Fresh Voices.

An impressive lineup of high-profile speakers.

General Session Speakers

The Honorable
Sandra Day O'Connor
Former Supreme Court Justice
Saturday, March 29
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor was called one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes magazine. Applying her wisdom on a case-by-case basis, she provided the decisive swing vote on many important issues of our time.

Sidney Poitier
Sunday, March 30
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
With a 50-year career in acting and directing, Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier is one of America’s most respected and honored entertainers. His memoir, The Measure of a Man, was a national best-seller and an Oprah Winfrey Book Club selection.

Jim Lehrer
News anchor and author
Monday, March 31
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Jim Lehrer is the host of The Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and the author of 16 novels, two memoirs and three plays. He has been honored with numerous awards for journalism, including the 1999 National Humanities Medal presented by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Also in 1999, Lehrer was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

Garrison Keillor
Host of A Prairie Home Companion
Tuesday, April 1
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Garrison Keillor began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966. He went to work for Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, and on July 6, 1974, he hosted the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul. Over 3 million listeners on more than 450 public radio stations now hear the show each week.

Fellowship Speaker

Lee Woodruff
Freelance Writer and Public Relations Executive
Sunday, March 30
7:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Lee Woodruff and her husband, Bob Woodruff, are the authors of In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing, the best-selling book about their family's difficult journey during Bob's critical injury in Iraq while anchoring a broadcast for ABC News. She and Bob have also established the Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury to raise money to assist members of the military with cognitive rehabilitation and other care needs following traumatic brain injury.