KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

President of the Fly With Amelia Foundation; One of the Youngest Women to Fly Around the World in a Single Engine Aircraft

Media Executive, Startup Investor, Women's Empowerment Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl"

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

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

Actor, Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, Advocate & Wounded U.S. Army Veteran

Co-Founder of Project Eye-To-Eye & Learning Disabilities Advocate; Recipient of The Harry S. Truman Fellowship for Public Services

Attorney, Author, Artist, Speaker & Autism Advocate

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

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

Olympic Gold Medalist, Health Advocate & Cancer Survivor

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

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

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Former Professional Baseball Player; Cancer Survivor, Arm Amputee & Author of "Comeback"

Community Leader; Education Advocate; CEO of Alvarado Construction & National Women's Hall of Famer; First Latino Owner of a Major League Baseball Team