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#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author of the "Bridgerton" Series

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Author of the Charlie Waldo Novels, Screenwriter, Producer, Director & Playwright

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Laura Esquivel

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Jenny Han

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

Sylvia Acevedo

Engineer, Rocket Scientist & Technology Leader; Inspirational Speaker; Corporate Director at Qualcomm; Former CEO of Girl Scouts USA

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Brent Gleeson

CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, Navy SEAL Combat Veteran & Best-Selling Author

Olaf Groth

Founder & CEO of Cambrian Futures, Business Professor at UC Berkeley & Co-Author of 'Solomon's Code'

Nicole Walters

CEO of Inherit Learning Company & Star of USA Network's “She’s The Boss”

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

David Heath

Co-Founder & CEO of Bombas

Allen Iverson

Former NBA Professional Basketball Player

Brandi Chastain

Defender on the U.S. Women's 1999 World Cup Champion Soccer Team

John Daly

PGA Professional Golfer

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

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Parmalee

Country Rock Band Known For Singles Like "Carolina" and "Close Your Eyes"

Mariya Yao

Founder of TOPBOTS & Author of "Applied AI: A Handbook For Business Leaders"

Safiya Noble

AI & Algorithmic Discrimination Expert; Associate Professor at UCLA; Researcher on Race, Gender, Technology & Design

Patrice A. Harris

First African-American Woman President of the American Medical Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association & Consultant on Health Service Delivery

Kazuo Ishiguro

Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist, Screenwriter & Musician; Known for "The Remains of the Day" & "Never Let Me Go"

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Aaron Roth

Professor at the University of Pennsylvania & Author of "The Ethical Algorithm"

Christopher Gavigan

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Jenny McCarthy

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