Lanaya Irvin

CEO at Coqual

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Jim Robinson

Executive Director of The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.

Kenneth Frazier

Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Merck & Co.

Keith R. Wyche

Practicing C-Suite Executive & Author Who Helps Companies Successfully Navigate Transition, Rapid Growth & Change

David C. Banks

President & CEO of the Eagle Academy Foundation; Education Reformer & DEI Expert

Tamir Harper

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Roslyn M. Brock

Chief Equity Officer at Abt Associates, Chairman Emeritus of NAACP, Impactful & Inspiring Faith Leader, Arbiter of Social Impact

Amber Hikes

Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Tony Brown

Tony Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Urban America Television Network (UATV) which has about 30 million viewers.

Darlene Slaughter

VP, Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Rasheedah Phillips

Director of Housing at PolicyLink; Afrofuturist Artist

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Maurice Ashley

First African-American Chess Grandmaster; Author, Puzzle Inventor & Motivational Speaker

Angel Acosta

Principal Consultant at Acosta Consulting

Uzodinma Iweala

CEO of The Africa Center & Author of "Beasts of No Nation"

Stacy Spikes

Entrepreneur, Inventor, Author & Co-Founder of MoviePass

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Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Tamika D. Mallory

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist