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National Security Analyst, CBS News; Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2004-2008)

43rd President of the United States and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center

World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio

66th Secretary of State

Motivational Speaker, Fighter Pilot, Patriotic Philanthropist, PGA Professional, Golf Course Developer, and Author, A Patriot's Calling: Living Life Between Fear and Faith and Fly Into the Wind, How to Harness Faith and Fearlessness On Your Ascent to Greatness.

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); Best-selling Author

Founder, Crooked Media, Host of Pod Save America; Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama (2009-2013)

CEO/Editor, The Dispatch; FOX News Contributor and Author

Inspirational Speaker and Best-Selling Author

Host, Tucker Carlson Tonight and Founder, The Daily Caller

Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

Chef, Restaurateur, Humanitarian

Political Analyst, PBS NewsHour and Syndicated Columnist

Secretary of State (1997-2001)

U.S. Ambassador to the UN (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)

Celebrated Conservative Voice and Former Presidential Advisor

Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and former CEO (2005-2020), The Walt Disney Company

Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist, The Washington Post and Political Analyst, MSNBC

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2017-2018)

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016-2019)

Best-Selling Author; Acclaimed Historian and Journalist; Professor of History, Tulane University

Chair, The Federal Reserve System (2006-2014)

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author

Editor in Chief and Co-Founder, Recount Media; Creator and Host, The Circus on Showtime; National Affairs Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC; Co-Author, New York Times Best Sellers Game Change and Double Down

Legendary Anchor, ABC News' Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance; Governor of the Bank of England (2013-2020); Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008-2013)

America’s Foremost Political Columnist

Senior Political Commentator, CNN, and Host, The Axe Files; Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama (2009-2011)

Political Icon

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017)

#1 International and New York Times bestselling Author and Neuroscientist

Founder, Katie Couric Media

Legendary Former Hotelier Renowned for Creating a Culture of Service

Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2015-2019)

Obama Campaign Manager and White House Senior Advisor, Author, Non-Profit and Tech Executive

Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)

Senior Political Analyst, CNN

Best-Selling Author; Co-Host, NBC's TODAY

Harvard Historian, Author, Leadership Coach

Olympic Athlete; Bestselling Author; Award-winning Filmmaker

Renowned Journalist; Former Moderator, NBC's Meet the Press; Political Analyst, CNN

Astronaut, Epidemiologist and Hero

White House Chief of Staff (2001-2006)

Radio Talk Show Host, The Hugh Hewitt Show; Political Analyst and Contributor, NBC News and MSNBC; President, CEO and General Counsel of the Richard Nixon Foundation; Lawyer; Professor; Author

President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA (2008-2021)

First Lady of the United States (2001-2009)

CEO of Taco Bell

Founder and Director of Defending Democracy Together; Political Analyst and Network Television Commentator

Acclaimed International Journalist, Global Affairs Anchor for ABC News and Host of Amanpour on CNN International

Anchor, Good Morning America, This Week and Chief Political Correspondent, ABC News

Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Vice -Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (2009-2018)

CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior National Security and Intelligence Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC

Gen. Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.), President, BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC

Former Prime Minister of Canada

President, Council on Foreign Relations

Former Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development, Miami Heat; 2012 & 2013 NBA Champion, Miami Heat

The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007-2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)

Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

U.S. Senator (2007-2018)

CIA Director (1997-2004)

Actor, Comedian and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Vice Chair for Public Policy and Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman, Bloomberg LP

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States (2009-2015), Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Governor of Florida (1999-2007)

Former Chairman and CEO, IBM

Governor of Maryland (2007-2015); Mayor, City of Baltimore (1999-2007)

Co-founder, the Campaign to Fix the Debt; Former Co-chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010) and Respected Republican Leader

Former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Anchor and Reporter ABC News and Best Selling Co-Author

White House Chief of Staff (2017), Republican National Committee Chairman (2011-2017)

Author, The Room Where It Happened; National Security Advisor (2018-2019); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006)

Legendary ABC News' White House Correspondent (1973-2014)

Legendary Newsman, NBC News and Best-Selling Author

Director, CIA (2011-2012); Commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces-Afghanistan (2010-2011); Partner, KKR

