| January 7 | Dr. Ramon Cortines, Special Advisor to the U.S.Secretary of Education The Community’s Capacity to Improve Schools |
| January 21 | Dr. Estelle Freedman, Professor of History; Chair, Feminist Studies, Stanford University Maternal Justice: The Female Reform Tradition in Modern America |
| February 4 | James Ware, United States District Judge Access to Justice: Reclaiming our Rights |
| February 17 | Molly Ivins, political columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She? |
| March 4 | Susan Shillinglaw, professor of English; Director of the Steinbeck Research Center Steinbeck: A Voice for the Voiceless |
| March 18 | Victor Martinez, poet and novelist
From Poetry to the Novel |
| April 1 | I. Michael Heyman, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Dilemmas Faced by Public Museums |
| April 15 | Susan Sheehan, writer, The New Yorker The Second Best Job in the World |
| May 6 | Weslia Whitfield, song stylist
Mike Greensill, pianist and musical conductor A Journey of the American Song |
| May 13 | Joy Carlin, actress and director “Both Sides of the Footlights |
| May 20 | Orville Schell, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, UC-Berkeley China and Hong Kong: A Marriage in Trouble |
| June 3 | Hon. Rebecca Q. Morgan, CEO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network; former State Senator, former County Supervisor Shaping Policy in a Public-Private ConsortiumHon. Dianne McKenna, The Future of Our Children |
