Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Nancy Nguyen Liles

Hit-and-Run Survivor; Crowned 2011 Miss Corporate America; Life & Image Coach

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Libby Gill

Leadership, Corporate Culture & Change Expert; Executive Coach; Award-Winning Author of "You Unstuck"

Dr. Gary Chapman

Pastor, Speaker & Author of "The 5 Love Languages"

Loving Adopted Children Well: A 5 Love Languages® Approach

Sarah Colonna

Comedian, Author & Actress; Known for "Chelsea Lately" and "Shameless"

Dave Logan, PhD

Co-Founder of Care4th LLC & Author of New York Times #1 Bestseller "Tribal Leadership"

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"

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Joe Calloway

Bestselling Business Author, Performance Consultant & Restaurant Owner

James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

Marty Makary, M.D.

Healthcare Futurist, Johns Hopkins Surgeon & Professor of Public Health

Jeannette Walls

Best-Selling Author of "The Glass Castle," an Amazon "Top 10 Books of the Decade"

Tim Wise

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Bernard Baumohl

Chief Global Economist of The Economic Outlook Group, Geopolitical Outlook Forecaster & Bestselling Author of "The Secrets of Economic Indicators"

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author