KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Former Co-Host of "The View", Social Justice & Heart Disease Advocate

Acclaimed Author, Former Judge, Award-Winning Journalist & Television Broadcaster

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Former Co-Host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Former CNN Executive & Best-Selling Author; Diversity Expert

Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist, Television Personality, Author & Co-Anchor of NBC News' TODAY

Communications Strategist, Investigative Journalist, Cross-Cultural Communications Trainer & Researcher

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

U.S. Army Veteran & Author

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Leading Activist & Best-Selling Author

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Civil Rights Activist