KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

White House Correspondent & Award-Winning Author of "Under This Roof: A History of the White House and Presidency"

Professor in American Politics, Author & Podcaster

American Author & Former Government Official of 29 Years; Worked Directly for Three U.S. Presidents

Academic Economist & Author; Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences & Professor of Economics at Brown University

Humanitarian, Children's Rights Advocate, Journalist & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian; Author of "American Lion," "And There Was Light," & "The Soul of America"

Writer, Historian & Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Civil Rights Leader & Broadcast Executive; Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Political Scientist & Economist; Professor at Georgetown University

Award-winning Author, Historian & Geopolitical Analyst; The Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Economist, Professor & Co-Director of the Center for Risk and Uncertainty Management at the University of South Carolina

Chief Economist for the Associated General Contractors of America

Professor of Innovation and Public Policy at UC San Diego; Director of the Deep Decarbonization Initiative; Professor in Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

TV Personality, Entrepreneur, Actress, Author & Speaker on Domestic Violence

Actor & Producer Known for "Grey's Anatomy"; Racing Driver & Co-Founder of Dempsey Racing; Founder, The Dempsey Center

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Hair & Beauty Expert, Author, Television Personality; Known for Netflix's Emmy Award-Winning "Queer Eye"; Host of the "Getting Better" Podcast

Legendary Olympic Swimmer; Third Athlete to Win Nine Olympic Gold Medals

Olympic Gold Medalist; Co-Founder of Beard Swim Company; Bestselling Author of "In the Water They Can't See You Cry"