Alan Weisman, Author with multiple distinguished book prizes, and journalist, reporting from around the world for news magazines, quarterlies and Public Broadcasting – “Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?”

David Arnold, co-producer of a global warming exhibit, creator of a second exhibit in planning that compares the health of coral reefs “then and now”. Awards for environmental work and reporting excellence - “Photographing Climate Change Above and Below the Waterline”

US Inaugural Poet, 2013:  Acclaimed poet, memoirist and entertaining storyteller, looks back with awe on rare roots.

World Adventurer and Master Sailor:  " Leave Antartica to Starboard, Race France to France"

Veteran Reporter, her book on American women at war in the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq:  “Soldier Girls”

Executive Director, Maine Audubon:  “Can Maine’s Iconic Wildlife, Particularly Shorebirds, Endure a Changing Climate?”

Psychiatrist specializing in the family:  “A Radically New Understanding of How Relationships Work”

Foundation Director, Specialist in philanthropy and strategic Investments:  “Time, Talent & Treasure, Making the Most of What We Give”

Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies, Harvard:  "Russia & the West: Some Observations about Old Wine Once Again in New Bottles”

President, Maine Coast Heritage Trust:  "Land Conservation in the 21st Century:  Implications for local and island trusts and stewardship."