Steve Thomas Rooney

Steve Thomas Rooney is an American author and television personality

Ayanna Howard

Pioneering Innovator, Entrepreneur & Inventor of Robotic Technologies & Artificial Intelligence; Dean of the College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Katharine Hayhoe

Atmospheric Scientist, Professor of Political Science & Director of Climate Science Center at Texas Tech, Lead Scientist with The Nature Conservancy

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Safiya Noble

AI & Algorithmic Discrimination Expert; Associate Professor at UCLA; Researcher on Race, Gender, Technology & Design

Tonya M. Evans

Professor & Global Leader in Tech, IP, Crypto, & Innovation

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar, Journalist & Cultural Critic; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Dixon Chibanda

Psychiatrist & Director of the African Mental Health Initiative; Founder & CEO of Friendship Bench Zimbabwe

Dr. Dixon Chibanda | LEARN Conference 2024

Daniel Pauly

Daniel Pauly is the principal investigator at the Sea Around Us Project, which studies the impact of the world's fisheries on marine ecosystems. The software he's helped develop is used around the world to model and track the ocean.

Cynthia Montgomery

Timken Professor of Business Administration & Director of Research at Harvard Business School

Michele Bratcher Goodwin

Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy at Georgetown; Founder of the Institute for Global Child Advocacy

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

Author of "Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing"; Special Advisor on Inclusive Innovation and Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science at Rutgers University

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Thomas Pogge

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

Christine Walker, MPPA

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

Tommie Smith

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics