Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Donna Brazile

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Kylar Broadus

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Amanda Gore

CEO of The Joy Project; Author & Psychologist; Emotional Intelligence and Performance Expert

Aprille Ericsson

Rocket Scientist, Technologist & STEM Educator

Nkechi Taifa

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

Anna Escobedo Cabral

Former Treasurer of the United States, Partner at The Cabral Group & Jesse Ball duPont Fund Trustee

Viola Llewellyn

Co-Founder & President of Ovamba Solutions; Leader in FinTech and Advocate for Diversity & Equality

Anna Maria Chávez

EVP & Chief Growth Officer of the National Council on Aging; Former CEO of Girl Scouts; Expert on Women's Leadership, Youth Development & Aging

Deshauna Barber

2016 Miss USA, IT Analyst & Army Reserve Officer, Mental & Physical Health Advocate; Vice Chair on the Board Of Directors at Service Women’s Action Network

Marty Makary, M.D.

Healthcare Futurist, Johns Hopkins Surgeon & Professor of Public Health

Asra Nomani

Journalist & Author, Women's Rights Activist

Heather Booth

American Civil Rights Activist, Feminist & Political Strategist

Ashley Allison

CEO of Turner Conoly Group; Senior Biden Harris Campaign Official; Civil Rights & Political Strategist

Marla Blow

President & Chief Operating Officer of the Skoll Foundation

2021 Reach Symposium: Keynote by Marla Blow - YouTube

Rita Dove

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

Katia Dean

Cybersecurity Expert, Career Coach, Author & Mentor