Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Salamishah Tillet

Creative Writing Professor at Rutgers University-Newark; Co-founder of A Long Walk Home; Feminist Activist & Scholar

Jennifer Beals

Actress and Former Teen Model; Known for "Flashdance" & "The L Word"

Lynne Lancaster

Co-founder of BridgeWorks; Generational Expert & Co-Author of "When Generations Collide"

Lawrence Krauss

Theoretical Physicist, Author & Professor

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction Novelist; Best Known for his "Ender's Game" Series

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Sally Osberg

President and CEO, Skoll Foundation

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

David Bellos

Translator

Jacques Pépin

Master French Chef; Food Columnist; Cookbook Author Educator

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis

Author of "The Rise," Curator & Assistant Professor at Harvard

Johanna Blakley

Expert in Popular Culture, Digital Technology and Entertainment

Drew Gilpin Faust

President of Harvard University

Robyn Meredith

Foreign Correspondent and Author, "The Elephant and the Dragon"

Maria Bezaitis

Intel Fellow, Chief Architect of Socio-Technical Systems & Expert on Technology Innovation

Augusten Burroughs

American Writer Known for his New York Times Bestselling Memoir Running with Scissors

Adam Fleischman

Founder & Chairman of Umami Restaurant Group

James Autry

Leadership Expert; Former Fortune 500 Business Executive; Author,Life and Work: A Manager's Search for Meaning

William Powers

Best-Selling Author of Hamlet's BlackBerry

Clifton L. Taulbert

Author, Business Consultant, & Speaker; Best Known for "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored"

Anthony Jeselnik

Stand-Up Comedian; Host of "The Jeselnik Offensive"

Mark Millar

Award-Winning Writer and Creator of Wanted and Kick-Ass

Soman Chainani

NY Times Best-Selling Author of "The School for Good & Evil" and "A World Without Princes"

Domingo Martinez

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Boy Kings of Texas"

Rebecca Stead

Writer of Fiction for Children and Teens, "When You Reach Me," "Goodbye Stranger"

Lost in the Trees

American Orchestral Folk Pop Band From Chapel Hill, NC