Jon Bergmann

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

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

Dr. Omékongo Dibinga

Professor, Author, Rapper, Passionate International Speaker on Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion

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Ian Jukes

Educator & Technology Expert; Co-Founder of Infosavvy

Grace Jun

Assistant Professor of Communication Design, University of Georgia; CEO of Open Style Lab; Expert on Design & Fashion Inclusive of Disability

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Alfie Kohn

Author & Speaker on Human Behavior, Education, & Parenting; Outspoken Critic of Education's Fixation on Grades

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Jordan Goldman

Named "One of the top young entrepreneurs in America" by Inc Magazine, The White House, Business Insider, PBS and more.

Pedro Noguera

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

David Hyner

Professional Speaker, "The Massive Goal Principle"

Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

James H. Pogue, Ph.D

CEO of JP Enterprises, Designer of the Diversity, Inclusion & Bias (DIBs) Assessment Model

Jennifer R. Cohen, PhD

Scientist Turned Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Entrepreneur

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Cynthia Germanotta

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

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Tyler DeWitt

Research Scientist; High School Teacher, Digital Content Author & STEM Education Advocate

Dave deBronkart

Kidney Cancer Survivor & Patient Advocate Known as "e-Patient Dave"

Herbert Addison Burns

Motivational Speaker, Author & Narrator of the Audio Books, " The History of Cleveland's Underground Railroad," "The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue," & "The Oberlin-Wellington Trial"

Black Joe Lewis

American Blues, Funk and Soul Artist Influenced by Howlin' Wolf and James Brown

Carolyn Roberts

Assistant Professor in History of Science & History of Medicine; African American Studies Professor at Yale University

Dr. Joy DeGruy

Doctor, Author & Social Justice Advocate

Jack Trammell

Jack Trammell is Associate Professor of Sociology and disability expert, as well as historian and writer. He specializes in exceptionality, Otherness, folklore, disability policy, and social history.

David Fiske

Expert on life of Solomon Northup

Kevin Bales

Professor of Contemporary Slavery, & Research Director of the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham; Co-Founder of Free the Slaves

Theresa Flores

Human Trafficking Survivor, Best Selling Author, Victim’s Advocate, Consultant & Founder of The SOAP Project

The Slave Across the Street

Lee Hawkins

Journalist, Musician & Author of "Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free"

Judy Richardson

Film Producer and Former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Activist