Stedman Graham

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

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

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Rupert Boneham

Competitor on "Survivor", Philanthropist, Youth Mentor & Former IN Gubernatorial Candidate

Blackbeard: The Story of Rupert Boneham - Survivor: Pearl Island

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

Rudy Ruettiger

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

For The Win

Jennifer James

Cultural Anthropologist & Expert on Change

Spencer Christian

Meteorologist and Television Personality

Jimmy Cabrera, CSP

Professional Speaker, Life Coach, and Author

Linnda Durre, Ph.D.

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

Jane Handly

After researching over 700 major businesses, gathering information that includes over a half a million face to face encounters with customer contact employees, Jane Handly knows beyond a shadow of a doubt what it takes to get and keep your customers.

Michail Bletsas

Chief Connectivity Officer, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).

Jon Scieszka

Children's Writer; Best Known for Picture Books Created with the Illustrator Lane Smith

James Vollbracht

Author of "Stopping at Every Lemonade Stand: How to Create a Culture That Cares for Kids"

Sayantani DasGupta

NYT Best-Selling Author; Physician & Narrative Medicine Scholar

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Lacey Robinson

President & CEO of UnboundEd; Equity Education Advocate & Author of "Justice Seekers"

Footlocker and Fridays

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Edwin De La Rosa

Ph.D. Student, Youth Empowerment Speaker, Motivational Speaker on DEI

Diane Luby Lane

Founder & Executive Director of Get Lit-Words Ignite; Literacy Advocate, Executive Producer & TEDx Speaker

Madi Franquiz

Founder & Director of Authoring Life, Mentor Ambassador for the World Literacy Foundation & Author

Ssanyu Lukoma

Entrepreneur, Author & Founder of Brown Kids Read

Jordan Morrow

"Godfather of Data Literacy" & 2X Data IQ100 Winner; Senior Vice President of Data & AI Transformation at AgileOne

Empowerment Through Data Literacy

Tod Olson

Author of "How to Get Rich" Series

Ross Burach

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo

Founders of the Racial Literacy Non-Profit CHOOSE & Authors of "Tell Me Who You Are"

Nancy Frey

Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University

Louka Parry

CEO & Founder of The Learning Future

Maryanne Wolf

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