Wintley Phipps

Vocal Artist and Founder of the US Dream Academy

Tamara Tunie

Film, stage and television actress, director and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of medical examiner Melinda Warner on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Novella Carpenter

Journalist & Best-selling Author of "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer"

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Daniel Dennett

Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University

David Javerbaum

Award-Winning Comedy Writer & Producer; Known as God's "Secretary" for his Twitter Account @TheTweetOfGod

Ian Ayres

Lawyer, Economist & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Pattie Maes

Founder & Director, MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Research Group

Donna Shalala

President, University of Miami and Former Secretary, Health and Human Services

Ash Beckham

Equality Advocate, TED Talker & Motivational Speaker

Jamal Simmons

Democratic Strategist & Political Commentator

The Second City

World-Famous Comedy Troupe

Nicholas Lemann

Dean, Columbia Univ. School of Journalism

Charlie Hughes

Founder of Brand Rules, LLC; One of the Nation's Foremost Experts on Branding, Marketing and Organizational Culture.

Bernie Williams

Former Outfielder for MLB's New York Yankees & 4-Time World Series Champion; Musician & Latin Grammy Nominee

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Sociologist, Educator & Author

Harvey Fineberg

Former Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health; Former President of the National Academy of Medicine

Jennifer Carroll

Celebrity Chef & Restauranteur, Former "Top Chef" and "Top Chef All-Stars" Contestant

John Harbison

Composer; Institute Prof. of Music, MIT

Mike Feinberg

Founder of the Texas School Venture Fund

Julian Phillips

Emmy Award Winning News Anchor, Host and Motivational Speaker

David M. Kennedy

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian & Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University

Ted Lange

Actor know for playing Isaac Washington on "The Love Boat"

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

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Taylor Mali

Acclaimed Performance Poet, Education Advocate, Author of "What Teachers Make"

Amartya Sen

Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University

Shel Horowitz

Green Guerrilla Marketer, National Environmental Hall of Fame, Social Activist, and Author

Carl Schramm

Professor & Former President and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Tory Johnson

Founder and CEO, Women For Hire; Author, "The Shift"; Weekly Contributor, "Good Morning America"

Ani Phyo

Holistic Nutritionist & Plant-Based Raw Food Chef