Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn

Founding Dean,The Minerva Schools at KGI

Tanya Holland

Chef & Owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen; Host of "Tanya's Kitchen Table"

Luis Valdez

Founder and Artistic Director of El Teatro Campesino & National Endowment for the Arts Council Member

Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

Michael Soon Lee

Multicultural Marketing Expert & President of EthnoConnect

Beyond the Bamboo Curtain: Understanding America's Invisible Minority

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Curtis Aikens

Founding Food Network Chef, Wellness Coach, Educator, Author & Motivational Speaker

Mariah Rankine-Landers

Cultural Strategist, Inclusive Teaching Advocate, Author of "Do Your Lessons Love Your Students?" & Co-Principal of Studio Pathways

Dave Kovar

Leadership Speaker, CEO of Kovars, Inc., Author of "Brief Moments of Clarity" & Grandmaster Martial Artist

Aida Salazar

Award-Winning Author, Arts Activist & Translator

Zahra Noorbakhsh

Feminist Muslim, Iranian-American Comedian & Co-Host of the Award-Winning Podcast, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim

Virgie Tovar

Author, Activist, One of the Nation's Leading Experts on Fat Discrimination & Body Image

Natalia Anciso

Contemporary Artist, Educator, and Berkeley Distinguished Graduate Fellow

David Biale

Leading Scholar of Jewish Intellectual & Cultural Life; Author & Three-Time Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Karin Kimbrough

Chief Economist at LinkedIn

Novella Carpenter

Journalist & Best-selling Author of "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer"

Ritch Davidson

Expert in Humor in the Workplace

Ephraim Lindenbaum

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Recovering Entrepreneur bringing Innovation and Start-Up culture to organizations of all sizes.

Ryan Potter

Actor; Known for "Big Hero 6"

Thomas Armstrong

Award-winning author of 14 books including 7 Kinds of Smart, In Their Own Way, and You're Smarter Than You Think