Speakers

Yoni Appelbaum

Deputy Executive Editor

The Atlantic

Melody Barnes outside of Bond House

Melody Barnes

Executive Director

Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia

Jamelle Bouie

Columnist

The New York Times

Kat Calvin

Practitioner Fellow in Democracy

Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia

Oren Cass

Founder and Chief Economist

American Compass

Kathleen DuVal

Carl W. Ernst Distinguished Professor of History

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Norman Eisen

Executive Chair

Democracy Defenders Fund

Mike Ellison

Distinguished Fellow in Culture and Democracy

Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia

Jeffrey Goldberg

Editor in Chief

The Atlantic

Reed Howard

Practitioner Fellow in Democracy

Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia

Sally Hudson

Practitioner Fellow in Democracy

Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia

Vann R. Newkirk II

Senior Editor

The Atlantic

Sarah Isgur

Editor

SCOTUSblog

Dreama Montrief Johnson

Director

Public Service Pathways, University of Virginia

Jane Kamensky

President and CEO

Monticello/The Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Annie Lowrey

Staff Writer

The Atlantic

Beth Macy

Award-Winning Author

Journalist

Tom Nichols

Staff Writer

The Atlantic

Bryan Paul

College Debates and Discourse Alliance Curricular Fellow

American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Sam Pressler

Practitioner Fellow in Democracy

Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia

Justin G. Reid

Justin G. Reid

Civic Partnerships Fellow

Monticello

Vivian Salama

Staff Writer

The Atlantic

Evan Smith

Co-founder and Former CEO

The Texas Tribune

Jayme Swain

President and CEO

VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media

Alan Taylor

Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor Emeritus

University of Virginia

Nancy Youssef

Staff Writer

The Atlantic