KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

NY Times Bestselling Author, Child Welfare Activist, Foster Care Advocate

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

Former Inner-City Principal in North Philadelphia; Education & Leadership Development Expert; CEO & Founding Partner of CurrentlyTrending

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

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Founder of aha! Process, Author of "A Framework for Understanding Poverty", REVERE Award Winner

Senior Research Fellow on Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, Child Education Specialist

Founding Partner, KP Catalysts; Co-Founder & Former CEO, Forum for Youth Investment

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer & American Ballet Theatre Alum

Veteran & Former Highest-Ranking Mexican-American Woman in the Combat Support Field of the U.S. Army; Youth Empowerment & Leadership Development Speaker

Ambassador of Inspiration

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker

Executive Director of Next River & Author, "How We Show Up"

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

Former Teacher; Now An Instructional Designer and Author on Effective Instruction on Learning

Stress Management Expert, Author, Emmy Winner

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