KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Executive Editor, Bloomberg News Author, "The Cost of Hope"

Medical Missionary and Christian Author

Senior Editor for The American Conservative

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; "Viper Rum," "The Devil's Tour," "Abacus," "The Liars' Club"

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Author, Award-winning Journalist

Author, Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School & Executive Director The Reckoning Project

Award-Winning International Journalist & Author of the Bestselling True Crime Book, "The Good Nurse"

Nancy Kruse, President of The Kruse Company in Atlanta GA, is the best known and most widely quoted menu analyst in the restaurant industry.

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Christian Comedian, Pastor & Author; Star of "The Book of John Gray"

Attorney & 11-Time Bestselling Author

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author