HealthChris BorlandFormer San Francisco 49ers Linebacker,Madison, WisconsonJoel Gallant Medical Director of Specialty Services, Southwest CARE Center, Santa FeKaruna Jagger Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action, San FranciscoWilliam RyersonPresident, Population Media Center, SouthBurlington, VermontLloyd SedererChief Medical Officer, New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), New York City

20172017SPEAKERS &

PERFORMERS

International AffairsGabrielle ApplebyAssociate Professor, University of New SouthWales Faculty of Law, Sydney, AustraliaLaurence BrahmFounder, Himalayan Consensus Institute, China and NepalNeil DiamantProfessor of Asian Law & Society, DickinsonCollege, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMark Fallon International Security Consultant, GeorgiaDeliana Garcia Director of Migrant Clinicians Network, Austin, TXMaurizio GeriStrategic Analyst, NATO, Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia Larry Greenwood President, Japan Society of Northern California, Walnut Creek, California

MediaWilliam Marmon Managing Editor, European Institute, Washington, D.C.Joe SextonSenior Editor, ProPublica, New York CityEllen SweetsWriter, Author, & Former Reporter, San FranciscoTy TashiroAuthor & Social Scientist, New York CityMary Reynolds Thompson Author and Facilitator of Poetry & Journal Therapy, Marin County, California

ScienceEllen Jorgensen Co-Founder and Executive Director, Genspace, Brooklyn, New York Kathryn MedlerAssociate Professor, Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY

Vicki J. HuddlestonAmbassador (ret.) to Mali & to Madagascar, US Department of State, Santa Fe, NMPeter Rupert Lighte Sinologist, Princeton, New JerseyShadia MarhabanAcehnese Journalist, Activist, & Peace Mediator, Aech, IndonesiaTed OsiusAmbassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, U.S. Department of State, Vietnam Steven VertovecDirector, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Goettingen, Germany Sofia Villarreal-Castaneda Founder & Editor of #EmergingUS and Founder of Define America, Los Angeles Frank Strasburger Former Episcopalian Chaplain, Princeton University, & Facilitator, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maryland

Jerry MichalskiFounder, REX, Portland, ORSidney Perkowitz Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus, Emory University, AtlantaRoger WaltonVice President of Global Alliances & EnterpriseAccounts, WhereScape, London, U.K.

Florence WilliamsNon-Fiction, Contributing Editor, Outside Magazine, & Freelance Journalist, Washington, D.C.G. Willow WilsonNovelist & Comic Book Author, Seattle, WALizz WinsteadCo-Creator & Former Head Writer, The Daily Show, Co-Founder, Air America Radio, NYC

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20172017ArtsAmar BakshiFounder and Creative Director, Shared_Studios, Washington, D.C.Sam Cook Performance Poet, Founder and ExecutiveDirector, Button Poetry, MinneapolisAmy Fox Screenwriter, Playwright, and Professor, NYUTisch School of the Arts, New York City Lena Gutschank Aerialist, Dancer, Contortionist, Actress,Entrepreneur, Montreal, CanadaHeather Hansen Performance and Visual Artist, New Orleans

BusinessPablo BetterPresident & CEO, Stealth Telecom del Ecuador S.A.Liz BlakeAdvocate & Former Senior Vice President,Habitat for Humanity International, Atlanta, GAMaggie ChenProfessor of Economics & International Affairs,George Washington University, Washington, D.C.Mike CordanoPresident and Chief Operating Officer, Western Digital Corporation, San FranciscoMartha Clark Goss Independent Director, American Water Works,Voorhees, New JerseyMark GyetvayCFO & Deputy Chairman, OAO Novatek, RussiaJoe Hagan President and CEO, National Equity Fund, Chicago

PoliticsJames Bell Civil Rights Attorney, Founder, Director, & Board President of Burns Institute, Oakland, California Guy BensonPolitical Editor, Townhall.com; Contributor, Fox News, Washington D.C.Janet Breslin-Smith President, Crosswinds Strategic Consulting, Washington, D.C.Joe Cirincione President, Ploughshares Fund, Washington, D.C. A. Edward ElmendorfPast President, United Nations Association ofthe National Capital Area, Washington, D.C.Michael G. Franc Director, Washington, D.C. Programs & ResearchFellow, Hoover Institution, Washington, D.C. Arthur Grim Senior Judge, Berks County, Reading, PASteven Hayward Senior Resident Scholar, UC Berkley, California

