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

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee; Co-Founder of Mourning Family Foundation

Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School; Author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do"

President of Communication Across Barriers Inc. & Author of "See Poverty, Be The Difference"

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

First Female F-14 Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy, Team-Building, Leadership & Strategy Expert

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

Author of "The Center Cannot Hold;" Associate Dean of Law, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences at USC Law

Award-Winning Resilience Educator, Social Psychologist, Author & Creator of BULLY PROOF: The Step by Step Program to End Bullying

Author, Blogger & Educator

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Single Mother of Lance Armstrong; Philanthropist & Advocate for Children

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

Scholar, Author & Original "Freedom Writer"

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

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"