2026-27 Speakers

> Andrew Ross Sorkin > Liz Cheney > Moogega Cooper > Ella Al-Shamahi
  • Andrew Ross Sorkin
    7/9/26
    Oct. 2, 2026

    Award-winning & Bestselling Author

    Journalist

    "Inside the Story of 1929 – Writing Through the Wreckage of the American Dream"
  • Liz Cheney
    7/9/26
    Nov. 10 2026

    Former U.S. Representative (2017-2023)

    "Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Liz Cheney"
  • Moogega Cooper
    7/9/26
    Feb. 11, 2027

    Award-winning Engineer of the Famed Mars Rover “Perseverance” Mission

    Real-life “Guardian of the Galaxy”

    "Limitless: From the Earth to the Stars"
  • Ella Al-Shamahi
    7/9/26
    Mar. 9, 2027

    Paleoanthropologist

    Evolutionary Biologist

    Host of the PBS Series “HUMAN”

    "Becoming Human"
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