Horacio Sanchez

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Tamir Harper

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

Liz Dozier

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

Michelle Rhee

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

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

David C. Banks

President & CEO of the Eagle Academy Foundation; Education Reformer & DEI Expert

Robyn Jackson

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

John H. Bracey, Jr.

Co-Director of the African Diaspora Studies at Amherst College

Dr. Afiya Fredericks

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

Carol Geary Schneider

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

Nadia Lopez

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

Eduardo Briceño

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

Dr. Antonia Darder

Scholar, Artist, Poet, Activist & Public Intellectual

Kanya Balakrishna

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

Jonathan Mooney

Co-Founder of Project Eye-To-Eye & Learning Disabilities Advocate; Recipient of The Harry S. Truman Fellowship for Public Services

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

Marcia Chatelain

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

Liz Kleinrock

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

Savanna Flakes

International Education Consultant Specializing in Inclusion, Diversity, Team Collaboration, Innovation & Education Technology

Sam Seidel

Director of K12 Strategy and Researcher at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Dan Porterfield

President & CEO of the Aspen Institute; Advocate for Expanding Educational Opportunity & Improving the Human Condition

Dan Porterfield - Heart of Giving Podcast

Dena Simmons

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Hannah Bricker

Inclusive Education Advocate, Program Director at The Rise School of Austin & Co-Founder of Teaching2gether

Doug Lemov

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

Gerald Vizenor

Writer, Scholar & Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico

Jon Bergmann

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

Andreas Schleicher

Deputy Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary-General

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Erin Gruwell

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