KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Lifelong Educator & Award-Winning Coach; Character Awareness & Youth Development Expert

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

President & CEO of the Aspen Institute; Advocate for Expanding Educational Opportunity & Improving the Human Condition

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Educator, Businessman & Author

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

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

Director of the Human Development & Psychology Master's Program at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, Author of "The Vulnerable Child"

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

Founder & CEO of High Tech High; Former Lecturer at the Harvard School of Education

Former Executive Director at March of Dimes

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

Child & Family Psychologist

Best-Selling Author of Hamlet's BlackBerry

Co-Founder of Project Eye-To-Eye & Learning Disabilities Advocate; Recipient of The Harry S. Truman Fellowship for Public Services

Co-Founder & Former Executive Director of the Forum for Youth Investment

Known for His Brief MLB Career & Subject of Disney's "The Rookie"

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

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

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