KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Filmmaker & Author

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Playwright & Voice Actor Known for "Hairspray" & "Mulan"

Full Time Artist at Chinaka Hodge, Inc; Poet, Filmmaker, Playwright

Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright, Screenwriter, Latinx Arts Advocate

Playwright, Journalist & Host of NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" Podcast

Multi-Award-Winning, Iconic Actor; Known for "The Godfather," "Scent of a Woman," "Scarface" & "Dog Day Afternoon"; Method Actor & Former Student of the Actors Studio

Award-Winning Playwright, Producer & Actress; Life Coach, Mental Health Advocate & Author of "Black Girl in Love (with Herself)"

TV Personality, Entrepreneur, Actress, Author & Speaker on Domestic Violence

Actor & Producer Known for "Grey's Anatomy"; Racing Driver & Co-Founder of Dempsey Racing; Founder, The Dempsey Center

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Hair & Beauty Expert, Author, Television Personality; Known for Netflix's Emmy Award-Winning "Queer Eye"; Host of the "Getting Better" Podcast

Legendary Olympic Swimmer; Third Athlete to Win Nine Olympic Gold Medals

Olympic Gold Medalist; Co-Founder of Beard Swim Company; Bestselling Author of "In the Water They Can't See You Cry"

Comedian & Host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers"; Former Head Writer for "Saturday Night Live"

Olympic Gold Medalist & Fitness Expert

Co-Founder of MIT Initiative on Digital Economy, MIT Research Scientist, Author

TV Personality & Fashion Designer; Best Known for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"

Olympic Legend & American Record-Holder in the Long Jump; Philanthropist & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

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