Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Jennifer Thomas

Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker on Apology Languages and The Five Love Languages, Psychologist & TEDx Presenter

Dr. Kimberly Harden

Diversity and Inclusion Speaker, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group, LLC, & Author of The Allyship Challenge™

Leigh-Kathryn Bonner

Founder & CEO of Bee Downtown

Shantell Thomas

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

Michael Jordan

Former Professional Basketball Player, Entrepreneur, & Owner and Chairman of the Charlotte Hornets

Sharon Delaney McCloud

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert

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Dr. Sheila Robinson

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

Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy-Winning & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

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

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Steve Gilliland

Renowned Business & Motivational Leader; Award-Winning Author & Speaker

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

Shirley Caesar

Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Singer, Songwriter & Pastor

Bradley R Staats

Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School & Author of "Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive"

Lynn Good

Chair, President & CEO of Duke Energy

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Mike Minter

Former Carolina Panthers Safety, Head Football Coach at Campbell University & CEO of Minter Enterprises

Mitch Savoie Hill

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