Special Guests, as of July, include:
- Lloyd Ayers, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner
- Cindy Bass, Sr. Policy Advisor to Rep. Chaka Fattah
- Renee Cardwell-Hughes, CEO,
American Red Cross (SEPA)
- Tom Corcoran, President,
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
- Tamala Edwards, Anchor Action News
- Jim Ellis, Swim Coach
and subject of the movie "Pride"
- Rep. Dwight Evans, PA House of Representatives
- Scott Gordon, CEO, Mastry Charter Schools
- William Hankowsky, President/CEO,
Liberty Property Trust
- Seamus Kearney, Author,
The Philadelphia Phillies: Images in Baseball
- Nick Kelsh, Photographer,
Author of How to Photograph Your Baby
- Richard Negrin,
Managing Director City of Philadelphia
- Joseph Poon,
Asian Fusion Chef and Cookbook Author
- Wendell Pritchett, Chancellor, Rutgers-Camden
- Annette Rizzo, Judge, Phila. Court of Common Pleas
- Michael Rosenzweig, President/CEO,
Nat. Museum of Jewish American History
- Timothy Rub, Director, CEO,
Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Daniel Rubin, Columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Witold Rybczynski, Architect, Author,
Professor of Urbanism
- Chris Satullo,
ED of News and Civic Dialogue, WHYY
- Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz,
U.S. House of Representatives
- David Thornburgh, ED,
Fels Institute of Government
- Alan Tu, Editor, Newsworks.Org
- Seth Williams, Philadelphia District Attorney
- Ameenah Young, PA Convention Center Authority