Asra Nomani

Journalist & Author, Women's Rights Activist

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Hyeonseo Lee

Advocate for the Human Rights of North Koreans as Political Refugees

Erin Gruwell

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

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Ashley Michelle Berry

Anti-Bullying Advocate, Actress, TV & Radio Host

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Libby Gill

Leadership, Corporate Culture & Change Expert; Executive Coach; Award-Winning Author of "You Unstuck"

Mickey Edwards

Professor, Princeton University; Author, "The Parties Versus the People"; Former US Congressman

Alan November

International Leader in Education Technology & Author of NYT Bestseller "Who Owns the Learning?", Founder of November Learning

IronE Singleton

Best known as Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas on AMC's "The Walking Dead"

Dr. Gary Chapman

Pastor, Speaker & Author of "The 5 Love Languages"

Loving Adopted Children Well: A 5 Love Languages® Approach

Geralyn Lucas

Breast Cancer Survivor & Author of "Why I Wore Lipstick: To My Mastectomy"

Grover Norquist

Founder & President of Americans for Tax Reform, Author, Board Member of the Center for the National Interest, The Parental Rights Organization & The National Rifle Association

Streeter Seidell

Comedian, Writer for SNL & Contributor to CollegeHumor.com

Andrew Jenks

Filmmaker and Star of MTV's "World of Jenks"

Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

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"

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Neal Petersen

History-Making Extreme Adventurer, Award-Winning Author & Global Investor

Emma Bell

Actress Who Played Amy in "The Walking Dead" and Emma in the TNT Drama Series "Dallas"

Tim Clue

Professional Humorist, Corporate Entertainer & Motivational Speaker

Dan Mintz

Comedian and Voice Actor; Known for Playing Tina Belcher on "Bob's Burgers"

Maureen Orth

Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair Magazine

Ray Zahab

Ultra-marathon Runner and Adventurer; Host, "The Project"; Author of "Running for My Life"

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"