Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Traci S. Campbell

Author, Certified Life Coach & Motivational Speaker

Hunter Boylan

Former Director of the National Center for Developmental Education, Professor at Appalachian State University

Jacqueline Sanderlin

Advocate for Urban School Communities; Author of "The Why Not Challenge"; Founder & CEO of Why Not? Incubator

Tamara Taylor

Founder & CEO: Seasonal Journey to Purpose & Success

Mark Perna

Founder & CEO of Tools For Schools

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Scholar, Author, Soldier & One of the World's Foremost Experts in the Field of Human Aggression & the Roots of Violence

Michael Levine

CEO, Global Food Solutions, Inc.

Colin Egglesfield

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur & Motivational Speaker; Founder of Shout Out! Shirts & The AgileArtist Movement; Cancer Survivor

Ray Lozano

Youth Speaker; Drug & Substance Prevention Specialist

Scott Charles

Gun Violence Educator; Trauma Outreach Manager, Temple University Hospital

Dr. Robert S. Harvey

President of FoodCorps, Educator, Minister, Community Connector, People Strategist & School System-Leader

Linda Lutton

Education Reporter for WBEZ

Joe Sanfelippo

Early Childhood Education Expert, Superintendent of the Fall Creek School District, Co-Author of "The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story"

Brett Pierce

Executive Director of Meridian Stories

Robert J. Marzano

Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer of Marzano Resources

Anne Holton

Lawyer and judge; Secretary of Education in VA; Wife of Tim Kaine