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Erik Wahl

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Andie MacDowell

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Mayim Bialik

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Maryland's 1st Female Lt. Governor

Victoria Rowell

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Shannon Miller

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Brad Meltzer

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America Ferrera

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Linda Ellerbee

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Jonah Edelman

Advocate for Public Education, CEO of Stand for Children

Linda Darling-Hammond

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Willard Daggett, Ed.D.

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Laura Munson

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