Mitch Landrieu
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (2004-2010); Mayor, City of New Orleans (2010–2018); Senior Advisor to the President & White House Infrastructure Coordinator (2021-2024)
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Nancy Koehn
Harvard Historian, Author, Leadership Coach
$25K - $40KMassachusetts
Tim Urban
Bestselling author; Creator of the wildly popular blog "Wait But Why"
$40K - $70KTexas
Ann Rhoades
Founding Executive Vice President of People, JetBlue Airways; President, People Ink and Bestselling Author
Under $25,000New Mexico
Bobby Jindal
Governor of Louisiana (2008-2016)
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Ali Wentworth
Actor, Comedian, and New York Times Bestselling Author
$40K - $70KNew York
Christine Todd Whitman
Forward Party co-chair; EPA Administrator (2001-2003) and Former New Jersey Governor (1994-2001)
Under $25,000New Jersey
David Gregory
Renowned Journalist; Former Moderator, NBC's Meet the Press; Political Analyst, CNN
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Steve Case
Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC; Co-Founder, America Online; Author
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Bill Bradley
Former U.S. Senator, Olympian, NBA Hall of Famer and Bestselling Author
$25K - $40KNew York
Chuck Hagel
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
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Ben Bernanke
Chair, The Federal Reserve System (2006-2014)
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José María Aznar
Prime Minister of Spain (1996-2004)
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Tom Ridge
First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Ridge Global
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Meredith Vieira
Emmy Award-Winning Host, Executive Producer and Co-anchor, Today, NBC (2006-2011)
Over $70,000New York
Bill Press
Host, The Bill Press Pod; Syndicated Columnist and Bestselling Author; Former Co-Host, CNN's Crossfire
Under $25,000District of Columbia
J.C. Watts
Visionary Conservative Leader
$25K - $40KVirginia
Cassidy Hutchinson
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Enough; Former Principal Aide to the White House Chief of Staff
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Jeff Immelt
Chairman and CEO, General Electric (2001–2017)
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Tony La Russa
Hall of Fame Manager; Three-Time World Series Champion; Second-Winningest Manager in MLB History
$40K - $70KCalifornia
William Cohen
Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group
$25K - $40KDistrict of Columbia
Michele Thornton Ghee
President, Players TV
Under $25,000New Jersey
James Baker
The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State
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Sarah Brown
Founder and Chair, Theirworld; Executive Chair, Global Business Coalition for Education; Global Champion, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood; Author
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