participating in the Henry Crown Fellowship or one of the dozen Aspen Institute leadership initiatives it has inspired in the United States, Africa, Central America, India, the Middle East and China.

About The Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.

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