Isabel Araiza is an associate professor of sociology at Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, where she teaches in the Mexican American and women and gender studies programs.

Joris M. Ray is the superintendent of Shelby County Schools in Tennessee and an expert in K-12 education. As superintendent, Ray has focused on combating education inequality with efforts including providing digital devices and Internet access for every student.

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.

Tina Trujillo is an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education. She is an expert on education inequality, federal educational policymaking and test-based educational reforms.

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.

Anthony Abraham Jack is an assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and holds the Shutzer Assistant Professorship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

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.

Shaun R. Harper is a professor in the Rossier School of Education and Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

Nate Easley is an education strategy consultant who advises nonprofits, college access and success organizations, foundations, and school districts. He sits on the Colorado State University System’s board of governors.

Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Walter Kimbrough is the former president of Dillard University in New Orleans. Previously, he was president of Philander Smith College and held several student affairs positions.

Lisa García Bedolla is an education professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the school’s vice provost for graduate studies and dean of the graduate division.