Raj Patel

Award-Winning Writer, Food Politics Activist, Filmmaker & Academic

Jacques Pépin

Master French Chef; Food Columnist; Cookbook Author Educator

Kurt Andersen

Host of "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" & Author

Jesse Schell

Game Designer, CEO of Schell Games & Author of "The Art of Game Design"

Matthew Modine

Actor / Activist

Eric Greitens

Missouri Governor; Former Navy SEAL and Founder of The Mission Continues; Best-Selling Author of "Strength and Compassion and The Heart and the Fist"

Marc Eckō

Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Marc Ecko Enterprises, Author of Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out

Andrew Sullivan

Writer-at-large at New York; Former Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic Magazine & Political Blogger

Lawrence Krauss

Theoretical Physicist, Author & Professor

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Alfie Kohn

Author & Speaker on Human Behavior, Education, & Parenting; Outspoken Critic of Education's Fixation on Grades

Jim Wallis

Theologian, Writer, Political Activist & Racial Justice Advocate

Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus

William Powers

Best-Selling Author of Hamlet's BlackBerry

Maude Barlow

Activist, Author & Former UN Senior Advisor on Water

Jack Perkowski

Managing Partner, JFP Holdings Ltd., Founder, ASIMCO Technologies and Author, Managing the Dragon

Nell Irvin Painter

Award-winning scholar and writer

James Barksdale

Former CEO of Netscape

Tristram Stuart

Environmental Campaigner, Author & Businessman

Joel Klein

Lawyer, Author & Former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education