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Sociologist, Educator & Author

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Cult Filmmaker, Actor, Writer & Visual Artist

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Founder, Indiegogo; Lodge & Farm Owner; Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum

Peter Doolittle

Cognition Expert & Professor of Educational Psychology

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Celebrated Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Former Professor For Distinguished Teaching In The Humanities at John Hopkins University

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Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Known for "In The Heights;" Author Known for "My Broken Language"

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Art Alexakis

Musician, Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist; Front Man of the '90s Rock Band "Everclear"

Victor Davis Hanson

Martin & Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Diane Rativich

Life-long Educator and Education Policy and Assessment Expert in Two Presidential Administrations

Nicholas Lemann

Dean, Columbia Univ. School of Journalism

Makoto Fujimura

Artist, Writer & Speaker Known for his "Slow Art"

Simon Silva

Creativity Crusader, Artist & Author

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Guruprasad Madhavan

Bioengineer, Senior Program Officer and Study Director at the National Academies

Bun B

Rapper Known for Having Been Half of the Southern Rap Duo UGK; Guest Lecturer at Rice University

Michael M. Crow

16th President of Arizona State University

A.C. Grayling

Best-Selling Author & Leading Commentator on Education, Philosophy, Corporate Ethics and Biomedicine

Jeff Speck

City Planner & Urban Designer; Advocates for Smart Growth & Sustainable Design, Author of "Walkable City"

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David Rockefeller Jr.

Fourth-Generation Member of the Rockefeller Family; Philanthropist

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Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Bill T. Jones

Multi-Talented Artist, Choreographer, Dancer, Artistic Director, Writer & Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2010

Manuel Lima

Interaction Designer, Information Architect & Design Researcher; Founder of VisualComplexity.com

Jessica Pimentel

Actress Known for Her Role in "Orange is the New Black"

Cedric Miller

Authority on Small Business Development and Start Ups

Sunni Patterson

Spiritual Musician & Poet

Trip Hawkins

Hall of Fame Game Industry Leader; Founder of Digital Chocolate and Electronic Arts; Co-Founder and CEO of If You Can Company; Advisor

Robert Yeoman

Film Cinematographer

Quest Crew

Winner of Season 3 of America's Best Dance Crew