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Bestselling Novelist and Short Story Writer

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Former President of the National Women's Studies Association; Founding Director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College

Linda Bevilacqua

President of the Core Knowledge Foundation

Julie Burstein

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Producer, TED Speaker and Bestselling Author of "Spark: How Creativity Works"

Jan Chappuis

Educator and Author

Natalie Zemon Davis

American-Canadian Historian

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Hip Hop Dancer, Male Winner of "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 10

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Shaun Hays

Master Speed Chalk Artist

James McPherson

Acclaimed Civil War Historian & Author

Jamienne Studley

Deputy Under Secretary of Education

Mary Nolan

Executive Chef at Bon Appetit Magazine & Former Food Network Personality

Miriam Pawel

Author of "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography"

Trevor Moore

Actor, Comedian, Writer, Producer

Nate Powell

Award Winning Graphic Novelist, Known for the "March" Series

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Susan Spicer

Chef, inducted into the James Beard Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America