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"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

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World-Renowned Futurist & Theoretical Physicist

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Co-Founder & CEO of VaynerMedia

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Senior Editor-at-Large at Fortune & Bestselling Author

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Founder & CEO of Acumen Fund

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

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President, Jigsaw (previously Google Ideas) & Chief Advisor to Alphabet Executive Chairman (former Google CEO) Eric Schmidt

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Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

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Iranian Visual Artist; Focuses on Social, Cultural & Religious Codes of Muslim Societies

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Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science Professor; Serial Entrepreneur & Former In-House Philosopher at Google

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Founder of Women for Women International, Bestselling Author and TV Host

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Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Parag Khanna

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

Spike Lee

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

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Tory Burch

Designer & CEO of Tory Burch; Founder of The Tory Burch Foundation

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Foreign Policy Expert, Author & CEO of New America Foundation

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Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

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