Carol Christ

11th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley

Olivia Morgan

President at Stand Up Strategies & National Student Poets Program

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Anna Wintour

Global Editorial Director of Vogue & Chief Content Officer at Conde Nast

Kathie Tovo

Council member for the Austin City Council.

Gloria Naylor

Best-selling Author

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Pamela Slaughter

Founder of "People of Color Outdoors" & "People of Color Outdoors Guardians"

Gloria Steinem

Feminist Writer, Activist & Organizer; Co-Founder of New York Magazine & Ms. Magazine

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Drew Gilpin Faust

President of Harvard University

Freida Lee Mock

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Director, Screenwriter & Producer; Co-Founder of the American Film Foundation

Jill Tiefenthaler

CEO of the National Geographic Society

National Geographic CEO speaks on scientific storytelling: 'Science alone is not enough'

Amal Kassir

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet

Beth Linker

Historian of Medicine & Disability; Author of "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America"

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Alice Waters

Executive Chef, Founder & Owner of Chez Panisse; Sustainable Agriculture Advocate

Jane Sherron De Hart

Political Historian & Author of "Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life"

Scott and Johanna Hongell-Darsee

Performances of Medieval and Traditional ballads in novel arrangements, with stories of romance and drama, adventure and mystery