Roger Manno

Former Majority Whip in Maryland Senate

Pete Buttigieg

Secretary of Transportation; Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana; Former Democratic Presidential Candidate

Jewell Jones

State Representative, Michigan House of Representatives

Beto O'Rourke

Former 2020 Presidential Democratic Candidate; Former U.S. Representative for the 16th Congressional District of Texas

Lauren Aronson

Managing Director, Public Affairs, and Communications; Former Press Secretary, House Ways and Means Committee

Grace Meng

Lawyer, Congresswoman For New York's 6th Congressional District

Mark J. Green

Author, Public Interest Lawyer & Democratic Politician; Former New York City Public Advocate

ImeIme Umana

President of the Harvard Law Review

Linda Thomas Greenfield

Ambassador to the United Nations in the Biden Administration; Former Assistant Secretary of State

S. Lee Merritt

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Symone Sanders

Former Chief Spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris; Political Strategist & MSNBC Political Commentator

Andrew Therriault

Chief Data Officer, City of Boston, MA

Nina Turner

Professor, Frequent Media Commentator, Former State Senator of Ohio, National Co-Chair of Bernie Sanders's 2020 campaign

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Marie Harf

Co-Host on Fox News' "Benson and Harf"

Steve Bullock

24th Governor of Montana; Former Democratic Candidate in 2020 Presidential Race

Michael Myers

Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation (Festival Underwriter)

Jamilah Lemieux

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Ken Blackwell

Conservative Columnist, Former Ohio State Treasurer & Secretary of State, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Chirlane McCray

New York City's First Lady, Writer & Poet

Deval Patrick

Two-term Governor of Massachusetts, Civil Rights Attorney & Business Leader

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Maxine Waters

US Representative, California; Chairwoman, Committee on Financial Services; Co-Chair, Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

George Mitchell

Global Diplomat, Peace Negotiator & Leadership Expert; Former Senate Majority Leader Who Enjoyed Bipartisan Respect

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Susan Rice

Domestic Policy Advisor (2021-2023); U.S. National Security Advisor (2013-2017); and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2009-2013)

Susan Rice, leaving the administration, talks of what's possible in a divided nation

Valerie Jarrett

Civic Leader, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

John Dau

Sudanese Refugee & Activist