David Thornburg

Award-Winning Futurist, Author & Educational Consultant

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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Dolly Parton

Country Singer-Songwriter, Actress, Author & Philanthropist

Donalyn Miller

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

Donyall D. Dickey

Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Educational Epiphany, LLC

Dr. Brandi Biscoe Kenner

Cognitive Developmental Psychologist, Educator & Nonprofit Organizational Development Guru

Ed Gerety

Leadership Development

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

Eric Stonestreet

Actor & Comedian, Best-Known for "Modern Family"

Erik Wahl

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

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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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Fonzworth Bentley

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

GA Gardner

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

Henry Winkler

Actor, Producer, Director & Best-Selling Author; Best Known for "Happy Days"

Hezekiah Griggs III

America’s Youngest Media Mogul

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"

Ice-T

Rapper, Record Producer & Actor Known for "Law & Order: SVU"

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"

Jan Chappuis

Educator and Author

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.

Jaz Ampaw-Farr

Motivational Speaker, Corporate Training Facilitator, Author & Founder of Everyday Heroes

Jeff Zwiers

Senior Researcher at Stanford University, English Literacy Expert & Teacher

Jenna Bush-Hager

Best-selling Author; Contributing Correspondent, NBC's Today; Chair, UNICEF's Next Generation and Editor-at-Large, Southern Living Magazine

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Jennifer Daniels

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