KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Retired U.S. Navy SEAL, Bestselling Author & Leadership Expert

U.S. Army Combat Veteran, Mental Health & Holistic Healing Advocate; Featured in the Award-Winning Documentary "Almost Sunrise"

CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, Navy SEAL Combat Veteran & Best-Selling Author

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Former Army Nurse & Founder of The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

Combat-Wounded Veteran, Resilience & Leadership Speaker

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

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

Photojournalist Held Captive by Syrian Rebels for 81 Days; Author of "The Shattered Lens"

Retired US Navy SEAL & NY Times Bestselling Author

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Former Navy SEAL Team SIX Commando, Renowned Athlete & Trainer, NY Times Best-Selling Author

Navy SEAL Commander & Best-Selling Author

CEO & Founder of Soldierfit ED; Executive Director & Founder of Platoon 22

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

American Photographer, Freelance Writer & Author of "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author

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

Retired US Army Special Forces Soldier, Chief Operating Officer for Battle Springs Ranch & Podcast Personality