Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Randy Fenoli

Fashion Designer & Bridal Consultant; Star of TLC's "Say Yes To The Dress"

Mondo Guerra

Fashion Designer & Advocate for HIV/AIDS Awareness

Story Musgrave, M.D.

Retired NASA Astronaut; Physician & Professor at Art Center College of Design

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

Lamman Rucker

Actor, Education Activist, Green Living Advocate & Entrepreneur

Darren McGrady

Former Chef to British Royalty

Dr. Paula Johnson

President of Wellesley College; Innovator Known for Advancing the Education, Health & Well-Being of Women

Dr. Paula Johnson - Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 panel

Dr. Paul Wolpe

Director of the Emory Center for Ethics

Louie Schwartzberg

Award-Winning Cinematographer, Director, Photographer and Filmmaker

Fonzworth Bentley

Musician, Author and TV personality; MTV's "From G's to Gents"

David Rosengarten

Chef & TV Personality; Author of Award-winning Cookbook "It's All American Food"

Stuart Firestein

Scientist; Advocate for the Public Understanding of Science

DeVon Franklin

Award-Winning Producer, New York Times Bestselling Author & Motivational Speaker

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Theaster Gates

Director of Arts and Public Life at the University of Chicago; Founder & President of Rebuild Foundation

Phaedra Parks

Producer, Entertainment Attorney & Cast Member of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"

IronE Singleton

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

Vanessa Ochs

Author of "Inventing Jewish Ritual", Winner of 2007 National Jewish Book Award, Professor of Religious Studies at University of Virginia

Robert Putnam

Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Author of "Our Kids"

Genevieve Bell

Senior Fellow at Intel, Distinguished Professor & Director of the 3A Institute at ANU

Barbara Lippert

MediaPost Editor-At-Large; Expert on Advertising, Marketing and Women's Issues

Joshua Prince-Ramus

Architect & Principal of REX Design Firm

Shantanu Sinha

Director of Product Management at Google; Co-Founder and Former President of Khan Academy

Donald Ratajczak

Nationally-Known Economist and One of the Leading Econometric Forecasters in the United States

James E. Cartwright

Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Edward Lewis

Co-Founder of Essence Magazine & One of the Most Successful Publishers in the Country

Natalie Warne

Activist, Advocacy Educator, Engagement Strategist & TED Speaker