PAST BOOST CONFERENCE KEYNOTES

Hamish Brewer
Award-Winning Educator and Principal, Author, International Speaker

BOOST Talks

Jodi Grant
Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Founder of Center for Youth Wellness & Former Surgeon General of California

Dominique Smith, Ed.D.
Chief of Educational Services and Teacher Support, Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, CA

Dee Hankins
Inspirational Speaker                                                                                     

Principal Wayman
CEO, Principal Wayman Consulting, Founder of CurrentlyTrending, Speaker and Author

Hamish Brewer 
Award-Winning Educator and Principal,
Author, International Speaker

Jeffrey Zlotnik
Founder, The Mediation Initiative

Dr. Bertice Berry
Founder, Dr. Bertice Berry Productions

Dr. Shawn Ginwright
Founder & CEO, Flourish Agenda

Amy Smith
Chief Giving Officer, TOMS

David Hogg
Co-Founder, March for Our Lives

Matt Deitsch
Co-Founder, March for Our Lives

Dairrick Khalil Hodges
Founder & Director, The SOULcial Workers 

Jeffrey Zlotnik
Founder, The Mediation Initiative

2018 Keynote Speakers

Bryan Stevenson
Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative

Jodie Knowles
LEARNING CURVE: Confessions of A Special Ed Kid 

Positivity Rocks with Every Monday Matters

Celerity EXL Dance Team

Barbara Boxer
Former U.S. Senator

Jesse Williams
Actor & Activist 

Keynote Moderator

Jesse Moore
Communications Lead, Pop Culture Collaborative

Youth Speakeasy MC

Matthew Emerzian
CEO & Founder, Every Monday Matters 

Youth Speakeasy Keynotes 

Adriana Ibanez 

Merveille Kouekabakilaho

Royce Mann

Matthew Emerzian
Founder & CEO, Every Monday Matters

Dr. Tererai Trent
Founder, Tererai Trent International

Father Gregory Boyle
Founder & Executive Director, Homeboy Industries

Michael Funk
Director, After School Division (ASD), California Department of Education (CDE)

Powered by Dance  

Huerta Elementary Dance Team

Simon Sinek
Keynote Speaker & Author, Start With Why

Jodi Grant
Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance 

Roberto Rivera
President/Lead Change Agent, The Good Life Alliance

Drum Cafe West

Morning Energizer: Go BIG or Go Home

The Leadership Program 

John Hunter
Founder, World Peace Games

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.
Author & Educator, "Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined"

Senna Kajitani
Founder, Little Miss Vegan

Alex Kajitani, Emcee 
California Teacher of the Year The Rappin’ Mathematician, Kajitani Education

Two Bit Circus and STEAM Carnival

Polytechnic Poetry Slam Team
Polytechnic School

Morning Energizer: 10 Tips to Engage Youth in 10 Minutes

The Leadership Program

Atherton Elementary School Drumline
Houston ISD 

2013 Keynote Speakers 

Paul Tough
Author, How Children Succeed

Dr. Christopher Emdin
Professor of Science Education, Columbia University 

Jonathan Mooney
Author, The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

arc Dance Team

Keynote Introduction 

Michael Funk
Director, After School Division (ASD), California Department of Education (CDE)

Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D.
Author & Educator, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Dr. Milton Chen
Senior Fellow & Executive Director, Emeritus at the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF)

Michelle Cummings
Big Wheel & Founder, Training Wheels

Marjorie Blanchard, Ph.D.
Motivational Speaker, Consultant and Trainer, Author, and Entrepreneur

Ode to Site Supervisors 

Diego Arancibia
Coordinator, ASAP Connect

Virgil Hip Hop Dance Team
A World Fit for Kids!

Taylor Mali
American Slam Poet, What Teachers Make 

Jonathan Kozol
Author and Educator, Savage Inequalities, Death at an Early Age, The Shame of the Nation, and Amazing Grace

Congressman David Cicilline
Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rhode Island’s 1st District 

CATCH Girls Step (CGS) and Boys Step Team (CBS) 
Youth Policy Institute

Yvonne and Rich Dutra-St. John
Founders, Challenge Day and Be the Change Movement

CREW

Peter Pendleton Drumline
Coachella Valley Unified School District                                                          

Gordon Jackson
Assistant Superintendent, California Department of Education

Adora Svitak
Education, Technology, and Literacy Advocate, Teacher, Speaker, and Author 

Dr. Cathy Vatterott
Author and Educator, The Homework Lady 

Space School Musical
Hamilton High School

Folklorico Dancers
Lawndale Elementary School District, RAP, Before & After School Program

WRAP Stars
Conservation Corps of Long Beach WRAP (Winners Reaching Amazing Potential), After School Enrichment Program

Collective Purpose

PeaPod Foundation- The Peapod Music & Arts Academy  

2009 Keynote Speakers

Jodi Grant
Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance                                                              

Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Steinhardt School of Education, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education 

Drum Cafe West                                                              

Battle of the Bands: After-School All-Stars of Rock vs. All Night Hero

Teen Truth Live: Bully                                                           

Jonathan Mooney
Author, The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

Yvonne and Rich Dutra-St. John
Founders, Challenge Day and Be the Change Movement

CREW & JR Crew

Jose's School of Rock
After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles