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Certified Professional Coach, International TEDx Speaker, Author & Corporate Trainer

Edward Niam

Founder of Spiritual Inspiration Ministries, Tai Chi Institute USA & Creator of “Live Your Life of Purpose”

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Co-Hosts of the We Get Real AF Podcast

Derek Rhodes

Founder & Executive Director of the Durham Success Summit, Author, Community Activist

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Award-winning Author, Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet & Actor

Ethan M. Rasiel

Author of "The McKinsey Way: Using the Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consultants to Help You and Your Business" & "The McKinsey Mind"

Martin Rooney

Founder of Training For Warriors & Author

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

Regina Louise

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Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Perry Williams

Retired Superbowl Winning Football Player

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Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School & Author of "Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive"

Nathaniel Peterkin-Adon "MAJ3STY"

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Steven Petrow

Award-Winning Journalist & Author of "Complete Gay and Lesbian Manners: The Definitive Guide to LGBT Life"

Henry Petroski

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Alan Pell Crawford

Author, Journalist, former Speechwriter for a US Senator and former Press Secretary to a US Congressman

James Key

James Key was born in Los Angeles, California and was reared in the Crenshaw District where he attended public schools.

Charles Pell

Entrepreneur, TV Host, Inventor, Scientist, Designer, Maker. Co-Founder, Physcient. Co-Founder, Nekton. Advisor, Planetary Resources. Host, Earth2050. Just a simple man, trying to make my way in the 'Verse.

Marty Russo

Top Lobbyist, Member of Congress from Chicago, Illinois (1975-1992), and American-Australian Foundation Leader