2009 Participants
Gordon Adams
Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University, Washington
Margot Adler
New York City Correspondent, National Public Radio
Justo Almario
Reedman; Composer; Arranger, Pasadena
Ziad J. Asali
Founder and President, American Task Force on Palestine, Washington
Ramin Bahrani
Bijoux Barbosa
Rony Barrak
Roberta Baskin
Investigative Reporter, Washington
David Bender
Host, Politically Direct, Air America, New York City
Chip Berlet
Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates, Somerville, Massachusetts
Charlie Bisharat
Musician, Pacific Palisades, California
Lillian Boutté
Entertainer; Singer, Beidenfleth, Germany
Janet Breslin-Smith
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of National Security Strategy, National War College, Washington
George Butler
Filmmaker, Holderness, New Hampshire
Henry Butler
Hal Cannon
Founding Director, The Western Folklife Center and the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Salt Lake City
Oscar Castro-Neves
Musician and Composer, Los Angeles
Wendy Chamberlin
President, Middle East Institute; Ambassador, United States Department of State (ret.), Washington
Michael Chorost
Author; Visiting Professor, ASL and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington
Joseph Cirincione
President, Ploughshares Fund, Washington
Greg Collins
Managing Director, The Lakeline Group, Shanghai
Kay Danes
Author; Humanitarian, Capalaba, Australia
Chaz Hammel-Smith Ebert
Vice President, The Ebert Company, Chicago
Roger Ebert
Film Critic; Journalist, The Chicago Sun-Times
Michael Elliott
Editor, Time International, New York City
Jim Emerson
Writer; Film Critic; Editor, Seattle
Margaret Engel
Director, The Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation, Washington
Sharon Y. Eubanks
Senior Pro Bono Counsel, Holland & Knight, Washington
Alex Filippenko
Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
Mike Franc
Vice President, Government Relations, The Heritage Foundation, Washington
Robert George
Associate Editorial Page Editor, New York Post, New York City
James Glanz
Journalist, The New York Times
John Gliedman
Brad Goode
Professor of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder
Jonathan Granoff
President, Global Security Institute, New York City
Dave Grusin
Musician; Composer; Arranger, Santa Fe
Don Grusin
Music and Video Producer; Composer; Arranger, Los Angeles
Mel Gurtov
Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University
Charles T. (Chuck) Hagel
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of National Governance, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington
Jim Hansen
Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City
Jay Harris
President and Publisher, Mother Jones, San Francisco
Azmat Hassan
Professor, The John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Maria Hinojosa
Senior Correspondent, NOW, PBS; Anchor and Managing Editor, Latino USA, National Public Radio; Anchor, One on One with Maria Hinojosa, WGBH/La Plaza, New York City
Simon Hoggart
Parliamentary Correspondent, The Guardian, London
Barbara Ibrahim
Director, Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, American University, Cairo
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Andy Ihnatko
Tech Columnist, The Chicago Sun-Times, Westwood, Massachusetts
Martin S. Indyk
Director; Saban Center for Middle East Policy; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution, Washington
Malou Innocent
Foreign Policy Analyst, Cato Institute, Washington
Juniper Jairala
EVA Test Engineer, NASA Johnson Space Center; Fire Dancer, Luminosity and Zion's Flame Troupes, Houston
Lynne d Johnson
Senior Editor and Community Director, FastCompany.com, New York City
Peter Thabit Jones
Teresa Jordan
Robert G. Kaufman
Professor of Political Science, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Malibu
Lorelei Kelly
Director, National Security Program, American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation, Washington
Lesa Snider King
Photographer; Technology Author and Trainer, Danbury, Connecticut
Val Koromzay
Economist, Belleme, France
Achim Köddermann
Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Oneonta
Patrick Leonard
Musician; Composer; Record Producer, Los Angeles
Susan Love
Author; President and Medical Director, Susan Love Research Foundation; Clinical Professor of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Sanjoy Mahajan
Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Lecturer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Carolyn Makinson
Executive Director, Women’s Refugee Commission, New York City
Mike Marlier
Professor of Music, University of Denver
Jurek Martin
Columnist, Financial Times, Washington
Deirdre N. McCloskey
Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
Bruce C. McKenna
Screenwriter; Producer, Santa Fe
Terrence McNally
Radio Host; Media and Message Consultant; Screenwriter; Author, Los Angeles
William Nack
Freelance Writer, Washington
Jennifer Nordstrom
Campaign Coordinator, Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Campaign, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Takoma Park, Maryland
Daniel Odescalchi
President, Strategic Advantage International, Pleasant Valley, New York
Sidney Perkowitz
Professor of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
Allan Peterson
Poet; Visual Artist, Gulf Breeze, Florida
John Prendergast
Co-chair, The ENOUGH Project
Bill Reinert
National Manager, Advanced Technology, Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Evelyn Resh
Sexuality Counselor; Director, Sexual Health Services, Canyon Ranch Resorts, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Harvey Rishikof
Professor Emeritus of Law and National Security Studies, National War College, Washington
Josh Rushing
International Correspondent; Television Producer; Author, Austin, Texas
Kirsten Sanford
Host and Producer, This Week in Science
Howard Schultz
President, Lighthearted Entertainment, Burbank
Susan Shaer
Executive Director, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Arlington, Massachusetts
Molly Sheridan
Managing Editor, NewMusicBox.org; Director, CounterstreamRadio.org, American Music Center, Baltimore
Shodekeh
Beatboxer, Hip Hop Artist, Baltimore
Seth Shostak
Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute, Mountain View, California
Laura Simms
Storyteller, New York City
E. Benjamin Skinner
Jim Smith
Brigadier General, United States Air Force (ret.), Salem, New Hampshire
Gillian Sorensen
Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation, New York City
Fintan R. Steele
Director, Science Education and Communication, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge
Michelle Thaller
Astronomer and Science Communicator, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Nestor Torres
Musician, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
Sanho Tree
Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington
James A. Trengrove
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Barnaby Woods Group, Washington
Sam Webb
National Chair, Communist Party, USA, New York City
Liz Weir
Storyteller; Writer, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Isaiah (Ike) Wilson, III
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army; Academy and Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point
Timothy E. Wirth
President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, Washington
Ann Wright
Colonel, United States Army (ret.), Honolulu
Kay Yoshikawa
Vice President of Operations and Treasurer, The International Committee of Artists for Peace, Santa Monica
