George C. Wolfe

Tony Award-Winning Director of Theatrical & Film Productions; Known for "Nights in Rodanthe"

Marsai Martin

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Greg Berlanti

Writer, Producer

John David Washington

Former NFL Running Back; Golden Globe Nominated Actor Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Ballers"

Bill Prady

Co-Creator and Executive Producer of The Big Bang Theory; Co-Creator of The Muppets

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Known for "Freedom Summer" and "Attica"

Patrick Marber

English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.

Michael Stuhlbarg

Award-Winning Actor

Dan Harmon

Creator & Executive Producer for the NBC Television Comedy Series "Community" & Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty"

Jeff Greenstein

Jeff Greenstein is an American television writer, producer and director. His credits include Desperate Housewives, Parenthood, Will & Grace, Partners, Friends and Dream On.

Jon M. Chu

Film Director and Screenwriter; Best Known for "In The Heights," "Crazy Rich Asians" & "Step Up 2"

Dan Bucatinsky

Actor, "Scandal"; Author, "Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?"; TV Writer and Emmy-Nominated Producer

Franklin Leonard

Film Producer, Cultural Commentator, Professor, Activist & Entrepreneur

Joe Eszterhas

Screenwriter; Cancer Survivor; Anti-Semitism & Anti-Smoking Activist

Logan Lerman

Actor

Chuck Lorre

Writer, Producer

Aubrey Plaza

Actress, Comedian & Producer Known for NBC's "Parks and Recreation"

Tukufu Zuberi

Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,

James Spooner

Director & Filmmaker, Afro-Punk

Tariq Nasheed

Author, Film Producer Known for "Hidden Colors" Series

Andrew Stanton

Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Voice Actor Based at Pixar Animation Studios

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Common

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Tyrese Gibson

R&B Singer, Actor & Author

Dr. Ian Smith

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Bette Midler

Entertainer & Award-Winning Actress & Singer