Rayna Dineen

Founder and Executive Director of Reading Quest

Ellin Oliver Keene

Educator & Non-Profit Director

Madi Franquiz

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

Dr. Brandi Biscoe Kenner

Cognitive Developmental Psychologist, Educator & Nonprofit Organizational Development Guru

Andy Stefanovich

Chief Curator and Provocateur at Prophet & Author of Look at More: A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth and Change

Ssanyu Lukoma

Entrepreneur, Author & Founder of Brown Kids Read

Donalyn Miller

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

Linnda Durre, Ph.D.

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

Jennifer James

Cultural Anthropologist & Expert on Change

Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo

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

David Houle

Global Futurist & Strategist, Honorary President and Futurist of the Future Business School of China. Houle won two Emmys, a Peabody award and the Heartland award for "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream"

Moving to a Finite Earth Economy | David Houle | TEDxUofIChicago

Judge Greg Mathis

Civil Rights Activist, Television Personality

David Risher

CEO of Lyft & Co-Founder of Worldreader

Worldreader Event featuring Malcolm Mitchell

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Kenneth Shelton

Speaker, Consultant, Photographer, Instructional Designer, Trainer & Educator

LeVar Burton

Literacy Advocate & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

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

Charles S. Dutton

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

Farrah Gray

Celebrity Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Reallionaire"

Farrah Gray Speaks on Instilling Confidence In Black Children

Parul Sehgal

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