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Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Award-winning bestselling author of numerous books for children and young adults

Jerry Pinkney

Award-winning children's book illustrator

Christie Tate

Writer and essayist

Heidi Stevens

"Balancing Act" columnist for the Chicago Tribune

Melissa Korn

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Jennifer Levitz

National reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Ashby Jones

Deputy chief of U.S. news, The Wall Street Journal

Alicia Garza

Principal at Black Futures Lab and author of "The Purpose of Power"

Liz Dozier

Founder and CEO, Chicago Beyond

Jeffrey Selingo

Journalist and author

Melissa Korn

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Rosalind Wiseman

Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, Cultures of Dignity

Charlie Kuhn

Co-Founder and CEO, Cultures of Dignity

Kahran and Regis Bethencourt

Founders, CreativeSoul Photography

Natalie Moore

Journalist and author

Dilip V. Jeste, MD

Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care; Estelle and Edgar Levi Memorial Chair in Aging; Director of the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging; Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at UC San Diego; Co-Director of the UCSD-IBM Center on Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living

Howard C. Nusbaum, Ph.D.

Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology and Director/Founder of the Center for Practical Wisdom, The University of Chicago

Eben Kirksey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Deakin University

Britt Wray, Ph.D.

Science writer, broadcaster, and researcher

Lisa Heffernan

Co-founder, Grown and Flown

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Author