Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Shawn Harper

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

The Winologist: From the locker room to the board room

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

Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

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

Steve Wozniak

Co-Founder of Apple Computer, Inc.

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

John Wood

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Linnda Durre, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Published Author, Magazine and Newspaper Columnist, TV and Radio Talk Show Host

Phylicia Rashad

Actress, Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University, Advocate for Children, Women's Issues & Fine Arts

Rudy Ruettiger

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

For The Win

Erik Wahl

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Erik Wahl - Keynote 2024

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Liz Wiseman

President of The Wiseman Group & Best-Selling Author of "Multipliers"

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Farrah Gray

Celebrity Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Reallionaire"

Farrah Gray Speaks on Instilling Confidence In Black Children

Angel Rich

Founder & CEO of The Wealth Factory

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund

Al Duncan

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

Wally Amos

Founder of Famous Amos Cookies

Dave Pelzer

Counselor, Comedian & Expert on Foster Care, Resilience, and Personal Growth; Bestselling Author of "A Child Called 'It'"

Murray Banks

Triathlon Champion / Motivator

Jennifer Daniels

Singer-Songwriter; Learning Advocate; Runs "Songwriting IS Writing" Project For Schools

Justice Alan Page

Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice & Former Professional Football Player

Ruby Bridges

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School

Jennifer James

Cultural Anthropologist & Expert on Change

Curtis Aikens

Founding Food Network Chef, Wellness Coach, Educator, Author & Motivational Speaker

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review