Past Events

Ron Lieber

"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times

Lauren Rivera, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Angie Thomas

Award-winning author

Marcus Campbell, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL

Dion Graham

Actor and narrator

Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Award-winning bestselling author of numerous books for children and young adults

Jerry Pinkney

Award-winning children's book illustrator

Christie Tate

Writer, essayist, and New York Times bestselling author

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Melissa Korn

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Jennifer Levitz

National reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Ashby Jones

Deputy chief of U.S. news, The Wall Street Journal

Alicia Garza

Principal at Black Futures Lab and author of "The Purpose of Power"

Liz Dozier

Founder and CEO, Chicago Beyond

Jeff Selingo

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author

Melissa Korn

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Rosalind Wiseman

Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, Cultures of Dignity

Charlie Kuhn

Co-Founder and CEO, Cultures of Dignity

Kahran and Regis Bethencourt

Founders, CreativeSoul Photography

Natalie Y. Moore

Award-winning journalist and author, and senior lecturer and director of audio programming at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University

Dilip V. Jeste, MD

Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care; Estelle and Edgar Levi Memorial Chair in Aging; Director of the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging; Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at UC San Diego; Co-Director of the UCSD-IBM Center on Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living

Howard C. Nusbaum, Ph.D.

Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology and Director/Founder of the Center for Practical Wisdom, The University of Chicago