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James Bacchus
Chair, Global Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and former chief judge, World Trade Organization
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Autumn Brewington
Assistant Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post
Tim Cullen
Executive Director, Small Countries Financial Management Centre, Isle of Man
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James Bacchus, Greenberg Traurig, and former chief judge, World Trade Organization court U.S. Competitiveness, the Global Economy and Election 2012
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Jonathan Gurwitz
Opinion Columnist, San Antonio Express-News
James Hill
Managing Editor, The Washington Post Writers Group
Eugene Huskey
Professor of Political Science, Stetson University
Koko Kondo
Atomic bomb survivor from Japan, global peace and justice activist
Mike Laerty
Opinions Editor Orlando Sentinel
Ted Reynolds
Fellow and Adjunct Professor University of Central Florida
Shelley Rigger
Brown Professor of East Asian Politics and Chair of Political Science, Davidson College
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Assoc. Editor, The Poynter Institute
Pallavoor Vaidyanathan
Interim Director, The India Center, University of Central Florida
Stephen Wayne
Professor, Georgetown University
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Francis Bok
Abolitionist and former slave from South Sudan
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Bob Clement
President, Clement and Associates, LLC, and former congressman
Terry Coonan
Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Florida State University
Eric Deggans
Tv/Media critic, Tampa Bay TImes, and former Ethics Fellow at The Poynter Institute
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Author, The Parties Versus the People, and former congressman
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Senior National Correspondent, TIME Magazine, and author, The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
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Froma Harrop
Opinion Columnist, The Providence Journal/ Creators Syndicate, and 2012 AOJ President
Andrew Holland
Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, American Security Project
Jim Ludes
Executive Director, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Salve Regina University
Peter Pritchard
Founder, Chelonian Research Institute
Ron Soodalter
Co-author, The Slave Next Door: Human Trafcking and Slavery in America Today
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