Nell Irvin Painter

Award-winning scholar and writer

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Garry Kasparov

World Champion Chess Expert & Strategist; Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation based in New York

Jonathan Haidt

Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University, Stern School of Business; Author of NYT Bestseller "The Righteous Mind"

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Aubrey de Grey

Biomedical Gerontologist; Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation; Researcher on Preventing Aging

Dana Gioia

Poet; Former Chairman, National Endowment of the Arts

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Leslie Gelb

Leslie Gelb is a former chairman of the United States Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a former editor and columnist for The New York Times.

Andrew Carmellini

Award-Winning Chef & Restaurateur

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Former Director-General, World Health Organization

Alain de Botton

Swiss Writer, Philosopher & Television Presenter

Jagdish N. Bhagwati

International Trade Theorist

James Barksdale

Former CEO of Netscape

Glennda Testone

Director of the LGBT Center of New York

Tara Sophia Mohr

Expert on Women’s Leadership and Well-Being; Author of "Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message"

Carol Greider

Molecular Biologist, Johns Hopkins University

Joseph Zuckerman

Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases

Charles Best

Founder and Former CEO, DonorsChoose.org

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Jeff Frieden

Professor of Government, Harvard University

Nomi Prins

Distinguished Political-Financial Expert, Journalist & Author

Lindsey Graham

Republican United States Senator from South Carolina

Richard Posner

Judge, 7th Court of Appeals; Author; Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law

David Chang

Founder & Chef of Momofuku Restaurant Group

Jeffrey Archer

Former UK Member of Parliament; Author

Matt Bai

Nationally Known Journalist, Author & Screenwriter; Political Thought Leader

David Life

Yoga Master; Co-Founder, Jivamukti Yoga

Philip Weiss

Writer; Founder, Mondoweiss

Gerald Chertavian

Founder & CEO, Year Up

Mahvish Khan

Lawyer, journalist, focused on Guantanamo Bay

Laurence Gonzales

Author of the Bestseller "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why" & its Sequel, "Surviving Survival"