Nicholas Burns
U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)
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Mike Pompeo
70th Secretary of State (2018-2021), Former Director of the CIA (2017-2018)
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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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José Andrés
Chef, Restaurateur, Humanitarian
Over $70,000District of Columbia
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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George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center
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Platon
World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio
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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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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
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Paul Begala
Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN
Under $25,000Virginia
Tony Blair
Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)
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James Mattis
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018)
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Richard Haass
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners
Over $70,000New York
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
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Chris Christie
55th Governor of New Jersey
$40K - $70KNew Jersey
James Carville
Political Icon
$25K - $40KVirginia
Rebecca Patterson
Economic and Financial Markets Expert, Former Chief Investment Strategist for Bridgewater Associates
$25K - $40KNew York
Roger Ferguson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) (2008-2021); Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System (1999-2006)
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Eugene Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist and Chief Political Analyst, MS NOW and NBC News
Under $25,000Virginia
Liz Murray
Inspirational Speaker and Bestselling Author
Under $25,000New York
Robert Gates
Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author
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