Tina Wells

Founder, CEO, Buzz Marketing Group

Jay Nordlinger

American Journalist, Senior Editor of National Review

Mary Nolan

Executive Chef at Bon Appetit Magazine & Former Food Network Personality

Jayne Anne Phillips

Bestselling Novelist and Short Story Writer

Edwin Schlossberg

President & Principal Designer, ESI Design

Dr. Elizabeth Norman

Professor of Humanities at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; Author, "WOMEN AT WAR: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam 1965-1973"

James McPherson

Acclaimed Civil War Historian & Author

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

James Mapes

Expert on the Psychology of "Applied Imagination"

Soraya Darabi

Renowned Digital Entrepreneur; Social Media Pioneer

Aaron McCargo Jr.

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

Kelsey Nixon

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

Dr. Mike Magee

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

Shirin Neshat

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

The Future of Art According to Shirin Neshat

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Esmeralda Santiago

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Peter Bregman

Founder of Bregman Partners, Author & Leadership Columnist, "Harvard Business Review"

Richard Besser

President & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Former Chief Health & Medical Editor for ABC News

Adam Richman

Host of Man v. Food & Man v. Nation

Robert Ballard

Renowned Ocean Explorer & Scientist