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

Robyn Jackson

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Carol Geary Schneider

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Walter Hood

Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design at UC Berkeley

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Chitra Aiyar

Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Dr. Claudia Espinosa

Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur; Changemaker

Liz Kleinrock

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

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Doug Lemov

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Cynthia Germanotta

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Cynthia Germanotta - Psych Hub Podcast

Royel M. Johnson

Associate Professor of Education & Social Work and Co-Chair of the Rossier School of Education PhD Program at the University of Southern California

David C. Banks

President & CEO of the Eagle Academy Foundation; Education Reformer & DEI Expert

Dr. Adolph Brown

Educator, Businessman & Author

Terry Doyle

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Mark Perna

Founder & CEO of Tools For Schools

Estela Mara Bensimon

Professor & Co-director, Center for Urban Education at University of Southern California

Bill Ayers

Professor & Education Theorist; Co-Founder & Radical Activist w/ the Weather Underground

Dr. Tony Sinanis

Elementary Principal of Year, #HackingLeadership Author & Blogger

Susan R. Komives

Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, Author & Editor

George Couros

Author & Educator; Innovative Teaching, Learning and Leadership Consultant

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D

Author, Professor of Literacy Education

Cathy Seeley

Former Senior Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, Mathematics Teacher & Author

Chase Mielke

Award-Winning Educator & Blogger; Creator of a Positive Psychology Program Teaching Topics like Optimism, Grit, & Accomplishment to At-Risk Students

Esther Wojcicki

Journalist, Educator, Vice chair of Creative Commons Advisory Council

Lisa Delpit

Educationalist, Author, Eminent Scholar & Former Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Mariah Rankine-Landers

Cultural Strategist, Inclusive Teaching Advocate, Author of "Do Your Lessons Love Your Students?" & Co-Principal of Studio Pathways