Alice Waddington

Film Director, Writer, Photographer & Feminist

Amma Asante

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Celine Tricart

Filmmaker, Storyteller & Founder of Lucid Dreams Productions

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Brenda Chapman

First Woman to Win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature; Known for Pixar's "Brave" & DreamWorks Animation's "The Prince of Egypt"

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Lisa Niemi Swayze

Writer, Director, Producer, Activist & Author

Laura Ling

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Asra Nomani

Journalist & Author, Women's Rights Activist

Erin Gruwell

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

Dalia David

Wellness Chef & Holistic Lifestyle Educator

Tania Israel

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

Yovanka Sanchez

Founder of La Mariposa Films, Entrepreneur, Storyteller, Women's Rights & Environmental Activist

Kecia M. Thomas

Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences

Deepa Purushothaman

Founder of n2formation; Former Deloitte Managing Partner; Author of “The First, The Few, The Only”

Davy Liu

Producer & President of Kendu Films, Former Disney Animator

JLove Calderon

Award-Winning Author, Producer, Director & CEO of Social Impact Firm Inspire Justice

Domee Shi

Director at Pixar Animation Studios

Taylor K. Shaw

Founder & CEO at Black Women Animate

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Freida Lee Mock

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Director, Screenwriter & Producer; Co-Founder of the American Film Foundation

Damon Davis

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of Whose Streets?

Sharon Calahan

Director of Photography of "The Good Dinosaur," Pixar Animation Studios

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Geena Rocero

Transgender Model & Advocate; Founder of Gender Proud

Geena Rocero Is Writing Her Truth - GLAMOUR Cover Story

Claudia Chan

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

Logan Browning

Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Best Known for Her Roles in "Bratz: The Movie" & Netflix's "Dear White People"