- Hon. Michael D. Barnes, former U.S. Representative (D-MD)
- Hon. Bonnie Campbell, former Attorney General of Iowa (D-IA)
- Hon. Michael N. Castle, former Governor and U.S. Representative (R-DE)
- Hon. Byron Dorgan, former U.S. Senator (D-ND)
- Hon. Vic Fazio, former U.S. Representative (D-CA)
- Hon. Martin Frost, former U.S. Representative (D-TX)
- Hon. Nancy Johnson, former U.S. Representative (R-CT)
- Hon. James R. Jones, former U.S. Representative (D-OK)
- Hon. Jim Nussle, former U.S. Representative (R-IA)
- Hon. Bob Packwood, former U.S. Senator (R-OR)
- Hon. John Porter, former U.S. Representative (R-IL)
- Hon. John Tanner, former U.S. Representative (D-TN)
- Hon. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lt. Governor (D-MD)
- I.M. ‘Mac’ Destler, Saul Stern Professor of Civic Engagement, University of Maryland
- Gloria Duffy, Commonwealth Club of California
- Jack Faris, Former Vice President, University of Washington
- Carlos Gutierrez, Former Sec. of Commerce under George W. Bush, CEO of Kellogg
- Katie Hall, CEO of Hall Capital & Chair of the Board of Trustees, Princeton University
- Glenn F. Ivey, Former State’s Attorney, Maryland
- Lawrence Jacobs, Walter & Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies, University of Minnesota
- Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Marvin Kalb, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
- Jon Krosnick, Frederic Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Stanford University
- Gregory G. Lebel, The George Washington University
- Lawrence Lessig, Roy Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
- Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Executive Director, National Institute for Civil Discourse
- Benjamin Page, Gordon Fulcher Professor of Decision Making, Northwestern University
- Jennifer Potter, Former CEO, Initiative for Global Development
- Cindy Simon Rosenthal, Director and Curator, Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma
- Robert Shapiro, Columbia University
- D. Wayne Silby, Founder, Calvert Social Investment Fund
- John Steiner, Transpartisan Policy Center
- Talia Stroud, Assistant Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at University of Texas
- Richard Tafel, Public Squared, Founder, Log Cabin Republicans
- Wendy Willis, Policy Consensus Initiative, Portland State University
In Memoriam
- Hon. Bill Frenzel (1928-2014), former U.S. Representative from Minnesota
- William Ruckelshaus (1932-2019), EPA Administrator under Richard Nixon & George Bush
- Thomas Schelling (1921-2016), Nobel Laureate, University of Maryland
- Daniel Yankelovich (1924-2017), Public Agenda Foundation