Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Friday, Sept. 23, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• NBA Champion and all-time leading scorer
  
• Founder of the Skyhook Foundation
  

Chef Isaac Becker

Friday, Sept. 23, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• 2011 James Beard Award-winner for Best Chef: Midwest
  
• Minneapolis restaurateur
  

Dick Bolles

Friday, Sept. 23, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

• Career-development expert
• Best-selling author

Lilian Borges Zeig

Friday, Sept. 23, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• Licensed professional counselor
  
• Instructor of medical psychology and medical hypnosis
  

James Brown

Thursday, Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Host, NFL Today on CBS
• AARP's Community Ambassador
  

Carol Burnett

Thursday, Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Award-winning actress, Carol Burnett Show
• Best-selling author

Ken Chaplin

Friday, Sept. 23, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

• Senior Vice President, Marketing for Experian
  
• Former Vice President at Disney
  

Stephanie Chappell

Friday, Sept. 23, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

• Corporate gerontologist with The Hartford
• Areas of expertise include retirement planning, assisted living and long-term care
  

Sandra Cisneros

Friday, Sept. 23, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Award-winning author
  

• Writer in residence at Our Lady of the Lake University

Maria Antonieta Collins

Friday, Sept. 23, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

En Español

• Emmy Award-winning television journalist
  
• Host of Casos y Cosas de Collins
  

Tim Conway

Thursday, Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Award-winning actor, Carol Burnett Show
• Ensign Charles Parker on ABC's              McHale's Navy

Anna Escobedo Cabral

• Former U.S. Treasurer
• AARP's Family Finance Ambassador (En Español)

Joni Evans

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Journalist and publishing legend
• A director of the Dreyfus Fund

Chris Gardner

• Best-selling author
• AARP’s Ambassador of Pursuit and Happyness
  

Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.

Thursday, Sept. 22, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Neurologist specializing how brains handle memory, attention and aging
  
• University professor
  

Leeza Gibbons

Thursday, Sept. 22, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Former host of AARP's My Generation, a lifestyle TV series

Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE

Thursday, Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute
• United Nations Messenger of Peace

Grannies on Safari

Friday, Sept. 23, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Emmy Award-winning TV show
  
• The Grannies are show co-hosts             Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson

Peter Greenberg

Thursday, Sept. 22, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Travel Editor for CBS News
• AARP’s Travel Ambassador
  

Grover

Saturday, Sept. 24, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

• Sesame Street’s gregarious blue monster
• Becomes “Super Grover,” a problem-solving super hero who can do no wrong

Tim Gunn

Thursday, Sept. 22, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Chief Creative Officer, Liz Claiborne, Inc.
• Co-host of Lifetime's Project Runway

Phil Hagen, M.D.

Friday, Sept. 23, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Medical Director, Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth Programs
• Leader in population health management
  

Harville Hendrix

Friday, Sept. 23, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• Clinical pastoral counselor
• Co-creator of Imago Relationship Therapy for couples
  

Mollie Katzen

Saturday, Sept. 24, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Author of the Moosewood Cookbook
• 2007 James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame inductee

Gary Knell

Saturday, Sept. 24, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

• President and CEO of Sesame Workshop
• Vice-chair of the AARP Services, Inc. Board of Directors
  

Spike Lee

Friday, Sept. 23, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Award-winning director of                        She's Gotta Have It and Malcolm X
  

• Author of six books on the making of films
  

Richard Leider

Friday, Sept. 23, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Founder and chairman of The Inventure Group

• Nationally certified Master Career Counselor

Sugar Ray Leonard

Thursday, Sept. 22, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Champion boxer
• Host of NBC's The Contender

Martina Navratilova

Saturday, Sept. 24, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• Nine-time Wimbledon singles champion
• AARP's Fitness Ambassador
  

Chef Alex Roberts

Friday, Sept. 23, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• 2010 James Beard Award-winner for Best Chef: Midwest
  
• Minneapolis restaurateur
  

Rachel Schindler, M.D.

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Neurologist specializing in Neuropsychiatry
  
• Co-Chair of the Alzheimer’s Association Research Roundtable

Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.

Saturday, Sept. 24, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

• Professor of sociology
• AARP's sex and relationship expert
  

Chef Adam Siegel

Thursday, Sept. 22, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

• 2008 James Beard Award-winner for Best Chef: Midwest
  
• Milwaukee restaurateur
  

Chef Nancy Silverton

Friday, Sept. 23, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• 1990 James Beard Award-winner for Pastry Chef of the Year
• Los Angeles restaurateur

Richard Simmons

Saturday, Sept. 24, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

• Emmy Award-winning fitness expert
  
• Author of nine books including 3 best-sellers
  

Gary Small, M.D.

Saturday, Sept. 24, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

• Innovator in Alzheimer's diagnosis
  
• Author of more than 500 scientific works and six popular books
  

Liz Smith

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Emmy Award-winning television journalist
• “The 2,000-year-old gossip columnist”

Marion Solomon

Friday, Sept. 23, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• Therapist and author
• Co-Founder and Director of Training for the Lifespan Learning Institute

Chef Celina Tio

Thursday, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Featured on Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters
• 2007 James Beard Award-winner for Best Chef: Midwest

Lily Tomlin

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Award-winning actor and comedian
• Ernestine the telephone operator on NBC's Laugh-In
  

Beth Tracton-Bishop

Friday, Sept. 23, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

• Older driver safety expert with The Hartford
• Co-author of award-winning guidebooks on driver safety

Reed Tuckson, M.D.

Thursday, Sept. 22, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

• Former DC Commissioner of Public Health
  
• Executive vice president and chief of medical affairs at UnitedHealth Group

Jane Wagner

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Award-winning actor, writer and director
  
• Author of The Incredible Shrinking Woman
  

BD Wong

Saturday, Sept. 24, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Dr. Huang on NBC's Law & Order: SVU
• Father Ray Mukada on HBO's Oz