Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou is a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director. She is Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest. [Learn more about Maya Angelou]

John Hope Franklin
Dr. John Hope Franklin is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History and, for seven years, was Professor of Legal History at Duke University Law School. [Read Franklin's keynote address]

Peter Raven
Peter Raven is a nationally and internationally renowned conservationist who serves as Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis. [Read Raven's plenary address]

Peter Senge
Dr. Peter M. Senge is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is part of the Organizational Learning and Change group. [Read Senge's keynote address]