Speakers & Participants
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Carlos Alfaro
Founder & Board Chair
Arizona Talks Foundation
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Robert Backie
Todd Bankofier
Chief Executive Officer
Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West (Smithsonian Affiliate)
Angela Banks
Dean and Charles J. Merriam Distinguished Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Joe Barba
Senior Director of Government Affairs
First Things First
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Aubrey Barnwell
Matt Beienburg
Director of Education Policy
Goldwater Institute
Walter Blackman
State Representative
Arizona House of Representatives
Clint Bolick
Justice
Arizona Supreme Court
Lisa Borowsky
Mayor
City of Scottsdale, Arizona
Mike Broomhead
KTAR
Lois Brown
Center Director and Professor
Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, Arizona State University
Heather Carter
CEO
Health Choice Arizona
Pamela Carter
State Representative LD4 (R)
Juan Ciscomani
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Eugene Clay
Arizona State University
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Amber Cordoba
Will Creeley
Legal Director
Foundation for Individual Rights And Expression
Michael Crow
President
Arizona State University
Maria Elena Cruz
Justice
Arizona Supreme Court
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Mark Dannels
Cochise County Sheriff's Office
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Adam Deguire
Arizona State University
Rosemarie Dombrowski
Inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, AZ
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Matt Eberle
Biltmore Executive Group
Lisa Fink
Arizona State Representative (R) D-27
Jeff Flake
Director, ASU Institute of Politics, Former U.S. Senator, Former U.S. Ambassador
Arizona State University
Adrian Fontes
Secretary of State
State of Arizona
Dr. Sybil Francis
President & CEO
Center for the Future of Arizona
Brian Fultz
Vice Mayor
City of Sedona, Arizona
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Rebecca Gau
John Giles
Megan Greenwood
Owner
Greenwood Brewing
Matt Gress
Arizona State Representative
State of Arizona
David H. Guston
Foundation Professor and Founding Director
School for the Future of Innovation in Society | Arizona State University
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Gerardo Higginson
Univision
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Darrell Hill
Policy Director
ACLU of Arizona
David Key
President & CEO
Greater Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau
Eileen Klein
35th State Treasurer
State of Arizona
Chris Kline
President & CEO
Desert Botanical Garden
Stacy Leeds
Willard H. Pedrick Dean, Regents and Foundation Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
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Lindsay Love
Therapist, Founder Girlfriend Culture
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Greg Lukianoff
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
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Salvador Macias
Terry E. Mackey
Pastor
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Barry Markson
Talkshow Host and Legal Analyst at KTAR, Mediator at Markson Mediation
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Lea Márquez Peterson
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James McCain
Kevin McKee
Manager of Parks & Recreation
City of Scottsdale
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Jorge Mendoza Yescas
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Reyna Montoya
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Jimmie Munoz
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Jannie Murray
National Immigration Forum
Steven Neuberg
Foundation Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University
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Kirstjen Nielsen
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Mike Noble
Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief of Research for OH Predictive Insights
Noble Predictive Insights
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Josh Nunez
Analise Ortiz
Arizona State Senator (D, LD24)
Sergio Paris
Director of Strategic Communications
Vitalyst Health Foundation
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Sergio Paris
Paul Penzone
Sheriff (Ret.), President-Penzone Consulting & Solutions
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Holli Ploog
Mayor
City of Sedona, Arizona
Evelyn Racette
Assistant Professor
Grand Canyon University
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Jorge Ramos
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Alberto Ríos
Director, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing & Inaugural Arizona Poet Laureate
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Yasser Sanchez
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Dewis Shallcross
Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU
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Rebecca Shi
American Business Immigration Coalition
T.J. Shope
President Pro Tempore
Arizona State Senate
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Jonathan Soto
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Greg Stanton
U.S. Congressman
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Mike Strati
Culture Index
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Nadine Strossen
New York Law School
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Priya Sundareshan
Senate Minority Leader (D-18)
Laura Terech
Executive Director
Arizona America250
Laura Tohe
Poet Laureate
State of Arizona
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Patricia Valencia
On-Air/Anchor/Producer
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Carlos Velasco
Monica Villalobos
AZHCC
Scott Woelfel
General Manager
Arizona PBS
Corey Woods
Mayor
City of Tempe, AZ
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