Education speakers
Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative journalist who writes for the Atlantic and the Washington Post. She is the author of High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, The Smartest Kids in the World--and How They Got That Way and The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes, and Why. LEARN MORE »
Award-winning author of A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education (& many other books)
Author of Practical Wisdom and one of TED’s most popular speakers
Founder and CEO of Pain Into PURPOSE, a Black Woman Owned Business that helps to motivate others
• Former head of UNICEF on leading with purpose
• Director of the Education Policy Program at New America
• Author of The End of College on the future of learning
• Expert on English usage and the history of the English language, and Professor at the University of Michigan
• Author of several books, including Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words (2024)
• Founder of the renowned social justice-oriented education program “Books Behind Bars”
• Creator of forthcoming podcast and tie-in book about the human face of criminal justice
• Author of The Gambler Wife, PEN America Finalist and forthcoming major motion picture starring Aimee Lou Wood and Matt Dillon
• From homelessness to H.S. valedictorian to full ride at Georgetown
• Founder and CEO of Pain Into PURPOSE, a Black Woman Owned Business that helps to motivate others
• Author of exclaimed book The Extended Mind on helping people understand how we learn & how we can do it better
• Bipolar-Autistic law professor & award-winning author of A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education (and many other books)
• Expert in managing mental health and neurodiversity in higher education and the workplace
• Inspirational speaker on living with bipolar disorder and autism and overcoming adversity.
• NY Times Bestselling author of High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, The Smartest Kids in the World and The Unthinkable
• Host of the Emmy-nominated PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train
• Passionate advocate for connecting people with nature
• Lecturer at UC Berkely's Haas School of Business
• Author of Practical Wisdom
• One of TED’s most popular speakers
• Author of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What to Do About It
• Founder and CEO, Wisdom Thinkers
• Author, Educator, Story-teller, and Community Builder
• Bestselling editor of 10 crowdsourced books; featured in Oprah Mag, The New Yorker, TED.com
• Inclusive and gamified approach effective for small and large groups, company off-sites, and association event
• Prize-winning author of The Newcomers, Soldier Girls, & Just Like Us
• Speaks with compassion about the journeys of refugees who have been invited to resettle in the US