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Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D., is a world-renowned expert on negotiation and conflict resolution. He founded and directs the Harvard International Negotiation Program, which has pioneered innovative strategies and teaching methodologies to address the human dimensions of conflict resolution. Dr. Shapiro also is an associate professor in psychology at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital and affiliated faculty at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, where he serves as the associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project. For three years, Dr. Shapiro chaired the World […]

Martha Joynt Kumar is a professor of political science at Towson University. She is the author of  Managing the President’s Message: The White House Communications Operation, winner of the American Political Science Association’s 2008 Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award, and the coauthor of Portraying the President: The White House and the News Media. About Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed a Transfer of Power It’s one of the hallmarks of American democracy: on inauguration day, the departing […]

Angela Duckworth, PhD, is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. An expert in non-I.Q. competencies, she has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Prior to her career in research, she was an award-winning math and science teacher as well as the founder of a summer school for low-income children that won the Better Government Award from the state of Massachusetts. She completed her BA […]

Arianna Huffington is the cofounder, president, and editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group. Her most recent book, Thrive, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Among her other bestselling books are Third World America, On Becoming Fearless, and Pigs at the Trough. About The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, writes Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post. And this has profound consequences – on our […]

Kim Azzarelli is a business, philanthropic, and legal advisor focused on advancing women and girls. Together with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ms. Azzarelli is a co-founder of Seneca Women and co-author of the new book Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose. She is Chair and Co-founder of Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, and a Partner atSeneca Point Global. Prior to her work with Seneca, Ms. Azzarelli served as Senior Vice President of the Newsweek Daily […]

Dr. John H. Johnson, IV is an expert witness who has testified and consulted in cases involving how one uses and interprets data in a wide range of settings. As CEO and co-founder of Edgeworth Economics – a leading consulting firm with offices in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Pasadena – John heads a data-driven company that has been featured on NPR, the Washington Post, USA Today, and HuffPost Live. As an economist and statistician, John specializes in teaching people how to […]

Bill Mesler is a journalist who lives in Washington, DC. H. James Cleaves II is vice president of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, a professor at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo, and a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He lives in Washington, DC. About A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life How did life begin? It is perhaps the most […]