KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Founder of Comfort Cases & Foster Care Advocate

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

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

Award-Winning Speaker, 13X Author, Personal Development Savant & Abuse Survivor

Counselor, Comedian & Expert on Foster Care, Resilience, and Personal Growth; Bestselling Author of "A Child Called 'It'"

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

International Child Welfare Advocate, Master of Social Work, Foster Parent & Author of the Best-Selling Memoir "Three Little Words"

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

Best-Selling Author, Foster Care Activist, Founder & Executive Director of Somebody Step In

Country Music Artist, NY Times Best Selling Author & Founder of Meet Me Halfway Campaign

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

Author & Speaker on Human Behavior, Education, & Parenting; Outspoken Critic of Education's Fixation on Grades

Mental Health Advocate, Founder & President of the Stigma-Free Society

Domestic Violence Speaker & Author

Associate Director & Dissemination Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco

Human Trafficking Survivor, Best Selling Author, Victim’s Advocate, Consultant & Founder of The SOAP Project

Journalist, Musician & Author of "Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free"

16-Time U.S. Paralympic Gold Medal-Winning Swimmer, Author & Speaker

Acclaimed Musician, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author; Founder of Dark Horse Recording