KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate

Retired Special Forces Marine; 6x Paralympic Handcycling Medalist & Triathlete; Subject of the 2009 Documentary "Unbeaten"

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

Former U.S. Air Force Captain; Fighter Pilot Who Survived After Crashing Behind Enemy Lines; Motivational Speaker; Author of "Return With Honor"

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History, Author of "I’m Still Standing" & Veteran Advocate

Actor, Bestselling Author, Advocate, Wounded U.S. Army Veteran, Motivational Speaker on Resilience & Optimism

Leadership Development, Change & Business Strategy Consultant; U.S. Army Veteran, First Female Graduate of West Point Military Academy to Reach General

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Retired Navy Pilot, Leadership Trainer & Principal at BattleAxe Consulting Services

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

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

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

Ambassador of Inspiration

Retired Navy Commodore, Engineer & Leadership Expert

Award-Winning News & Investigative Journalist; Host & Executive Producer of NPR's "Latino USA"

Actress Known for "Eve's Bayou," "The Great Debaters" & "True Blood"

Media Entrepreneur, Author & Political Analyst for CBS News

Emmy-winning Actress, Political Activist, LGBTQ Advocate