• Bestselling author of White Rage & One Person, No Vote

• Human and civil rights advocate

• Expert on African American history & 20th century politics

• The founder of Shared_Studios and Portals

• Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the MIT Center for Constructive Communication

• Author of the acclaimed book The Talk

• Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications

• Author of the book A Hudson Valley Reckoning (Oct 2024)

• Journalist who's written for the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and many other publications.

• Professor of criminal justice and author of The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

•  Author of The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community

• Award-winning author of several novels and the essay collection, The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion

• Senior Managing Director at Teneo

• Former Director of external affairs for Google and former Editor at Fortune

• Author of The End of Suburbs & The Airbnb Story

• Pulitzer Finalist, Peabody & duPont Award-winning journalist

• Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study for the Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University

• Author of several books, including Homewreckers

• Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution & contributing writer at The Atlantic

• Author of Islamic Exceptionalism & creator of the podcast / website, "Wisdom of Crowds"

• Award-winning journalist

• Author of Distracted and Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure

• NY Times Bestselling author of several books including, The Age of American Unreason

• Author of Fragile Neighborhoods (2023)

• Professorial Lecturer in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University

• Author of the NY Times Bestseller A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

• Advocate for mental health 

• Humanitarian futures and strategic foresight expert

• Acclaimed historian of India & author of Empress

• Journalist who specializes in outsiders and underdogs 

• Bestselling author of the books Factory Man, Truevine, and Dopesick

• Policing & Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

• Author of Criminal (In)Justice

• Founder of the Moving Up Media Lab & Host of the PBS podcast, Attribution

• Author of the best-seller, Three Little Engines

• Expert on social mobility and the American Dream

• From homelessness to H.S. valedictorian to full ride at Georgetown

• Founder and CEO of Pain Into PURPOSE, a Black Woman Owned Business that helps to motivate others

• Journalist & author of The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America

• Peabody award-winning journalist

• Radio/podcast senior producer & interviewer for the national public radio show "To the Best of Our Knowledge"

• Author of Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania

• Author of There Goes the Neighborhood and Crossing Borders.

• President & CEO of the National Immigration Forum

• Human Rights Activist, Community Organizer, and Author

• Forensic psychologist, professor of criminology and author of The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

• Renowned journalist 

• Bestselling author on global issues, taxes and healthcare 

• Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter

• Author of ten books, including Katrina: After the Flood and Saving Main Street

• Musician with a message: Dream in 3D

• Worldwide leading expert on veganism and coveted speaker on body positivity and social justice issues

• Author of the memoir Always Too Much and Never Enough and The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan

• Author of Looking Up: How a Different Perspective Turns Obstacles into Advantages 

• Former Senior National Correspondent for NPR News giving a veteran's take on today's news