KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Podcast Host of "Free Time"; Career & Business Strategist; Award-Winning Author of "Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business"

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

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

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

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NYT Bestselling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Bestselling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

Peabody Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Entrepreneur, Modern-Day Explorer & New York Times Bestselling Author; Founder of the World Domination Summit

Comedian, Writer & Actor Known for "Silicon Valley" & "The Big Sick"

NFL Hall of Famer; Community Advocate & Philanthropist; Chief Football Relationship Officer at the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Former NFL Player & ESPN Analyst

Former Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice; Advocate for Oppressed in Legal System; Criminal & Civil Law Attorney

Expert on Terrorism, Safety, & Security; Author

Award-Winning Motivational Speaker on Maximizing your Personal & Professional Potential; Media Personality, Bestselling Author of "An Attitude of Excellence"

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

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Author & Activist; Chicano Art Collector; Best Known for "Cheech & Chong"

Interior Designer & Host; Founder & Director of Genevieve Gorder Brand; Home Product Designer; Known For HGTV's "Dear Genevieve"