Damon Young

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Nicole Chung

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

Mimi Swartz

Award-Winning Investigative Journalist, Texas Monthly Executive Editor & Heart Disease Expert

Lindy West

Feminism & Popular Culture Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Jenny Blake

Career & Business Strategist; Author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One"

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Laura Vanderkam

Author of "168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think" & "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast"

Jennifer Pharr Davis

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Outdoor School: Hiking and Camping: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Amanda Lindhout

Executive Director of The Global Enrichment Foundation; Captivity Survivor, Inspirational Speaker & Author of "A House in the Sky"

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Thomas Pogge

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Alan Murray

CEO of Fortune Media Group

Jen Maxfield

Emmy Award-Winning Reporter; Columbia University Professor; Author of "More After the Break"

Zakiya Dalila Harris

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Other Black Girl"

Adrienne Brodeur

Award-Winning Editor & Author; Executive Director of Aspen Words; Best Known for her Memoir "Wild Game"

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me

Tahl Raz

NY Times Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Journalist

Kristan Higgins

New York Times Bestselling Author

Scott Ellsworth

Historian, Journalist, and Author of The Secret Game

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Alex Salkever

Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technology Futurist; Author of "The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future"

How Our Technology Choices Can Change The Future

Bonnie Rochman

Award-Winning Journalist; Best-Selling Author of "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids - And the Kids We Have"

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner