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Robert Cialdini

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Michelle Rhee

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Anousheh Ansari

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Dr. Cornel West

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Erik Wahl

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Nick Vujicic

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Joseph Stiglitz

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

Gloria Steinem

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Phylicia Rashad

Actress, Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University, Advocate for Children, Women's Issues & Fine Arts

Nastia Liukin

Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast

Garry Kasparov

World Champion Chess Expert & Strategist; Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation based in New York

Dan Ariely

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Paola Antonelli

Senior Curator at the Museum of Modern Art in the Department of Architecture & Design

Marcus Luttrell

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Jeremy Rifkin

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Sugar Ray Leonard

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Joe Torre

Chief Baseball Officer for Major League Baseball; National Baseball Hall of Famer, 4-Time World Series Champion & 9-Time MLB All-Star

Chris Hughes

Senior Fellow, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy; Co-founder of Facebook & Former Editor-in-Chief at The New Republic