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CEO of Vote.org

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Managing Partner & Founder of Turf Advisory

Nicole Jain

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

James Johnson Jr.

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

Sara Wahedi

Tech Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Ehtesab App

Roberta Brandes Gratz

Award-Winning Journalist, Urban Critic, Lecturer & Author

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

Cindy Frewen

Sustainable Architect; Urban Designer & Futurist

Douglas Farr

Architect, Urbanist, Author & Advocate for Sustainable Design Thinking

Brent Toderian

Consulting City Planner & Urbanist; Founder of TODERIAN UrbanWORKS

Peter Exley

Co-Founder & Play Strategist, Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Erika Andiola

Chief Advocacy Officer of RAICES & DREAMer

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Founder of Food for Soul; Restaurateur & Chef Patron of Osteria Francescana

Liz Dozier

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

Sheila Sri Prakash

Architect, Urban Designer & Sustainability Expert

Victor Rios

Educator, Author, & Creator of Project GRIT

Kandice Sumner

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

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C. Nicole Mason

Author, Racial & Gender Equity Advocate, President & CEO of the Institute for Women's Policy Research