KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

TV Personality, Entrepreneur, Advocate

International Literacy Consultant

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

Professor & Co-director, Center for Urban Education at University of Southern California

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor

Lawyer, Judge, Founder of Perez Gonzales Law Firm, Emmy Award-Winning TV Host

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Photographer, Educator & Author; Producer & Host, "After Action"; Retired Veteran & Warriors Game Gold Medalist

Previous Tech Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur; Founder of Chineasy; Author of Four Best-Selling Books on Software

Founder of Loveseen; Former Executive Director of J. Crew

Senior Executive; Leading Voice in Medical Device, Space and Highly-Regulated Industries; Advocate for Women in STEM

Diversity and Inclusion Speaker, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group, LLC, & Author of The Allyship Challenge™

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Civil Engineer, BBC Presenter, Former Deputy Mayor of Reading, Sustainability, Motivational, STEM & Neurodiversity Speaker

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

CEO & Founder of SB Global; Expert in the Realm of Space Exploration and Innovation

Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur; Changemaker

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert