Graduation Speakers

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

Science Communicator, TV Presenter, Mechanical Engineer & Climate Change Activist Known as "The Science Guy"

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Producer; Bestselling Author; Known for "The Office" & "The Mindy Project"

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the DNC; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Emmy-Nominated Actor, Pixar Voice Artist, Manufacturing Advocate

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Award-Winning Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, Producer & Social Justice Activist

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"; Author, "Straight Shooter"

Nobel Prize Winner & Renowned Economist; Professor at Columbia University

National Political Correspondent, White House Reporter, Political Analyst

President of Global Affairs & Co-Head Goldman Sachs Global Institute at Goldman Sachs; New York Times Bestselling Author

Host of "Democracy Now!", Award-Winning Journalist & Bestselling Author

Senior Fellow, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy; Co-founder of Facebook & Former Editor-in-Chief at The New Republic

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Co-Founder of Cost Plus Drugs; Former Shark on ABC's "Shark Tank"

Award-Winning Journalist; Founder of Katie Couric Media; Co-Founder of Stand Up to Cancer

Consumer Advocate, Lawyer & Author; Former Independent Presidential Candidate