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Lee Hamilton

Member, President's Homeland Security Advisory Council; Director, Center on Congress, Indiana University

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jim Carroll

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David Moinina Sengeh

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David Houle

Global Futurist & Strategist, Honorary President and Futurist of the Future Business School of China. Houle won two Emmys, a Peabody award and the Heartland award for "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream"

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Dr. Paula Johnson

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Neil Giuliano

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David Hauslaib

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David Life

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Richard Dowden

Director, Royal African Society

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Andrew Kuper

President, LeapFrog Investment

Marvin Zuckerman

Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware