Mary Matalin is a popular political author, speaker, and strategist. Matalin served in the Reagan and both Bush administrations and has held a range of leadership positions in the Republican National Committee over the past 38 years.

Mitch Landrieu’s long political career began when he was elected to the Louisiana Legislature in 1988. He was re-elected to that body three times before becoming Lieutenant Governor in 2004, and then again in 2007.

A force in Florida and national politics for nearly three decades, Manny Diaz was elected Mayor of the City of Miami in 2001 and was re-elected to a second term in 2005. He was named president of the United States Conference of Mayors in 2008 and is a former member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council.