Adolph Brown

Award-Winning Master Teacher & Humorist, Recognized Servant Leadership Business Speaker, Top Teacher Educator, Social Justice & Equity Advocate

Angela Davis

Educator, Social Justice Activist, Author

Candacy Taylor

Author of the bestselling book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

Christine Chavez

Granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, employee of the United States Department of Agriculture’s, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Claire Diaz Ortiz

Claire Díaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker and technology innovator who has been named one of

Dorian Warren

Scholar, organizer, and media personality

Dr. Bernice A. King

Youngest daughter of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, she speaks on social justice and racial equality that her father envisioned

Dr. Michelle Gourdine

Senior Vice President, CVS Health & Chief Medical Officer at CVS Caremark, Expert in preventive health and wellness, with a special emphasis on African American health

Dr. Samuel Betances

Diversity Initiatives: Making Sense of the Difference

Dr. Wayne Maines

*Exclusive with AEI Speakers* Safety Expert and Father of Transgender Youth Advocate Nicole Maines

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Award-winning Educator known for her work in the field of culturally relevant pedagogy

Jared Milrad

Jared Milrad, J.D., M.S. Jared Milrad is an award-winning lawyer, producer, actor, and social entrepreneur

Jesse Leon

Bilingual award winning author of I’M NOT BROKEN, Consultant to philanthropy and social impact investors

Jimmy Tingle

Comedian, Actor Clean Humorist

Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis

*Exclusive with AEI Speakers* Former Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher, Founder Classes4Classes, Author of Choosing Hope

Kenneth Feinberg

Dispute Resolution Expert, who headed compensation review for the September 11th, BP Disaster, Boston Marathon and Penn State Victim Fund

Leonard Pitts Jr

Writer, Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Majora Carter

Urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, MacArthur Fellow, Peabody Award–winning broadcaster, leader in environmental justice solutions

Matthew Horace

Author of The Black and The Blue, A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement

Nicole Maines

*Exclusive with AEI Speakers* Transgender Youth Advocate, Actress, subject of the NY Times bestseller “Becoming Nicole”

Percy Miller aka Master P

Businessman, philanthropist, music mogul, producer and entertainer

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr

President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, an organization that has registered thousands of young people to vote

Robin Steinberg

Robin Steinberg is the CEO of The Bail Project, a national organization modeled after The

Sandra Guzman

Prize-winning journalist, author, essayist, and editor

Sophia Kianni

Climate Activist, Youngest member of the inaugural United Nations Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, one of Teen Vogue’s 21 under 21

Sydney Chaffee

*Exclusive with AEI Speakers* National Teacher of the Year (2017), Sydney Blends Storytelling, Theater, and Humor to Motivate

Tyrone Hayes

Tyrone Hayes was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. Encouraged by his parents (Romeo

William Parrett

Through his books and lectures Bill has helped transform high poverty public schools into high performance schools

Zuriel Oduwole

Global Speaker, Film Maker, Girl Education Advocate, International Peace Envoy, Presidential Advisor