Adam Grant
Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School of Business; Bestselling Author; Host: Re:Thinking, a TED Original Podcast
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George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center
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William McRaven
Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Bestselling Author
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Jeremy Utley
Award Winning Teacher; Podcaster; and Author
$40K - $70KCalifornia
Ethan Mollick
Innovation Expert and Artificial Intelligence Thought Leader; Professor of Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School
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José Andrés
Chef, Restaurateur, Humanitarian
Over $70,000District of Columbia
Daniel Pink
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Power of Regret, When, To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind
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David Axelrod
Chief Political Analyst, CNN, and former Host, The Axe Files; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; Distinguished Fellow, University of Chicago; Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama (2009-2011)
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
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Mike Krzyzewski
Head Men's Basketball Coach, Duke University (1980 – 2022)
Over $70,000North Carolina
Platon
World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio
Contact WSB for FeesNew York
James Stavridis
16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Partner and Vice Chairman, Carlyle; Chair of the Board of Trustees, The Rockefeller Foundation; New York Times Bestselling Author; Senior Military Analyst, CNN
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Condoleezza Rice
66th Secretary of State
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Kevin Carroll
Bestselling Author, Expert on Creativity and Innovation, Agent for Social Change
Contact WSB for FeesOregon
Walter Isaacson
Bestselling Author; Acclaimed Historian and Journalist; Professor of History, Tulane University
Over $70,000Louisiana
David Petraeus
General, US Army (Ret.); Partner, KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute; Former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan; Former Director of the CIA
Contact WSB for FeesVirginia
Paul Begala
Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN
Under $25,000Virginia
Kyle Carpenter
Author and Medal of Honor Recipient
Under $25,000North Carolina
Jennifer Golbeck
AI & Digital Behavior Expert; Professor, University of Maryland
$25K - $40KFlorida
Vivek Murthy
19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States
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Tony Blair
Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)
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James Mattis
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018)
Contact WSB for FeesWashington
Terry Bradshaw
Co-host and Analyst, FOX NFL Sunday and NFL Legend
$40K - $70KTexas
Mallory Weggemann
Seven-time Paralympic medalist; world record holder; Emmy Award-winning host; correspondent for NBC Sports and Co-CEO of TFA Group
Under $25,000Minnesota
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