Pat Martino

One of the Greatest Guitarists in jazz

Dr. Frederick V. Engram Jr.

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

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

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.

Nell Irvin Painter

Award-winning scholar and writer

Lance Freeman

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

Saskia Sassen

Researcher and Writer, Focus on Globalization

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

Anirban Basu

Economic & Policy Expert & CEO of Sage Policy Group in Maryland

Laurence Steinberg

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

Age Of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

Michael Roberts

Professor of Finance, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

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

Richard Butler

Richard Butler is widely recognized internationally as Australia's most influential diplomat in contemporary times.

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

Jose Scheinkman

Edwin W. Rickert Professor of Economics at Columbia University