Nearly 100 confirmed prominent speakers, including:
- Enola Aird is the founder and director of the Motherhood Project.
- Dan Aronson teaches Economics at Raritan Valley Community College, New Jersey.
- Gar Alperovitz, a professor of political economy at the University of Maryland, is the author of AMERICA BEYOND CAPITALISM.
- Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the author of THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1980.
- Peter Barnes the co-founder of Working Assets and the author of CAPITALISM 3.0.
- Barbara Bergmann is professor emeritus at American University.
- Jared Bernstein is co-director of the Economic Policy Institute and the author of ALL TOGETHER NOW: COMMON SENSE FOR A FAIR ECONOMY.
- Fred Block is a professor of sociology at U.C. Davis and a senior fellow at the Longview Institute.
- David Bollier is Editor of OntheCommons.org, co-founder of Public Knowledge, and author of SILENT THEFT.
- Heather Boushey is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
- Jim Boyce is a professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and the director of the environment program at the Political Economy Research Institute.
- B. J. Bullert teaches strategic communication at Antioch University’s Center for Creative Change in Seattle.
- George Cheney is a Professor of Communication at the University of Utah and the author of VALUES AT WORK.
- Ann Crittenden is a former New York Times reporter and author of THE PRICE OF MOTHERHOOD.
- Robert Costanza runs the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.
- John de Graaf is President of the Take Back Your Time campaign.
- Sharon Delgado, a United Methodist minister, is the author of SHAKING THE GATES OF HELL: FAITH-LED RESISTANCE TO CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION.
- Brian Derdowski is a former Republican County Councilman in King County, Washington.
- Fred Dobb is Rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, MD, and co-chair of Religious Witness for the Earth.
- Peter Dorman is a professor of economics at the Evergreen State College in Washington State.
- Michael K. Dorsey is professor of global environmental policy at Dartmouth College and former member of the Sierra Club Board of Directors.
- Bob Drago teaches family studies and work-life balance at Penn State University.
- Nathan Dungan is the author of PRODIGAL SONS & MATERIAL GIRLS.
- The Eco-Tones are a dynamic musical duo performing blues, roots and rock.
- Riane Eisler is a world-renowned social scientist and the author of THE REAL WEALTH OF NATIONS.
- Holly Fechner is the former policy director for Senator Edward Kennedy.
- Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts and the author of THE INVISIBLE HEART.
- Theresa Funiciello is the founder of Social Agenda and author of THE TYRANNY OF KINDNESS.
- Kim Gandy is the President of the National Organization for Women.
- Janet Gornick is a professor of sociology and political science at the City University of New York, and co-author of FAMILIES THAT WORK.
- Alisa Gravitz is the Executive Director of Co-Op America.
- Anders Hayden is a Canadian sociologist and the author of SHARING THE WORK, SPARING THE PLANET.
- Bruce Herbert is President of Newground Social Investment and a past Governing Board member of ICCR – the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.
- Roger Hickey is the co-director of the Take Back America Campaign and the Campaign for America’s Future.
- Ted Howard is the Executive Director of the Democracy Collaborative and the co-author of ENTROPY.
- Dave Jones is a Fellow at the Commonweal Institute, where he researches and writes about the conservative movement and its influence. He is also an active blogger.
- Tim Jones has taught “What’s the Economy for, Anyway?" at the University of Washington.
- Anya Kamenetz is a journalist and the author of GENERATION DEBT.
- Tim Kasser is a professor of psychology at Knox College and the author of THE HIGH PRICE OF MATERIALISM.
- Emily Kawano is the director of the Center for Popular Economics.
- Bruce Kennedy is a professor at the Boston College Carroll School of Management and co-author of THE HEALTH OF NATIONS.
- Ezra Klein is a staff writer at The American Prospect.
- Karen Kornbluh is the policy director for US Senator Barack Obama* and former director of the New America Foundation’s work and family program.
- Kristi Laguzza-Boosman is a community outreach consultant and graduate student researching social indicators as tools for social change.
- Celinda Lake is a leading American pollster and author of WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT.
- Anna Lappé, a leading food activist, is the co-author of HOPE’S EDGE and GRUB: IDEAS FOR AN URBAN ORGANIC KITCHEN.
- Frances Moore Lappe is the author of the best-selling DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET and is author of the new book GETTING A GRIP.
- James Lardner is the co-editor of INEQUALITY MATTERS, and a senior fellow at Demos.
