Speakers

Michael Bloomberg - 108th Mayor of New York City, and former board member of 20 different civic, cultural, educational, and medical institutions.

Joel Klein – Chancellor of New York City Schools.

Russell Simmons – President and CEO, Rush Communications Inc.

Ellen Futter – President, American Museum of Natural History

Chip Raymond – President, Citigroup Foundation

Wyclef Jean – Songwriter and Musician

Dhani Jones - Professional athlete, United Way spokesman, and founder of the Black Scholars' House.

Brandon Short - Professional football player for the Carolina Panthers.

Lisa Anderson - The sixth dean to lead the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and director of Columbia's Middle East Institute from 1990 to 1993.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock - British Ambassador to the United Nations and Chairman of the UN's Counter-Terrorism Committee.

Karenna Gore Schiff - Director of Community Affairs of the Association to Benefit Children and daughter of former Vice President Al Gore.

HRH Princess Badiya El Hassan - Youngest daughter of HRH Prince El Hassan and Princess Sarvath of Jordan.

HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal - Prince of Jordan.

Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani of Singapore - Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations.

Tom Freston - Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks.

Craig Kielburger – Founder of Free the Children.

Charles Liu – Astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History.

Keith "Wild Child" Middleton - Hip-hop provocateur, musical composer, and performer for STOMP.

Jerry Salvador - Assistant Director and Director of Special Projects at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific.

Dr Melanie Stiassny -Axelrod Research Curator of Fishes at the American Museum of Natural History, member of the Science Advisory Board of Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.

Damon Dash – CEO of the Rocawear clothing line and partner in the Rock-A-Fella record label.

Monica Seles – Inspirational athlete and tennis champion who has won over 50 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments.

Dave Price – Weatherman and feature reporter for CBS News.

Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter – Austrian Ambassador to the United Nations.

Ambassador Iftekhar Chowdhury – Bangladesh Ambassador to the United Nations.

Ambassador Abdullah Al-Saidi – Yemen Ambassador to the United Nations.

Antonio "LA" Reid - Chairman of Island Def Jam Musical Group