John King, 10th U.S. Secretary of Education from 2016-2017, President and CEO of The Education Trust

Leonard Pitts, nationally syndicated, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, educator, radio producer, and lecturer

john powell, Director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley

Maya Wiley, Senior Vice President for Social Justice; Henry Cohen Professor of Urban Policy and Management, New School’s Milano School of International Affairs, Management & Urban Policy