David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.

Maya Roth

Assistant Superintendent for Uncommon Schools

Estela Mara Bensimon

Professor & Co-director, Center for Urban Education at University of Southern California

Dr. Nick "Ranger Nick" Fuhrman

Josiah Meigs Professor of Environmental Education & Nature TV Host

Sydney Jensen

Educator, 2019 Nebraska Teacher of the Year & Mental Health Advocate

Susan E. Craig

Trauma-Sensitive Educational Reform Advocate & Educator

Kate Gerson

Chief Executive Officer of UnboundEd

Torey Hayden

Special Education Teacher and Author

Terry Doyle

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Stacey Shells

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ReGeneration Schools

Tamir Harper

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

John H. Bracey, Jr.

Co-Director of the African Diaspora Studies at Amherst College

James Zogby

Founder & President of the Arab American Institute

Penny Chisholm

Award-Winning Oceanographer & Professor, MIT

Professor Penny Chisholm on Earth Week

Kylene Beers

Award-Winning Educator & Author

Dan Porterfield

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

Dan Porterfield - Heart of Giving Podcast

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Dr. George D. Kuh

Founding Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

Nicky Morgan

British Conservative Party Politician, Loughborough Member of Parliament, Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D

Author, Professor of Literacy Education

Cathy Seeley

Former Senior Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, Mathematics Teacher & Author

Esther Brimmer

Executive Director & CEO of NAFSA; Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations

Jon Bergmann

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

Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Rick Wormeli

One of the First Nationally Board Certified Teachers in America

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

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

Richard Buery

Chief Executive Officer at Robin Hood; Social Innovator, Urbanist & Educator

Robin Hood Heroes 2023: CEO Richard Buery, Jr. & Nana Zakia of FHJC

Julie Schmidt Hasson

Professor, Author, Researcher, Teacher Advocate