Moderator:
Veronica Anderson
Editor, Catalyst Magazine

Panelists:
Carmita Vaughan
Chief Strategy Officer
America's Proimise Alliance

Jack Wuest
Executive Director
Alternative Schools Network

David J. Johns
Education Policy Advisor to Chairman Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA): U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Dr. Hal Smith
Vice President, Education & Youth
National Urban League

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson
Senior Research Analyst
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Michael Lomax
President & CEO
United Negro College Fund

Remarks:
Command Sergeant Major Evy Lacy
U.S. Army