Mark Reich

Chief Operating Officer at Lean Enterprise Institute

Thomas Woods

Leading Libertarian Thought Leader, American Historian, Political Analyst & New York Times Bestselling Author

Peter Bach

Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Center for Health Policy & Outcomes

Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'

Lisa Petrilli

COO and CMO of the To Be A Woman Global Empowerment Platform, Author of "The Introvert's Guide to Success in Business & Leadership"

Chava Willig Levy

Lecturer, Editor and Author; Known for "A Life Not With Standing"

Jessica Shortall

Social Entrepreneur & Author of "Work. Pump. Repeat. - The New Mom's Survival Guide"

Guruprasad Madhavan

Bioengineer, Senior Program Officer and Study Director at the National Academies

Andrew Hoffman

Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan

Ian Mackaye

Musician and Co-Founder of Dischord Records; Best Known for Being the Frontman of the Punk Bands Minor Threat, Embrace, and Fugazi

N. Katherine Hayles

Postmodern Literary Critic

Barry M. Prizant

Authority on Autism & Author of "Uniquely Human"

Eddie Barbanell

Actor & Comedian with Down Syndrome; Known for "The Ringer"

John Lair

2014 Special Olympics North America Coach of the Year & 2016 American Health Care Association National HERO of the Year

Chris Mosier

First Transgender Man to Make Team USA, Transgender Advocate, Triathlete & All-American Duathlete

Shane Ortega

The US Army's First Openly Trans Soldier

Jaiyah Saeula

World's First Transgender National Soccer Player to Play in a World Cup Qualifier

Meng "Alice" Yu

Engineering Manager at Airbnb; Former Software Engineer at Pixar & Slack

Michele Weldon

Journalist & Award-Winning Author

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Chef & Food Columnist; James Beard Award-Winning & New York Times Bestselling Author

Caroline Heldman

Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College, Featured in "The Hunting Ground" Documentary

Amy Herdy

Documentary Producer, Investigative Journalist, Advocate for Ending Sexual Violence; Known for "The Hunting Ground"

David Beebe

CEO of Beebe Content & Emmy Award-Winning Producer

Mark F. Twight

Alpine Mountaineer & Founder of Gym Jones

Naomi Novik

Author of the New York Times Bestselling and Critically Acclaimed "Temeraire" Novels

Emma Sky

British Expert on the Middle East, Former Political Advisor in Iraq, Current Director of Yale World Fellows

David Mizejewski

National Wildlife Federation Naturalist & Media Personality

Richard Lapchick

Internationally Recognized Human Rights Activist, Pioneer for Racial Equality

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Kelly D Norris

Kelly Norris is a 20-something rising-star horticulturist and author, hailed in recent news as an "undownable plantsman," "a gardening evangelist," and "the unofficial Gen Y gardening spokesman."