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Voices ~ Tomorrow’s Leaders · Today’s Issues interviews people who lead by example representing all walks of life – people who are authorities in domestic and international affairs, journalism, the fine arts, music, dance, sports, etc.

These experts understand the importance of nurturing the “leaders of tomorrow,’”exciting young people about their future. Every person counts in making the world we share a better place to live.

Policy Makers / Policy Wonks

John Altenburg (Head of Tribunals Guantanamo Bay)
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian Initiative Party
Charlotte Beers (former Under Secretary Public Diplomacy)
Senator Joseph Biden
William Black
Richard Blumenthal (Attorney General, Conn.)
Senator Bill Bradley
Governor George W. Bush (during the 2000 campaign)
First Lady Laura Bush
Ray Cavaney (American Petroleum Institute)
Gordon Chang
General Ramsey Clark
Senator Hillary Clinton
Mark Corallo (Director Public Affairs, Justice Department)
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
Senator Elizabeth Dole (running for President 2000)
Dr. Jane Goodall
Former Attorney General Edwin Meese (under President Reagan)
Mia Farrow (on Darfur)
Professor Noah Feldman
Senator Russ Feingold
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Dr. Saad el Fishawy (Egypt/Middle East)
Arun Gandhi – great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi – great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Tushar Gandhi – great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Speaker Newt Gingrich
Robert Harding (Deputy Mayor NY, under Mayor Rudy Guiliani)
Simon Johnson, former Chief Economist to the IMF and Professor at MIT
John Kamm (Dui Hau Foundation)
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Robert Kennedy Jr.
Senator John Kerry
Peter Kostishack (Environmental issues)
John Koskinen (Chairman President Council on Y2K Conversion)
Chief William Lansdowne (San Diego Police Chief on Crime)
Brian Levin – Southern Poverty Law Center
Senator Joseph Lieberman
Deron Lovaas (National Resource Defense Council)
Chief Oren R. Lyons (Chief of the Six Iroquois Nations)
Dr. Wangari Maathai – Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
John MacArthur (Director U.N. Millennium Project)
Senator John McCain
Dr. James Maryanski (FDA Chairman Biotechnology)
Dr. Allan Meltzer
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Myra Oliver (Executive Director for the International Institute of Connecticut on Immigration)
His Excellency Reza Pahlavy
Presidential Candidate Congressman Ron Paul
Dr. Daniel Philpott
Jap Polak (Holocaust survivor on genocide)
Colin Powell (Secretary of State)
Michael Powell, Chairman Federal Communications Commission
Joe Reeder (former Under Secretary Army)
David Rothkopf (former Secretary of Commerce)
Kenneth Rogoff, Economist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Dr. William Schulz (Director Amnesty International)
General Norman Schwarzkoph
Dr. Gene Sharp (Founder, Albert Einstein Institute)
Betsi Shays (The Peace Corps)
Congressman Christopher Shays
Senator Olympia Snowe
Jay Stanley (AFLCIO – on government surveillance)
Foreign Minister (England) Jack Straw
Dr. David Thatcher (former Surgeon General)
Governor Jesse Ventura (Minnesota)
Ambassador Edward Walker (on the Middle East)
Governor Lowell Weicker
Governor Marc Warner (Virginia)
Greg Wetstone (National Resources Defense Committee)
Elie Wiesel
General Anthony Zinni

Journalists / MEDIA

Christiane Amanpour (CNN)
Kurt Andersen
Jane Araf (CNN/Iraq)
Chris Bevilacqua (CSTV)
Frank Deford (Sports Illustrated)
Nicholas Kristof, (columnist, New York Times)
Thomas Friedman (columnist New York Times)
Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN)
David Halberstam
Sean Hannity (Fox News)
Daniel Henninger (Wall Street Journal)
Seymour Hersh (New Yorker magazine and author)
Peter King (Sports Illustrated)
Nicholas Kristoff (New York Times Columnist)
Chris Matthews (Hardball)
John Norris (MTV)
Soledad O’Brien (NBC Weekend Today)
SuChin Pak (MTV)
Mariane Pearl (wife Daniel Pearl)
Tom Ricks (Washington Post)
Matt Roush (TV GUIDE)
Tim Russert (Meet the Press)
Joe Scarborough (MSNBC)
BJ Schecter (Sports Illustrated)
Metta Spencer, Editor Peace magazine
Saira Shah (’Beneath the Veil’)
Colonel William Smullen (State Department/Maxwell School, Syracuse)
Helen Thomas, White House correspondent
Garrick Utley (veteran newsman)
Brian Williams
Judy Woodruff (WNET)
Gideon Yago (MTV)
Paula Zahn (CNN)

