Robert M. Gates

Secretary of Defense (2006 - 2011), Former Director of the CIA

Richard Wilhelm

Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

David Leonhardt

Senior Writer for The New York Times

Jeremy Gilley

Actor, Filmmaker & Founder of the Peace One Day Non-Profit

David Addington

David Addington, a controversial former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, is vice president for domestic and economic policy studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

Admiral William Owens

Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Expert on U.S.-China Relations

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

John Wood

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

Graeme Maxton

Author of "The End of Progress - How Modern Economics Has Failed Us" - global commentator on world economics and Asia, Fellow of the International Centre of the Club of Rome.

Amartya Sen

Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University

Alan Blinder

Economic Commentator at CNBC, Former Vice Chairman at the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve and Princeton University Professor

Thomas Sanderson

Thomas M. Sanderson is a consultant, and the deputy director and senior fellow in the CSIS Transnational Threats Project.

Terry Crews

Actor, Author & Former NFL Player; Advocate for Women's Rights

Cabin Pressure

Octavia Spencer

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Author & Producer; Best Known for "The Help" & "Hidden Figures"

The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (1) (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective)

J.B. Straubel

Co-Founder & Former Chief Technical Officer of Tesla; Founder of Redwood Materials; Engineer, Entrepreneur & Sustainability Innovator

Redwood Materials' JB Straubel and the US' strategic battery stockpile

Laura Coates

CNN Chief Legal Analyst, Host, Anchor & Best Selling Author of "Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness"

Commencement 2024 Keynote Speaker Laura Coates

J.B. Bernstein

Sports Agent, Entrepreneur & Motivational Speaker; Million Dollar Arm Co-Creator & Inspiration of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm" Movie

How to Brand Yourself and Stand Out | JB Bernstein

Melody Barnes

Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, Professor at the Miller Center & Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

Shirley Franklin

Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities; Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Valerie Jarrett

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

Valerie Jarrett | Milken Institute