KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Award-Winning Irish Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist & Playwright; Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University

Award-Winning, Multiple Bestselling Author; Known for "Postmortem" & the Kay Scarpetta Series; Forensic Thriller & Crime Novelist

Former Journalist, Folksinger, Attorney & International No. 1 Bestselling Author

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

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

Former All-Star for the Charlotte Hornets & NBA Ambassador; Founder of the Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation

Author of "Getting Things Done", Productivity Expert, Executive Coach

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

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

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

English Journalist & NYT Bestselling Author Known for "The Bedford Boys" & "The Longest Winter"; Honorary Colonel in the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division

Chef, NYT Bestselling Author & Emmy-Nominated Host of Netflix's "Queer Eye" & "No Taste Like Home"

Acclaimed TV Journalist & Women's Empowerment Advocate

Academy Award-Winning Actress Known for "Mighty Aphrodite"; United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Human Trafficking

Olympic Gold Medalist & Fitness Expert

Renowned Formual 1 Racing Driver & Two-Time Indianapolis 500 Winner

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist; Director of the Award-Winning Film "The Beauty of Being Deaf"