Kira Kazantsev

Miss America 2015, Advocate, Lifestyle Correspondent & Host of "Golf Advisor Living" on the Golf Channel

Patricia Polacco

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Lenny Krayzelburg

Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer, Four-Time Gold Medalist, Immigrant from the former Soviet Union

Michael V. Ivanov

Storytelling Expert; Mindset, Motivation & Leadership Development Speaker; Bestselling Author of "The Mount of Olives"

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Jack Barsky

Former Deep Cover Agent for the KGB

Maria Konnikova

Author; Psychologist; Poker Player

Lila Tretikov

Russian-American Engineer & Manager; Former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation

Maria Kirilenko

Professional Women's Tennis Player, Grand Slam Semifinalist

Elena Dementieva

Retired professional women's tennis player, Gold medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Maria Sharapova

Retired Tennis Player Ranked World No. 1 at Age 18 & Olympic Silver Medalist; Model & Highest-Paid Female Athlete in the World

Alsu Kurmasheva

Russian-American Journalist

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Nina Khrushcheva

Associate Dean and Associate Professor of International Affairs, Milano School of International Affairs, The New School

Maxim Razmakhin

Cofounder, Thirstie, Inc.

Andrey Belozerov

Strategy and Innovations Advisor to CIO of Moscow

Ilya Sachkov

CEO and Founder at Group-IB

Pavel Durov

Founder & CEO of Telegram; Founder & ex-CEO of VK

Andrei Ryabov

Member Of The Carnegie Moscow Center’s Research Council And Chair Of The Center’s East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program

Zamir Gotta

Producer, Entrepreneur and TV Personality

Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Nurbakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Russian-Kazakh director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and commercials.

Thomas de Waal

A senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment