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Katherine Thrailkill
History Teacher
Mountain View High School
Isela Blanc
Former Arizona State Representative
Legislative District 26
Mike Broomhead
Host of the Mike Broomhead Show
KTAR News
Justin Harris
Police Sergeant and Immediate Past President of the Arizona Police Association
LaDona Harvey
Co-Host of Arizona's Morning News
KTAR News
Paul Johnson
Former Mayor of Phoenix
No Labels Party Chairman
Hugh Lytle
Founder of Equality Health & Former Independent Candidate for Governor
Jim Sharpe
Co-Host of Arizona's Morning News
KTAR News
Gina Swoboda
Former Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman & former Candidate for AZ Secretary of State
Raquel Terán
Community Advocate, former AZ Dem Chair, former AZ Senate Minority Leader
Carlos Alfaro
Founder & Board Chair
Arizona Talks Foundation
James Bates
Founder & CEO of AdviNow Medical
Board Member at Arizona BioIndustry Association
Matt Ellsworth
Chief Administrative Officer
Flinn Foundation
Brad Vynalek
Firm President
Quarles Law Firm
Athena Aktipis
Social Psychology Area Head and Associate Professor, Psychology
Arizona State University
James Hrdlicka
Associate Teaching Professor; School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
Arizona State University
Angela Banks
Dean and Charles J. Merriam Distinguished Professor of Law
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Walter Blackman
State Representative
Arizona House of Representatives
Lois Brown
Center Director and Professor
Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, Arizona State University
Terry E. Mackey
Pastor
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Corey Woods
Mayor
City of Tempe, AZ
Matt Gress
Arizona State Representative
State of Arizona
Laura Terech
Executive Director
Arizona America250
Steven Neuberg
Foundation Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University
David H. Guston
Foundation Professor and Founding Director
School for the Future of Innovation in Society | Arizona State University
Joe Barba
Senior Director of Government Affairs
First Things First
Clint Bolick
Justice
Arizona Supreme Court
Michael Crow
President
Arizona State University
Maria Elena Cruz
Justice
Arizona Supreme Court
Jeff Flake
Director, ASU Institute of Politics, Former U.S. Senator, Former U.S. Ambassador
Arizona State University
Dr. Sybil Francis
President & CEO
Center for the Future of Arizona
Brian Fultz
Vice Mayor
City of Sedona, 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
Paul Penzone
Sheriff (Ret.), President-Penzone Consulting & Solutions
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Holli Ploog
Mayor
City of Sedona, Arizona
Scott Woelfel
General Manager
Arizona PBS
Todd Bankofier
Chief Executive Officer
Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West (Smithsonian Affiliate)
Lisa Borowsky
Mayor
City of Scottsdale, Arizona
Adrian Fontes
Secretary of State
State of Arizona
Evelyn Racette
Assistant Professor
Grand Canyon University
T.J. Shope
President Pro Tempore
Arizona State Senate
Laura Tohe
Poet Laureate
State of Arizona
Will Creeley
Legal Director
Foundation for Individual Rights And Expression
Megan Greenwood
Owner
Greenwood Brewing
Rosemarie Dombrowski
Inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, AZ
Kevin McKee
Manager of Parks & Recreation
City of Scottsdale
Analise Ortiz
Arizona State Senator (D, LD24)
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Patricia Valencia
On-Air/Anchor/Producer
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Robert Backie
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Eugene Clay
Arizona State University
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Matt Eberle
Biltmore Executive Group
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Gerardo Higginson
Univision
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
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Jimmie Munoz
Matt Beienburg
Director of Education Policy
Goldwater Institute
Lisa Fink
Arizona State Representative (R) D-27
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Darrell Hill
Policy Director
ACLU of Arizona
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Lindsay Love
Therapist, Founder Girlfriend Culture
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Priya Sundareshan
Senate Minority Leader (D-18)
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Sergio Paris
Pamela Carter
State Representative LD4 (R)
Juan Ciscomani
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Alberto Ríos
Director, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing & Inaugural Arizona Poet Laureate
Mike Noble
Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief of Research for OH Predictive Insights
Noble Predictive Insights
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Rebecca Gau
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Greg Lukianoff
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
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Jorge Ramos
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Nadine Strossen
New York Law School
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Aubrey Barnwell
Heather Carter
CEO Health Choice Arizona & GM Medicaid Segment
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
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Amber Cordoba
MD
Mark Dannels
Cochise County Sheriff's Office
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Adam Deguire
Arizona State University
John Giles
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Salvador Macias
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Jorge Mendoza Yescas
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Reyna Montoya
JM
Jannie Murray
National Immigration Forum
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Kirstjen Nielsen
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
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Josh Nunez
Sergio Paris
Director of Strategic Communications
Vitalyst Health Foundation
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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
Lorenzo Sierra
Author & Former Arizona State Representative
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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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Carlos Velasco
Novle
Monica Villalobos
AZHCC
Emily Zarka
English Instructor; Show Creator and Host
Arizona State University and PBS Digital
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