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Jon Steinberg

CEO of Future Plc., Founder of Cheddar; Former President & COO of Buzzfeed; Former CEO of Daily Mail.com in North America

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David Williams

Professor of Public Health at Harvard University

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Jonathan Kozol

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Rachel Simmons

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Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

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Lisa Kristine

Internationally Recognized Fine-Art Photographer, Humanitarian & Activist

Bill Drayton

Social Entrepreneur, Founder & C.E.O of Ashoka. Leading an Everyone a Changemaker world movement.

Spencer Wells

Geneticist, Anthropologist, Author, Entrepreneur, Adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin

James Garbarino

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

Michael Stevens

YouTube Sensation; Best Known as Vsauce

Edward Tenner

Smithsonian Institution Distinguished Scholar & Author of "Why Things Bite Back" and "Our Own Devices"

Robert Kriegel

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Sex Educator, Therapist & Researcher