KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Former NFL Football Player; Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Educator, Master Teacher, Psychologist, Consultant, Expert in Learning & Human Behavior; Author of "Real Talk"

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

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

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Authority on Teamwork, Leadership, Peak Performance & Personal Growth; President of The Game Changers Inc.; Former NFL Player

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate