Adelle Waldman

Adelle Waldman’s writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, the New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and other publications.

Olivia Morgan

President at Stand Up Strategies & National Student Poets Program

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

Shemeka Brathwaite

Professional Speaker, Certified Coach, Trainer and Career Alignment Expert

Kristin Ohlson

Journalist, Essayist & Author of "The Soil Will Save Us"

Ellen Futter

Ellen V. Futter is President of the American Museum of Natural History. She previously served as President of Barnard College for thirteen years.

Howard H. Yu

LEGO Professor of Management & Innovation at IMD Business School

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Lisa Leonard

Jewelry Designer & Author of "Brave Love"

Gregory B. Fairchild

Associate Professor at University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Nalini Nadkarni

Ecologist, Director of STEM Ambassador Program & Leading Expert in Canopy Research

Joyce Sutphen

Author and Poet Laureate of Minnnesota

Porochista Khakpour

Author of "The Last Illusion"

C.K. Williams Poet

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet National Book Award-winner

Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo

Iyeoka (ee-yo-kah) Ivie Okoawo is a first generation Nigerian-American award-winning poet, recording artist, and TED fellow.

KB Brookins

Pretty: A Memoir

Edward Hirsch

Poet and President of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Lucas Conley

A contributing writer for Fast Company, Lucas Conley is an experienced journalist with an eye for stories that change how we see the world

Tucker Bryant

Entrepreneur, Innovation Strategist & Nationally Renowned Poet

Tucker Bryant 2023 Speaker Reel

Susan Isaacs

American Novelist and Screenwriter

Kosha Dillz

Rami Matan Even-Esh, better known by his stage name Kosha Dillz, is an Israeli-American Jewish hip hop MC based in Los Angeles