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President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA (2008-2021)
"In a crisis moment, showing some empathy gets people to follow you." – Roger Ferguson
Executive Vice President & Global Chief Communications Officer, McDonalds (2015-19)
A top advisor to President Obama for nearly a decade and the former Executive Vice President and Global Chief Communications Officer of McDonald's (2015-19), Robert Gibbs is a communication expert…
Former United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark
Served as United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark The subject of the award-winning documentary series “I Am the Ambassador” Finance director of the 2009 Democratic National Committee A…
NBC Counter-terrorism Analyst & Former Presidential Advisor
Roger Cressey applies his knowledge and expertise from both corporate and government backgrounds to explain how today’s cyber security requirements extend beyond traditional IT networks. Movement toward the Internet of…
Foreign Policy Analyst, Newsweek/The Daily Beast Contributor & Human Rights Advocate
With an uncanny balance of candor and compassion, Rula Jebreal delivers an engaging program covering both the history and current events shaping culture, economics, and politics in the Middle East…
Former Commissioner of the NYPD
In an eye-opening conversation, Commissioner Kelly recounts his experience leading one of the largest—and most widely respected—police departments in the world. Having taken the helm post 9/11, at the height…
Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Division
Richard “Rick” DesLauriers uses his two and a half decades of FBI work—including his on-the-ground experiences during the Boston Marathon Bombing, the hunt for notorious organized crime boss Whitey Bulger,…
Emmy Award-Winning Journalist
Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy-award winning journalist. She is ABC News’ Chief Business, Technology & Economics Correspondent; the host and creator of The Dropout, a top rated podcast which chronicles…
Author, Teacher, Mentor
Rev. Bernard leads one of the largest congregations in the United States, tens of thousands of followers strong, with another 300,000 radio listeners tuning in faithfully each week on Sirius/XM…
Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project and Bestselling Author, Everything Trump Touches Dies & Running Against the Devil
Rick Wilson is no left-winger. A co-founder of The Lincoln Project, he’s a lifelong conservative who delivers his withering critique of Trump from the right.
Former Energy Secretary, 2017-2019 and Former Governor of Texas, 2000-2015
During his tenure as the longest-serving Governor in Texas history, Rick Perry was steadfast in his belief that the soul of innovation lies within the hearts and minds of the…
Anchor of NBC News' "Early Today Show"
Richard Lui is a thought leader at the intersection of media, social impact, and storytelling. He is a content and digital-social specialist with 30 years of experience in network television,…
Emmy-Winning News Anchor
Rick Sanchez has been a journalist, correspondent and television news anchor for over 30 years, and spent nearly a decade in cable news–first at MSNBC and then at CNN. Rick…
Community Organizer, Journalist & Political Activist
Rosa Clemente, a native of the South Bronx, is one of the most raw, honest, political, social, and cultural voices in the country. From Harvard to prisons, Rosa has spent…
Former US Secretary of Transportation
Rodney E. Slater, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation has had a long and distinguished career of accomplishment in both the public and private sectors. He is nationally recognized for his…
Award-Winning Journalist with nearly 40 years of experience, Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)
Robert J. Rosenthal is executive director of The Center for Investigative Reporting. An award-winning journalist, Rosenthal has worked for some of the most respected newspapers in the country, including The…
African-American Lawyer, Author and Activist, Noted as the founder of TransAfrica
Randall Robinson, an internationally respected social justice advocate and author, is also a professor of law at Penn State University. In 1979, he established TransAfrica, the mandate of which is…
Political Advisor, Consultant, and Lobbyist who worked with the Reagan Administration as Assistant Secretary of Defense
Richard Perle's research areas are defense, intelligence, national security, Europe, the Middle East and Russia.Mr. Perle presently serves as consultant to the Department of Defense; Chairman and CEO of Hollinger…
Former Presidential Candidate & Consumer Advocate
For a self-described "public citizen," Ralph Nader has achieved a phenomenal level of national prominence. Honored by Time magazine as "One of the 100 Most Influential Americans of the 20th…
Special Correspondent at NPR. She was the co-host of National Public Radio's weekday morning news program, Morning Edition, from May 2004 to November 2016
Renee Montagne is a special correspondent at NPR. Montagne co-hosted NPR's Morning Edition—the most widely heard radio news program in the United States—from 2004-2016, broadcasting from NPR West in Culver…
Author & Harvard University Professor Who Specializes in Strategy, Innovation and Leadership for Change
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights have guided…
Investigative Journalist and Author of 3 New York Times Best Sellers, Former Wall Street Journal Editorial Writer, and President of the American Media Institute
Richard Miniter is an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, radio host, public speaker and world traveler. He is the author of two New York Times best selling books on terrorism,…
Politician, Writer, Certified Public Accountant, College professor, and Lawyer. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado (1975–1987)
Richard D. Lamm is Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver, and the former three-term Governor of Colorado. (1975-1987) He is both a lawyer…
Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner, American Historian and Biographer
Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Widely recognized internationally as Australia's most influential diplomat in contemporary times
A recognized expert in nuclear arms control and disarmament, Ambassador Richard Butler is Penn State's Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security. An Australian, Professor Butler has held numerous senior Australian…
National Correspondent, "CBS Sunday Morning"
Rita Braver is a senior correspondent for "CBS Sunday Morning" where she reports on everything from arts and culture to politics and foreign policy. Her assignments include a wide variety…
Producer for Reuters in Washington, D.C. She is likely best known for anchoring CNN Headline News Tonight, a prime-time national three-hour news cast in the United States
Rudi Bakhtiar is an Iranian-American journalist, producer for Reuters in Washington, D.C. Being born in the United States, Rudi moved back and forth between U.S. and Iran. Her family settled…