Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Samira Wiley

Actress; Best Known for Her Role in "Orange is the New Black" & "The Handmaid's Tale"

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Beatriz Acevedo

CEO, Entrepreneur & Cultural Strategist

Andrea Navedo

Actress Known for "Jane the Virgin" & Author

Empowerment and Personal Growth: A Deep Dive with Andrea ...

Valarie Kaur

Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Entrepreneur & Award-Winning Filmmaker; Best Known for the "Divided We Fall"

Nina Tassler

Former Television Executive, Author & Activist

Lucy Alibar

The movie that Alibar cowrote, Beasts of the Southern Wild, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah; at Cannes in May, where it was given a 15-minute standing ovation, it scored the Camra dOr prize for best first feature.

Saira Rao

Co-Founder, Race2Dinner; Co-author of the New York Times Bestseller "White Women"

Chambermaid: A Novel

Jillian Mercado

Actress, Model & Activist for Greater Disability Representation in the Entertainment Industry

Gloria Calderón Kellett

Writer, Producer, Showrunner & Director

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Ruth E. Carter

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Righ...

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Kat Lazo

Director, Producer, Host, Known for Digital Series "The Kat Call"

Gina Brillon

Stand-Up Comedian, Actress & Writer; Winner of NBC's 2012 Standup for Diversity Showcase

Rachel Nichols

Host and Co-Executive Producer of 'Headliners with Rachel Nichols'

Katherine Timpf

Television personality, Reporter & Comedian

Samantha Irby

Essayist and New York Times Best Selling Author

Quietly Hostile: Essays