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

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

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

Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Carol Geary Schneider

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

Liz Kleinrock

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

Lois Smart

Mother of Elizabeth Smart; Activist, Author, and Educator

Audrey Watters

Journalist Specialized in Education Technology News and Analysis

George Couros

Author & Educator; Innovative Teaching, Learning and Leadership Consultant

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Chase Mielke

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

Tamir Harper

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Hannah Bricker

Inclusive Education Advocate, Program Director at The Rise School of Austin & Co-Founder of Teaching2gether

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Kim Geddie

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

Horacio Sanchez

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Tom Vander Ark

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

Victor Rios

Educator, Author, & Creator of Project GRIT

Milton Chen

Former Executive Director of the George Lucas Education Foundation; Author of "Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools"

Katherine McKnight

Award-Winning Author & Expert on Educational Leadership, Literacy and Student Skill Development

Walter Hood

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

Sunny Schwartz

Nationally Recognized Expert in Criminal Justice Reform & Founder of Resolve to Stop the Violence Project (RSVP)

Rebecca Kantar

Founder and CEO of Imbellus