KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Host of "Democracy Now!", Award-Winning Journalist & Bestselling Author

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Humanitarian, Children's Rights Advocate, Journalist & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the DNC; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist & Author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World"

Senior Political Analyst at Fox News, Emmy Award-winning Author, Veteran Journalist

Spiritual Life Coach, Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Bestselling Author, Activist

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist & Executive Producer; Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Exiled Iranian Activist & Judge; Involved in Woman, Life, Freedom Movement; Human Rights Advocate

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Pollster, Author & Political Analyst; Senior Partner at John Zogby Strategies

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

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"