Geoff Colvin

Senior Editor-at-Large at Fortune & Bestselling Author

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Antwone Fisher

Child Advocate, Bestselling Author, Screenwriter & Lecturer

Laura Ling

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Linda Chavez

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

Jessica Yellin

Founder of #NewsNotNoise; Former Chief White House Correspondent for CNN

Amy Goodman

Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

John Hockenberry

Journalist and Commentator; Author, "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence"

Patti Solis Doyle

Political Strategist at CNN; Contributor & Partner at Brunswick Group

David Kirkpatrick

Best-Selling Author of The Facebook Effect, Technology & Internet Expert

Eleanor Clift

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

Monica Pearson

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Bill Dedman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter for NBC News; Co-Author, "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune"

Dan Hampton

Pro Football Hall of Famer, Super Bowl Champion with the Chicago Bears, Four-Time Pro Bowl Selection, Four-Time First-Team All-Pro Selection & Named Defensive Player of the Year by Pro Football Weekly in 1982

Clark Howard

Talk Show Host & Podcast Host, "The Clark Howard Show" & Consumer Expert

Jay Samit

Digital Pioneer, Innovator, Serial Disruptor, Futurist & Business Strategist