Pat Martino

One of the Greatest Guitarists in jazz

Costas Panagopoulos

Costas Panagopoulos, Ph.D., is editor of Campaigns & Elections. He is a nationally-recognized political analyst and commentator. He is also Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy at Fordham

Dr. Frederick V. Engram Jr.

Disruptive DEI Speaker, Professor & Author of “Black Liberation Through Action and Resistance: MOVE”

Barbara Reynolds

The Reverend Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds is an award-winning journalist and author, and has appeared on such major television shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show and Politically Incorrect.

Lance Freeman

Professor in the Urban Planning Program & the Director of the Doctoral Program in Urban Planning at Columbia University

Harvey Molotch

Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies at New York University

Lou Marinoff

Lou Marnioff, a Commonwealth Scholar originally from Canada, earned his doctorate in Philosophy of Science at University College London.

Dil Sidhu

Associate Dean, Columbia Business School

F. Michael Higginbotham

Renowned Law Professor, Author and International Political Consultant; Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Constitutional Legal Expert

Chuck Rose

Founder, Director & Programmer of Arthouse Film Festival

Laurence Steinberg

Adolescence Expert, Age of Opportunity Author & Professor of Psychology at Temple University

Age Of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

Janna Andrews, M.D.

Dr. Andrews is a passionate professional who focuses on Breast and Prostate Cancer and the latest technologies including Cyberknife and protons. Dr. Andrews is an advocate and knowledgeable speaker on Health Care disparities, health literacy, women and m

Kathryn Edin

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld, PhD

"The Soft Side of Revenge" A talk by Rabbi Blumenfeld based upon his experience as a target of a terrorist assassin's bullet and his daughter's (Washington Post National Correspondent, Laura Blumenfeld) powerful urge to track down the assailant in her N

Arthur Caplan

Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City

Jack Ford

Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning Journalist, TV Personality, Trial Attorney & Author

Jack Ford | High Profile Trials & Their Impact on the Legal Profession

Michael J. Dowling

President & CEO of Northwell Health

Cristina Bicchieri

S. J. Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics at the University Of Pennsylvania

Mariko Silver

President of the Henry Luce Foundation, Former President of Bennington College

Dr. Velma Scantlebury

America's First African-American, Female Transplant Surgeon