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

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

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

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

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

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

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

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

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

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Chief Executive Officer at Ghetto People Productions; Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Educational Consultant; Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculum Design at Mindset Works

Principal; Motivational Speaker on Education and Excellence in the Classroom

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)

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

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

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