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

Jennifer Thomas

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

Leigh-Kathryn Bonner

Founder & CEO of Bee Downtown

Shantell Thomas

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

Phil Ford

Retired Professional Basketball Player; Named National Player of the Year, First-Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year & Olympic Gold Medalist

Rolfe Carawan

President of LifeMatters International; Accountability & Leadership Performance Speaker

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

Rhiannon Giddens

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

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Stan Phelps

IBM Futurist, Bestselling Author of the Goldfish Series, Customer Experience & Artificial Intelligence Thought Leader

Stan Phelps Speaker Reel AAE

Jeff Davidson

Expert in Work-Life Balance

Matthew Schwab

Down Syndrome Advocate

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

Bradley R Staats

Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School & Author of "Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive"

Kim Ellis Hayes

Scientist, Space Lawyer & Crewed Spaceflight Educator

Frank Maselli

Financial Advisor & Author