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Jason Kander is an American attorney, author, veteran, and former politician. A Democrat, he served as the 39th Secretary of State of Missouri, from 2013 to 2017. 

Before entering politics, he was an intelligence officer in the Army National Guard, achieving the rank of captain.

Holly Lawson is a personal trainer and former professional boxer originally from Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada 

Evan Rutkowski is the head of boxing at Ring City USA and formerly worked as a marketing executive for HBO Sports. 

Bruce Pandolfini is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America's most experienced chess teacher. Pandolfini was a consultant to The Queen's Gambit, a 2020 American Netflix miniseries.

Andre Ward is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two weight classes. He also won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2004 Olympics.

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-eight books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. Hist first novel Missing was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award, and was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. Hauser wrote Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times—the definitive biography of “the most famous man on earth”—was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. 

Bill Hillmann is an American author, storyteller, and journalist. He is a bull-runner and former boxer.