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Greensboro, NC - Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, will headline the 2010-11 Bryan Series, which features five programs beginning in September.

Clinton, who speaks Nov. 18, will be joined in the series by environmental justice advocate Majora Carter (Sept. 28), New York Times columnist David Brooks (Oct. 26), best-selling author Jeannette Walls (Feb. 10) and oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau (April 12).

Next year’s series will focus on economic, environmental and social sustainability on a global scale. Guilford will celebrate a Year of Sustainability in 2010-11.

* Clinton is the fourth former head of state to speak in the series since 2002, following Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, Mikhail Gorbachev of the former Soviet Union and Mary Robinson of Ireland.

* Carter founded the nonprofit, environmental-justice solutions corporation, Sustainable South Bronx and is president of the green-collar economic consulting company, The Majora Carter Group.

* Brooks is one of America’s most prominent political and social commentators. In addition to writing a twice-weekly Times column, he is an analyst for PBS NewsHour and NPR’s All Things Considered.

* Walls is the author of the memoir, The Glass Castle, which was on The New York Times best-seller list for more than three years and was named one of the Top 10 Books of the Decade by Amazon.

* Cousteau is a legendary explorer, environmentalist, educator and filmmaker. He founded the Ocean Futures Society, a marine conservation and education organization that serves as a voice for the ocean.

The former president will speak in the Greensboro Coliseum arena and the other programs will be in War Memorial Auditorium.

For more information, visit www.guilford.edu/bryanseries.