Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Tracy Chou

Advocate for Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Industry; CEO and Founder of Block Party

Tracy Chou - Museum of Chinese in America's 2023 Legacy Awards Gala Honoree

Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Tiffany Shlain

Founder of The Webby Awards; Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Bestselling Author, Internet Pioneer & Futurist

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Shoshana Johnson

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Danielle Feinberg

Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios; STEM Advocate & Supporter of Girls Who Code

Brenda Louise Romero

Award-Winning Game Designer & Developer

Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Diane Prince Johnston

CEO & Founder of Winnie & Kat; Fashion Entrepreneur

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Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Rudy Ruettiger

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

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Story Musgrave, M.D.

Retired NASA Astronaut; Physician & Professor at Art Center College of Design

Norman Ornstein

Bestselling Author, Political Analyst & Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Tiki Davis

Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Successful Businessman, Oil & Gas Expert, Actor, Author & Survivor

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Michael Bergdahl

Former Walmart Executive, Bestselling Business Author, Human Resources & Retail Sales Speaker