Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Ed Burns

Actor, Writer, Director, Producer; Author, “Independent Ed: Inside a Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life”

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Joseph Stiglitz

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

Baratunde Thurston

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Andy Samberg

Actor, Comedian, Rapper & Writer; Known for "Saturday Night Live" & "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Jason Silva

Emmy-nominated TV Personality; Futurist; Host of National Geographic Channel’s “Brain Games”

Harold Ford, Jr.

Former U.S. Representative & Fox Political Contributor; Co-Host of The Five; Regional President at PNC Bank (NY)

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John Stossel

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Lisa Oz

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Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Hoda Kotb

Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist, Television Personality, Author & Co-Anchor of NBC News' TODAY

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Gloria Steinem

Feminist Writer, Activist & Organizer; Co-Founder of New York Magazine & Ms. Magazine

Soledad O'Brien

Award Winning Journalist, Documentarian, News Anchor, Producer, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Chris Hughes

Senior Fellow, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy; Co-founder of Facebook & Former Editor-in-Chief at The New Republic

Diane Sawyer

Anchor, ABC World News

Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder & CEO of Acumen Fund

Deborah Norville

Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Anchor of "Inside Edition" & Best-Selling Author

Rosie Perez

Actress, Choreographer, Activist & Former Co-Host of "The View"