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

Robyn Jackson

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Liz Dozier

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

Dena Simmons

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Kristie Kennedy

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker

Monica Martinez

Education Advocate, Author & Strategist; Speaker on Innovation, Teaching, Learning, and Education Policy

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marcia Chatelain

Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University & Author of "South SIde Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration"

Yvette Campbell

President, CEO, The Harlem School of the Arts

Kanya Balakrishna

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Heather Staker

Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Child Education Specialist

Olympia LePoint

Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

Olympia LePoint Science News

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Trish Millines Dziko

Former Microsoft Programmer; Co-Founder & Executive Director of Technology Access Foundation

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Nadia Lopez

Founding Principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy; Best-Selling Author; STEAM & Mental Health Advocate

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Ali Carr-Chellman

Former Teacher; Now An Instructional Designer and Author on Effective Instruction on Learning

Michelle Rhee

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor

Gholdy Muhammad

Award-Winning Education Expert & Author of "Cultivating Genius"

Bill de la Cruz

Inclusion & Belonging Facilitator; DEI Thought Leader

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Liz Kleinrock

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Educator

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Karen L. Mapp

Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Faculty Director of the Education Policy & Management Master's Program

Dr. Afiya Fredericks

Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of the District of Columbia; Growth Mindset Expert

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Doug Lemov

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Nontombi Naomi Tutu

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu