The South in Transition (1964)

Ralph McGill
James J. Kirkpatrick

Democratic Responsibility (1965)

Winthrop Rockefeller
George Wallace

America’s New Global Challenge (1966)

Barry Goldwater
Alexander Kerenski
John Seigenthaler

Individual in American Society (1967)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Allen Ginsberg
Strom Thurmond
Stokley Carmichael

The Resting of Dissent (1968)

Julian Bond
Robert F. Kennedy
William F. Buckley Jr.

The Emerging Generation (1969)

McGeorge Bundy
Nathan Hare
Allan Lowenstein
Edmund Muskie

The Struggle to Communicate (1970
James J. Kilpatrick
William Kuntsler

Technology and Social Change (1971)
George McGovern
Sam Ervin
Bella Abzug

America’s Role in its Third Century (1977)
Omar Bradley
Thomas Eagleton
Frank Church
Phillip Crane
Donald Rumsfeld

The Destiny of the South (1978)
Thomas B. “Bert” Lance
Barbara Jordan
Robin Beard

Towards Global Unity (1979)George HW Bush
Ivor Richard
Betty Williams

The Election:  America’s Leadership Decision (1980)
Tom Brokaw
George McGovern
Jack Kemp
Malcolm Toon

American Foreign Policy:  New Directions For the 80s (1981)
William H. Sullivan
Edmund Muskie
Robin Beard

Conservatism:  A Mandate from the People (1982)
Gary Hart
Richard Allen

Technology and Society:  Contemporary Perspectives on Progress (1983)
Al Gore
Leon Martel

The Private Sector:  Is it Governmental Business (1984)
Jerry Brown
John LeBoutillier
Eugene McCarthy

Media Under Fire:  The Rights and Responsibilities of the Media (1985)
Sam Donaldson
Jody Powell
John Dancy
Nina Totenberg

The Next Move:  Conflict or Compromise in East/West Relations (1986)
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Robert McNamara
Andrew Young

The Regan Era and Beyond:  Looking Back to Look Ahead (1987)
William Proxmire
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Michael Deaver
Hodding Carter III

Global Leadership:  Does America Have the Edge (1988)
Jean Kirkpatrick
Zbigniew Brzezinski
John Daney

Battle on the Homefront:  Preserving the American Dream (1989)
Jesse Jackson
Bettina Gregory
Edwin Newman
Joe Clark
James Neal
William Rusher

Freedom:  The Popular Mandate in Eastern Europe (1990)
James Schlesinger

Democracy in Distress:  America Ideals on Trial (1991)
William Bennett
Tip O’Neill
Robert Novak

Campaign ’92:  Will Rhetoric Become Reality (1992)
Oliver North
P.J. O’Rourke
Helen Thomas
Ronald Brown

America:  Challenged to Change (1993)
Jack Kemp
James Carville
Mary Matalin

The New World Order:  Will America Find its Role? (1994)
Oscar Arias
Lawrence Eagleburger
William Webster

The First Hundred Days:  A New Direction (1995)
Mario Cuomo
Dan Quayle

From Bosnia to Beyond:  The International Response (1996)
Margaret Thatcher
Edward L. Warner III

Education:  Leading the United States into the 21st Century (1997)
Lamar Alexander
Bill Bradley
Cal Thomas
John Siegenthaler

Campaigning in America:  Renewing Democracy for the 21st Century (1998)
Bob Dole
Dick Morris

Challenges of a Changing World (1999)
Colin Powell
Robert Gates

Violence America’s Response (2000)
John Walsh
Chuck D.
John Lott
Frank Zimring

Will the White House Ever be the Same (2001)
James Carville
David Gergen
Sam Feist
Joel Kaplan

The Steel of American Resolve (2002)
Norman Schwarzkopf
Thomas Von Essen
Sam Feist
Joel Kaplan

The Political Divide (2003)
General Barry McCaffrey
James Carville
Mary Matalin

The Media’s Election:  The Influence of the Media on the 2004 Presidential Election (2004)
J.C. Watts
Paul Begala
Tucker Carlson

Visions of America (2005)
Al Sharpton
Ann Coulter
Howard Dean

Disappearing Borders (2006)
Peter Brimelow
John Edwards

The Political Landscape (2007)
Lou Dobbs
Newt Gingrich
Harold Ford Jr.

Middle East Meets West (2008)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Reza Aslan
Gideon Yago
John Abizaid

Diplomacy in the New Millennium (2009)
Madeleine Albright
Natan Sharansky

The Future of Capitalism (2010)
Ralph Nadar
John Stossel
Mitt Romney

Bridging the Gap:  America’s Middle Class (2011)
Arianna Huffington
William Kristol
Tim Pawlenty
Christina Romer

The Rise of the Rest:  What is the Future of American Foreign Policy (2012)
Lamar Alexander
Wesley Clark
Vincente Fox
John Huntsman
Bill Richardson

Dimensions of Peace and Conflict (2013)
Ehud Barak*
George Mitchell
Leymah Gbowee

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness:  Defining Civil Rights and Responsibilities (2014)
Gen. Colin Powell
Olympia Snowe
Barney Frank

How You See It:  Perceptions of (In)Equality (2015)
Anna Deavere Smith
Eugene Robinson
Stephen A. Smith
Rudy Giuliani

The Struggle for Success:  Is America Dreaming? (2016)
Azar Nafisi
Brittany Packnett
Spike Lee
John Boehner

The Time is Now:  What Message Will We Send? (2017)
Van Jones
Shaun King
Ezra Klein
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

IMPACT (2018)
Chris Matthews. (Chancellor Lecture Series)
Hasan Minhaj
Jessica Carbino 

Who Are Our Heroes? (2019)
Ava DuVernay
Abby Wambach
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Cancelled – COVID 2020
Steve Wozniak

IMPACT Virtual (2021)
Aubrey Plaza
Laverne Cox
Bill Nye

IMPACT (2022)
Common
Hunter Schafer

IMPACT (2023)
Tabitha Brown
Giancarlo Esposito
Shiza Shahid