2012 Scholars

Mostafa Abdelguelil

Manager, Diversity Relations

Sodexo

James Abraham

MD and CEO

SunBorne Energy

Spencer Ackerman

Senior Writer

Wired.com

Trupania Bonner

Executive Director

Moving Forward Gulf Coast

Jamelle Bouie

Writing Fellow

The American Prospect
 

Kristine Burkman

Psychologist

San Francisco VA Medical Center

Andy Burness

President

Burness Communications

Barbara Bush

Co-Founder and CEO

Global Health Corps

Michael Carey
Senior Advisor to the Executive Director
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America (IAVA)

Jennifer Carroll 

Lieutenant Governor (R)

Florida State Legislature

Timothy Chambers

Enterprise Adviser

Oxfam

Amina Chaudary

Founder and
Editor-in-Chief

The Islamic Monthly

Paige Cornwell

USA Today Collegiate Correspondent

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Helen Coster

Staff Writer

Forbes

Kevin De Leon 

Senator (D)

California State Legislature

Derek Douglas

Vice President, Civic Engagement

University of Chicago

Laurel Dukehart

President

Gateway to College National Network

Brian English

Director, Office of Program Innovation

CHF International

Daniel Epstein

Founder

Unreasonable Institute

Katleen Felix

President

Haitian Hometown Associations Resource Group

Jen Friedman

Director, Public Affairs

US Department of Commerce

Adam Gabbatt

Reporter

The Guardian

Christopher Gandin Le

CEO

Emotion Technology

Ian Gibson

Cadet First Class

U.S. Air Force Academy

Nate Glasgow

Director, Energy Services

SunEdison

Nicola Goren

President

Washington Area Women's Foundation

Rosanne Haggerty

President

Community Solutions

Dawn Halfaker

President and CEO

Halfaker & Associates, LLC

Karen Hallberg

Professor of Physics

Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro

Mark Hanis

Professor of Physics

 

Co-Founder & Board Member, United to End Genocide

Ann Higdon

Founder and President

Improved Solutions for Urban Systems (ISUS)

Nien-hê Hsieh

Associate Professor

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Philippa Hughes

Chief Creative Contrarian

The Pink Line Project

Jon Husted

Secretary of State (R)

State of Ohio

William Inboden

Professor, Public Affairs

University of Texas-Austin

Angela Jackson

Founder

Global Language Project

Ileana Jimenez

Educator
Little Red School House, Elisabeth Irwin High School, and "Feminist Teacher Blog"

Anthony Johnson
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations /Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of Defense

Michele Jolin

Managing Partner

America Achieves

Viraj Kamdar

Educational Consultant

New York City
Department of Education

Lakshmi Karan

Director, Global Strategy

Riders for Health

Keiko Kiyama

Secretary General

Japan Emergency NGO

Julie Knowles

Director, Special Programs

Garfield RE-2 School District

Olive Kobusingye

Executive Director

The Correct Line

Henriette Kolb

CEO

Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Carolyn Kras

Visionary Playwright 2012

Theater Masters

Brian Krolicki 

Lieutenant Governor (R)

State of Nevada

Todd Lamb 

Lieutenant Governor (R)

State of Oklahoma

Rod Lewis

White House Fellow

US Air Force

Derek Lindsay

Teacher

Holly High School

Tegla Loroupe

Chairman

Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation

Zachary McDonald

Student/Army Reservist

US Army

Michael Mitnick

Playwright

Theater Masters 2012 Visionary Playright

Madalina Mocan

Executive Director

Ratiu Foundation for Democracy

Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Executive Editor

"Feministing.com"

Ai-jen Poo

Director

National Domestic Workers Alliance

Jeremy Prepscius

Managing Director

Business for Social Responisbility (BSR)

Zeenat Rahman

Acting Director, Center for Faith Based Initiatives

USAID

Brooks Rainwater

Director, Public Policy

The American Institute of Architects

Lauren Redding

Online Editor, The Diamondback

University of Maryland

Nicholas Richards

President

Abyssinian Fund

Matt Riggan

Co-Founder

The Sustainability Workshop

Josh Rogin

Staff Writer

"The Cable," Foreign Policy

Carne Ross

Founder and Executive Director

Independent Diplomat

Teresa Ruiz

Senator (D)

New Jersey State Legislature

Reihan Salam

Policy Analyst

Economics 21

Soraya Salti

Regional Director,
Middle East North Africa

INJAZ Al Arab, JA Worldwide

Laurie Segall

Tech Reporter

CNNMoney

Amelia Shelley

Executive Director

Garfield County Public Library District

Mona Shipley

Head, Education and Sport

British Council

Sheila Simon

Lieutenant Governor (D)

State of Illinois

Sylvia Stocker

Minister

Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine.

Joe Straus

Speaker (R)

Texas House of Representatives

Karl Tjerandsen

Health Care Attorney

PeaceHealth

D. Hien Tran

Global Advocacy Director

Landesa

Alexa Von Tobel

Founder and CEO

LearnVest

Darrell West

Vice President

Brookings Institution

Marja Winters

Deputy Director

City of Detroit, Planning & Development

Kate Woicke

Program Manager, The Step Up Program

Open Meadow Alternative Schools

Eliza Woloson

Founder

Global Education Fund

Jeffrey Yost

President and CEO

Nebraska Community Foundation