2023 Speakers Sort by Recently addedFirst name (A-Z)First name (Z-A)Last name (A-Z)Last name (Z-A) Will Oremus Technology news analysis writer, Washington Post Michael Waldman President, Brennan Center for Justice Yoshitaka Ota Director, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, UW Connie Anthony Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Seattle University Angie Mason-Smith Senior Program Officer, Washington STEM Angela Jones Director, Washington State Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melissa Santos Reporter, Axios Seattle Rebecca Wallace Assistant Superintendent, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Kelvin Dankwa Mentoring Program Coordinator, African American Male Achievement, Seattle Public Schools Jamie Stroble Environmental & Climate Justice Leader & Strategist Lizzie O'Leary Host of What Next: TBD, Slate Kelsea McLain Deputy Director, Yellowhammer Fund Andrew Engelson Freelance journalist Julian Saucier Drug Policy Advocate, lived experience SURSA Committee Member, Criminal Justice Reformer Brandi Kruse Host, unDivided Podcast Chirag Shah Professor of Information and Computer Science, University of Washington Joni Balter Journalist & lecturer, Seattle University Mai Hoang Central/Eastern Washington reporter, Crosscut Benjamin Woodard Environment editor, The Seattle Times H. Stuart Elway Director, Crosscut/Elway Poll, Elway Research Jesse Schell CEO, Schell Games; professor of entertainment technology, Carnegie Mellon University Mark Baumgarten Managing Editor, Crosscut Joseph O'Sullivan State Politics and Government Staff Reporter, Crosscut Sara Bernard Podcast Producer, Crosscut Paris Jackson Host, Crosscut Now Marc Summers Host, "Double Dare" on Nickelodeon and "Unwrapped" on Food Network Michael Pachter Research analyst, Wedbush Securities Michelle Nijhuis Journalist and author, High Country News Danni Askini Executive director, Gender Justice League & Trans Pride Seattle Peter Kafka Host of Recode Media and senior correspondent at Vox Sunil Kumar Aggarwal Co-director & affiliate assistant professor, AIMS Institute & University of Washington Paula Swedeen Policy director, Conservation Northwest Nathan Sackett Assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Washington Amna Nawaz Co-anchor, PBS NewsHour Judith Arcana Writer, member of Chicago's pre-Roe underground abortion service Eric H. Holder Jr. 82nd Attorney General of the United States Brad Finegood Strategic advisor, Public Health - Seattle & King Co. Ibram X. Kendi Founding director, Boston University Center for Antiracist Research Megan Burbank Reporter, Crosscut Ken Jennings Jeopardy! champion & host Rep. Liz Berry State Representative, WA 36th District Rachel Belle Host & creator of Your Last Meal, a James Beard Award Finalist for Best Podcast Darcy Jaffe Senior Vice President, Safety and Quality, Washington State Hospital Association Heather Trim Executive director, Zero Waste Washington Bruce A. Stein Chief scientist, National Wildlife Federation Michael Cohen Host of the Mea Culpa Podcast & NYT bestselling author of Revenge Adam Smith U.S. Representative, Washington's 9th District Audie Cornish CNN anchor & host, The Assignment with Audie Cornish Carl Zimmer New York Times columnist & author of 14 books on science Will Hurd Former U.S. Congressman, Texas' 23rd District Heidi Roop Director of the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership Deepak Chopra MD, founder of the Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global Andrew Yang Co-chair, Forward Party Dahlia Lithwick Senior Editor, Legal Correspondent and Host of Amicus podcast Jennifer Doudna Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley Oren Etzioni Professor Emeritus, University of Washington & founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI Michael Barbaro Political journalist with The New York Times and host of the podcast, The Daily
Yoshitaka Ota Director, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, UW
Kelvin Dankwa Mentoring Program Coordinator, African American Male Achievement, Seattle Public Schools
Julian Saucier Drug Policy Advocate, lived experience SURSA Committee Member, Criminal Justice Reformer
Sunil Kumar Aggarwal Co-director & affiliate assistant professor, AIMS Institute & University of Washington
Jennifer Doudna Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley
Oren Etzioni Professor Emeritus, University of Washington & founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI
