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1204 speakers across 11 editions.
David Brooks 4×Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Senior Presidential Fellow, Yale University Jackson School of Global Affairs, The Atlantic
Katie Couric 4×Journalist; Co-Founder, Katie Couric Media
Anne Mosle 3×Vice President and Founder and Executive Director, Ascend, Aspen Institute; Co-Chair, Aspen Institute Forum on Women and Girls, Aspen Institute
Damian Woetzel 3×President, The Juilliard School, The Juilliard School
Dan Porterfield 3×President and CEO, Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute
David Leonhardt 3×Editorial Director, The New York Times, The New York Times
Fareed Zakaria 3×Journalist; Host, "Fareed Zakaria GPS," CNN; Columnist, The Washington Post; Author, CNN; The Washington Post
Gillian Tett 3×Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times; Provost, King's College, Cambridge University, Financial Times; King's College, Cambridge University
Ida Rademacher 3×Vice President; Co-Executive Director, Financial Security Program and Co-Chair, Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy; Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute
Jane Wales 3×Vice President and Executive Director, Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute
Jenn White 3×Journalist; Host, "1A," NPR, NPR
Jonathan Capehart 3×Co-Host, MS NOW's "The Weekend", MS NOW’s "The Weekend"
Laurie Santos 3×Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology, Yale University; Podcast Host, "The Happiness Lab", Yale University
Matt Helmer 3×Director, Job Quality and Worker Well-Being, Economic Opportunities Program, Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute
Penny Pennington 3×Managing Partner, Edward Jones, Edward Jones
Perri Peltz 3×Documentary Filmmaker, MerriPat Productions; Journalist, MerriPat Productions
Samuel Kimbriel 3×Founding Director, Philosophy and Society Initiative, Aspen Institute, The Aspen Institute
Tamar Gendler 3×Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy; Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale University, Yale University
Tom Farrey 3×Executive Director, Sports and Society Program, Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute
Tom Wilson 3×Chair, President and CEO, The Allstate Corporation, The Allstate Corporation
Vivian Schiller 3×Vice President and Executive Director, Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute
Alberto Gonzales 2×Former U.S. Attorney General; Dean and Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law, Belmont University College of Law, Belmont University College of Law
Alex Hedison 2×Artist; Filmmaker
Amy Harder 2×National Energy Correspondent, Axios, Cipher
Amy Webb 2×Founder and CEO, Future Today Strategy Group; Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, Future Today Institute
Angela Duckworth 2×Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor; Co-Founder, University of Pennsylvania; Character Lab
Anna Deavere Smith 2×Actress; Playwright; University Professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Arjun Gupta 2×Chief Believer, TeleSoft.AI; Trustee, The Aspen Institute, TeleSoft.AI; The Aspen Institute
Brendan Carr 2×CEO, Mount Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Health System
Brian Grazer 2×Founder and Chairman, Imagine Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment
Brian Greene 2×Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Director, Center for Theoretical Physics; Co-Founder, Columbia University; World Science Festival
Bryan Doerries 2×Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Theater of War Productions, Theater of War Productions
Carol Quillen 2×Former President and CEO, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Carolyn Tisch Blodgett 2×Founder and CEO, Next 3; Governor, Gotham FC; Co-owner, New York Giants, Next 3; Gotham FC; New York Giants
Catherine Price 2×Speaker; Consultant; Co-Author, "The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World", author
Charles Annenberg Weingarten 2×Founder, Explore.org; Vice President and Director, Annenberg Foundation, Explore.org; Annenberg Foundation
Charles W. Scharf 2×President and CEO, Wells Fargo and Company
Chris Womack 2×Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company, Southern Company
Chuck Sams 2×Director, Indigenous Programs, Yale Center for Environmental Justice; Former Director, U.S. National Park Service, US National Park Service
Cornelius Wills 2×Gang Interventionist and Mentor, Soledad Enrichment Action; Filmmaker, "Nothing to See Here: Watts", Soledad Enrichment Action
David DeSteno 2×Professor of Psychology and Director, Social Emotions Lab, Northeastern University; Podcast Host, "How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality", Northeastern University
David French 2×Columnist, The New York Times, The Dispatch; contributing writer, The Atlantic
David Miliband 2×President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
David Petraeus 2×Partner, KKR; Chair, KKR Global Institute; Former CIA Director; Retired Army General, KKR
Diane Brady 2×Executive Editorial Director, Fortune, Fortune
Eden Vardy 2×Founder and Executive Director, The Farm Collaborative, The Farm Collaborative
Ehud Olmert 2×Former Prime Minister of Israel
Elizabeth Cohen 2×Contributor, NBC News; Contributor, AtlanticLIVE, NBC News; AtlanticLIVE
Fanny Elahi 2×Associate Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Neuroscience, and Pathology, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine; Director of Fluid Biomarker Research, Barbara and Maurice Deane Center for...
Fidel Vargas 2×President and CEO, HSF, HSF
Frederick Riley 2×Executive Director, Weave: The Social Fabric Project, The Aspen Institute, Weave: The Social Fabric Project, Aspen Institute
Jared Polis 2×Governor, State of Colorado, State of Colorado
Jason Bordoff 2×Professor of Professional Practice and Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs; Co-Founder and Dean E..., Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Jeffrey Rosen 2×CEO Emeritus, National Constitution Center; Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School; Contributing Editor, The Atlantic, National Constitution Center
Jennifer Wallace 2×Journalist; Founder, The Mattering Institute; Co-Founder, The Mattering Movement, The Mattering Institute
Jim Baker 2×Senior Fellow for Strategic Competition, Council on Foreign Relations, Council on Foreign Relations
Jim Farley 2×President and CEO, Ford Motor Company
Jon Clifton 2×CEO, Gallup, Gallup
Jonathan Haidt 2×Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University Stern School of Business
Karen Brunwasser 2×Co-CEO, FeelBeit, Mekudeshet; Leader, FeelBeit
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Katie Couric
Pioneering Journalist | Cancer Activist, Changemaker
3 editions · 2026, 2023, 2022
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David Brooks
NYT columnist | Author of The Road to Character and How to Know a Person
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2018
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Dr. Laurie Santos
Professor at Yale | Created Yale's most popular course: The Science of Well-Being
3 editions · 2026, 2019, 2018
Gillian Tett
Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times; Provost, King's College, Cambridge University | Financial Times; King's College, Cambridge University
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2024
Matt Helmer
Director, Job Quality and Working Well-Being, Economic Opportunities Program, Aspen Institute
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2024
Jonathan Capehart
Anchor; Co-Host, “The Weekend,” MSNBC
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2024
David Leonhardt
Editorial Director, The New York Times
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2024
Ida Rademacher
Vice President; Co-Executive Director, Financial Security Program; Co-Chair, Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy; The Aspen Institute
3 editions · 2026, 2025, 2024
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