Steve Graner

NME Project Director at ChildTrauma Academy

Liz Dozier

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

Jaz Ampaw-Farr

Motivational Speaker, Corporate Training Facilitator, Author & Founder of Everyday Heroes

Bessel van der Kolk

Psychiatrist & Expert in PTSD

Robert Sege

Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine

James Garbarino

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

Sarah Vinson

Triple Board Certified Physician; Child, Adolescent, Adult & Forensic Psychiatrist; Sought-After Clinician, Consultant & Speaker

Niobe Way

Professor of Applied Psychology at New York University

Chandra Ghosh Ippen

Associate Director & Dissemination Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco

Carissa Phelps

Social Entrepreneur, Advocate & Author of "Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time"

Elizabeth Smart

Abduction Survivor, News Correspondent & Child Safety Activist

Dave Pelzer

Counselor, Comedian & Expert on Foster Care, Resilience, and Personal Growth; Bestselling Author of "A Child Called 'It'"

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

Keith L. Brown

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Keith L. Brown

Mesmin Destin

Social Psychologist, TEDx Speaker & Associate Professor at Northwestern University

Makeda N. Jones

CEO of Empowerment Changes Everything LLC, Professor, Prison Reform Activist, Forensic Psychiatrist & Author

LeAnn Nickelsen

Founder & CEO of Maximize Learning

Capri Cruz, PhD

Foster Care and Sexual Abuse Survivor Turned Deliberate Creation Expert, Author, Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, Retired US Navy Veteran & Transformational Speaker

B Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

Experts on Student Mental Health, Family Relationships & Coauthors of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives"

Susan E. Craig

Trauma-Sensitive Educational Reform Advocate & Educator

David Verdu

Lifelong Educator & Award-Winning Coach; Character Awareness & Youth Development Expert

Tamir Harper

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

S. Lee Merritt

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D

Director of Research at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection

Rebekah Gregory

Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor & Founder of Rebekah's Angels

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Robert A. Emmons

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

Richard J. Davidson

Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robert Kegan

Harvard Professor & Psychologist

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Dawn Schiller

Domestic Violence Prevention Activist, Author & Motivational Speaker