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Actor, Musician, Producer and Founder
Will Smith is an actor, producer, and musician, two-time Academy Award nominee, Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award winner who has enjoyed a diverse career encompassing films, television, and multi-platinum records. Launching…
Pulitzer Nominee, Award-Winning Author & Reporter
Best known as the author of the New York Times bestseller The Butler: A Witness to History, Wil Haygood is a distinguished writer whose career has spanned decades. He was…
Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
Walter Robb’s passion for organic, all-natural produce began over 40 years ago, gaining experience as a retailer, farmer and consultant throughout his career. Today as Co-CEO of the Fortune 500…
Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Actress & Author
Wanda Sykes has been called "one of the funniest stand-up comics" by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand-up has sent her…
Educator, Author, Entrepreneur, Environmental Issues and Eyewitness to the Effects of Climate Change
Will Steger is a polar explorer who has accomplished some of the most significant polar expeditions in history. Steger led the first confirmed dogsled journey to the North Pole without…
CEO and Co-founder of Teach For America and Teach For All, a global network of independent nonprofit organizations working to expand educational opportunity in their own countries
Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations that are cultivating their nations’ promising future leaders to ensure their most marginalized children…
Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
William Kennard, is the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. He currently is chairman and co-founder of Velocitas Partners…
Award-Winning Actress, Comedian and Co-host of ABC's "The View"
Whoopi Goldberg became one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy (Whoopi Goldberg, 1985), the Academy Award (Ghost, 1991), the Golden Globe (The Color Purple,…
Emmy Award-Winning and GRAMMY-Nominated Actor and Comedian
Wayne Brady, actor, singer, dancer, improviser, songwriter and television personality is known for his work as a regular on the improvisational comedy television series, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” He has…