Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist; Professor at Duke University; Author; Founding Member of The Center for Advanced Hindsight

Gloria Allred

Renowned Women's Rights Attorney; Subject of Netflix Documentary "Seeing Allred"

Blake Mycoskie

Founder of TOMS, Social Entrepreneur & Author of NY Times Bestseller "Start Something That Matters"

Robert Ballard

Renowned Ocean Explorer & Scientist

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Esmeralda Santiago

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Anne Wojcicki

Co-Founder & CEO of 23andMe

Lawrence Summers

Professor & Former President of Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the National Economic Council, & Chief Economist of the World Bank

Sebastian Copeland

Adventurer, Environmental Activist, Award-Winning Photographer, Author, Lecturer & Founder of the Sedna Foundation

Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Vali Nasr

Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (Religion and Global Politics)

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Author, Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute; Former Special Assistant to President Obama

James McPherson

Acclaimed Civil War Historian & Author

Charles Best

Founder and Former CEO, DonorsChoose.org

From Classroom To Crowdfunding

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Bruce Watson

Author of "Freedom Summer"

Alice Dreger

Writer, Historian & Journalist Whose Work Centers on the Epistemology of Democracy

Harry Rinker

Antique Specialist & Collector; Host of "Collector Inspector"