Vanessa "The Hebrew Mamita" Hidary

Actress / Performer / Writer / Director

Shane Windmeyer

Shane is a leading author on gay campus issues, national leader in gay and lesbian civil rights and a champion for LGBT issues on college campuses.

Rita Bailey

Author Destination Profit

Telle Whitney

President & CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology

Mercedes Ramirez Johnson

Mercedes is one of only four survivors of American Airlines Flight 965, which crashed into the Andes Mountains near Cali, Colombia in December 1995.

Billy Sorrells

Actor, Stand-Up Comic & Independent Filmmaker

Jimmy Delshad

Former Mayor of Beverly Hills; First Iranian-American to Hold Public Office in Beverly Hills

Nicole Kelly

Former Miss America Contestant, Disability Advocate, Loud & Proud Show Host

Steve Hanamura

Steve Hanamura is co-owner of Hanamura Consulting, Inc., a firm he founded in 1986.

Maya Enista Smith

Executive Director of Born This Way Foundation

Sam Mihara

Award-Winning Writer & History Educator; Survivor of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II

Afua Hagan

TV & Radio Presenter, Diversity & Inclusion Speaker; Event Host, Moderator & Royal Commentator

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Dr. Macie Smith

Best-Selling Author, Alzheimer’s & Dementia Expert, Motivational Leader, Women in Leadership Champion

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Crystal Bui

Emmy-Nominated News Reporter, CEO of Spotlight Communications Group & Author of "More To Tell"

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Chris Hooten

Equity Advocate, Neurodivergent Equity Educator & Writer; Creator of The Challenger Model

Veena Jetti

Founding Partner of Vive, Real Estate Investor & Philanthropist

Yalonda Brown

President of Diversity Initiatives at Engage Mentoring & Co-Author of "Brave Women at Work: Stories of Resilience"

Matt Lindley

Former Royal Air Force Royal Squadron Captain, Pilot & CEO of Propel Performance

Raji Rajagopalan

Author of “Daring to be Different," Partner Director of Software Engineering at Microsoft & Women in Tech Advocate

Ema Dantas

Entrepreneur, Mountaineer & Author of "Mental Mountains"