Chuck Leavell

Rolling Stones Touring Keyboard Player, Frequent Collaborator with the Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, and George Harrison; Political Activist

William Binney

Former NSA Crypto-Mathematician; Whistleblower

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Michel Martin

Weekend Host of "All Things Considered" & Former Host of "Tell Me More"

Richard Wolffe

Digital Executive, Best-Selling Author & Columnist at The Guardian

President's Speaker Series - YouTube

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Jeff Goldsmith

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

Linda Tirado

Author On Poverty and the Working Class

Lynda Resnick

Vice Chair & Co-Owner of The Wonderful Company; Philanthropist

Lynda Resnick - UMASS intro to Daniel Ellsberg's honorary degree award

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Josh Dorfman

Environmental Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Simbly

Robert Thurman

International Authority on World Religions and Spirituality

Paul Rieckhoff

Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA); Author, "Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq"

David Rothkopf

Former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce and Former CEO & Editor of the Foreign Policy Group

Gillian Caldwell

CEO of Global Witness

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

#19thRepresents Keynote: Margaret Spellings

Donna Shalala

President, University of Miami and Former Secretary, Health and Human Services

Sister Souljah

Author, Rap Artist & Community Activist

Geoffrey West

Theoretical Physicist, Distinguished Professor & Past President of Santa Fe Institute

Annabelle Gurwitch

Actress & Humorist