Terrorism Experts / Analysts

Dr. Jeffrey Bale (Center for Non Proliferation)
Peter Bergen (CNN)
Dr. Ashton Carter (Harvard)
Steve Coll (causes of 9/11)
Bruce Hoffman, Sr. (VP Rand Corporation)
Bernard Lewis (Professor Emeritus/Princeton and renowned expert on the Middle East)
Samantha Powers (foreign policy/genocide)
Paul Rusesabagina (Rwandan genocide/HERO)
Michael Scheuer (CIA)
Peter Singer (Brookings Institute/Child Soldiers in Africa)

Educators

Dan Ariely, Professor, Behavioral Economics, Duke University
Mia Bloom, educator/author
Patrick Callan, President National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Professor Alan Dershowitz
Dr. Karen King (Harvard Divinity)
Professor Michael Mandelbaum (Johns Hopkins)
Sheik Dhaou Meskine
Dean Joseph Nye (Kennedy School of Government)
Dr. Judea Pearl (father Daniel Pearl)
Alma Powell (wife Colin Powell, Chair, America’s Promise)
Dr. Seth Sanders (University of Maryland)
Dean Robert Sterns (Yale School of Architecture)
Professor Abigail Thernstrom (Harvard)
Professor Tu Weiming (Harvard Divinity)
Professor Miroslav Volf (Yale Divinity School)

Sports

Laila Ali (boxer)
Bruce Arena (US Men’s National Team Coach/Soccer)
Tiki Barber (NY Giants running back)
Anthony Beck (NY Jets tight end)
James Blake (pro tennis)
Herman Edwards, Coach, NY Jets
Theo Epstein (Boston Red Sox)
Julie Foudy (US Women’s Soccer team)
Gary Gait (lacrosse legend)
Jeff Van Gundy (NY Knicks)
Alan Houston (NY Knicks)
Stuart Jackson
Dhani Jones (Defense, NY Giants)
Delvin Joyce (NY Giants Defense)
John Kelley (Boston marathon champion)
Phil Knight (CEO Nike)
Johann Koss (Founder Right To Play)
Danny Lazano (sports agent)
Archie Manning (wide receiver/father Eli and Peyton Manning)
Eli Manning (Quarterback New York Giants)
Stephon Marbury (NJ Nets)
Todd Martin
Jack O’Callahan (1980 Hockey Olympics)
Chad Pennington (quarterback NY Jets)
Mike Piazza
Rod Raymond
Frank Robinson (Commissioner for On Field Operations MLB)
The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)
Andy Roddick (Pro-Tennis)
Michael Schumacher (race car driver)
Monica Seles (pro-tennis)
Bud Selig, Commissioner MLB
Katherine Switzer
Osi Umenyiora (NY Giants Defense)
Wesley Walker (Jets wide receiver)
Charlie Ward (NY Knicks)
Kurt Warner, quarterback, NY Giants
Tyree Washington (2004 Olympics)
Charles Way (Management NY Giants)
Jason Williams (Duke)
David Wright (New York Mets’ third baseman)

Authors

Dan Ariely, Irrrational Economics
Lady Clare Asquith (author Shadowplay)
Peter Benchley (Jaws)
Meg Cabot (Teen Books)
Michele Ceros
Gordon Chang
Noah Charney
Stephen Coonts (America)
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo (Speak Truth to Power)
Dr, John Gray (Men are From Mars)
Dr. Avery Faigenbaum (Steroids in Sports)
Professor Richard Florida (The Creative Class) – Author/Educator
Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
Dan Koeppel (The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World)
Darrin McMahon (Happiness: A History)
Roya Hakakian (Iranian author and journalist)
Dr. Dorothy Height (Civil Rights in the U.S.)
Dr. Mark Hyman (Ultra-Metabolism/and Health)
Dan Koeppel
Dr. Bernard Lewis (Middle East Expert)
Gary Matsumoto (Vaccine A)
Dr. Darrin McMahon
Zarqa Nawaz
Mende Nazer (The Sudan)
Hank Nuwer (on hazing)
Samantha Powers (on Genocide)
Paul Roberts
Michael Scheuer (former Chief of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit)
Dr. Tal Ben Shahar (Happiness)
Peter Smith (Commencement)
Graham Stedman (finding your passion)
Fritz Stern (The Politics of Cultural Despair)
Bruce Sterling (Science Fiction)
Don Tapscott
Lance Williams (Game of Shadows)
Elie Wisel (Hatred)
Time Wise (disparities in education/inner city blacks)
Robert Zubrin (Mars Society)

