Distinguished Invitees
as of November 7, 2005
| Hon. Madeleine Albright | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1993-1996) Secretary of State (1997-2001) |
| Mr. Jonathan Alter | Senior Editor and Columnist, Newsweek |
| Mr. Ralph Appelbaum | Exhibition Designer, Clinton Library and Museum |
| Jeffrey A. Bader | Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Easy Asian & Pacific Affairs (1996-1997) |
| Mr. Donald A. Baer | White House Director of Strategic Planning and Communications Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Chief Speechwriter (1994-95) |
| Hon. Paul Begala | Political Adviser to the President |
| Hon. Sidney Blumenthal | Asst. to the President (1997-2001) |
| Mr. Salih Booker | Executive Director Africa Action |
| Mr. Ron Brownstein | Political Correspondent-/ Wash. Bureau- L.A. Times |
| Dr. Ashton B. Carter | Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Asst. Sec. of Defense for International Security Policy U. S. Dept. of Defense (1993-1996) |
| Prof. Mark Danner | Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights, Bard College |
| Mr. Lanny Davis | Partner, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Special Counsel to the President (1996-1998) |
| Prof. Peter Edelman | Asst. Sec. of Health and Human Services |
| Mr. Terry Edmonds | Asst. to the President Deputy Director of Speechwriting (1995) Director of Speechwriting (1997-2001) |
| Prof. Richard A. Falk | U.S. Defense Policy, Arms Trade, & World Security Issues |
| Mr. William Fletcher, Jr. | President / CEO - TransAfrica Forum |
| Mr. Al From | Founder / CEO - Democratic Leadership Council |
| Prof. Jason Furman | Visiting Scholar, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service New York University Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers (1996-1997) Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (1999-2000) |
| Hon. Richard N. Gardner | Sr. Counsel, Morgan Lewis Professor of Law, & International Organization Columbia University Law School U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1993-1997) |
| Prof. David Gergen | Special Advisor to President Clinton |
| Jack Gibbons | Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Director of the Office of Science and Technology |
| Hon. Slade Gorton | Former U.S. Senator, Washington Member, National Committee on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2003-2004) |
| Mr. Stanley B. Greenberg | Chairman / CEO- Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc. |
| Dr. Joseph P. Harahan | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, D.C. |
| Mr. John F. Harris | Presidential Biographer Political Reporter, The Washington Post |
| Hon. Gary Hart | Co-Chair, U.S. Commission of National Security Former U.S. Senator, Colorado |
| Dean Fred P. Hochberg | Dean, Milano Graduate School of the New School (presently) Member, President's Management Council Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration (1998-1002) |
| Hon. Richard C. Holbrooke | U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1993-1994) Asst. Secretary of State (1994-1995) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1998-2001) |
| Arianna Huffington | Author and Syndicated Columnist |
| Mr. Christopher Jennings | President, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc. White House Senior Health Care Advisor (1993-2001) |
| Mr. Ben Johnson | Sr. Counselor, Porter Novelli Assistant to the President Director, Office of Race Initiative of One America |
| Ms. Elaine C. Kamarck | Sr. Advisor to Gore Campaign; Served in the White House (1993-97) |
| Hon. Mickey Kantor | Sec. of Commerce Counsel to President Clinton (1998-99) |
| Mr. Mark Katz | Staff Speech Writer "The Sound Bite Institute," New York, NY |
| Dr. Irwin L. Kellner | Augustus B. Weller Distinguished Chair of Economics Hofstra University |
| Hon. Peter King | U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional District (from L.I.) |
| Hon. Lawrence J. Korb | The Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C. |
| Mr. Robert Kuttner | Co-Founder and Co-Editor The American Prospect, Boston, MA |
| Hon. John Lewis | United States House of Representatives 5th, Georgia |
| Hon. Joe Lockhart | Assistant to the President Press Secretary |
| Hon. Ira C. Magaziner | Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative Adviser to the President (1993-1998) Chief Internet Adviser to the President (1996-1998) |
| Hon. Robert Malley | Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs |
| Mr. David Maraniss | Presidential Biographer |
| Gen.-Col. (Ret.)Yevgeny Maslin | General Director, Arsenal Industrial Group Moscow, Russian Federation Director, 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense (1997) |
| Hon. Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III | Chief of Staff (1993-1994) Adviser & Special Envoy to the Americas (1995-1998) |
| Major General William L. Nash | Commanding General, Peacekeeping Forces in Bosnia |
| Mr. Niall O'Dowd | Editor, The Irish Voice |
| Hon. Leon E. Panetta | Director, Office of Management & Budget Chief of Staff |
| Howard G. Paster | Assistant to the President |
| Mr. Mark Penn | President, Penn, Schoen and Berland Pollster and Political Adviser for the Clinton 1996 Re-election Campaign Political Adviser to the President (1996-2000) |
| Hon. William Perry | Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor University of California, Berkeley Sec. of Defense (1994-1997) |
| Hon. John D. Podesta | Chief of Staff (1998-2001) |
| Bruce Reed | Domestic Policy Adviser (1993-2001) Deputy Campaign Manager for Policy for the Clinton-Gore Campaign (1992) |
| Hon. Janet Reno | Attorney General |
| Hon. Richard W. Riley | Sec. of Education |
| Mr. Scott Ritter | U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector in Iraq |
| Hon. Robert E. Rubin | Executive Committee, Citigroup Inc. U.S. Seretary of the Treasury (1995-1997) Director, National Economic Council (1993-1995) |
| Mr. Charles Scribner III | Scribner & Sons Publishing |
| Gayle Smith | Special Assistant to the President Senior Director for African Affairs, National Security Council |
| Prof. Harold P. Smith, Jr. | Distinguished Visiting Scholar & Professor Univ. of California, Berkeley Asst. to the Sec. of Defense for Nuclear & Chemical Biological Defense Programs U.S. Dept. of Defense (1993-1998) |
| Hon. Nancy Soderberg | Alternative Rep. of the U.S. to the U.N. Deputy Asst. to Clinton for Nat. Security Affairs |
| Mr. Jeff Shesol | Staff Speech Writer West Wing Writers, LLC, Washington, D.C. |
| Hon. Gene Sperling | Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Director, National Economic Council (1997-2001) Deputy Director, National Economic Council (1993-1996) Economic Policy Director, 1992 Clinton Presidential Campaign |
| Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz | Columbia University Chair, Council of Economic Advisers Sr. Vice Pres.- World Bank (1992-97) |
| Michael Waldman, Esq. | Chief Speechwriter Director, Office of Speechwriting |