Milton Chen

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

Erin Gruwell

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

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States & Bestselling Author

Cory Booker

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

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

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

Manny Diaz

Former Mayor of Miami

Sam Fulwood III

Senior Fellow

Lisa Delpit

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

Cynthia G. Brown

Vice President, Education Policy

Hannah Bricker

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

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

Dr. Erika James talks becoming Wharton School's dean

Steve Chiger

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

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Trish Millines Dziko

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

Harry L. Williams

President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Byron V. Garrett

Business Executive, Government Official, Humanitarian & Chairman of the National Family Engagement Alliance (NFEA)

Malcom Glenn

Organizational Consultant, Policy & Communications Expert

David C. Banks

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

Robyn Jackson

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

Governor Susana Martinez

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