Ahlam Bolooki

Festival Director of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

Alejandro Gibes de Gac

Founder & CEO of Springboard Collaborative; Social Innovator & Child Literacy Advocate

Andy McNab

Former Special Air Service Sergeant & Author

Angel Rich

Founder & CEO of The Wealth Factory

Arik Armstead

NFL Football Player, Humanitarian & Walter Payton Award Nominee

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Bill Cosby

Influential Comedian and Actor; Starred in "The Cosby Show"

British Robinson

Coordinator at Prosper Africa; Former CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation For Family Literacy

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Bryan Collier

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Best Known for "Uptown"

Carol Tolman

International Literacy Consultant

Charles Haley

NFL Hall of Famer, 5x Super Bowl Champ, Mental Health Advocate & Founder of "Tackle Tomorrow"

Charles S. Dutton

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

Chris Bosh

Former Professional Basketball Player, Founder of the Chris Bosh Foundation

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Christine Leunens

International Bestselling Novelist & Author of "Caging Skies"

Cris Tovani

Nationally Recognized Education Consultant

David Risher

CEO of Lyft & Co-Founder of Worldreader

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David Warlick

Education Technology and 21st Century Learning Expert

Diane Luby Lane

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

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Donyall D. Dickey

Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Educational Epiphany, LLC

Dr. Brandi Biscoe Kenner

Cognitive Developmental Psychologist, Educator & Nonprofit Organizational Development Guru

Edwin De La Rosa

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

Ellin Oliver Keene

Educator & Non-Profit Director

Else Hamayan

Co-Author of "Dual Language Instruction from A to Z" and "Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners", Former Director of the Illinois Resource Center

Fantasia Barrino

American Idol Winner Season 3; Author of "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale"

Farrah Gray

Celebrity Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Reallionaire"

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GA Gardner

Artist, Art Educator, Creative Speaker, Former Professor, Author of 14 Books and Publisher of 70 Books.

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

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

Hill Harper

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

James Paul Gee

Psycholinguistics Researcher & Author of "Language and Learning in the Digital Age"

James Vollbracht

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