Shiza Shahid

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Investor, Impact Leader & Co-Founder of the Malala Fund and Our Place

Erin Gruwell

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

Eduardo Briceño

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

Kanya Balakrishna

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education 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

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Barbara Boxer

Former Democratic Senator of California

Coach Ken Carter

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

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

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

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

Malala Yousafzai

Youngest-Ever Nobel Prize Winner; Advocate for Girls' Education & Women's Equality; Author of the International Bestseller "I Am Malala"

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Mina Bissell

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

Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Nadia Lopez

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

Giovanni Colella

Co-Founder & CEO at Castlight Health

Alan November

International Leader in Education Technology & Author of NYT Bestseller "Who Owns the Learning?", Founder of November Learning

Jacques Attali

French Economist, Business Leader

Pedro Noguera

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

Michelle Rhee

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor

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

Heather Staker

Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Child Education Specialist