2023 Lineup

Technology news analysis writer, Washington Post

President, Brennan Center for Justice

Director, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, UW

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Seattle University

Senior Program Officer, Washington STEM

Director, Washington State Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Reporter, Axios Seattle

Assistant Superintendent, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Mentoring Program Coordinator, African American Male Achievement, Seattle Public Schools

Environmental & Climate Justice Leader & Strategist

Host of What Next: TBD, Slate

Deputy Director, Yellowhammer Fund

Freelance journalist

Drug Policy Advocate, lived experience SURSA Committee Member, Criminal Justice Reformer

Host, unDivided Podcast

Professor of Information and Computer Science, University of Washington

Journalist & lecturer, Seattle University

Central/Eastern Washington reporter, Crosscut

Environment editor, The Seattle Times

Director, Crosscut/Elway Poll, Elway Research

CEO, Schell Games; professor of entertainment technology, Carnegie Mellon University

Managing Editor, Crosscut

State Politics and Government Staff Reporter, Crosscut

Podcast Producer, Crosscut

Host, Crosscut Now

Host, "Double Dare" on Nickelodeon and "Unwrapped" on Food Network

Research analyst, Wedbush Securities

Journalist and author, High Country News

Executive director, Gender Justice League & Trans Pride Seattle

Host of Recode Media and senior correspondent at Vox

Co-director & affiliate assistant professor, AIMS Institute & University of Washington

Policy director, Conservation Northwest

Assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Washington

Co-anchor, PBS NewsHour

Writer, member of Chicago's pre-Roe underground abortion service

82nd Attorney General of the United States

Strategic advisor, Public Health - Seattle & King Co.

Founding director, Boston University Center for Antiracist Research

Reporter, Crosscut

Jeopardy! champion & host

State Representative, WA 36th District

Host & creator of Your Last Meal, a James Beard Award Finalist for Best Podcast

Senior Vice President, Safety and Quality, Washington State Hospital Association

Executive director, Zero Waste Washington

Chief scientist, National Wildlife Federation

Host of the Mea Culpa Podcast & NYT bestselling author of Revenge

U.S. Representative, Washington's 9th District

CNN anchor & host, The Assignment with Audie Cornish

New York Times columnist & author of 14 books on science

Former U.S. Congressman, Texas' 23rd District

Director of the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership

MD, founder of the Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global

Co-chair, Forward Party

Senior Editor, Legal Correspondent and Host of Amicus podcast

Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley

Professor Emeritus, University of Washington & founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI

Political journalist with The New York Times and host of the podcast, The Daily