Mitch Savoie Hill

Certified Professional Coach, International TEDx Speaker, Author & Corporate Trainer

Vanessa Alava & Sue Robinson

Co-Hosts of the We Get Real AF Podcast

Derek Rhodes

Founder & Executive Director of the Durham Success Summit, Author, Community Activist

Martin Rooney

Founder of Training For Warriors & Author

Mark Anthony Neal

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

Regina Louise

Author & Child Advocate

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Shirley Caesar

Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Singer, Songwriter & Pastor

Perry Williams

Retired Superbowl Winning Football Player

Bradley R Staats

Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School & Author of "Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive"

Henry Petroski

Engineer & Prolific Author

Alan Pell Crawford

Author, Journalist, former Speechwriter for a US Senator and former Press Secretary to a US Congressman

Charles Pell

Entrepreneur, TV Host, Inventor, Scientist, Designer, Maker. Co-Founder, Physcient. Co-Founder, Nekton. Advisor, Planetary Resources. Host, Earth2050. Just a simple man, trying to make my way in the 'Verse.

Amy Shirley

Motivational Speaker, Fitness Guru & Star of "Lizard Lick Towing" on truTV

Ron Shirley

Author, Pastor, Hunter & Star of "Lizard Lick Towing" on truTV

William Bennett

Radio Host, Bill Bennett's Morning In America; Former Secretary of Education

Daniel Poneman

President and CEO, Centrus Energy Corporation, Deputy Secretary of Energy (2009-2014) and Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School

Allan Gurganus

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Essayist

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Jim Ball

Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Who Assisted in Creating Over 20 New Businesses Including The Discovery Channel