Visionary Conservative Leader

Wellness Enthusiast and Bestselling Author

Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity; Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (2010-2014) and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (2005-2014)

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy

Prime Minister of Spain (1996-2004)

President and CEO, The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2005-2015)

EPA Administrator (2001-2003) and Former New Jersey Governor

U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009-2013), Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist and Professor, Stanford University

Governor of Louisiana (2008-2016)

Former U.S. Senator, Olympian, NBA Hall of Famer and Best-Selling Author

U.S. Senator (2011–2017); Attorney General of New Hampshire (2004–2009)

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2014–2017); Director, Office of Management and Budget (2013–2014)

U.S. Senator (1981-2011) and Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter

World-renowned Magician and Endurance Artist

Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2015–2017); Deputy Secretary of Defense (2011–2013)

Secretary of the Treasury (2003-2006)

Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)

White House Press Secretary (2011-2014)

Women's Leadership Expert; Longtime Television News Reporter; and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Counselor to Presidents

Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)

Co-founder, the Campaign to Fix the Debt; Former Co-chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010); President Emeritus, University of North Carolina; Former White House Chief of Staff and Former Administrator, Small Business Administration

Anchor and Washington Bureau Chief, CNN (1984-2009) and Director, The George Washington University's School of Media & Public Affairs

Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bestselling Author; Executive Advisor 

President, European Commission (2004-2014) and Prime Minister, Portugal (2002-2004)

U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst

Senior Political Contributor, CNN; Syndicated Political Talk Show Host, Columnist and Best-Selling Author

Secretary of Energy (2013–2017)

Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019), Ambassador, and Politician

20th President of the University of California (2013-2020); Secretary of Homeland Security (2009-2013); Governor of Arizona (2003-2009)

General Atlantic Professor and Coulter Family Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bestselling Author

Founder and President, Theirworld Projects, Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, Author

Chairman, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (2011-2015), Host, Something to Think About with Mike Rogers, Westwood One and CNN National Security Commentator

President of Purdue University; Governor of Indiana (2005-2013) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2001-2003)

Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (2010-2015); Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2009-2010); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2001-2009)

Anchor of Fox News @ Night, Chief Legal Correspondent for Fox News Channel and Labor & Employment Attorney

Host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM, Host of CNN's Smerconish and Contributor, Newspaper Columnist and Best-Selling Author

Senior Correspondent, Making America Work; Former Radio Host, Bill Bennett’s Morning In America and Former Secretary of Education

Award-Winning Actress; Founder, Geena Davis Institute

Former White House Press Secretary; President Ari Fleischer Communications; and FOX News Contributor

Presidential Historian, NBC News and PBS NewsHour, New York Times Columnist and #1 Best-Selling Author

NBC and MSNBC Legal and Law Enforcement Analyst; Senior FBI Official; United States Attorney; Head of the DEA; Host of the popular podcast, The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

Commander, NORAD and and Commander, US Northern Command (May 2016-May 2018), Commander, Pacific Air Forces (Oct 2014-May 2016)

Innovative Business Thought Leader and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Political Analyst, FOX News; National Political Correspondent, NPR

Former Acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019)

Chief Health and Medical Correspondent for ABC News, Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know

Educator and Founder, Freedom Writers Foundation

Emergency Medicine Physician; Director and Producer of Code Black and PANDEMIC

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff; Senior Advisor, The Vistria Group

Historian and Award-Winning FilmMaker

Award-Winning Author; Founder, One Million Orphans

Celebrated Blogger and Thinking Person’s Cartoonist

Founder & CEO, Brud

NBC News and MSNBC National Security Analyst and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011)

Governor of New Mexico (2011-2018)

Fox NFL Reporter and Media Consultant

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Operation HOPE

Magician, Veteran New York Times Crossword Puzzle Constructor

CNN Anchor and Homeland Security Correspondent (1992-2011)

Prime Minister of Australia (1996-2007)

Award-Winning Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion Strategist

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Co-founder, Black Entertainment Television and President, WNBA's Washington Mystics

