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Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

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Brown STEM Girl Founder; Youngest Person of Color Accepted into Medical School & Youngest NASA Intern

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2016 Miss USA, IT Analyst & Army Reserve Officer, Mental & Physical Health Advocate; Vice Chair on the Board Of Directors at Service Women’s Action Network

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America’s First Black Female Combat Pilot, Former Marine & Cop; Author of "Zero to Breakthrough”

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Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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CEO & Founder of SB Global; Expert in the Realm of Space Exploration and Innovation

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Technology Leader, Founder of Career Rehab, Bestselling Author of "Career Rehab"

Kecia M. Thomas

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

Shekinah Elmore

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Kimberly Bryant

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

Lorene Cary

Highly respected African-American author, educator, and social activist who – for over 25 years – has worked to deliver stories that the world needs to hear: from autobiographical to historical to fictional.

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CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient & National Women's Hall of Famer

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Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

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Emmy-Winning Director & Producer Known for "Little Richard: I Am Everything;" Founder & President of Cortés Filmworks

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Judy Smith

America's Premier Crisis Management Expert; Inspiration for ABC's "Scandal"

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Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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