Bill Ayers

Professor & Education Theorist; Co-Founder & Radical Activist w/ the Weather Underground

Cathy Seeley

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

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

Karin Chenoweth

Author of "Schools That Succeed" & Education Writer

Marcia Chatelain

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

Torey Hayden

Special Education Teacher and Author

Mark Perna

Founder & CEO of Tools For Schools

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Lella Gandini Ed.D

United States Liaison for the Reggio Emilia Program in the United States and Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tom Vander Ark

Author & CEO of Getting Smart

Katrina Ayres

Author, Classroom Management Specialist, Teacher Trainer

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.

Cynthia Montgomery

Timken Professor of Business Administration & Director of Research at Harvard Business School

Ellen Booth Church

Early Childhood Educator, Writer, Product Consultant

Rae Pica

Early Childhood Education Consultant, Author

Suzie Boss

Writer & Educational Consultant

Terry Doyle

CEO of Learner Centered Teaching Consultants, Professor & Author

Estela Mara Bensimon

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

Patrick Longo

Author & Founder of Upaya Partners

Jaime Casap

Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Walter Hood

Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design at UC Berkeley

Penny Chisholm

Award-Winning Oceanographer & Professor, MIT

Professor Penny Chisholm on Earth Week

Vishaan Chakrabarti

Architect & Author of "A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America"

Po-Shen Loh

Founder of Expii & National Math Olympiad Team Coach

Dan Porterfield

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

Dan Porterfield - Heart of Giving Podcast

Audrey Watters

Journalist Specialized in Education Technology News and Analysis

Peter H. Johnston

Author; Known for "Choice Words"

Dr. George D. Kuh

Founding Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

Zoe Weil

Co-Founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education; Author