George Lucas

Filmmaker & Director; Best Known as the Creator of the "Star Wars" Saga

George Lucas to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Dionne Warwick

Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Actress & TV Host

Dana Gioia

Poet; Former Chairman, National Endowment of the Arts

Shola Richards

Workplace Civility Activist, Best-Selling Author & Founder of The Positivity Solution

Maryanne Wolf

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice

Jacqueline Sanderlin

Advocate for Urban School Communities; Author of "The Why Not Challenge"; Founder & CEO of Why Not? Incubator

The "Why Not?" Challenge: Say "Yes!" to Success With Community-School Partnerships

Jialing Han

Vice President of the 21st Century Education Research Institute

Sophal Ear

Leading Researcher on Post-Crisis Nations

Megan Clancy

Deaf Actress, Journalist, Writer & Scientist

Sonia Talati

Family Legacy Coach, Television Personality, Writer, Former Staff Reporter for Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal; Top 15 in Miss California USA 2010 & Former Model

Diana Elizabeth Jordan

Actor, Solo Artist, Filmmaker & Playwright

Kate Lister

Thought Leader on the Future of Work & President at Global Workplace Analytics

Nik Bhatia

Founder of The Bitcoin Layer; Author of "Layered Money"; Adjunct Professor of Finance, USC Marshall

Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies

Watson Hartsoe

Ethnographer, Designer, Educator; Genesis STEAM

Royel M. Johnson

Associate Professor of Education & Social Work and Co-Chair of the Rossier School of Education PhD Program at the University of Southern California

Melissa Hanna

Co-founder & CEO of Mahmee

Tara Yosso

Professor at UC Riverside, Critical Race Theory & Media Literacy Expert; Known for Her Community Cultural Wealth Framework

Andrew Bridge

Children's Rights Advocate, Expert on Foster Care, NYT Best-Selling Author & Cancer Survivor

William Martinez

Disability Advocate, Creator of "Signing the Song"