Featured speakers at AM&M retreats have included recognized medical practitioners, therapists, artists, and people living with HIV/AIDS, among them:
- Paul Volberding, M.D., San Francisco General Hospital, researcher and speaker;
- Candace Pert, Ph.D., researcher and speaker;
- Lark Lands, Ph.D., researcher and speaker;
- Stephen Levine, author and lecturer;
- Becky Trotter, HIV-positive inspirational speaker;
- Gregg Cassin, HIV-positive inspirational speaker;
- River Huston, poet, journalist, performer and activist;
- Bernie Siegel, MD, author, and speaker;
- Gabrielle Roth, dancer and choreographer;
- Martin Delaney, Founder, Project Inform;
- Annette Goodheart, Ph.D., laughter therapist;
- Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author;
- Marianne Williamson, facilitator, author;
- Ram Dass, teacher and author;
- Dr. Jonathan Mann, AIDS activist and researcher.

River Huston leading a small group