Erin Gruwell

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

Liz Dozier

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

Jamira Burley

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

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

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

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States & Bestselling Author

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Mina Bissell

Iranian-American Biologist; Known for her Research on Breast Cancer

Dena Simmons

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Robyn Jackson

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

Trish Millines Dziko

Former Microsoft Programmer; Co-Founder & Executive Director of Technology Access Foundation

Governor Susana Martinez

Former Governor of New Mexico; Nation's First Hispanic Female Governor

Dan Porterfield

President & CEO of the Aspen Institute; Advocate for Expanding Educational Opportunity & Improving the Human Condition

Dan Porterfield - Heart of Giving Podcast

Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Cory Booker

U.S. Senator from New Jersey; Author of "United" & Former Democratic Presidential Candidate

Carol Geary Schneider

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

Neil Howe

President of Saeculum Research & LifeCourse Associates; Renowned Authority on Generations; Coined the Term "Millennial Generation"

Liz Kleinrock

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

Lois Smart

Mother of Elizabeth Smart; Activist, Author, and Educator