Mara Baumgarten Force is the Director of the Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business Learning and the Seymour S. Goodman Professor of Business Administration at the AB Freeman School of Tulane University.

Dr. Gordon “Nick” Mueller is President and CEO Emeritus of The National World War II Museum. Dr.

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, where he teaches constitutional law in both Yale College and Yale Law School. After graduating from Yale College, summa cum laude, in 1980 and from Yale Law School in 1984, and clerking for then Judge (now Justice) Stephen Breyer, Amar joined the Yale faculty in 1985 at the age of 26.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Nicholas Lalla is reimagining how American cities create opportunity in an age of technological transformation.

Francis X. Pavy (b. 1954) is a Louisiana-based artist. His paintings capture the spirit of Southern and Louisiana culture. Pavy’s work draws from the region's folklore, music, and traditions, blending history and mysticism into narrative-driven compositions.

Golan Moskowitz is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University and a core faculty member of Tulane’s Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience.

Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen novels—Luka and the Fire of Life; Grimus; Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker); Shame; The Satanic Ver

Former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is a partner at Fishman Haygood, LLP where he works alongside both the firm’s business and litigation teams.

Matt Forté was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. The two-time Pro Bowler amassed 14,468 total yards and 75 touchdowns in his decade-long career in the NFL.