Stedman Graham

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

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Fonzworth Bentley

Musician, Author and TV personality; MTV's "From G's to Gents"

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Wally Amos

Founder of Famous Amos Cookies

John Wood

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

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

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

Karl Mecklenburg

Former NFL Player; Six Pro Bowl & Three Super Bowl Appearances

Susan B. Neuman

Educator, Researcher, and Education Policy-Maker

Nontombi Naomi Tutu

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

David Thornburg

Award-Winning Futurist, Author & Educational Consultant

Mary Ehrenworth

Deputy Director of Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

James Vollbracht

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

Anita Archer

Educational Consultant, Author of "Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching"

Donalyn Miller

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

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