Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

David Javerbaum

Award-Winning Comedy Writer & Producer; Known as God's "Secretary" for his Twitter Account @TheTweetOfGod

Alpana Singh

Restaurateur, Master Sommelier, TV Host & Author

Myla Goldberg

Acclaimed Author, Best Known for "Bee Season"

Terence Winter

Emmy Award-Winning Writer, "Boardwalk Empire," "The Sopranos"

Corby Kummer

Executive Director of Food and Society Program & Editor in Chief of Ideas: The Magazine of the Aspen Institute

Rich Lowry

Editor in Chief of the National Review

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Sociologist, Educator & Author

Rami George Khouri

Executive Editor of Lebanese Newspaper, The Daily Star

Bruce Sterling

Futurist; Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Author; Journalist; Editor; Critic

Patricia J. Williams

Columnist & Law Professor

Suzan Shown Harjo

Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee Activist, Poet, Writer, Lecturer & Curator

Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo

Anastasia Goodstein

Award-Winning Blogger & Tween Marketing Expert

Taylor Mali

Acclaimed Performance Poet, Education Advocate, Author of "What Teachers Make"

Andrew Mwenda

Ugandan Journalist; Founder and Owner of The Independent, Uganda's Premier Current Affairs News Magazine

Robert Townsend

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Former CEO of the Black Family Channel

Clarence Page

Journalist, Syndicated Columnist, & Member of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

James Traub

Global Affairs & Politics Writer

Dr. Deborah Tannen

Relationship & Communication Expert

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Kinky Friedman

Political Satirist & Musician

Judith Viorst

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Evan Handler

Actor, Author, Screenwriter & Journalist; Best Known for “Sex and the City,” and "Californication"

Charles J. Ogletree

Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

Jack Levin

Author, Sociologist & Researcher on Murder, Prejudice and Hate, Sociology of Aging, and Sociology of Conflict at Northeastern University in Boston

Azadeh Moaveni

Associate Professor, Writer, Journalist & Author

Woman. Life. Freedom. Iran's Feminist Movement

Tony Brown

Tony Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Urban America Television Network (UATV) which has about 30 million viewers.

Betty Rollin

News Correspondent and Best-Selling Author

Michael Chorost

Leading Expert on Human/Machine Integration