From homeless to Harvard...it is an unlikely turn of events. Liz Murray’s life is a triumph over adversity and a stunning example of the importance of dreaming big. Murray was raised in the Bronx by two loving but drug-addicted parents. She grew up in poverty, often without enough food, chronically absent from school and most of all, struggling to connect her education to a viable future.

Janet Napolitano is a Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Center for Security in Politics at UC Berkeley. A distinguished public servant, she previously served as President of the University of California, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Governor of Arizona, Arizona Attorney General, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.

A Silicon Valley icon, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist for more than forty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products, the Apple I and II. He also influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer.

Van Jones is a CNN host, political commentator, Emmy Award-winning producer, and author of three New York Times best-selling books: The Green Collar Economy (2008), Rebuild the Dream (2012) and Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How we Come Together (2017).

Evan Thomas was a writer and editor for over 30 years at Time and Newsweek magazines, including 10 years as Newsweek’s Washington Bureau Chief. He is the author of eleven books:  The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson), The Man to See, The Very Best Men, Robert Kennedy, John Paul Jones, Sea of Thunder, The War Lovers, Ike’s Bluff, Being Nixon, First: Sandra Day O’Connor, and Road to Surrender.  John Paul Jones, Sea of Thunder, Being Nixon and First were all New York Times bestsellers. His latest book, Road to Surrender, is an account of the dramatic final days of World War II, when Japan was reeling but would not accept defeat.