KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Retired U.S. Navy SEAL, Bestselling Author & Leadership Expert

U.S. Army Combat Veteran, Mental Health & Holistic Healing Advocate; Featured in the Award-Winning Documentary "Almost Sunrise"

CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, Navy SEAL Combat Veteran & Best-Selling Author

Best-Selling Author of the "Goosebumps" Series; Emmy-Award Winning TV Show & Film Producer

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Former Army Nurse & Founder of The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project

Combat-Wounded Veteran, Resilience Expert, Author

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

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

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

Photojournalist Held Captive by Syrian Rebels for 81 Days; Author of "The Shattered Lens"

U.S. Navy SEAL Veteran; Expert on Leadership, Mindset & Teamwork; NY Times Bestselling Author

New York Times Best Selling Author, Retired Navy SEAL, Adventure Race Organizer

Navy SEAL Commander, Bronze Star Recipient, Bestselling Author

Founder of Platoon 22, CEO of Soldierfit, Veteran Advocate

Retired Lt. Colonel, US Air Force; America's First Latina Fighter Pilot; Executive Director, San Antonio Chapter of Women in Aviation International; STEM Advocate

American Photographer, Freelance Writer & Author of "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author

Veteran, Former POW, Veteran Advocate