Chair of Islamic Studies, American University; former Pakistani High Commissioner to the U.K. and Ireland

Two-time US Poet Laureate, dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by the New York Times

Three-time winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award and six-time Emmy Award–winning feature producer with ESPN for thirteen years

Filippenko is an Astrophysicist on a Nobel Prize winning team, as well as the 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize, 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics to all team members. He was voted the “best professor at UC Berkeley 9 years!”.

Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins, Whitney School of Engineering. Pioneer in wireless implantable devices for treatment of epilepsy, glaucoma, depression, PTSD

Military Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot, Engineer; veteran of four space flights including one year on the International Space Station; had just solo orbited earth 5,440 times over 340 days when he visited

Author of Wonder, NY Times bestseller list 6 years having sold over 12 million copies worldwide

Acclaimed Author and Physician, “Out of the Fields: My Journey from Farmworker Boy to Pediatrician” has for over 35 years taken care of children like himself as a child

Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Author, football player, motivational speaker

Deepa Thomas combines her passion for journalism with her love of cooking to create New Indian cuisine that can be found in her cookbook, Deepa’s Secrets. She is one of three nominees for the prestigious James Beard Award.

Dr. Williams is President of the Gladstone Institutes & Gladstone’s Robert W. & Linda L. Mahley Distinguished Professor. The Gladstone Institutes have been actively working with Dr. Jennifer Doudna & her team in CRISPR technology, a form of genome editing.