Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Robin Givens

Actress, Author & Domestic Abuse Awareness Advocate

Carol Graham

Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; College Park Professor at the University of Maryland

Lisa Diaz

Managing Partner & Founder of Turf Advisory

James Johnson Jr.

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

Roberta Brandes Gratz

Award-Winning Journalist, Urban Critic, Lecturer & Author

Cindy Frewen

Sustainable Architect; Urban Designer & Futurist

Brent Toderian

Consulting City Planner & Urbanist; Founder of TODERIAN UrbanWORKS

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Liz Dozier

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

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

Dean Strang

Attorney for Steven Avery & Focus of Netflix Documentary "Making A Murderer"

Cornell William Brooks

Former President & CEO of the NAACP; Civil Rights Attorney; Social Justice Activist; Ordained Minister; Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Melissa Neighbour

Urban Planner, Community Builder & Sustainability Specialist

Dan Gross

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

Jonathan Rauch

Contributing Editor for the National Journal & Author

Vic Strecher, Ph.D. MPH

Founder, JOOL Health; Professor, University of Michigan’s School of Public Health; Director for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship