Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Cameron Bailey

Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival

Susan B. Flanagan

Emmy Award Winning Comedy Writer and Award Winning Producer, Susan B. Flanagan is a motivational speaker as well as a speaker that gives seminars to independent writers and aspiring filmmakers on how to break into the industry, self produce and fund proje

Nicole Beharie

Actress & Singer

Claire Danes

American Actress of Television, Stage, and Film; Best Known for Her Current Role on Showtime's "Homeland"

Kal Penn

Actor, Writer, Producer & Former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Robert M. Edsel

Author and Founder & President of the Monuments Men Foundation

Debbie Allen

Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Producer; Known for "Grey's Anatomy"

Debbie Allen's 'Hot Chocolate Nutcracker' returns, blending tradition with a twist of c...

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Art Alexakis

Musician, Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist; Front Man of the '90s Rock Band "Everclear"

Peter Sagal

Host of NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!"

Benjamin "Bernie" Dunlap

Influential Speaker, Worldly Scholar, Life-long Leaner

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Scott and Johanna Hongell-Darsee

Performances of Medieval and Traditional ballads in novel arrangements, with stories of romance and drama, adventure and mystery

Thom Mount

Born in Durham, North Carolina, Thomas Henderson Mount grew up in the sleepy southern town, graduating from Durham High School and, like so many of his generation, leaving home to travel across America.

John Lloyd Young

Known for his Tony Award-Winning Performance as Frankie Valli in Broadway's "Jersey Boys"

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Tan France

Fashion Designer & TV Personality Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"