Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Shannon Miller

Olympic Gold Medalist, Health Advocate & Cancer Survivor

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Libby Gill

Leadership, Corporate Culture & Change Expert; Executive Coach; Award-Winning Author of "You Unstuck"

Ijeoma Oluo

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Shayla Rivera

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Nicole Yeary

Entrepreneur, Growth Catalyst, Founder & CEO of Ms.Tech

Louis-Philippe Loncke

European Adventurer 2016, Explorer, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Management Consultant

Fran Hauser

Media Executive, Startup Investor, Women's Empowerment Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl"

2024 Award Winners: The 100 Women to KNOW In America Award

Amanda Beard

Olympic Gold Medalist, Co-Founder of Beard Swim Co. & Author of New York Times Bestseller "In the Water They Can't See You Cry"

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson

Entrepreneur, Board Director, Investor, Advisor, Mentor, Author & Public Speaker

Kylar Broadus

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

Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Amali Tower

Climate Displacement, Migration & Refugee Expert; Founder of Climate Refugees

Q&A: Amali Tower on Climate Migration and 'Evolution Earth'

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Claudia Chan

Transformational Speaker; Creator of S.H.E. Summit™ & The Whole-Life Leadership Framework; Author of "This Is How We Rise"

Kanya Balakrishna

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Lori Cheek

Architect; Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Cheekd

Linda Alvarado

Community Leader; Education Advocate; CEO of Alvarado Construction & National Women's Hall of Famer; First Latino Owner of a Major League Baseball Team