Rose Mapendo

Humanitarian / Activist / Congolese Genocide Survivor

David L. Smith

Economist, Futurist & Market Strategist with a Global Perspective

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

Former President of Democratic Socialist Republic Sri Lanka

Larraine Segil

Global Business Consultant

Strobe Talbott

Former Deputy Secretary of State

Jim Hightower

Political Commentator / Progressive Activist / Humorist

Ted Childs

Former IBM Executive; White House Delegate on Aging; Speaker on Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

Chris Hedges

Foreign Correspondent & Author

Azadeh Moaveni

Associate Professor, Writer, Journalist & Author

Woman. Life. Freedom. Iran's Feminist Movement

Phoebe Eng

Author & Vice Chair, Ms. Foundation For Women

Dr. Laura D'Andrea Tyson

First Female Chairman of White House Council of Economic Advisors

Bing West

Correspondent & Military Author

Hazel O'Leary

Former Secretary of Energy

Cynthia McKinney

Former Congresswoman

Suketu Mehta

Fiction Writer / Journalist

James Rubin

Special Envoy and Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center, Served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000

Josep Colomer

Political Scientist & Economist; Professor at Georgetown University

Book Talk: “Constitutional Polarization" by Josep Colomer

Dawn Schiller

Domestic Violence Prevention Activist, Author & Motivational Speaker

Richard Wolffe

Digital Executive, Best-Selling Author & Columnist at The Guardian

President's Speaker Series - YouTube

Ertharin Cousin

CEO & Founder of Food Systems for the Future; former Executive Director, World Food Programme

Ertharin Cousin | Undergraduate Commencement Speaker

Paul Rusesabagina

Real Life Hero of Hotel Rwanda

Leena El-Ali

Peace-Building Professional, Social Entrepreneur & Author of "No Truth Without Beauty: God, the Qur'an, and Women's Rights"

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

John Prendergast

Human Rights Advocate and Author of Unlikely Brothers

Corban Addison

Best-Selling Author, Attorney & Activist

Stephen Lewis

Celebrated Humanitarian and Former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa

Anthony Moffett

Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Emma Sky

British Expert on the Middle East, Former Political Advisor in Iraq, Current Director of Yale World Fellows

Jim Hagemann Snabe

Former Co-CEO of SAP AG; Board member of the World Economic Forum

Suzanne Kianpour

Foreign Affairs & Political Journalist; Host of BBC's "Out of the Shadows" and "Women Building Peace"