Peter Willcox, Greenpeace Captain, and Islesboro Resident “Making world Peace – Ventures of a Troublemaker”

Landon Thomas Jr., New York Times reporter on international finance and an Islesboro summer resident - “The Euro-Zone Crisis and Emerging Markets - Russia, Brazil and Turkey in particular”

Dr. George Rupp, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs – “ The New Face of War, Throngs of Uprooted People”

Scott Hamilton, Director of world-famous Explorers Club, and President of Dooley Intermed - “New Sight in the Third World, Restoring Vision in the Forbidden Kingdom”

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?”