Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Sonia Nazario

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

Dalia Mogahed

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

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Maryland's 1st Female Lt. Governor

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Josh Sundquist

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

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

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Will Richardson

Author, Blogger & Educator

Michael Wesch

Cultural Anthropologist, University Distinguished Scholar, Kansas State University

Elyn Saks

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

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Sociologist, Educator & Author

Alastair Sweeny

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

Derrick Ashong

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