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Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

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Kathryn Edin

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

James Garbarino

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

Dr. Laura Berman

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Jennifer James

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Michael Archer

Paleontologist Michael Archer is working to bring back his favorite extinct animal: the Tasmanian tiger.

Dr. Shini Somara

Mechanical Engineer, Science Reporter & Advocate for Women in STEM

Edward (Ned) Hallowell

ADHD Expert, NY Times Best Selling Author, Psychiatrist, Harvard Medical Faculty, Founder of Hallowell Centers

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Victor Rios

Educator, Author, & Creator of Project GRIT

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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William Julius Wilson

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Pearl Duncan

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Dr. Robert Anda

Speaker, Consultant, Adverse Childhood Experiences Researcher

Bonnie Rochman

Award-Winning Journalist; Best-Selling Author of "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids - And the Kids We Have"

Ross Greene

Clinical Psychologist, Originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Approach and Author of "The Explosive Child"

Kevin Delaney

Performer, Playwright & Educator; Former Host of "Street Science" on the Science Channel