2020-21 through 2023-24

2023-24

  • Amy Schneider - History Making “Jeopardy!” Champion,  Author
  • Nicholas Thompson & Nita Farahany - AI and the Future of Everything: In Conversation with a Technologist and a Neuroethicist
  • Heather McGhee* - New York Times Bestselling Author of “The Sum of Us”
  • Amanda Gorman - History-Making Inaugural Poet, First-Ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States of America, Bestselling Author and Advocate 

2022-23

  • Ken Jeong - Actor, Comedian & Producer
  • Marie Yovanovitch - Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine & Best-selling Author of  "Lessons from the Edge"
  • Sherrilyn Ifill* - Former President & Direct-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund & Author of "On the Courthouse Lawn"
  • Selma Blair - Actress, Author of "Mean Baby" & Disability Rights Advocate

2021-22

  • Aly Raisman - Gold Medal-Winning Gymnast and Advocate for Positive Body Image
  • Nikole Hannah-Jones* - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of "The 1619 Project" and New York Times Magazine Staff Writer
  • Jeff Corwin - Host of "Wildlife Nation," Renowned Conservationist and Environmental Journalist

2020-21

The 2020-2021 series was presented virtually via Zoom

  • Leslie Odom Jr. - Tony Award-Winning Actor & Musician
  • Patrisse Collors* - Social Activist; Best-selling Author of “When They Call You A Terrorist” & Co-Creator of the Viral Twitter Hashtag and Movement, #BlackLivesMatter
  • Tabitha Brown - Actress & Vegan Foodie / @iamtabithabrown

* Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Speaker