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Leader in the Development of Online News & Blogging; Director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at CUNY

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Former CNN Senior Analyst & Best-Selling Author

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Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Jeremy Rifkin

Leading Global Technologist, Futurist, Authority on World Economic & Environmental Trends

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Vice Chair & Co-Owner of The Wonderful Company; Philanthropist

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Chairman, Wipro

Barry Nalebuff

Milton Steinbach Professor of Management at Yale School of Managment, Co-Founder of Honest Tea & Chairman of KomBrewCha

Matt Miller

Fortune Columnist, Author & Radio Host

Dean Kamen

Founder of FIRST; President of DEKA Research & Development Corporation

Robert Hormats

Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc.

Amy Goodman

Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Richard Florida

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

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Esther Dyson

Executive Founder of Way to Wellville

Chip Conley

Strategic Advisor for Hospitality & Leadership at Airbnb; Founder of the Modern Elder Academy

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Majora Carter

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

John Amaechi

Organizational Psychologist, Leadership Transformation Expert & Former NBA Player

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Jack Hidary

CEO of Sandbox AQ

Jennifer Rubell

Food & Entertaining Writer; Cookbook Author

Peter Frank

Principal Consultant; Former Editor-in-Chief, Concierge.com

Gurbaksh Chahal

Internet Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Writer

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Keith Gessen

Author; Editor-In-Chief, n+1

Alan Weisman

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Professor of Communication, American University

Rodes Fishburne

Writer, journalist and playwright, most notable for "Going to See the Elephant"

Mahvish Khan

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Founder, Happy Cog