Comedians

Andrew Alexander (Second City)
Chevy Chase (Saturday Night Live)
Dane Cook
Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live)
David Javerbaum (The Daily Show)
Rob Riggle (The Daily Show)
Azhar Usman (Allah Made Me Funny)

Fine Arts

Alexander Gilkes (auctioneer, Phillips de Pury)
Regina Baumhauer (artist)
Noah Charney
David Collins (artist)
Angel Correla (American Ballet Theater principle dancer)
Lisa Davis (artist)
Sally Egbert (artist)
Cynthia Gregory (prima ballerina American Ballet Theater)
Chad Hammes, producer, Berliner Film Company
Judith Jamieson (Alvin Ailey)
Rip Kastaris (artist/Olympics)
Barbara Kruger (artist)
Nikki Lee (artist)
Reiner Leist (artist)
Vann Nath (artist politics of Cambodia)
Clifford Ross (artist)
Jonathan Santlofer (artist)
Danny Ulbricht (dancer, New York City Ballet)
Nick Ruocco, Director Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fine Musicians

Leif Ove Andsnes, world renowned pianist
Samir Basim Ousis, youngest member, Iraqi Symphony

Other Organizations

Shenna Bellows ACLU (Patriot Act)
Gerald Bourke (World Food Program)
Gasper Caperton (College Board)
Red Cavaney (President American Petroleum Institute)
Roy Peter Clark (Poynter Institute for Media Studies)
Dana Dajani, Princess Basma Youth Resources Center
Robert Defray (President National Shooting Sports Foundation)
Dean Kamen (FIRST – for science)
Dr. James Goodrich, Brain Surgeon, Montefiore Medical Center
Bob Johnson – (entrepreneur – BET/Charlotte Bobcats, and more)
Wanjira Maathai, Green Belt Movement
Dr. Paul Marshall (Senior Fellow,Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House)
Judy McGrath (President, MTV)
Petra Nemcova, The Happy Heart Foundation
Laura Petrecca (Deputy Bureau Chief Ad Age)
Gene Poteat (scientific officer)
Dr. Eric Sachs, Monsanto
Mark Serreze, scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Consumer Activist
Geneva Williams (President, Detroit United Way)
Susan Yolen (VP, Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood, Conn.)

Religion

Brian Cox, Center for Religion and Diplomacy
Arun Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi
Dr. Marc Gopin (Director Conflict Resolution, George Mason University)
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Islamic Fundamentalist Expert
Douglas Johnston
Irshad Manj
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Ron Sider
Miroslav Volf
Reverend James Wallis

Producers

Michael Bass (Senior Executive Producer, CBS Morning)
Christopher Cain (Screenwriter)
Brad Daymond/Alex Greggs (producers N’Sync)
Gary Himelfarb (Tribute to Bob Dylan and Bob Marley)
Ron Howard
Petra Nemcova
Anthony Zucker (CSI)

Fashion

Emme (model)
Gina Kelly, Seventeen
Anna Malova (former Miss Russia)
Petra
Behind the scenes at Polo Jeans
Sarah Miekle, Teen Vogue

Pop Musicians

Ataris
Blackfire (Native American Band with a message in their music)
Dakota
Howie Day
Destiny’s Child Michelle Williams
Dispatch
Willa Ford
Gary Himelfarb (Tribute to Bob Marley)
Jack Johnson
Sherry Kondor
L’il Bow Wow
Ludvig Andersson (Ella Rouge, Benny Anderson/ABBA;s son)
Christina Milian
Maktub
John Mayer
John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting)
Wade Robson
Bob Sinclar
Polyphonic Spree
Zhang Wei and Zhang Ran (DJ Mickey Shang) from China

Actors/Talent

Lombardo Boyar
Rob Brown
Dan Byrd
Carson Daly
Mia Farrow
Tad Hilgenbrinck
Erica Hubbard
Sarah Jones (award winning actress)
Ed Lover
Brian Tee
Piggy Thomas
Vanessa Williams