KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

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

Engineer, Rocket Scientist & Technology Leader; Inspirational Speaker; Corporate Director at Qualcomm; Former CEO of Girl Scouts USA

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

Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

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

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

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

Education Advocate, Author & Strategist; Speaker on Innovation, Teaching, Learning, and Education Policy

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

Founder & Former CEO, PolicyLink

Founder & CEO of ReadySet; Co-Founder of Project Include & Expert on Diversity in the Workplace

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

Brown STEM Girl Founder; Youngest Person of Color Accepted into Medical School & Youngest NASA Intern