Aubrey de Grey

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

Jason Kottke

Designer of Silkscreen Typeface, Lifetime Achievement Award Blogger

Herbert Addison Burns

Motivational Speaker, Author & Narrator of the Audio Books, " The History of Cleveland's Underground Railroad," "The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue," & "The Oberlin-Wellington Trial"

Carolyn Roberts

Assistant Professor in History of Science & History of Medicine; African American Studies Professor at Yale University

Dr. Joy DeGruy

Doctor, Author & Social Justice Advocate

Jack Trammell

Jack Trammell is Associate Professor of Sociology and disability expert, as well as historian and writer. He specializes in exceptionality, Otherness, folklore, disability policy, and social history.

Theresa Flores

Human Trafficking Survivor, Best Selling Author, Victim’s Advocate, Consultant & Founder of The SOAP Project

The Slave Across the Street

Capt Bill Pinkney

In 1992, this Chicago native became the first African-American to sail solo around the world, taking the southern route around the five great capes, through waters considered to be the most dangerous on the globe.

Justin Fornal

Explorer, Author, Extreme Athlete

William Pinkney

Captain Pinkney sailed his 47-foot boat, Commitment, into Boston Harbor after completing a 22-month solo circumnavigation of the globe, a voyage covering 27,000 miles.

Bliss Broyard

Author, One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life: A Story of Race and Family Secrets

Ryan Horrigan

Co-Founder & CEO of 'Artie', A Next-Gen Mobile Gaming Platform

Michele Wood

Award-Winning Artist, Illustrator, Christian Speaker and Author, Christmas Soul book Illustrator

Shyima Hall

Author of "Hidden Girl" & Human Trafficking Survivor

Kenneth B. Morris Jr

Co-Founder & President of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives

Jon Heymann

Leadership Speaker, CEO of Heymann Consulting & Author of "Agonizing Peace - Powering Through Traumatic Experiences"

Afua Hirsch

Award-Winning Writer, Broadcaster & Film Maker on Issues of Race and Equality, Co-host of "Enslaved" with Samuel L Jackson

Dread Scott

Artist Known for Controversial Exhibit "What Is the Proper Way to Display A U.S. Flag"

Lisa Jones

Bestselling Author of "Bulletproof Diva" & Award-Winning Columnist

Angela Damianakis,LCSW

Bryan Young

Author, Journalist & Filmmaker

Lisa Wysocky

Registered PATH Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Mystery Author, Educator of Horses for EAAT

Deborah S. Esquenazi

Documentary Filmmaker; Known for Peabody Award-Winning Film "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four"

Betty Reid Soskin

Oldest National Park Ranger Serving in the United States

Allan Gurganus

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Essayist

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Chris Linnares

Best Selling Psychologist

Leslie Chacon

Leslie Chacon is the founder of User First, a research firm that offers usability consulting and full-service research studies.

Ethan Basch

NC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member, Director of Cancer Outcomes Research Program, and Professor in UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology

Fred Kiel

Co-Founder & Executive Director of KRW Research Institute

Eric Bradlow

The K.P. Chao Professor at the Wharton School of UPenn; Marketing, Statistics, and Education