KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women; Author of "Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History"

Latina Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur & Changemaker

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Feminist Author, Social Justice Advocate, Film & TV Producer

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer & American Ballet Theatre Alum

Top 50 Female Futurist, Co-founder of Age Wave, Author

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Founder of Backstage Capital & Venture Capitalist; Author & Tech Inclusion Activist

Author of the Bestselling Biography "On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker" that Inspired Netflix Series "Self Made"

Motivational Business Transformation Speaker; Team Building Coach; Empowerment Speaker on Mindset & Mindfulness; Author of "Without A Voice: A Woman's Journey to Resiliency"

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Senior Advisor to Two Historic U.S. Presidential Candidates

Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities; Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia; Visiting Professor at The LBJ School

Founder of NEXT Memphis; Wellness Strategist, Entrepreneur & Sociologist; Forbes 30 under 30; TEDx Speaker

Award-Winning Teacher of Financial Education Known as “The Budgetnista"; NYT Bestselling Author of "Get Good with Money"

Advocate for Underserved Communities; Known as "Mama Durant" & "The Real MVP" as the Mother of Basketball's MVP Kevin Durant

Professor Emerita of Sociology at UC Berkeley, Author of 'The Outsourced Self'

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society