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

Carol Geary Schneider

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

Walter Hood

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

Trish Millines Dziko

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

Chitra Aiyar

Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Dr. Alison Thompson

Humanitarian & Author of The Third Wave

Afrika Afeni Mills

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Alaina E. Roberts

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Dr. Claudia Espinosa

Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur; Changemaker

Glory Edim

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Liz Kleinrock

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

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Doug Lemov

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

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

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Nicole Jain

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Kecia M. Thomas

Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences

Bethaney Wilkinson

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Terry Doyle

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Bill Ayers

Professor & Education Theorist; Co-Founder & Radical Activist w/ the Weather Underground

Dr. Tony Sinanis

Elementary Principal of Year, #HackingLeadership Author & Blogger

Paul Acampora

Former Kindergarten Teacher & Children's Author Known for "I Kill the Mockingbird"

Amy Oestreicher

TEDx Speaker, author, artist, HuffPost columnist, and survivor celebrating life's "beautiful detours" by turning obstacles to opportunities!

Susan R. Komives

Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, Author & Editor

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D

Author, Professor of Literacy Education

Cathy Seeley

Former Senior Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, Mathematics Teacher & Author

Claudia Effe

Trauma Psychotherapist, turned writer by the biggest refugee crisis in recent history. CEO of Change Now, Inc.