Karim Abouelnaga

Founder, Practice Makes Perfect

Nadia Lopez

Founding Principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy; Best-Selling Author; STEAM & Mental Health Advocate

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

Byron V. Garrett

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

Governor Susana Martinez

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

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Victor Rios

Educator, Author, & Creator of Project GRIT

Mark Perna

Founder & CEO of Tools For Schools

Ted Dintersmith

Executive Producer of "Most Likely to Succeed", Advocate for Innovation in Education, Former Venture Capitalist

Priscilla Chan

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

Carl Wieman

Physicist and Educationist at Stanford University and Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics

Eve Ewing

Sociologist of Education & Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago

Margaret Spellings

President & CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Former President & CEO of Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Presidential Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Education

#19thRepresents Keynote: Margaret Spellings

Jamila Woods

Vocalist, Poet, Songwriter, Known for Feature on Hit Song "Sunday Candy"

Ann Rubenstein Tisch

Founder & President of the Student Leadership Network (SLN), Which Operates a Network of All-Girls Public Schools and a Co-Ed College Access Program

Jacques Attali

French Economist, Business Leader

Esther Wojcicki

Journalist, Educator, Vice chair of Creative Commons Advisory Council

Vincent Tinto

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University School of Education

Dr. Afiya Fredericks

Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of the District of Columbia; Growth Mindset Expert

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Lisa Delpit

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

Pearl Arredondo

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Ulrich Boser

Founder & CEO of The Learning Agency, Author of "Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything"

Coach Ken Carter

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Erin Gruwell

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

Michael Fullan

Global Leadership Director of New Pedagogies for Deep Learning; Worldwide Leader & Author on Education Reform

Nicholas J. Martino

Educator, Innovator, Instructional Designer and CEO of Authentic Learning Lab

Harry L. Williams

President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund