The Rev. W. Bruce McPherson, St. John’s Interim Rector. He will speak on Congregations and Their Life Cycles.

Warren Finch, Jr., Director of the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.

Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst and terrorism expert. He will speak on An Update on Terrorism.

The Rev. Susan M. Flanders, Episcopal priest at St. Columba’s Church who works on issues surround end-of-life spirituality, choices, and care. Her latest book is If I Ever Lose My Mind: Aid in Dying with Advanced Dementia and her topic will be Dementia: A Quandary of Compassion.

Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University and former CNN reporter.

Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. Trained in comparative religions and historical studies, she pursues teaching and research specialties in the history of Christianity. She will speak on Death and Life: Some Lesser Known Views from the Early Christians.

Eric Schwartz, President of Refugees International and the former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration. He will speak about the current refugee crisis.

Kathryn Keane, Vice President of Public Programming at the National Geographic Society and Director of the National Geographic Museum. She will speak about the museum’s current exhibit titled, The Queens of Egypt.

Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief, USA Today. She will speak on her newly released book, The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty.

Jane Clarke, acclaimed Irish poet, will reflect on the role of poetry in helping us respond to loss with a reading from her recently published second collection, When the Tree Falls (Bloodaxe Books 2019) and her illustrated group of poems inspired by a First World War family archive, All the Way Home, Smith (Doorstop 2019). She will speak on Give Sorrow Words.

Robert Musil, is President and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council (RCC). He is the author of Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment and Hope for a Heated Planet. He will speak about how Rachel Carson’s environmental ethics and spiritual values are critical to current environmental justice concerns for people of color and low-income communities.

Reid Detchon, Senior Advisor for Climate Solutions at the United Nations Foundation. He has also served as Executive Director of the Energy Future Coalition, a non-partisan domestic policy initiative, and as chair of the Environment Committee of the Diocese of Washington. Reid is a co-founder of the Environment Committee at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church and a founding board member of Interfaith Power and Light. He will speak on What's God Got to Do with It? Protecting the Environment as a…

The Rev. William Morris, St. John’s Assisting Priest for Engaging Faith and the Workplace. He will speak on Engaging Faith and the Workplace.

Stewart McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association. He leads the Association’s non-profit and non-partisan mission to support conservation and preservation at the White House with non-government funding. He will speak on The White House Historical Association.

Richard Bell, scholar, writer, and associate professor at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the history and culture of the United States between 1750 and 1877. He will speak on his new book, Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home.

Christopher Costa, former intelligence officer of 34 years, former Special Assistant to the President and current Executive Director of the International Spy Museum.  He will speak on The International Spy Museum.

David Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He will speak on The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King. Jr.

Dr. Meredith Evans, Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. She will speak about the Jimmy Carter Presidential library and museum and the Carter presidency.

  Robert Strong, William Lyne Wilson Professor in Political Economy at Washington and Lee University. He will speak on The Jimmy Carter Presidency.

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter. He will speak on his book, President Carter: The White House Years.

Hank Handler, noted craftsman and master builder, co-founded Oak Grove Restoration Company 40 years ago to specialize in the conservation, preservation, restoration, and retrofitting of historic buildings. He will speak about the restoration of the Dolley Madison House.

Dick Grimmett, American historian. He is a member of St. John's Church, and chairman of its Properties Committee. He is also the author of St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square: The History and Heritage of the Church of the Presidents, Washington, DC. He will speak on Benjamin Henry Latrobe: American Architect.

Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post reporter. She will speak on her podcast series, Presidential, which takes listeners on an epic historical journey through the personality and legacy of each of the American presidents.

The Rev. Robert S. Heaney, Director of the Center for Anglican Communion Studies and Associate Professor of Christian Mission at Virginia Theological Seminary. He will speak on International Episcopal-Anglican Identity: The State of the Communion.

George Chochos, Assistant Director for the Georgetown University Pivot Program. He is a prison and criminal justice reform advocate who has worked with organizations and legislators to pass a wide array of reforms, ranging from sentencing reform to expanding college-in-prison programs at both the state and federal level. He will speak on Reimagining Reentry: Preparing Citizens Returning from Incarceration for Success.

Christian Appy, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He will speak about the Vietnam War.