Stuart Firestein

Scientist; Advocate for the Public Understanding of Science

Pat Smith

TV Persona, Entrepreneur, President & CEO of Emmitt & Pat Smith Enterprises

Jay Shuster

Art Director & Production Designer at Pixar Animation Studios

NeNe Leakes

Actress featured on "Glee" and "The New Normal," Cast member of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," Speaker on Domestic Violence

Monica Pearson

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Cynthia Lowen

Filmmaker of Bully & Poet

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Dr. Gary Chapman

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

Loving Adopted Children Well: A 5 Love Languages® Approach

Terry McMillan

New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for "Waiting to Exhale" & "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

Rehema Ellis

Chief Education Correspondent at NBC News

Rand Fishkin

Co-Founder & CEO of SparkToro; Former CEO of Moz; Co-Founder of Inbound.org & Author of "The Art of SEO"

Melanne Verveer

Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security at Georgetown University; Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues

Jessica Herrin

Founder & CEO of Stella & Dot

Uri Dadush

Senior Associate and Director, Carnegie's International Economics Program

James E. Hansen

Adjunct Professor Directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Former Director at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Scott McCloud

Cartoonist and Comics Theorist; Author of "Understanding Comics," Reinventing Comics," and "Making Comics"

Jason Clay

Senior Vice President of Food & Markets at WWF

Dale Dougherty

Founder of MAKE Magazine, Creator of Maker Faire, Founder & CEO of Maker Media

Bunker Roy

Founder of Barefoot College

Geoffrey West

Theoretical Physicist, Distinguished Professor & Past President of Santa Fe Institute