Education Policy & Reform Speakers

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Educationalist, Author, Eminent Scholar & Former Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

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

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Investor, Impact Leader & Co-Founder of the Malala Fund and Our Place

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Former Democratic Senator of California

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

President of Saeculum Research & LifeCourse Associates; Renowned Authority on Generations; Coined the Term "Millennial Generation"

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

Global Leadership Director of New Pedagogies for Deep Learning; Worldwide Leader & Author on Education Reform

Former Executive Director of the George Lucas Education Foundation; Author of "Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools"

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

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

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.