Yo-Yo Ma is a world-renowned cellist whose inspirations go well beyond the concert hall.
Goenawan Mohamad is one of the world's leading voices of moderate Islam. He has written extensively and eloquently about the power of the press and the importance of free speech.
Adam Michnik, a Polish journalist and activist, has made enormous contributions to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Monica Gonzalez, a Chilean journalist and author, has established a reputation as Chile's premier investigative reporter and one of the top investigative reporters in Latin America.
Magdi Allam, born in Egypt and raised in Italy, is one of the leading journalists in Italy today.
John Mendelsohn, MD, combined experience in clinical and laboratory research with administrative expertise in guiding The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center into the 21st century.
Joseph Schlessinger, PhD, has been the William H. Prusoff Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine since 2001.