Scott
Joanna Scott is a highly acclaimed award-winning novelist, short story writer, and the Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English at the University of Rochester. Her breakthrough novel, Arrogance, a beautiful literary portrait of the Austrian painter Egon Schiele, earned her a PEN-Faulkner nomination. Her novel, The Manikin, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize andhailed as “sensitive […]
Rhodes
Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is a bestselling and award-winning author and educator for children and adults. She has written many for young adults, including the New York Times bestsellers Black Brother, Black Brother and Ghost Boys, both of which have been recently optioned for film adaptation. Rhodes has also received tremendous attention for her book, Towers […]
Arnett
Dr. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, who coined the term “emerging adulthood,” is the world’s leading authority on this developmental stage that spans from age 18 to 29. His book, Getting to 30: A Parent’s Guide to the 20-Something Years answers the questions: Will our child ever leave home, find love, start a career, settle down, and act like […]
Chatzky
Jean Chatzky is the founder and CEO of HerMoney.com and FinanceFixx. She is the host of the podcast “HerMoney With Jean Chatzky.” The financial editor of NBC’s Today for 25 years and the Financial Ambassador for AARP, she appears frequently on CNN, MSNBC and was a recurring guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is […]
Becker
Jean Becker was chief of staff for George H.W. Bush from March 1, 1994 until his death on November 30, 2018. She supervised his office operations in both Houston, Texas and Kennebunkport, Maine, overseeing such events as the opening of the George Bush Presidential Library Center in 1997 and the commissioning of the USS George H.W. Bush […]
Joseph
In 1968, fifteen-year-old Bronx honor student Jamal Joseph joined the Black Panthers. By the age of 16, he was in prison with the legendary Panther 21. While incarcerated for his active participation in the Black Panther Party, Joseph earned two college degrees and wrote five plays and two volumes of poetry. In the 1990s, Joseph began teaching […]
Dunn
Harry Dunn joined the United States Capitol Police in 2008, and since 2011 has served with the rank of Private First Class. He has been on duty for presidential inaugurations, joint sessions of Congress, State of the Union addresses as well as hundreds of peaceful protests and demonstrations. As a Crisis Intervention Officer on the USCP […]
Girma
Haben Girma is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School and is a fierce advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change. She received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin […]
Jackson
Dr. James Jackson is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a neuropsychologist, and an influential expert on the effects of Long Covid on cognition functioning and mental health. He is the Director of Long-Term Outcomes at the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, one of the world’s leading research […]
Geronimus
Dr. Arline T. Geronimus is a renowned public health researcher, professor, and author of Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, called a “monumental” book by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to be an Antiracist. Fusing science and social justice, Geronimus explores the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized […]
