Mary Ehrenworth

Deputy Director of Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

Zach Weinersmith

Comic Artist; Author and Illustrator of the Webcomic "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal"

Herbert "Hugh" Thompson

CTO of Symantec; Program Committee Chairman of RSA Conference

Rob Neyer

Baseball Author, Sports Writer

Miriam Pawel

Author of "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography"

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Author, Speaker & Founder of African American Images

Derald Wing Sue

Professor & Author

Hector Tobar

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Journalist & Best-Selling Author of "Deep Down Dark"

Sandra Tsing Loh

Author, Humorist & Public School Advocate

Vincent Barabba

Former Head of US Census Bureau, Chairman and Co-Founder of Market Insight Corporation

Bruce Watson

Author of "Freedom Summer"

John Rossman

Former Amazon Executive, Author & Expert on Digital Disruption

Big Bet Leadership: Your Transformation Playbook for Winning in the Hyper-Digital Era

Jan Chappuis

Educator and Author

John R. Erickson

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

David A. Owens

Vanderbilt Management Professor, Director of the Executive Development Institute & Author of "Creative People Must Be Stopped!"

Jayne Anne Phillips

Bestselling Novelist and Short Story Writer

Jay Paterno

Football Coach & Author of "Paterno Legacy; Enduring Lessons From The Life and Death of My Father"

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Jay Nordlinger

American Journalist, Senior Editor of National Review

Timothy Riesterer

Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Products and Consulting for Corporate Ventures