Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

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

Shree Bose

Grand Prize Winner of the First Google Global Science Fair & Cancer Researcher

Jennifer Thomas

Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker on Apology Languages and The Five Love Languages, Psychologist & TEDx Presenter

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Jones Loflin

Internationally-Recognized Author & Speaker on Change, Work-Life Balance & Time Management

Are You Helping Your Team Members Grow?

Shantell Thomas

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

Vivian Howard

Chef & Restaurateur Known for "Chef & the Farmer", Featured on the PBS Series, "A Chef's Life"

Jean Bailey Robor

Jean Bailey Robor, award-winning author and inspirational speaker, incorporates poignant messages with a splash of humor. Raised in the South, Jean brings your group or organization an interactive program they won't soon forget!

Sharon Delaney McCloud

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

2023 Speaker Demo | Sharon Delaney McCloud

Dr. Sheila Robinson

Founder of Diversity Woman Media; DEI Expert; Author & Publisher

Dan Heath

Bestselling Author, Senior Fellow at Duke University’s CASE Center & Co-Founder of Thinkwell

Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy-Winning & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

Author of "Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing" and Professor at North Carolina State University

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Adrienne Fikes, M.Ed., C.S.C.

Soul Power Coach and creator of the "Sort Out Your Life in 30 Seconds with Soul Power Challenge"

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Justin Leblanc

Artist , Fashion Designer & Professor; Contestant on Season 12 of "Project Runway"

Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies