Helene D. Gayle

Former CEO of The Chicago Community Trust; 11th President of Spelman College; Expert on Global Development, Humanitarian & Health Issues

Spelman College Celebrates the Inauguration of 11th President Dr. Helene D. Gayle

Lawrence Krauss

Theoretical Physicist, Author & Professor

Korie Robertson

Star of A&E's "Duck Dynasty"

Julie Taymor

Film, Opera, & Academy Award-Nominated Theater Director

Margaret A. Hamburg

Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine; Former Commissioner, US FDA

Debra Maggart

Policy Advisor at Nelson Mullins; Former Republican Caucus Whip of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Steve Inskeep

TV Host Known for “Morning Edition” & "Up First"; Author of "Differ We Must", a NY Times bestseller

Peter Orszag

Economist, Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking at Citigroup, Inc. & Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama Administration

Lynda Resnick

Vice Chair & Co-Owner of The Wonderful Company; Philanthropist

Lynda Resnick - UMASS intro to Daniel Ellsberg's honorary degree award

Nicholas Burns

Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy & International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School

Jane Harman

Director, President, & CEO of the Wilson Center; Former US Representative (D-CA)

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Paul Rieckhoff

Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA); Author, "Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq"

David Rothkopf

Former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce and Former CEO & Editor of the Foreign Policy Group

Margaret Spellings

President & CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Former President & CEO of Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Presidential Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Education

#19thRepresents Keynote: Margaret Spellings

Melissa Chiu

Museum Director, Asia Society

Antonio Villaraigosa

41st Mayor of Los Angeles

Jamal Simmons

Democratic Strategist & Political Commentator

Charles Murray

Political Scientist, Author & Libertarian

Peter Hinssen

Cloud Computing & Technology Expert, Thought Leader & IT Strategist

Thomas J. Wilson

Chairman, President & CEO of The Allstate Corporation