Bob Davies

Performance Coach, Author & Trainer

Nick Lowery

Former NFL Placekicker .

Jodi Bondi Norgaard

Founder of Dream Big Toy Company & Creator of Go! Go! Sports Girls; Change Maker & Stereotype Breaker

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Gary Greeno

Motivational Speaker, Coach, Educator

Carol Geary Schneider

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Kedra Newsom Reeves

Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Center for Illinois’ Future Board Member & DEI Advocate

Eric Hutcherson

Chief People & Inclusion Officer, Universal Music Group; Former Chief Human Resources Officer, National Basketball Association

Andrea Paquette

Mental Health Advocate, Founder & President of the Stigma-Free Society

Andrea Paquette

Jeremy Bout

Executive Producer & Host of Edge Factor

Stacy Pearsall

Photographer & Educator

Steve Rizzo

Hall of Fame Motivational Business Expert & Former National Headline Comedian

A'Lelia Bundles

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Maria Popova

Editor of Brain Pickings; Author of "Figuring"

Gabi Gregg

Co-Founder of PREMME & Body Positivity Blogger

Dyan deNapoli

Penguin Expert, TED Speaker & Award-Winning Author of "The Great Penguin Rescue"

Catherine Garceau

Olympic Bronze Medalist & Author of "Swimming Out of Water: How An Olympian's Struggle Inspired Breakthrough Discoveries in Health and Well-Being"

Marlo Wright

Entrepreneur, Author, and Motivational Speaker

Lyn St. James

Racecar Driver & Activist

Ian Jukes

Educator & Technology Expert; Co-Founder of Infosavvy

Clifton L. Taulbert

Author, Business Consultant, & Speaker; Best Known for "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored"

Jovi Brown

Authority on leadership, motivation, communication

Christine Walker, MPPA

Founder of the Chasing Hope Foundation; Author, Professor & Expert on Public Policy

Jessica W.Y. Lui

Top 100 Most Powerful Woman & Top 30U30; Tech Entrepreneur & Consultant; Keynote & TEDx Speaker; Founder @ GPP

Amiyah Scott

Actress, Model, Author & LGBTQ Advocate

Robert A. Emmons

World's Leading Scientific Expert on Gratitude & Professor of Psychology at the University of California

Abbey Curran

Former Miss Iowa; Founder of “Miss You Can Do It Pageant”; Author

Stacey Bess

Award-Winning Educator; Keynote Speaker; Advocate for Homeless Youth

John Nance

New York Times Best-Selling Author