Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, MPH, PhD, known online as "Your Local Epidemiologist", is a prominent epidemiologist, data scientist and science communicator who gained widespread recognition for her analysis and translation of complex scientific data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Dora Anne Mills is the Chief Health Improvement Officer at MaineHealth. She is a board-certified pediatrician and a prominent figure in Maine's public health landscape, having served as the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for 15 years.

Nathaniel Fick, a Maine resident, former American diplomat, technology executive and author of the memoir One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Ambassador Fick was selected to lead the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy in 2022.

Dr. Katherine Richardson hails from a family of distinguished Mainers and is an eminent professor at the University of Copenhagen and leader of its Sustainability Science Center, whose work bridges the gap between marine science and global climate policy. She will discuss global sustainability with Dr. Deborah Bronk, CEO and President of Maine’s Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.

Ernest Thompson, Oscar-winning author of ON GOLDEN POND and his new novel OUT CLAUSE, and Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of SHE’S NOT THERE and co-author (with Jodi Picoult) of MAD HONEY, discuss the ways Maine has shaped their lives and stories.

Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. Dr Miller served at the State Department as an historian, analyst, negotiator and advisor to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process. Ambassador Jon Allen spent his career as a Canadian diplomat and was Ambassador of Canada to Israel. He is currently a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto. Jackie Northam is a veteran International Affairs Correspondent for NPR.

Lew Schneider is an American television producer, writer, director, actor and comedian. Schneider began writing for television in 1993. His credits include The George Wendt Show, The John Larroquette Show, The Naked Truth, The New Adventures of Old Christine and The Goldbergs. He wrote for Everybody Loves Raymond, receiving two Emmys as part of the production team. Brett Pierce is an educator, program developer, writer, producer and founder of Meridian Stories, a digital storytelling nonprofit. He worked extensively in educational and social impact projects for Sesame Workshop and PeaceTech Lab.

Dr. Darby Dyar is a prominent planetary geologist, mineralogist, and spectroscopist and is currently the Deputy Principal Investigator for NASA’s VERITAS mission to Venus. Dr. Tara Ruttley is a scientist and engineer who currently serves as the Chief Scientist for Orbital Reef at Blue Origin, where she guides the scientific vision for a next-generation commercial space station. Pamela Melroy is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former NASA astronaut who most recently served as the Deputy Administrator of NASA and is one of only two women to have commanded the Space Shuttle.