James Johnson Jr.

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

Mimi Lesseos

Award-Winning Action Actress, Former Professional Fighter, Producer & Author

LaRese Purnell

Transformational Leader, Co-Founding Managing Partner of CLE Consulting Firm & Author of "Financial Foundations: Building Financial Freedom One Tool at a Time"

Celia Sandhya Daniels

Management Consultant; LinkedIn Top 10 LGBTQIA+ Voices; Corporate Activist for LGBTQ Community

Bill de la Cruz

Inclusion & Belonging Facilitator; DEI Thought Leader

Brett Heising

Expert on DE&I & Disability Awareness Advocate; Principal of Brett Heising Consulting

Percell Dugger

Co-Founder & President of Fit For Us; Founder of GOODWRK

Francis Perdue

Owner of Perdue Inc,; Founder of Scooter P Entertainment, a BIPOC Business Content Development Company

Yamilette Cano

Communication & Leadership Expert; Branding Specialist, Events Professional, Content Creator & Best-Selling Author

Thimali Kodikara

Climate Storyteller; Host of "Mothers Of Invention" Podcast

Lexie Bean

Author, Filmmaker & Activist Member of the RAINN National Leadership Council

John Holiday

Award-Winning Operatic Countertenor, Singing Artist & Professor of Voice

Sharon Delaney McCloud

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert

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Steven M. Hughes

Financial Therapist & Reiki Master

Dr. Claudia Espinosa

Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur; Changemaker

Fanshen Cox

President of TruJuLo Productions, Award-Winning Playwright, Actor, Producer & Educator

Haley Carolyn Taylor Schlitz

Youth Advocate, Lawyer, Author & Advocate For Education Equity

Edith Treviño

Bilingual & ESL Educator; Storyteller & Author

Britt Hawthorne

Renowned Speaker on Anti-Oppression, Anti-Bias & Antiracism

Sandra Clerizier

Author, Youth Advocate, TV Host & Poet