E. Katherine Kottaras

Author

Lucas Black

Actor Known for "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" and "Fast & Furious 7"

Peter Sarsgaard

Actor

Sam Mendes

Stage & Film Director Known for "Cabaret"

Jake Gyllenhaal

Academy Award-Nominated & BAFTA Award-winning Actor; Environmental Activist

Jamie Foxx

Award-Winning Actor and Musician; Best Known for "Ray," "Django Unchained" & "Just Mercy"

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

Dr. Mark T. Esper

Former U.S Secretary of Defense & Secretary of the Army; New York Times Bestselling Author of "A Sacred Oath"

A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

Larry Walsh

U.S. Army Veteran, Cyclist, Author & Mental Health Advocate

Patricia Cumbie

Sexual Assault Survivor, Belly Dancer & Author

Jack Carr

Former Navy SEAL & Author Known for "The Terminal List" Series; Host of the "Danger Close" Podcast

From Navy SEAL to Best-Selling Author, Jack Carr

Robert Gandt

Author & Pilot

Tucker Malarkey

Journalist & Author of Non-Fiction and Fictional Books

Karen Rinaldi

Author of "It's Great to Suck at Something"; Publisher

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Dylan Raymond

Military Recruitment Lead at Shell Oil Company

Torey Hayden

Special Education Teacher and Author

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

C.J. Chivers

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author

Tee Marie Hanible

Philanthropist, Entrepreneur & Retired U.S. Marine

Beth Clark

Founder of Thinkspot Communications

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

John E. Douglas

Legendary Profiler & FBI Investigative Support Unit Founder

Donald Stratton

Pearl Harbor Survivor; Author of "All the Gallant Men"

J.D. Vance

U.S. Senator of Ohio; #1 New York Times Best-selling Author of "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis"

Denis Markell

Writer, Author of "Click Here to Start", Known for "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"

Malcolm Nance

U.S. Intelligence Veteran, MSNBC Chief Terrorism Analyst & Best-Selling Author

Gwen Richardson

NAACP Image Awards Winning Author, Publicist and Entreprenuer

Jeff Boss

Former Navy SEAL and Author of "Navigating Chaos"

Leif Babin

Former Navy SEAL; Co-Author of “Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win;” Co-Founder of Echelon Front LLC