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Avril
Haines

Deputy National Security Advisor
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Ryan
Crocker

Ambassador
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Jerome
Sauvage

United Nations Official
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Sally
Jewell

Secretary of the Interior
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Judy
Heumann

Disability Rights Activist
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Reggie
Love

Personal Aide to Obama
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Jordan
Brooks

Gender Policy Advisor
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Ginger
Miller

Women Veterans Advocate
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Donald
Molloy

Judge
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Alan
Fitts

Trip Director for the First Lady
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Robert
Post

Nutrition Policy Official
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Jane
Chu

NEA Chair
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Marc
Morial

Civil Rights Advocate
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Denis
McDonough

White House Chief of Staff
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Betsey
Stevenson

Economic Policy Official
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Felicia
Escobar Carrillo

Immigration Policy Advisor
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Rajiv
Shah

USAID Administrator
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Andrea
Mokros

White House Staffer
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Jeanne
Lambrew

Health Policy Advisor
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Cody
Keenan

Speechwriter
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Jodi
Archambault Gillette

Native American Affairs Policy Official
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John
Holdren

White House Science Advisor
Sub-Saharan Africa

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Elizabeth
Fowler

Health Policy Official
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Craig
Fugate

FEMA Administrator
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Heather
Zichal

Energy and Climate Advisor
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Larry
Summers

National Economic Council Director
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Raffi
Freedman-Gurspan

Transgender Activist and LGBTQ Liaison
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Jim
Obergefell

Marriage Equality Activist and Plaintiff
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Paul
Ryan

Member of Congress
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Betsy
Bramon

Foreign Policy Official
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Stephen
Kroft

Broadcast Journalist
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Ron
Kirk

US Trade Representative
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Bill
Ivey

Folklorist
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Sheryl
Cousineau

Immigration Correspondent
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Timothy
Geithner

Secretary of the Treasury
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Doug
O'Brien

Rural Development Official
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James
Jones

National Security Advisor
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Victoria
Nuland

Foreign Policy Official
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Andrew
Herscowitz

Power Africa Coordinator
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Ash
Carter

Secretary of Defense
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Timuel
Black

Civil Rights Activist
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Johnnie
Carson

Diplomat and Foreign Policy Official
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Kimberlé
Crenshaw

Legal Scholar and Civil Rights Advocate
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Chelsea and Jeremy Haynes

US Army Sergeant and Major
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Azizullah
Royesh

Educator and Social Activist
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Melissa
Winter

Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
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Chris
Hughes

Media Proprietor and Campaigner
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Frances
Beinecke

Environmentalist and Nonprofit Executive
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Astra
Taylor

Filmmaker and Activist
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Regina
Benjamin

Surgeon General
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Otis
Moss III

Pastor and Theologian
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Lori
Wallach

Trade Policy Advocate
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Toni
Preckwinkle

Cook County Politician
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Wayne
Frederick

University President
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Earl
Smith

US Army Veteran
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Jon
Carson

Public Engagement Official

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