Robert Putnam

Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Author of "Our Kids"

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Morra Aarons-Mele

Founder of Women Online & Author of "Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introverts Roadmap to Getting Out There When You'd Rather Stay Home"

Aly Raisman

Olympic Gymnast, Gold Medalist, Captain of the "Fierce Five" & the "Final Five"

Steve Gross

Founder & Chief Playmaker at Life is Good Playmaker Project

Pedro Martinez

Hall of Fame Retired MLB Pitcher with Boston Red Sox

Paul Nardizzi

Stand-Up Comedian; Boston-Area Favorite and a National Headliner

Bert Jacobs

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Optimist of Life is Good

Jane Swift

Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Dan Pallotta

Founder & President of Advertising for Humanity and the Charity Defense Council; Author of "Uncharitable" and "Charity Case"

Andrew McAfee

Co-Founder & Co-Director of Initiative on the Digital Economy; Principal Research Scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management

MIT Scientist On The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results

Ann Handley

Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author

Kipp Bodnar

Chief Marketing Officer at HubSpot, Founder of SocialMediaB2B & Author of "The B2B Social Media Book"

Kinsey Wilson

Leading Digital News Executive, Founder and Head of Newspack at Automattic

Mindy Lubber

CEO & President of Ceres, Sustainability Thought Leader & Social Impact Entrepreneur

Robert C. Merton

Economist, Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management; Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

Dr. Tali Sharot

Leading Expert on Human Decision-Making & Optimism; Cognitive Neuroscientist & Author

Sebastian Wernicke

Managing Director, Seven Bridges Genomics

Brian Skerry

National Geographic Magazine Photographer, Specializing in Marine Wildlife & the Underwater World; Exploration & Conservation Speaker