Erin Gruwell

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

Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Hill Harper

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

Brad Meltzer

Host of History Channel’s "Lost History" & "Brad Meltzer’s Decoded;" New York Times Best-Selling Author

Tonya Lewis Lee

Author, Producer, Filmmaker & Entrepreneur; Women's Health Activist

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

Stacey Bess

Award-Winning Educator; Keynote Speaker; Advocate for Homeless Youth

Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders

Former Surgeon General of the United States

Malaak Compton

Activist & Philanthropist

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

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

Mayim Bialik

Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate & Actress Known for "The Big Bang Theory"

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Jonathan Mooney

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

John Wood

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Erik Wahl

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Erik Wahl - Keynote 2024

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Maryland's 1st Female Lt. Governor

Rachel Simmons

Internationally Recognized Educator & Best-Selling Author

Paul Orfalea

Founder of Kinko's

Paul Orfalea's Top 10 Rules For Success

Kweisi Mfume

Political & Business Leader

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Kathy Ireland

CEO & Chief Lifestyle Designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide; Supermodel & Health Advocate

Kathy Ireland - Anatomie interview

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch

U.S. Army Veteran & Author

Jon Bergmann

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

Cheryl Brown Henderson

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research

Chris Herren

Former NBA Player & Speaker on Substance Abuse Disorder and Wellness

Dr. Tererai Trent

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"