ClimateKerry EmanuelProfessor of Atmospheric Science, MIT, Cambridge, MassachusettsJohn HustonPolar Explorer, ChicagoPeter FrumhoffDirector of Science & Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA

Pooh Kaye Artistic Director, Eccentric Motions, Inc., NYJosh Larsen Co-Host, WBEZ Filmspotting and Editor, Think Christian, ChicagoKeith MaitlandDocumentary Filmmaker, New York CityAnita SarkeesianCreator & Executive Director, Feminist Frequency, San Francisco, CAJames Tanabe Senior Director, Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, CanadaKenji Williams BELLA GAIA Founder, Creative Director,Composer, and Violinist, New York City

Andrew HebenUrban Planner, Writer, & Tiny House Builder, Eugene, OregonPia Orrenius Vice President and Senior Economist, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, TXEliot PeperNovelist & Strategist, Oakland, CAReza Ramazani Professor of Economics, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VermontApril RinneAdviser, Sharing Economy, Portland, Oregon Eugene Sepulveda CEO of Entrepreneurs Foundation and Director of Capital Factory, Austin, TexasMarshall SteinbaumSenior Economist & Fellow, Roosevelt Institute,New York City

Chris Lehnertz Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, ArizonaEric Lindstrom Climate Focus Area Lead, NASA HQ,Washington, D.C.Karl Rabago Executive Director, Pace Energy & Climate Center, White Plains, NY

Heather Hurlburt Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America, Washington, D.C. Aruna Kalyanam Democratic Tax Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Robert G. Kaufman Dickson Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CaliforniaStephen MooreContributor, CNN & Former Economic Advisor, President Trump’s 2016 Campaign, Washington, D.C. John NicholsPolitical Correspondent, The Nation, WIEllie SchaferFormer Special Assistant to Barack Obama & Director of the White House Visitor Office, Washington, D.C.James Viator Professor of Law, Loyola University, New Orleans Timothy WirthPresident, United Nations Foundation, Washington, D.C.

FoodMichiel BakkerDirector, Google Food, Mountain View, CARick & Deann BaylessPBS Chef (Mexico; One Plate at a Time)& Founder of Chefs Collaborative, ChicagoPiper DavisPartner, Grand Central Bakery, Seattle, WADebra EschmeyerFormer Executive Director, First Lady’s Let’s Move Initiative, Washington, D.C.Lara GilmoreCo-Founder, Food for Soul, Milan, ItalyFred HabermanCo-Founder, Urban Organics, MinneapolisRichard McCarthyExecutive Director, Slow Food USA, Brooklyn

MusicKinan AzmehClarinetist & Composer, New York City Rony BarrakMusician, Beirut, LebanonClaire DalyBariton Saxophonist, New York CityHelen De La RosaDrummer, Dominican RepublicAllison Del FiumMusician, Music Journalist, Student,University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Adrean FarrugiaPianist, Composer, & Educator, Ontario, CanadaJulie LandsmanMusician, Former Principal Horn,Metropolitan Orchestra, NYCShodekehBeatboxer, Hip Hop Artist, Baltimore, MDErnie WattsJazz Musician & Composer, Los Angeles, CADavid WilcoxMusician, Asheville, North Carolina

SpaceDavid GrinspoonSenior Scientist, Planetary ScienceInstitute, Washington, D.C.Dava NewmanFormer Deputy Administrator of NASA& Astronautics Professor MITSeth ShostakSenior Astronomer, SETI Institute, CaliforniaMichelle ThallerDeputy Director of Science for Communications, NASA, Washington, D.C.Gerrit VerschuurAstronomer Emeritus, Arecibe Observatory, Puerto RicoLoretta Whitesides-HidalgoFuture Astronaut, Virgin Galactic, Co-Creator, Yuri’s Night, Lancaster, CA