Michelle Poler

Passionate Social Entrepreneur, Fear-Facer & Branding Strategist, Creator of 100 Days Without Fear

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

Dr. Tyline M. Hood

Author, Educator, Founder & CEO of Inspiring Minds for Purpose

I Love You So Much, Goodnight. by Tyline M. Hood

Jennifer Doudna

Technology Co-Inventor of CRISPR- Cas9

Dominique Crenn

Chef & Owner of the Three-Michelin-Starred Restaurant Atelier Crenn

Seema Yasmin

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Doctor, Professor & Author; Director of Stanford Health Communication Initiative

Daniel Diermeier

Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

Bun B

Rapper Known for Having Been Half of the Southern Rap Duo UGK; Guest Lecturer at Rice University

Maneet Chauhan

Chef & "Chopped" Judge

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

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

Wendy MacNaughton

Graphic Journalist & Illustrator; New York Times Bestseller; Creator of DrawTogether & Co-Founder of Women Who Draw

DrawTogether Reel July 2021

Ruha Benjamin

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

Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024

Tracy Pollan

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress & Author, Known for "Family Ties"; Advocate for Parkinson's Disease

Gail Kelly

Former CEO and Managing Director Westpac Group

Janine di Giovanni

Author, Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School & Executive Director The Reckoning Project

Liz Ryan

CEO and Founder, Human Workplace

Ryan Clark

Former NFL Safety; NFL & MMA Analyst at ESPN

Michael McGrady

Motivational Speaker, Theater, Film & Television Actor; Best Known for "Ray Donovan"

Alex Stupak

Chef and Co-Owner of Empellón Restaurants

Bruce Mau

Enterprise Strategist and Design Thinker; Author of "Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau on Rethinking Design"