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Chloe Gong

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Aaron Pressman

Senior Writer at Fortune Magazine

Benjamin Spall

Co-author, My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired

Don Wildman

Host, Travel Channel's "Mysteries at the Museum" & "Mysteries at the Monument"

Kimberly McCreight

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Christine Leunens

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Paul Szoldra

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Duffel Blog

Tom Morkes

Author, Publisher & Marketer

Judy Davis

Motivational Speaker and Author known as the Direction Diva

Lauren Tamm

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Anna Burns

Man Booker Prize-Winning Author

Amy Rose Spiegel

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Sunil Amrith

Professor & Historian of South & Southeast Asia

Annie Baker

Playwright

Taylor Mac

Theatre Artist, MacArthur Fellow & Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama

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Leigh Bardugo

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Ted Dewan

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