Cathy Allen Catherine is Chairman and CEO of The Santa Fe Group, on her books Reboot Your Life and The Retirement Boom

Patricia Churchland Neurophilosopher, Author of Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves

Barbara King Biological anthropologist at the College of William and Mary, blogger for NPR, author of several books, including How Animals Grieve, on her talk, Animal Emotion, sponsored by the School for Advanced Research.

Jack Parsons Photographer, on his exhibition, “Bugs and Buses.”

Acushla Bastible Director of the Lifesongs Program with the Academy for the Love of Learning Elle Knowlton Vocalist, member of LifeSongs intergenerational ensemble Njoroge Tho-Biaz Artist and facilitator Vanessa Torres Artist, facilitator, and songwriter

Linda Milanesi Executive Director at Assistance Dogs of the West, on ADW graduation

Amy Goodman Executive producer and host of Democracy Now and Denis Moynihan Co-author with Amy and David Goodman of the new book Democracy Now: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America

Lauren Camp Poet. Her new book is One Hundred Hungers, winner of the Dorset Prize. She’s producer of Audio Saucepan on KSFR.

Lucy Gent Foma Author of the new book Funded!: How I Leveraged My Passion to Live A Fulfilling Life and How You Can Too

Bridget Lindquist Executive Director of the Espanola Valley Humane Society Jane Bernard Photographer