The following is a partial list of speakers who have participated in past ELP sessions:
- Caesar Andrews, Editor, Gannett News Service
- Cyndi Augustine, Senior VP, Human Resources, The New York Times Company
- Gilbert Bailon, Vice President and Executive Editor, The Dallas Morning News
- Jeanette Barrett-Stokes, Managing Editor, Features/Photo/Graphics and the News Desk Gannett News Service
- Gerald Boyd, former Managing Editor, The New York Times
- Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian
- Juju Chang, Correspondent, ABC News
- Joie Chen, Washington Correspondent, CBS News
- Milton Coleman, Deputy Managing Editor, The Washington Post
- Steve Coll, former Managing Editor, The Washington Post
- Leonard Downie, Executive Editor, The Washington Post
- Jill Dutt, Assistant Managing Editor for Financial News, The Washington Post
- Mindy Fetterman, Deputy Managing Editor/News, USA TODAY
- Andrew Fisher, President, Cox Television
- Wendy Foster, Vice President, AOL Web Properties
- Lisa Hsia, Vice President, NBC News
- Bennie L. Ivory, Executive Editor and Vice President/News, The Courier-Journal
- Michael Jack, President and General Manager, WRC-TV
- Arthur Joseph, President, Voice Awareness Institute
- Pam Johnson, Leadership & Management Faculty, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
- Bill Keller, Executive Editor, The New York Times
- Tonnya Kennedy, Managing Editor, The State
- Carolyn Lee, former Assistant Managing Editor, The New York Times
- Randy Lovely, Managing Editor, The Arizona Republic
- Alex MacLeod, former Managing Editor, The Seattle Times
- Linda Mason, Vice President Public Affairs, CBS News
- Diane McFarlin, President and Publisher, Sarasota Herald Tribune
- Marcy McGinnis, Senior Vice President, News Coverage, CBS News
- Judy Miller, Managing Editor/News Features, The Miami Herald
- Bob Murphy, Senior Vice President, ABC News
- David Ng, Assistant Managing Editor/Production, The Star-Ledger
- Tom O'Brien, President and General Manager, KXAS-TV
- Larry Olmstead, Vice President for Staff Development and Diversity, Knight Ridder Inc.
- Jeannie Park, Executive Editor, People magazine
- Ken Paulson, Editor, USA TODAY
- Rex Seline, Managing Editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Neal Shapiro, President, NBC News
- Cyndi Stivers, former President/Editorial Director, Time Out New York
- Darius Walker, Vice President/News Coverage, CNNfn
- DJ Wilson, Vice President/Assistant General Manager, KING-TV, KONG and Northwest Cable News
- Karin Winner, Editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune