Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

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

Maria Echaveste

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Sally Kohn

Founder and CEO of Movement Vision Lab; Liberal Political Columnist, Commentator & Community Organizer

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

Sophie Santos

2022 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Sophie Santos' New Love

Jamilah Lemieux

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Bethanie Baynes

Founder of Breadwinning Women of the World; Former Director of Global Partnerships at Google; Host of "Working Wife, Happy Life!" Podcast

Shantell Thomas

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

Devita Davison

Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit, Food Justice, Community Representation & Sustainability Advocate

Rosa Clemente

Community Organizer, Journalist, Political Activist, President & Founder of Know Thy Self Productions

Lisa M. Johnson, SHRM-SCP

HR Officer at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Past President Louisville SHRM

Bernadette Beck

Founder & CEO of Kindle Coffee & 1 for 1 Foundation; Actress & Journalist Known for "Riverdale"

David E. Hull-Watters

Inclusion, Learning & Development Specialist

Gail Harris

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Bethaney Wilkinson

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Dalia David

Wellness Chef & Holistic Lifestyle Educator

Kimberley Doyle

Keynote Speaker; Consultant; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Expert

Elliot Fletcher

Actor & Trans Activist Known for "Faking It," "The Fosters" & "Shameless"

A'Lelia Bundles

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Keith Beauchamp

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Kedra Newsom Reeves

Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Center for Illinois’ Future Board Member & DEI Advocate

Haley Carolyn Taylor Schlitz

Youth Advocate, Lawyer, Author & Advocate For Education Equity

Linda Chavez

Political Commentator, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity & Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center

Ellis Cose

Award-Winning Journalist & Author

Liz Kleinrock

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Educator

Erin O'Flaherty

Miss Missouri 2016; First Openly Gay Miss America Contestant

Amal Kassir

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet