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Peggy Whitson

Director at Axiom Space; NASA's Most Experienced Female Astronaut; Biochemistry Researcher

Austin, TX, USA

Simone Biles

Most Decorated Gymnast Ever & Record Holder for Most Gold Medals at a Single Olympic Games; Subject of Netflix's "Simone Biles Rising"

Houston, TX, USA

Amy Herdy

Documentary Producer, Investigative Journalist, Advocate for Ending Sexual Violence; Known for "The Hunting Ground"

Friday Harbor, WA, USA

Andrea Pino

Women's & Civil Rights Activist; Founder of End Rape on Campus

Washington, DC, USA

Gregory H. “Box” Johnson

Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Air Force Colonel & Past President of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space; Aerospace Industry Consultant & STEM Advocate

Houston, TX, USA

Teresa Tomlinson

69th & Current Mayor of Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, GA, USA

Prince Ea

Spoken Word Artist, Filmmaker, Anthropology Graduate

Saint Louis, MO, USA

Randall Park

Actor Known for "Fresh Off the Boat" & "Always Be My Maybe"

San Fernando Valley, CA, USA

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

San Jose, CA, USA

Kirsten Gillibrand

New York Senator; Former 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate

New York, NY, USA

Warsan Shire

Award-Winning Poet' Displacement & Belonging Advocate; Author of "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth"

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Jon Favreau

Co-Founder of Crooked Media; Co-Host of "Pod Save America"; Former Head Speechwriter for Barack Obama

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Christopher Dickey

Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Editor for The Daily Beast, Bestselling Author of "Our Man in Charleston"

Unspecified

Amity Shlaes

Chair of the Coolidge Foundation, Economic Thinker, NYT Best-Selling Author

New York, NY, USA

Lee Gutkind

Godfather of Creative Nonfiction; Expert on Nursing, Healthcare, Science & Technology

Unspecified

David France

Director of Oscar-nominated documentary "How to Survive a Plague"; Award-winning Journalist, Best-selling Author

Unspecified

Marion Winik

Award-Winning Author, Humorist and NPR Commentator

Maryland, USA

Charles R. Scott

National Geographic-featured Family Adventurer and United Nations Climate Hero

Unspecified

Seth Lipsky

Legendary Figure in Contemporary Journalism; Authority on the Constitution and the Gold Standard

Unspecified

Charles Kaiser

Award-winning Author & Journalist; Expert on the Media, Politics, the 1960s, and Gay Life in America

Unspecified

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