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History-Making Extreme Adventurer, Award-Winning Author & Global Investor

Lisa Leslie

WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You;" Coach of Ice-Cube's BIG3 Basketball League

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Frans Johansson

Innovation Expert & Author of "The Medici Effect"

Julia Boyd

Acclaimed Author / Psychologist

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Bill de la Cruz

Inclusion & Belonging Facilitator; DEI Thought Leader

Glory Edim

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Lisa W. Wardell

President & CEO of Adtalem Global Education; Only African-American Female CEO of a Fortune 1000 Company

Liz Kleinrock

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Educator

Dr. Afiya Fredericks

Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of the District of Columbia; Growth Mindset Expert

SJ Murray

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Author, Speaker & Founder of African American Images

Dr. Antonia Darder

Scholar, Artist, Poet, Activist & Public Intellectual

Kimberly Bryant

Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Nontombi Naomi Tutu

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

Kay Toliver

Teacher & Subject of PBS Special

Dr. Deborah Tannen

Relationship & Communication Expert

Darren Walker

President of the Ford Foundation; Chair of the US Alliance on Impact Investing

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Val McLeod

Inspirational Influencer, Empowerment Speaker & Author

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

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Meg Tilly

Award-Winning Actress & Author

Iris Krasnow

Best-Selling Author & Relationship Expert

Freeman Hrabowski

Former President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); Advocate for STEM Education for African Americans

Tony Brown

Tony Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Urban America Television Network (UATV) which has about 30 million viewers.

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Clifton L. Taulbert

Author, Business Consultant, & Speaker; Best Known for "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored"