KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor, Author, Resilience Trainer & Teacher Advocate

Founder & CEO of Maximize Learning

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Managing Director of Non-Profit School Management Organization, Uncommon Schools; Author of "Teach Like a Champion" Series

Advocacy Expert; Founder of Chasing Hope Foundation & Author of "Chasing Hope...Navigating the World of the Special Needs Child"

Trauma Specialist, Educator & Author of "The Whole Child School"

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Child & Family Psychologist; Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education & Kennedy School of Government; Director, Making Caring Common Project; Author of "The Parents We Mean To Be" & "The Vulnerable Child"

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

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Education Professor & Science of Learning Expert; Faculty at James Madison University; Author

Psychologist & Adult Development & Transformational Learning Expert; Professor Emeritus at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Education Innovator, Author, Co-founder of Big Questions Institute

Award-Winning Educator, Head of School & Chess Coach

Motivational Speaker & Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness & Mental Health Awareness; Authority on Leadership, Education & Youth Development

Paralympic Medalist, World Record Holder, DEI Advocate & Motivational Speaker; Author of "Leap of Faith"

Business Leader & Corporate Trainer; Author of "Who Made These Stupid Rules?"; Sales & Marketing Growth Innovator

Bestselling Author, Senior Fellow at Duke University, Entrepreneur

NFL Super Bowl Champion, Founder of Oher Foundation, Bestselling Author