KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Associate Director & Dissemination Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University

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

Clinical Psychologist, Executive Director of Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls & New York Times Bestselling Author

Neuroscientist & Pediatrician; Director of the Neurocognition, Early Experience & Development (NEED) Lab at Columbia University

Self Care & Wellness Activist, Psychiatrist, Author of "The Courageous Classroom: Creating a Culture for Students to Learn and Thrive"

First African-American Woman President of the American Medical Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association & Consultant on Health Service Delivery

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Triple Board Certified Physician; Child, Adolescent, Adult & Forensic Psychiatrist; Sought-After Clinician, Consultant & Speaker

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Award-Winning Behavioral Science Expert, Clinician & Comedian; Author of "Worth the Risk;" 2022 Next Big Idea Club Nominee & Nautilus Book Award Winner

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Senior Vice President of Programs & Partnerships at The California Endowment; Lecturer of Health Policy & Management at UC Berkeley

Founder & President of Advertising for Humanity and the Charity Defense Council; Author of "Uncharitable" and "Charity Case"

Nationally Recognized Child Psychologist & Author of "The Power of Agency"

Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School; Author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do"

Track & Field Athlete, Olympic Champion & 12-Time Gold Medalist at the World Championships; Co-Founder of Saysh

Civil Rights Activist; 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee; CEO & Founder of Rise

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate