Raj Patel

Award-Winning Writer, Food Politics Activist, Filmmaker & Academic

Amy Goodman

Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Esther Dyson

Executive Founder of Way to Wellville

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Jacques Pépin

Master French Chef; Food Columnist; Cookbook Author Educator

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Calvin Trillin

Author, Columnist, Humorist & Political Satirist

Laura Snyder

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

Kurt Andersen

Host of "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" & Author

David M. Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group

Andrew Cohen

Founder, EnlightenNext

Sebastian Copeland

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

Rebecca MacKinnon

Founding Director of Ranking Digital Rights

Spencer Wells

Geneticist, Anthropologist, Author, Entrepreneur, Adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin

An Phung

Multimedia Journalist

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Thomas Pogge

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

Bob Mankoff

Cartoon & Humor Editor; Humorist; President, CartoonCollections[.]com; Founder of The Cartoon Bank

Kenneth Roth

Executive Director at Human Rights Watch

Robert Hormats

Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc.

Dalia Mogahed

President and CEO, Mogahed Consulting, LLC; Author, "Who Speaks for Islam?"

Virginia Postrel

Author & Columnist; Writes on The Intersection of Commerce & Culture

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Former Director-General, World Health Organization

The Sis Official

Public Academic, Feminist & Criminal Justice Scholars; Founders of The Sis Official and Activist

Jeffrey Israel

Author & Jewish Studies Professor at Williams College

Randy Cohen

Writer, Known for "The Ethicist"

Neil Giuliano

Gay Rights Activist & President and CEO of Greater Pheonix Leadership

Ambassador Dennis Ross

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

Shauna Shapiro Ph.D.

Best-Selling Author, Professor, Clinical Psychologist & Internationally Recognized Expert in Mindfulness & Self-Compassion

Good Morning, I Love You, Violet!

Gillian Caldwell

CEO of Global Witness