Jeannette Walls

Bestselling Author & Journalist Known for "The Glass Castle"

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Vanessa Ochs

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

William Binney

Former NSA Crypto-Mathematician; Whistleblower

Gail Wilensky

Economist, Healthcare Policy Reform Expert & Senior Fellow at Project Hope

David Shipler

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Former Foreign Correspondent of The New York Times, Online Writer for The Shipler Report

Kevin Spacey

Two-Time Academy Award-Winning Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Singer; Best Known For His Roles in "American Beauty" and Netflix's "House of Cards"

Renaldo Nehemiah

World Record Holder in the 110 Meter Hurdles; Former Professional Football Player for the San Francisco 49ers

Uri Dadush

Senior Associate and Director, Carnegie's International Economics Program

Katherine Berman & Sophie LaMontagne

Co-founders of Georgetown Cupcake; Stars of the hit series "DC Cupcakes" on TLC; Best-selling Authors

George Ayittey

Economist, Authority on the development of Africa, Author

Joe Ruffini

Anti-Terrorism, Information Security & Risk Minimization Expert