James Johnson Jr.

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

Ghian Foreman

Executive Director of the Greater Southwest Development Corporation (GSDC)

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

John Paget

Documentary Filmmaker & DP; Founder of First+Main Films

Sara Wahedi

Tech Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Ehtesab App

Ben Hecht

Former President & CEO of Living Cities

Alan Mallach

Author; Senior Fellow at the Center for Community Progress & The National Housing Institute

State Policy and Equitable Revitalization: A Conversation with Alan Mallach

Douglas Farr

Architect, Urbanist, Author & Advocate for Sustainable Design Thinking

Dennis Deer

County Board Commissioner, 2nd District

Asiaha Butler

President of Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E)

Deanna Van Buren

Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

Steph Speirs

Co-Founder & CEO at Solstice

Avery Bang

President & CEO of Bridges to Prosperity

Victor Rios

Educator, Author, & Creator of Project GRIT

Rev. Jeffrey Brown

President of RECAP (Rebuilding Every Community Around Peace)

Mayor Aja Brown

Former Mayor, City of Compton

Naomi Davis

President & Founder, BIG: Blacks in Green

Dan Gross

Gun Control Activist & Co-Founder of The Center for Gun Rights and Responsibility

Mike & Nick Fio

Co-Founders of Blankets of Hope

Ashley Sharpton

Activist, Community Organizer, Podcast Host, Entrepreneur, Founder & Director of NAN Youth Huddle

Justin J. Pearson

Community Organizer, Activist, President & Founder of Memphis Community Against Pollution

Nicole Jain

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Saran Kaba Jones

Philanthropist, Advocate & Social Entrepreneur

Piyush Tewari

Social Entrepreneur, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of SaveLife

Xavier Henderson

Co-Founder & Director of Strategy for For Oak Cliff

Eva Maria Lewis

Founder & Executive Director at Free Root Operation; Youth Activist

Patrick M. Condon

Senior Researcher, Design Center for Sustainable Communities at UBC; Author on Sustainable Communities

Maurice Jones

CEO of OneTen

Aisha Nyandoro

Social Entrepreneur; Chief Executive Officer of Springboard To Opportunities

Mayor Monique Owens

First Black Mayor of Eastpointe, Michigan