Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

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Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Regis McKenna

Marketing Bricks to Clicks Digital Evolution Trends

Liz Ryan

CEO and Founder, Human Workplace

Dan Lyons

Author of "Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble"

Robert Cialdini

New York Times Best-Selling Author; The Foundational Expert in the Science of Influence & Persuasion

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Clay Shirky

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

Bill Moyers

Award-winning Televison Journalist

Kal Penn

Actor, Writer, Producer & Former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Gloria Steinem

Feminist Writer, Activist & Organizer; Co-Founder of New York Magazine & Ms. Magazine

John and Doris Naisbitt

Futurists and Authors, China’s Megatrends, The 8 Pillars of a New Society

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

Joshua Bell

Grammy-winning Violinist & Conductor

Zeinab Badawi

Presenter for BBC Global Questions & HardTalk, Director of Kush Communications, Chair at Royal African Society

Debbie Allen

Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Producer; Known for "Grey's Anatomy"

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Art Alexakis

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

Peter Sagal

Host of NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!"

Christine Leunens

International Bestselling Novelist & Author of "Caging Skies"

Leigh & Leslie Keno (The Keno Brothers)

Leslie and Leigh Keno are experts in antiques. As trusted appraisers, they've often appeared on "Antiques Roadshow" and starred in the FOX series "Buried Treasure."

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

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Award-winning Filmmaker, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Climate Change Activist

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Alice Waters

Executive Chef, Founder & Owner of Chez Panisse; Sustainable Agriculture Advocate

N. Scott Momaday

Kiowa Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist & Poet

House Made of Dawn

Ian Morris

Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and Professor of History

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

William Dalrymple

Award Winning Best Selling Author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Asiatic Society, Founder and Co-Director of the Jaipur Literature Festival

Tan France

Fashion Designer & TV Personality Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"