Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Democratic National Convention Committee Co-Chair and Chairman and CEO of Duke Energy Jim Rogers have been added to the roster of speakers at the Americans for the Arts Action Fund ArtsSpeak event on September 4 at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

They join NC Secretary of Cultural Resources Linda Carlisle, Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo and Mint Museum of Art Board of Trustees Chair Jay Everette, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, former U.S. Secretary of Education and former South Carolina Governor Richard W. Riley, and former New York Yankee and Latin Grammy Award-nominated artist Bernie Williams on a panel that will be moderated by Joe Lamond, president and CEO of NAMM. Williams'€™ band will also be the headlining act at ArtsJam, at which Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and Philadelphia Michael Nutter will also be in attendance.