Bill Moyers

Award-winning Televison Journalist

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024

Wolf Blitzer

CNN's Lead Political Anchor & Host of CNN's "The Situation Room"

Phylicia Rashad

Actress, Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University, Advocate for Children, Women's Issues & Fine Arts

Joe Johns

Political News Correspondent (CNN)

Victor Dzau

President of National Academy of Medicine; Former CEO of Duke University Health System & Harvard Medical School Professor

Michael Bennett

Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, BAE Systems

Andrea Mitchell

Host of MSNBC’s "Andrea Mitchell Reports" & Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News

Andrea Mitchell - Celebrating 15 years of "Andrea Mitchell Reports"

Paul B. Rothman, M.D.

Dean of the Medical Faculty for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine

Ric Edelman

Personal Finance Thought Leader & Bestselling Author

Eldar Shafir

Professor Behavioral Science and Public Policy & Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Vinny Guadagnino

Reality TV Personality, Author & Actor, Known for "Jersey Shore"

Laura Vitale

Host of "Simply Laura" on the Cooking Channel and "Laura in the Kitchen" on Youtube

Christine Ebersole

Emmy Award-Winning Actress and Singer Best Known for her Role in the Broadway Musical "Grey Gardens"

Chardelle Moore

Founder & CEO of Motivational Moore, Award-Winning Multidisciplinary Artist, Storyteller, Television Anchor, Poet

Buddy Valastro

Host of "The Cake Boss" & "The Next Great Baker"

Vali Nasr

Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (Religion and Global Politics)

Lisa Marsh Ryerson

University Provost at Southern New Hampshire University: Former President of AARP Foundation

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund