Neena K. Chaudhry is general counsel and senior advisor for education at the National Women’s Law Center.

Muhammad Khalifa is a professor of educational administration and executive director for urban education initiatives at the Ohio State University.

Donna Y. Ford is a distinguished professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology the Ohio State University.

Anna Maria Chávez is the executive director and CEO of the National School Boards Association (NSBA). She is an expert on women’s leadership, youth development, and public policy.

Deborah A. Santiago is the cofounder and CEO at Excelencia in Education, an organization that aims to improve Latino access in higher education.

Stella Flores is an associate professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Texas, Austin, where she is also director of research and strategy for the Education Research Center. She studies the impact of state and federal policies on low-income and underrepresented college students, especially immigrant and English learner students.

Pedro Noguera is a sociologist and dean of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Patricia Gándara is a research professor of education and co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA.

Dana Thompson Dorsey is the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Endowed Chair in Education Innovation at the University of South Florida.

Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher is executive director of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges and a professor of higher education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Valerie Lundy-Wagner is assistant vice chancellor of research and data at California Community Colleges.