Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist; Professor at Duke University; Author; Founding Member of The Center for Advanced Hindsight

Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Shree Bose

Grand Prize Winner of the First Google Global Science Fair & Cancer Researcher

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Jennifer Thomas

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

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

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

Joe Theismann

World Champion Quarterback, Broadcaster & Entrepreneur

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. Nido Qubein

Award-Winning Speaker and Author, President of High Point University

Dr. Sheila Robinson

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

Dan Heath

Bestselling Author, Senior Fellow at Duke University’s CASE Center & Co-Founder of Thinkwell

Rhiannon Giddens

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

David Nasser

Pastor, Speaker & Author; SVP for Spiritual Development at Liberty University

Richie Parker

Motivational Speaker; NASCAR Engineer Born Without Arms

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

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