KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

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

Women's Advocate & Founding Tech Trailblazer; Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Human Skills Expert, Advisor & Author; Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Educator & Literacy Advocate; Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Managing Director of Non-Profit School Management Organization, Uncommon Schools; Author of "Teach Like a Champion" Series

Founder & Former CEO, PolicyLink

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

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

Workplace Inclusion Expert; Founder & CEO of ReadySet

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

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Professor of Engineering at Oakland University; Coursera’s Inaugural “Innovation Instructor"; Author of "Learning How To Learn"