- Peggy Lauer is a former assistant editor of MOTHER JONES magazine and the executive director of the WELL Network.
- Eric Liu is co-author, with Nick Hanauer, of THE TRUE PATRIOT. He is a former speechwriter and deputy domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton.
- Hunter Lovins is a founder and president of Natural Capitalism Solutions and co-author of NATURAL CAPITALISM.
- Michael Maniates is a professor of political science and environmental studies at Allegheny College.
- Nic Marks is a psychotherapist and the director of the Well-Being Program at the New Economics Foundation in London. He was the lead author of the Healthy Planet Index.
- Judith Martin is the Executive Director of The Work and Family Unit, Department of Labour, Government of Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Milenko Matanovic is visual and performing artist, originally from Slovenia. He is the founding director of the Pomegranate Center and author of MULTIPLE VICTORIES.
- Bill McKibben, a co-founder of the Step-It-Up global warming campaign, teaches at Middlebury College. His latest book is DEEP ECONOMY.
- Jim Merkel is the author of RADICAL SIMPLICITY.
- Marque-Luisa Miringoff, Professor of Sociology, directs the Institute for Innovation at Vassar College, and is the author of AMERICA'S SOCIAL HEALTH.
- David Moberg is a writer and senior editor at IN THESE TIMES.
- Sandra Morgen is a Professor of Women's Studies at Penn State University and the co-author of TAXES ARE A WOMEN’S ISSUE.
- Dedrick Muhammad is the Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Inequality and the Common Good project of the Institute for Policy Studies.
- Julie Nelson is an economist at Tufts University and author of ECONOMICS FOR HUMANS.
- Karen Nussbaum is the Executive Director of Working America, the Community Affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
- Laura Pacheco directed the documentary film THE MOTHERHOOD MANIFESTO.
- Michael Petit is the founder and director of the Every Child Matters Education Fund and the author of HOMELAND INSECURITY: AMERICAN CHILDREN AT RISK.
- Gifford Pinchot III is the grandson of the first director of the US Forest Service and founder of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
- Miles Rapoport is President of Dēmos. He served in the Connecticut legislature, and as Connecticut Secretary of the State.
- Devra Renner is an author of "MOMMY GUILT: LEARN TO WORRY LESS, FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS MOST AND RAISE HAPPIER KIDS.
- Jerome Ringo is the President of the Apollo Alliance and Chairman of the Board of the National Wildlife Federation.
- Julie Ristau is the director of the Tomales Bay Institute, a think tank researching the use of common wealth for the common good.
- Vicki Robin is the co-author of the best-seller, YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE.
- Dean Robinson is an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts.
- Joe Robinson, is the author of WORK TO LIVE and a former LA Times reporter.
- David Rosnick is a research economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
- Jon Rowe is the co-author of TIME DOLLARS and former speechwriter for Senator Byron Dorgan.
- Jim Rubens is a former state senator and photo-finish loser of the 1998 Republican primary for governor of New Hampshire.
- Hector Saez teaches economics and environmental studies at the University of Vermont and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
- Susan Sechler is a program officer at the German Marshall Fund.
- John Schmitt is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
- Juliet Schor is a professor of sociology at Boston College and the author of THE OVERWORKED AMERICAN.
- Michael Schut is the editor/author of SIMPLER LIVING, COMPASSIONATE LIFE.
- Jerome M. Segal, author of GRACEFUL SIMPLICITY, is a Senior Research Scholar at the University of Maryland.
- Sean Sheehan is the outreach director for the Center for a New American Dream.
- Nichole Shippen is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Rutgers University.
- Bill Spriggs is the Chairman of the Economics Department at Howard University and a Senior Fellow at the Community Service Society of New York.
- Jackie Stallard wrote her senior thesis at Allegheny College on strategies for creating student movements.
- John Stauber is the author of WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION and TRUST US, WE'RE EXPERTS.
- Dianne Stewart is the Director of Public Works: the Demos Center for the Public Sector.
- Adam Russell Taylor is Senior Political Director at SOJOURNERS/CALL TO RENEWAL.
- Pamela Velez-Vega is director of research for the Social Science Library at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.
- Jay Walljasper is the editor of ODE magazine and author of THE GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD BOOK.
- Mark Weisbrot is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
- Jennifer White is the Executive Director of the Simplicity Forum.
*Karen Kornbluh’s opinions are her own and not necessarily those of Senator Obama.

