Dennis Rainey

Co-Founder of Family Life & Best-Selling Author

Lauren Galley

President of Girls Above Society, Award Winning Teen Mentor, and Best Selling Author

Marilyn Van Derbur

Public Speaker, Former Miss America & Advocate for Victims of Sexual Abuse.

Fredrik Sjöberg

Author, "The Fly Trap"

John Hargrove

Former Senior Killer-Whale Trainer for SeaWorld; Author, "Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish"

Scott Dikkers

Founder of The Onion.com & Best-Selling Author

Richard DeMillo

Director, Center for 21st Century Universities

K'wan Foye

Urban fiction author

Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'

Bill Pennington

Journalist, Sportswriter and Author Known for "Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius"

Sally McKenney

Cookbook Author, Baker

Jocelyn Delk Adams

Food Blogger, National TV Personality & Bestselling Cookbook Author Known for "Grandbaby Cakes"

Allie Brosh

Blogger, "Hyperbole and a Half"

Chava Willig Levy

Lecturer, Editor and Author; Known for "A Life Not With Standing"

Gina Kloes

Educator, Speaker, and Author of "What's Your Magical Moment?"

Lori Bregman

Doula, Life and Pregnancy Coach, Author of "The Mindful Mom-To-Be"

Alex Brunkhorst

Real Estate Agent and Novelist, "The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine"

Jessica Shortall

Social Entrepreneur & Author of "Work. Pump. Repeat. - The New Mom's Survival Guide"

Tonya Craft

Author of "The Truth Will Set You Free" and "Accused"

Gary Blehm

I am the optimist. I have spread the power of optimism for 26 years with a beret, round sunglasses, and a half moon smile. I speak on following your dreams with optimism.