The Strategerist

Chuck Todd is an Emmy award-winning journalist while NBC’s Chief Political Analyst and former moderator for Meet the Press, which he stepped away from in September 2023. Although he stepped away from the moderator’s chair, he still covers politics this his podcast, "The Chuck Toddcast."

Jared Cohen is a modern renaissance man as a businessman and presidential historian. He’s written several books for adults and children, the latest being “Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House.” Jared has served in the Bush and Obama Administrations on the Secretary of State policy planning staff; he was Google’s first Director of Ideas and Chief advisor to Google CEO Eric Schmidt; and he currently serves as the President of Global Affairs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute at Goldman.

Natalia Arno is the founder and President of the Free Russia Foundation

Larry D. Thompson is the John A. Sibley Chair of Corporate and Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law

Ambassador Nicole Avant is a critically acclaimed producer of the Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, bestselling author of Think You’ll Be Happy, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas under President Obama.

As Commissioner of Education for the State of Texas, Mike Morath is ultimately responsible for the system that works to ensure a prosperous life for millions of kids every year. His path to the commissioner’s office started non-tradtionally as a tech entrepreneur, but is grounded in a passion for the development of the kids of Texas.

Madame President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a true trailblazer — she served as the president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018 and was the first elected female head of state in Africa. And now she’s dedicated to helping other women ascend to leadership roles through her work at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development.

Mary Tobin is the Director of Brickyard Chapters and Programs for nonprofit More Perfect Union, which aims to bring people together through social connection, service, and civic engagement events in order to build stronger and more resilient communities.