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Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Jayne Anne Phillips

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

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Shirin Neshat

Iranian Visual Artist; Focuses on Social, Cultural & Religious Codes of Muslim Societies

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Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Kelsey Nixon

Chef, Author, & Television Personality Host, Cooking Channel's "Kelsey's Essentials"

Aaron McCargo Jr.

Chef & Star of "Big Daddy's House" on the Food Network

Adam Richman

Host of Man v. Food & Man v. Nation

Esmeralda Santiago

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Philippe Petit

Motivational Speaker & High Wire Artist

Soraya Darabi

Renowned Digital Entrepreneur; Social Media Pioneer

Peter Bregman

Founder of Bregman Partners, Author & Leadership Columnist, "Harvard Business Review"

Sunny Anderson

Co-Host, Food Network's "The Kitchen"

Richard Besser

President & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Former Chief Health & Medical Editor for ABC News