Erin Gruwell

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

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

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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

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

Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Liz Kleinrock

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

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

Kim Geddie

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

LeAnn Nickelsen

Founder & CEO of Maximize Learning

Katherine McKnight

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

Priscilla Chan

CEO of the Primary School & Co-Founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Ann Batenburg

Education Consultant at Mindset Works & Clinical Associate Professor of Gifted Education at SMU