Shabnam Nasimi

Former Policy Advisor to Minister for Afghan Resettlement & Minister for Refugees, Social & Political Activist; Founder, Executive Director of the Conservative Friends of Afghanistan

Lauri Fitz-Pegado

Expert in Cultural & Commercial Diplomacy; Author of "Dancing in the Dash"

Safiya Ghori-Ahmad

South Asia Director at McLarty Associates; Former Political-Military Team Leader at the Office of the Special Representative to Afghanistan & Pakistan

Josep Colomer

Political Scientist & Economist; Professor at Georgetown University

Book Talk: “Constitutional Polarization" by Josep Colomer

Melanie Nezer

Refugee & Immigrants Rights Attorney

Lina Abirafeh

Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women; Global Women's Rights Expert

Trita Parsi

President of the National Iranian American Council & Author of Several Award-Winning Books on US Foreign Policy

Richard Wolffe

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

President's Speaker Series - YouTube

Mark Zandi

Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics; Co-Founder of Economy.com

Asra Nomani

Journalist & Author, Women's Rights Activist

Goran Persson

Former Prime Minister of Sweden

Christopher Harvin

Global Strategic Communications and Reputation Management Expert

John Passacantando

Former Executive Director of Greenpeace USA

Marian L. Tupy

Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity

Chris Hedges

Foreign Correspondent & Author

Oren Liebermann

CNN Jerusalem Correspondent

Carolyn Woo

President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services

Dr. Scott Fraser

Forensic Psychologist

Amartya Sen

Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University

Sarah O. Ladislaw

Former Managing Director at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

Jeany Stein

Thought-leader & Entrepreneur & Strategist, Founder of Panotip

Nick Schifrin

Foreign Affairs & Defense Correspondent for PBS NewsHour

AAD Monticello Annual Conference 2021 Keynote Address by Nick Schifrin

Mary Jennings

A pioneer in her field, Mary Jennings is a female Combat Search and Rescue helicopter pilot. Her two tours in Afghanistan have resulted in hundreds of lives saved and numerous awards and decorations, to include the Purple Heart. Capt Jennings received t

David L. Smith

Economist, Futurist & Market Strategist with a Global Perspective

Fernando Reimers

Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Peter van Agtmael

Author & Documentary Photographer

Zakaria Fellah

Former Ambassador of the Cote d’Ivoire; Co-Founder and CEO, International Development

Amir Dossal

Bruce Hoffman

Professor at Georgetown University & Visiting Senior Fellow for The Council on Foreign Relations

Alfonso Aguilar

Executive Director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles and former Chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship in the administration of George W. Bush. Conservative political and cultural commentator and expert on immigration and immigrant i