Iranian Heritage Speakers

Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Exiled Iranian Activist & Judge; Involved in Woman, Life, Freedom Movement; Human Rights Advocate

Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Expert on Iran & U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East; Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University

Award-Winning Author of "From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl In Revolutionary Iran"; Op-Ed Columnist; Farsi/English Translator for the National Immigrant Justice Center

Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University; Author of "Iran's Grand Strategy"

Iranian Visual Artist; Focuses on the Social, Cultural & Religious Codes of Muslim Societies on Women

Internationally Acclaimed Iranian Author & Novelist; Author of "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"; Contributor to Slice Magazine

Personal Finance Expert & Journalist; Host of "So Money" Podcast; Author of "A Healthy State of Panic"; Contributor to The New York Times

Iranian-American Stand-up Comedian & Writer

Comedian & Founding Member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Group

Clinical Psychologist & Author of "The Rose Hotel: A Memoir of Secrets, Loss, and Love from Iran to America"

Former Mayor of Beverly Hills; First Iranian-American to Hold Public Office in Beverly Hills

Human Rights Lawyer, Iran

Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League

Iranian Film Director & Screenwriter Known for "A Hero"