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Billie Jean King, former world #1 professional tennis player; winner of 39 Grand Slam titles; founder, Woman's Tennis Association, World Team Tennis, and Women's Sports Foundation; author, Pressure is a Privilege: Lesso…

Amitav Ghosh, author, River of Smoke (2011) and forthcoming Flood of Fire; "Genealogies of the Global: 19th Century Canton (Guangzhou) as seen by an Indian Merchant"

Stephanie Burns, founder and CEO, Chic CEO; Molly Schmid, president, Inland Empire Tech Coast Angels; senior counselor, TriTech Small Business Development Center; Mandy Vidalis, co-founder, Pulse Active Savings; Ryan El…

Anna Bigelow, associate professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University; author, Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in North India (2010); "Matters of…

Volker Stanzel, visiting professor of government, CMC; German Ambassador to China (2004-2007) and Japan (2009-2013); Minxin Pei P'12, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 professor of government and director of the Keck Center f…

Mary Gaitskill, visiting professor of literature, CMC; author, Bad Behavior: Stories (1988) and Don't Cry (2010); "An Evening with the Author"

Tomas Summers Sandoval, Jr. '94, associate professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o history, Pomona College; author, Latinos at the Golden Gate: Creating Community and Identity in San Francisco (2013) and On the Merits of Ra…

Paul Schimmel, former chief curator, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Los Angeles; "New Directions in Contemporary Art" (12:00 p.m.)

George Roberts '66 P'93, founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR); Britt Harris, CIO, The Teacher Retirement System of Texas; Darren Filson, associate professor of economics, director of graduate progra…

Thomas Steyer, president, NextGen Climate; founder, Farallon Capital Management (1986); founder, TimKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Stanford University; "Acting Politically to Avert Climate Disaster and Preserve Amer…