Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Dave Dravecky

Former Professional Baseball Player; Cancer Survivor, Arm Amputee & Author of "Comeback"

Rocky Bleier

Former NFL Football Player, Wounded Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient

Maria Echaveste

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Ericka Dunlap

Miss America 2004 & International Speaker on Diversity; Award-Winning Public Relations Strategist

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Roger Crawford

Hall of Fame Athlete; First & Only US Professional Tennis Association Athlete with a Severe Disability

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch

U.S. Army Veteran & Author

Rita Dove

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

Billy Bean

Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the MLB & Author of "Going the Other Way"

Gloria Feldt

Leading Activist & Best-Selling Author

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Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Gail Harris

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Helene D. Gayle

Former CEO of The Chicago Community Trust; 11th President of Spelman College; Expert on Global Development, Humanitarian & Health Issues

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Thom Filicia

Interior & Product Designer Known for "Queer Eye for The Straight Guy"

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team