Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Linda Chavez

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

Mickey Edwards

Professor, Princeton University; Author, "The Parties Versus the People"; Former US Congressman

Eleanor Clift

Author; Washington Correspondent & The Daily Beast Columnist; Former "The McLaughlin Group" Panelist

Rita Dove

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

Jeff Goldsmith

Premier Healthcare Futurist & Trend Forecaster; Founder & President of Health Futures, Inc.

Bill Yoast

Inspirational Football Coach

J.C. Herz

Co-Founder & CEO of Ion Channel; Fellow at the National Security Institute; Author of "Joystick Nation" and "Learning to Breathe Fire"

Alex Michel

Digital Media Executive & Television Personality; Known as the First Star of ABC's "The Bachelor"

David Corn

Veteran Journalist, Political Commentator & Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones Magazine

Ron Christie

CEO of Christie Strategies LLC, Author and Veteran Political Analyst

Angela McGlowan

Founder and CEO of Political Strategies & Insights (PSI)

Douglas Goldstein

Internationally Recognized Healthcare Strategist & "eFuturist"

Elizabeth Birch

Vice President at CBRE; Human Rights Pioneer, LGBTQ Activist & Workplace Diversity Consultant

Warren Brown

Host of "Sugar Rush" on Food Network

A'Lelia Bundles

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Kojo Nnamdi

Host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show and The Politics Hour on WAMU

Maureen Bunyan

Former News Anchor at WJLA-TV

Flynt Leverett

Flynt Leverett is an expert on the Middle East and international energy issues with insider credentials and a willingness to be outspoken.

Chris Melissinos

Former Chief Gaming Officer and Chief Evangelist for Sun Microsystems, Inc.