Siri Hustvedt

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Andrew Spade

Fashion Designer; Co-Founder, Jack Spade / Kate Spade

Jacob Appel

Bioethicist and Writer

Dr. Kjell Nordstrom

Economist, Writer, and Innovative Speaker

Yuri Oganessian

Russian nuclear physicist of Armenian descent. He and his team discovered the heaviest elements in the periodic table

Maurice Ashley

First African-American Chess Grandmaster; Author, Puzzle Inventor & Motivational Speaker

Peter W. Singer

Technology & Security Futurist; New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Navi Radjou

Innovation and Leadership Strategist; Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge & World Economic Forum Faculty Member

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Mahvish Khan

Lawyer, journalist, focused on Guantanamo Bay

Marvin Zuckerman

Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware

Jeffrey Wright

Actor & Entrepreneur

Stephen Jay Greenblatt

Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Arne Glimcher

Chairman, PaceWildenstein Galleries

Leon Botstein

President, Bard College & Music Director, American Symphony Orchestra

Sonia Nassery Cole

Filmmaker and Philanthropist

Neelam Deo

Diplomat; Former Consul General of India

Melissa Franklin

Professor of Physics, Harvard University

Uzodinma Iweala

CEO of The Africa Center & Author of "Beasts of No Nation"

Gary Cohen

Managing Partner at CO2 Partners

Gay Talese

Author