Dale Dougherty

Founder of MAKE Magazine, Creator of Maker Faire, Founder & CEO of Maker Media

Amy Waldman

Journalist, Author, "The Submission"

Monica Pearson

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Teddy Zee

Film Producer

Bill Dedman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter for NBC News; Co-Author, "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune"

Lou Waters

Aging Expert, Journalist & Former CNN Media Personality; Anchor of "Coming of Age"

Where Are They Now: Lou Waters

Dan Mintz

Comedian and Voice Actor; Known for Playing Tina Belcher on "Bob's Burgers"

Scott McEwen

Attorney & Author of "American Sniper"

Jaslene Gonzalez

Puerto Rican-American Model, TV Host & Winner of America's Next Top Model; Founder of "On Set with Jaslene"

Lamman Rucker

Actor, Education Activist, Green Living Advocate & Entrepreneur

Joshua Prince-Ramus

Architect & Principal of REX Design Firm

Charles Limb

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Charlene Strong

Gay Rights Activist

Mondo Guerra

Fashion Designer & Advocate for HIV/AIDS Awareness

Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

Edward Lewis

Co-Founder of Essence Magazine & One of the Most Successful Publishers in the Country

Roselinde Torres

Senior Partner and Managing Director at the consulting firm, BCG.

David Rich

Keynote Speaker and Leading Expert on Persuasion and Motivation

Joe Ruffini

Anti-Terrorism, Information Security & Risk Minimization Expert

Eleanor Longden

Mental Health Advocate & Speaker; Postdoctoral Service User Research Manager at Psychosis Research Unit

Compassion for Voices: a tale of courage and hope

John Sano

Former CIA Agent & Former Deputy Director of National Clandestine Service

Tensie Whelan

Director of NYU's Center for Sustainable Business; Former President of the Rainforest Alliance

Barry Minkin

Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert; Bestselling Author

William Binney

Former NSA Crypto-Mathematician; Whistleblower

Kira Kazantsev

Miss America 2015, Advocate, Lifestyle Correspondent & Host of "Golf Advisor Living" on the Golf Channel

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Brandi Temple

CEO & President of Kidbox.com

Scott McCloud

Cartoonist and Comics Theorist; Author of "Understanding Comics," Reinventing Comics," and "Making Comics"

James E. Hansen

Adjunct Professor Directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Former Director at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights