KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

National Educator & Author; Former Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Founder & CEO of Mindsteps Inc.; Bestselling Author; Expert on Helping Educators Use Their Tools to Build Better Schools

Motivational Speaker & Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, Leadership, Improving Education, Youth Development & Family Enrichment; College & University Speaker, known as “Mr. I’m Possible”

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

Educator, Master Teacher, Psychologist, Leadership Consultant, Expert in Learning & Human Behavior; Author of "Real Talk"

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

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

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Educator & Author

Educator & Literacy Advocate; Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Human Skills Expert, Advisor & Author; Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Milken Educator Award-Winning School Leadership & Classroom Equity Speaker; Bestselling Author

2021 National Teacher of the Year; Nevada Latino Educator; Champion of Intergenerational Knowledge

Motivational Education Speaker & Author of "Go See the Principal"

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Educator, Podcaster & Author of "The Innovator's Mindset" and "What Makes a Great Principal"