Patrice A. Harris

First African-American Woman President of the American Medical Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association & Consultant on Health Service Delivery

Chella Man

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist

I Always Knew Gender Was Fluid | It Gets Better: Chella Man

Rick Bayless

Award-Winning Chef, Cookbook Author, & TV Personality Known for His Authentic Mexican Cuisine

Leslie Odom Jr.

Broadway Actor & Grammy Award Winning Singer

Carla Harris

Managing Director & Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Joan Michelson

Co-Host of the Electric Ladies Podcast, ESG Consultant, Business Sustainability & Leadership Expert

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Ursula Burns

First Black Woman to Serve as CEO of A Fortune 500 Company; Former Chairwoman of VEON & Former CEO of Xerox

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Katrina Jones

HR + Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisor, Educator, Coach; CEO & Founder of Advancing Equity & Inclusion

Rudy Ruettiger

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

For The Win

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Eric Schmidt

Co-Founder of Schmidt Futures and Former Executive Chairman at Alphabet Inc. & Former CEO of Google

Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Mina Bissell

Iranian-American Biologist; Known for her Research on Breast Cancer

Devita Davison

Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit, Food Justice, Community Representation & Sustainability Advocate

Tiki Davis

Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Successful Businessman, Oil & Gas Expert, Actor, Author & Survivor

Why Book Tiki Davis

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Misty Copeland

First African American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre; Author

Misty Copeland's Return After Her Break as Dancer & Producer

Michael Bergdahl

Former Walmart Executive, Bestselling Business Author, Human Resources & Retail Sales Speaker

Bill Capodagli

Author of "Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World's Most Creative Corporate Playground"

Interview with Bill Capodagli about Disney way

April Reign

Creator of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag; Editor of BroadwayBlack.com & NU Tribe Magazine

Kerry Washington

Actress, Producer & Activist Known for Starring as Olivia Pope in ABC's "Scandal"

Thimali Kodikara

Climate Storyteller; Host of "Mothers Of Invention" Podcast

Hunter Schafer

Transgender Actress, Model & Activist Known for HBO's "Euphoria"

Dixon Chibanda

Psychiatrist & Director of the African Mental Health Initiative; Founder & CEO of Friendship Bench Zimbabwe