Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Adaora Udoji

CEO & Founder of outLoud Inc., Angel Investor and Former Award-Winning Journalist

Brenda Chapman

First Woman to Win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature; Known for Pixar's "Brave" & DreamWorks Animation's "The Prince of Egypt"

Tracie Thoms

TV, Film & Stage Actress; Best Known for "Rent," "Cold Case" and "The Devil Wears Prada"

Ellen Bass

Poet and Author

Hayley Hasselhoff

Plus-Sized Model and Daughter of David Hasselhoff; Known for her Role on "Huge"

Esta Soler

President and Founder of Futures Without Violence

Ntozake Shange

Fearless poet, playwright and Obie Award-winning author has given women and girls of color honest, inspiring visions of themselves — she motivates audiences to find the strength and courage to “walk like a lion”

Cristina Saralegui

Journalist, Actress, Author & TV Personality; Best Known for "The Cristina Show"

Chrissy Teigen

Model, Author & Television Personality

Jean Case

Chair of National Geographic Society, CEO of the Case Foundation & Founder of ForWhatItsWorth; Author of "Fearless: Five Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose"

Jean Case + Bloomberg TV at Milken Institute Global Conference

Brenda Louise Romero

Award-Winning Game Designer & Developer

Pattie Sellers

Chair of Fortune's Most Powerful Women & Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist; Co-Founder & CEO at SellersEaston Media

Lucille O'Neal

Author & Motivator

Kay Robertson

Star, A&E's "Duck Dynasty" & Author of "Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen"

Melody Barnes

Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, Professor at the Miller Center & Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy: Can We Make Ame...

Azure Antoinette

CEO, Commissioned Poet & Author, Millennial Advocate

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

Sofia Coppola

Academy Award-Nominated Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Dr. Linda Yueh

Fellow of Economics & Director of the China Growth Centre at the University of Oxford; Globally-Recognized Authority on Chinese Economy