Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

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

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Ravi Hutheesing

Global Keynote Speaker | Empowering education and business leaders to build a future with millennials and beyond.

Vanessa Ochs

Author of "Inventing Jewish Ritual", Winner of 2007 National Jewish Book Award, Professor of Religious Studies at University of Virginia

Vinton Cerf

Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist for Google

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

Larry Groce

NPR , Host, Mountain Stage

James Key

James Key was born in Los Angeles, California and was reared in the Crenshaw District where he attended public schools.

Daniel Poneman

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

Jasmin Darznik

Iranian Immigrant; Author & Cultural Historian

Mark Bowe

Founder of Antique Cabins & Barns; Host of "Barnwood Builders" on DIY Network

Mark Bowe - WVU College of Business & Economics Speaker Series

Melissa Charles

Producing Artistic Director of DMR Adventures & Founder of Belmont Arts Collaborative

Tuffy Stone

Barbecue Chef & Author of "Cool Smoke: The Art of Great Barbecue"

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Robertson Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia

Carolan Deacon

Spiritual Singer-Songwriter of Life-Affirming Music & Inspirational Speaker

A. Roger Ekirch

Professor, Department of History; Virginia Tech

Matt Charles

President & Founder of Matt Charles Public Relations+Strategy

Marty Russo

Top Lobbyist, Member of Congress from Chicago, Illinois (1975-1992), and American-Australian Foundation Leader

E.D. Hirsch

Founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation