Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Camille Paglia

Author, Feminist & Social Critic; Professor at The University of the Arts

Geoff Mulgan

Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and Visiting Professor at University College London, the London School of Economics and the University of Melbourne

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Sociologist, Educator & Author

Mike Feinberg

Founder of the Texas School Venture Fund

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"

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

Taylor Mali

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

Dr. Myron Rolle

Former NFL Player, Neurosurgeon & Rhodes Scholar

Tony Brown

Tony Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Urban America Television Network (UATV) which has about 30 million viewers.

Jill Tarter

Astronomer & Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI Research at the SETI Institute; Recognized for Work on Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Joseph Nye

Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology (1977-1979)

William Bennett

Radio Host, Bill Bennett's Morning In America; Former Secretary of Education

Shelby Steele

Expert on Race Relations

Peter Salovey

President & Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Jabari Asim

Author, Poet, Playwright, & Associate Professor at Emerson College

Ron Robinson

President of Young America’s Foundation; Conservative leader

Alan Blinder

Economic Commentator at CNBC, Former Vice Chairman at the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve and Princeton University Professor

Robert C. Merton

Economist, Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management; Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

Doug Guthrie

Dean of The George Washington University School of Business.