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Actress & Singer

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Dave Pelzer

Counselor, Comedian & Expert on Foster Care, Resilience, and Personal Growth; Bestselling Author of "A Child Called 'It'"

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

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President and CEO, Mogahed Consulting, LLC; Author, "Who Speaks for Islam?"

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Maryland's 1st Female Lt. Governor

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Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Margaret Spellings

President & CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Former President & CEO of Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Presidential Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Josh Sundquist

Author, Paralympian, Comedian & Motivational Speaker; Executive Producer & Writer of Emmy Award-Winning Series "Best Foot Forward"

Will Richardson

Author, Blogger & Educator

Michael Wesch

Cultural Anthropologist, University Distinguished Scholar, Kansas State University

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Author of "The Center Cannot Hold;" Associate Dean of Law, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences at USC Law

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Sociologist, Educator & Author

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Alastair Sweeny is a business historian and futurist based in Ottawa, Canada.

David Bornstein

Author, Fixes column in The New York Times and Founder, Solutions Journalism Network

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Broadcaster, Musician & Social Entrepreneur

Jonathan Alter

Columnist, Bloomberg View; Correspondent, NBC

Lesra Martin

Attorney / Literacy Advocate

Mike Feinberg

Founder of the Texas School Venture Fund

Kip Fulbeck

Professor of Art at UCSB; Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Artist & Spoken Word Poet

Sarah Culberson

Princess of Sierra Leone, Humanitarian, Educator & Author of "A Princess Found"; Keynote Speaker on Empowerment, Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion.

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Daniel Pipes

Foreign Policy Expert & President of The Middle East Forum

David M. Kennedy

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian & Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

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Award-Winning Blogger & Tween Marketing Expert

Osman Rashid

Co-Founder & Former CEO of Kno; Board Trustee of ChildLife Foundation

Taylor Mali

Acclaimed Performance Poet, Education Advocate, Author of "What Teachers Make"

James Steinberg

Dean, Maxwell School of Syracuse University; Former Deputy Secretary of State

Dr. Deborah Tannen

Relationship & Communication Expert

Jim Brazell

Technology Forecaster, Venture Accelerator, STEM Advocate & Education Futurist