World's Greatest Illusionist

Veteran Democratic Political Strategist; Fox News Contributor; Adjunct Professor; Author; and Syndicated Columnist

The Whitney M. Young Jr. Professor of Marketing, Co-Founder of Persona Partners

Comedian, Television Host, Author

Best selling author, Raising Our Hands; National Organizer of the 2017 Women’s March; Co-Founder, ORGANIZE; Creator & Executive Producer, MTV’s “Exiled!"; Education & Media Specialist, United Nations

Solo Atlantic Rower, Professional Adventurer & Entrepreneur

Cofounder & CEO of Kano, Director at DriveTribe

Emmy Winning TV Host & New York Times Bestselling Author

Author of Five #1 International Best Sellers Including The Happiness Equation

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2011); 28th Chief of Naval Operations (2005-2007)

Israeli Television Presenter and Journalist

Hall of Fame Quarterback for Green Bay Packers

Award-winning Journalist and Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent

President and Chief Economist of Prestige Economics; Chairman, The Futurist Institute

Psychologist, Best-Selling Author of THE CONFIDENCE GAME, and MASTERMIND: HOW TO THINK LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES, Contributing Writer for the New Yorker

Award-Winning Journalist, Best-Selling Author and Health and Wellness Advocate

12th Administrator of NASA (2009 – 2017)

Learning Innovator and Tech Futurist

Female Founder & Community Building Expert, Young Tech Leader

Epidemiologist; Pathogens Preparedness Expert; Featured in Netflix Docuseries 'PANDEMIC: How to Prevent an Outbreak'

Former VP of Travelocity; Change Champion at GE and American Airlines

THE FORENSIC MINDREADER

Anchor and Journalist, MSNBC / NBC News

Co-Host, NBC's Today and MSNBC's Morning Joe

Founder, Music World Entertainment Corporation, Author, Male Chest Cancer Survivor (Breast Cancer)

E! Entertainment Reporter, Best-Selling Author, Breast Cancer Survivor, Fashion Designer, and Restaurateur

Makeup Artist, Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Beauty Evolution

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (2009-2012), Co-Founder and CEO Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Co-Founder and Managing Director of WestExec Advisors

Stand-up Comedian and Outspoken Social Commentator

CEO, Global Moonshots in Education; Author; Corporate Culture Expert

Former Navy Seal, Author

America’s 1st Female Combat Fighter Pilot; U.S. Senator and Representative (2015-2020); Author

Anchor, Inside Edition

Governor of New Mexico (2003-2010), Former U.S. Energy Secretary, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Deputy Director of the CIA (2000-2004), and Acting Director of the CIA (2004)

Consultant; Strategist; Communicator; Campaigner; Best-Selling Author; and Former Director of Strategy and Communications to Tony Blair

Comedy Magician; Las Vegas Headliner

CNBC Anchor at Large

Owner & Executive Pastry Chef, Buttercream Bakeshop

Generational Innovation Expert, Emmy and Gracie Award Winning Journalist, Author of Several Highly Acclaimed Multi-Generational Books

Pentagon Chief of Staff (2015-2017); Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security and Homeland Defense (2013-2015)

World’s Foremost Mentalist Duo

Magician, Comedian, Pick-Pocket

Award-winning Comedian and Juggler

Former Editor in Chief, TIME Magazine

CNN Political Commentator, Daily Beast Columnist, Community Organizer and Activist

Acclaimed International Business Investigative Journalist

Award-Winning Illusionist

Bestselling Author (Secrets of Happy Families, Council of Dads, Life Is in the Transitions), TV host, TED Speaker

National Geographic Explorer in Residence; Ecologist; Filmmaker; Author

Emmy-Award Winning TV Personality, Style Expert, Fashion Designer, and NYT Bestselling Author

Co-Founder & Chief Creative Optimist of Life is Good

Nobel Prize Laureate, Author, Columbia University Graduate School of Business Professor and Former World Bank Chief Economist

Education Leader, Author, Founder, The Global Future Education and Foundation Institute

Democratic Strategist and Communications Expert

Royal Photographer, Getty Images