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Featured Speakers

Valerie Jarrett

President Barack Obama

Senior Advisor

Pramila Jayapal

United States Congress

Congresswoman

Doug Baldwin Jr

Seattle Seahawks

Athlete, Activist, Humanitarian

BS

Ben Secord

Artist

Jeffrey Merkley

U.S. Senator, Oregon

U.S. Senator, D-Oregon

Janet Napolitano

United States

Former Secretary of Homeland Security

Christine T. Whitman

The Whitman Strategy Group

President, Former EPA Administrator, Former NJ Governor

DeRay Mckesson

Pod Save The People

Organizer, Activist, Author

Emily Bazelon

New York Times & Slate Political Gabfest

Author & Journalist

Bob Ferguson

Washington State Attorney General's Office

Attorney General

Jamelle Bouie

New York Times

Columnist

David Plotz

Atlas Obscura

CEO

Bob Inglis

republicEn.org

Founder, Former South Carolina Congressman

Emma Brown

The Washington Post

Investigative Reporter

Sydney Brownstone

KUOW

Online editor

Oren Cass

Manhattan Institute

Senior Fellow

Samantha Allen

Daily Beast

Author

John Fund

National Review

National-Affairs Reporter

Dow Constantine

King County

King County Executive

Jennifer Eberhardt

Stanford University

Professor of Psychology

Ashley Parker

Washington Post

White House Reporter

Thomas Edsall

New York Times

Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times

Chris Jordan

Artist

Philip Rucker

The Washington Post

White House Bureau Chief

Eric Liu

Citizen University

CEO

Ken Pimlott

Cal Fire

Former Chief

Heidi Roop

University of Washington

Lead Scientist for Science Communication

Kshama Sawant

Seattle City Council

Seattle City Councilmember

A.C. Thompson

ProPublica / FRONTLINE

Reporter, Correspondent

David Schmader

Writer, Performer

Sarah Stillman

New Yorker

Staff Writer

Eva Walker

The Black Tones and KEXP

Musician and Radio Host

Hollis Wong-Wear

Musician

Speakers

Ted Alvarez

Crosscut

Editor

Connie G. Anthony, PHD

Seattle University

Professor, Political Science

Jorge Baron

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

Executive Director

Mark Baumgarten

Crosscut

Managing Editor

Knute Berger

Crosscut

Columnist

Chris Blado

Atlas Obscura

Field Agent

Aura Bogado

Reveal News

Reporter

Amelia Bonow

Shout Your Abortion

Founding Director

Weston Brinkley

Urban Waters Federal Partnership

Watershed Ambassador

Bill Bryant

BCI

Chairman

Eula Scott Bynoe

Battle Tactics for your Sexist Workplace

Podcaster

Michael Camilleri

Inter-American Dialogue

Rule of Law Director

John Carlson

Crosscut writer, KVI Radio host

Enrique Cerna

Crosscut

Senior Correspondent

Christopher Chan

Cut.com

Head of Content

Sarah Childress

Frontline

Senior Editor

Josh Cohen

Crosscut

Reporter

Tara Conley

Montclair State University

Assistant Professor

Rachel La Corte

The Associated Press

Correspondent

Michael Cox

Formerly Environmental Protection Agency

Retired

Brangien Davis

Crosscut

Staff Reporter

Cody Desautel

Colville Tribe

Natural Resource Director

Kristie Ebi

University of Washington

Professor, Department of Global Health

H. Stuart Elway

President

Elway Research, Inc.

Maia Espinoza

Pierce County

Entrepreneur

RYAN! Feddersen

RYAN! Feddersen LLC

Artist

Lilly Fowler

Crosscut

Staff Reporter

Hilary Franz

Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Commissioner of Public Lands

John Giller

US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management

Regional Fire & Aviation Director

Jo Ann Hardesty

Portland City Council

City Commissioner

Victor Hernandez

Crosscut

Executive Editor

Catherine Hinrichsen

Seattle University's Project on Family Homelessness

Project Director

Rex Hohlbein

Facing Homelessness

Founding & Creative Director

Jill Jackson

KUOW

News Director

David Kroman

Crosscut

Staff Reporter

Sarah Lazarovic

Yes! Magazine

Creative Director/journalist/artist/illustrator

Bo Young Lee

Uber

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Adam Levine

Words Matter Media

Founder & CEO

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Naria Santa Lucia

Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

Executive Director

Barbara Matilsky

Art Historian / Curator

Jackie Miller

World Affairs Council

President & CEO

Rashad Morris

Bullitt Foundation

Program Officer

Monica Nickelsburg

GeekWire

Freelance journalist and contributing editor at GeekWire

Juan Otero

Comcast NBCUniversal

VP, Diversity & Inclusion

Christopher Parker

University of Washington

Professor of Political Science

Tina Podlodowski

Washington State Democratic Party

Chair

Meenakshi Rishi

Seattle University

Professor

Susan Robb

Artist

David Rolf

SEIU 775

President Emeritus

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsRising/MamásConPoder and Care Can't Wait

Executive Director/CEO & Co-Founder

Melissa Santos

Crosscut

Staff Reporter

Libby Schaaf

City of Oakland

Mayor

Manola Secaira

Crosscut

Staff Reporter

Sarah Smith

Former Washington Congressional Candidate

Mary Snapp

Microsoft

Washington STEM - Board Vice Chair

Earth-Feather Sovereign

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Washington

Advocate/Founder

Darlene Superville

Associated Press

Newswoman

Evonne Tersiisky

KING 5 Media Group

Director of Digital Media

Judy Twedt

University of Washington

Climate Data Sound Artist

Markel Uriu

Hedreen Gallery

Interdisciplinary Artist

Maru Mora Villalpando

NWDC Resistance

Community Organizer

Caleb Weaver

Uber

Public Affairs Manager

Hannah Weinberger

Crosscut

Staff reporter, Science & Environment

JT Wilcox

WA State House of Representatives

Republican Leader

Tay Wiles

High Country News

Journalist

Kim Wyman

Washington Office of the Secretary of State

Washington Secretary of State

Jeannie Yandel

KUOW Public Radio

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