Alaa Murabit, United Nations (2018)
Anant Agarwal, edX (2013)
Andrew Ng, Coursera (2013)
Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education (2012)
Asenath Andrews, Catherine Ferguson Academy (2013)
Ayah Bdeir, (2016)
Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2013)
Bob Santelli, Grammy Museum (2015)
Brené Brown, Brave Leaders Inc (2017)
Carol Dweck Stanford University (2020)*
Charles Best, DonorsChoose.org (2015, 2017)
Chris De La Cruz, The Moth (2018)
Christopher Emdin, Teachers College, Columbia University (2017)
Connie Yowell, LRNG (2016)
Crystal Duckert, The Moth (2018)
Dan Porterfield, Aspen Institute (2019)
danah boyd, Data & Society (2018)
Darius Baxter, GOODProjects (2019)
David Brooks, Aspen Institute (2019)
David Epstein, ProPublica (2015)
David Yeager The University of Texas at Austin (2020)*
Elizabeth Green, Chalkbeat (2015)
Emily Pilloton, Project H (2015)
Eric Deggans, National Public Radio (2019)
Evan Smith, Texas Tribune (2014)
Goldie Hawn, The Hawn Foundation (2015)
Henry Louis Gates Jr, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University (2019)
Jane McGonigal, (2016)
Jeff Charbonneau Zillah Middle School (2020)*
Jeffrey Tambor, (2014)
Jennifer Eberhardt Stanford University (2020)*
Jennifer Gonzalez, Cult of Pedagogy (2019)
Jessica Lahey, (2018)
Jim Shelton, Chan Zuckerberg Initative (2018)
Laura Pappano , New York Times (2013)
LeVar Burton, (2012)
Marjorie Scardino, (2012)
Mary Murphy Indiana University (2020)*
Micaela Blei, The Moth (2018)
Michael J. Sorrell, Paul Quinn College (2018)
Mimi Ito, University of California Irvine (2015)
Norma Ming, Gild/Socos/UC Berkeley (2014)
Patrick Awuah Jr, Ashesi University (2019)
Paul Reville, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2016)
Paula Kerger, PBS (2019)
Rehema Ellis NBC News (2020)*
Rev. Lisa Fitzpatrick, APEX Community Advancement Inc (2019)
Roberto Rivera, Good Life Alliance / 7 Mindsets (2017)
Rod Paige, Secretary of Education (2014)
Rodney Robinson Virgie Binford Education Center (2020)*
Russlynn Ali, Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education (2016)
Sal Khan, Khan Academy (2015)
Sara Goldrick-Rab, Temple University (2017)
Sarah Brown Wessling Johnston High School (2020)*
Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Harvard University (2017)
Sean Cavanagh, (2016)
Shanna Peeples Harvard Law School (2020)*
Sir Ken Robinson Boundless (2020*)
Sydney Chaffee Codman Academy (2020)*
Ted Dintersmith Boundless (2020)*
Temple Grandin, Colorado State University (2016)
Tim Ferriss, Author, Entrepreneur, and Angel Investor (2017)
Tim Manley, The Moth (2018)
Todd Rose, Center for Individual Opportunity (2016)
Vivienne Ming, Gild/Socos/UC Berkeley (2014)
* This selection was originally scheduled for SXSW EDU 2020, which was cancelled by the City of Austin on March 6, 2020.