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

Robyn Jackson

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Erin Gruwell

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

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

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Trish Millines Dziko

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

Marla Blow

President & Chief Operating Officer of the Skoll Foundation

2021 Reach Symposium: Keynote by Marla Blow - YouTube

Chitra Aiyar

Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Dr. Alison Thompson

Humanitarian & Author of The Third Wave

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Afrika Afeni Mills

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

Bill de la Cruz

Inclusion & Belonging Facilitator; DEI Thought Leader

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

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

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

Karen L. Mapp

Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Faculty Director of the Education Policy & Management Master's Program

Alicia Garza

Activist; Co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement

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

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

Dr. Erika James talks becoming Wharton School's dean

Jennifer James

Cultural Anthropologist & Expert on Change

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