Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Dave Dravecky

Former Professional Baseball Player; Cancer Survivor, Arm Amputee & Author of "Comeback"

Sampson Davis, M.D.

E.R. Physician, Inspirational Speaker, Bestselling Author & TV Personality

Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant

Founder of The Empowerment Temple

Linda Chavez

Political Commentator, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity & Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center

Rocky Bleier

Former NFL Football Player, Wounded Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient

Maria Echaveste

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Ericka Dunlap

Miss America 2004 & International Speaker on Diversity; Award-Winning Public Relations Strategist

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Roger Crawford

Hall of Fame Athlete; First & Only US Professional Tennis Association Athlete with a Severe Disability

Betty DeGeneres

Mother of Ellen DeGeneres; Advocate for LGBT Civil Rights and Breast Cancer Survivor

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch

U.S. Army Veteran & Author

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

Rulon Gardner

Olympic Gold Medalist Wrestler, 2010 National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee; Bronze Medal Winner at 2004 Athens Olympics, Contestant on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” & Author

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Billy Bean

Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the MLB & Author of "Going the Other Way"

Gloria Feldt

Leading Activist & Best-Selling Author

Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take The Lead for (Everyone's) ...

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Kat Carney

Former Health News Anchor, CNN Headline News

Mallika Chopra

Founder, Intent.com

David Horowitz

Nationally Known Author & Lifelong Civil Rights Activist, One of the Founders of the New Left

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Gail Harris

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Lorena Garcia

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Host

Tamika Catchings

Former Forward for the WNBA's Indiana Fever, Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist

Catch a Star: Shining through Adversity to Become a Champion

Helene D. Gayle

Former CEO of The Chicago Community Trust; 11th President of Spelman College; Expert on Global Development, Humanitarian & Health Issues

Spelman College Celebrates the Inauguration of 11th President Dr. Helene D. Gayle

Thom Filicia

Interior & Product Designer Known for "Queer Eye for The Straight Guy"