Aaron McCargo Jr.

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

Adam Richman

Host of Man v. Food & Man v. Nation

Andy Samberg

Actor, Comedian, Rapper & Writer; Known for "Saturday Night Live" & "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Bobby Flay

Chef & Host of "Throwdown With Bobby Flay" and "America's Next Great Restaurant"

Brooke Shields

Actress; Model; Women's Health, Aging & Mental Wellness Advocate

Buddy Valastro

Host of "The Cake Boss" & "The Next Great Baker"

Christian Siriano

Fashion Designer, Founder of Christian Siriano, Winner of "Project Runway" Season 4

Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Cynthia Nixon

Actress Known for her Role as Miranda Hobbes on HBO's "Sex and the City"; Former Candidate for Governor of New York

Debra Messing

Emmy Award-Winning Actress & Global Ambassador for PSI/Youth AIDS

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"

Dr. Mike Magee

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

Edwin Schlossberg

President & Principal Designer, ESI Design

Esmeralda Santiago

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

Gloria Steinem

Feminist Writer, Activist & Organizer; Co-Founder of New York Magazine & Ms. Magazine

Hoda Kotb

Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist, Television Personality, Author & Co-Anchor of NBC News' TODAY

James Mapes

Expert on the Psychology of "Applied Imagination"

James McPherson

Acclaimed Civil War Historian & Author