Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Dr. Dauv Evans

CEO of The Gallus Collective & Author

James Johnson Jr.

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

The Moment

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Dr. Sheila Robinson

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

Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Pam Didner

B2B Marketing & Sales Leader and Author of "The Modern AI Marketer: How to Leverage Artificial Intelligence in Digital Marketing to Get Ahead"

Jen Neitzel, Ph.D.

Racial Equity Leader, Executive Director of Educational Equity Institute & Author of the "The Handbook of Racial Equity in Early Childhood Education" and "Achieving Equity and Justice in Education through the Work of Systems Change"

Sonya Curry

Educator, Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman; Mother of Stephen and Seth Curry

Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose

James A. Joseph

Former Ambassador to South Africa; Leader in Residence, Hart Leadership Program at Duke University

Jim Ball

Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Who Assisted in Creating Over 20 New Businesses Including The Discovery Channel

Angel Hsu

Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill & Founder/Director of the Data-Driven EnviroPolicy Lab

Regina Louise

Author & Child Advocate

William Bennett

Radio Host, Bill Bennett's Morning In America; Former Secretary of Education

Mitch Savoie Hill

Certified Professional Coach, International TEDx Speaker, Author & Corporate Trainer

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

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

Timothy Tyson

Author & Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

Dennis Hong

Roboticist, Magician, Chef & Professor