Pearl Arredondo

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Art Smith

Celebrity Chef, Author & Humanitarian; Served as the Personal Chef of Oprah Winfrey

Norman Ornstein

Bestselling Author, Political Analyst & Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

James Mapes

Expert on the Psychology of "Applied Imagination"

Soraya Darabi

Renowned Digital Entrepreneur; Social Media Pioneer

Ben Feldman

Actor, Plays 'Michael Ginsberg' on AMC's "Mad Men" and Comedy Show, "Superstore"

Travis Wall

Emmy Award-Winning Dancer and Choreographer; "So You Think You Can Dance"

Cam Marston

Workforce Dynamics Consultant; President & Founder of Generational Insights

Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

David M. Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group

Jeffrey Saad

Chef, Restaurateur & Runner-up on "The Next Food Network Star"

Nadia Giosia

Celebrity Chef, Comedian & Punk Rock Singer; Star of "Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen"

Aaron McCargo Jr.

Chef & Star of "Big Daddy's House" on the Food Network

Fabio Viviani

Celebrity Chef, Former "Top Chef" Contestant, Cookbook Author

Nathan Myhrvold

Founder of Intellectual Ventures; Former Chief Strategist & Chief Technology Officer of the Microsoft Corporation; Author of “Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking"

Sandra Tsing Loh

Author, Humorist & Public School Advocate

Kelsey Nixon

Chef, Author, & Television Personality Host, Cooking Channel's "Kelsey's Essentials"

Dr. Mike Magee

President of Positive Medicine, Inc., Health Journalist & Author

David Wolman

Author of "The End of Money" and Wired Contributing Editor

Richard Elmore

The Gregory R. Anrig Research Professor of Educational Leadership in the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Joshua Oppenheimer

Film Director Who Pushes the Boundaries of Fiction and Documentary; Known for "The Act of Killing"

Jesse Metcalfe

Actor, Best Known "Passions," "Desperate Housewives," "John Tucker Must Die" and "Dallas"

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Jack Jacobs

Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor, NBC On-Air Military Analyst

Chef Jeff Henderson

Award-Winning Chef & Author of "Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove"

Lynn Crawford

Executive Chef, Author & Television Personality

Shirin Neshat

Iranian Visual Artist; Focuses on Social, Cultural & Religious Codes of Muslim Societies

The Future of Art According to Shirin Neshat

Spike Mendelsohn

Chef, Restaurateur & Food Equity Activist

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer