KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Founder & CEO at Goodr Co.

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

America's First African-American, Female Transplant Surgeon

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

DEI Professional & Professor

Clinician, Author, Education Advocate, and Mental Health Authority; President & CEO at Resiliency Inc.

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Former NASA Astronaut; President & CEO of Vesalius Ventures; First African-American to Perform a Spacewalk

Miss Kentucky 2015, Opera Singer & Motivational Speaker

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

President of Football Operations at Klutch Sports Group; Author, Agent & Attorney

NYT Bestselling Author of "The Black Friend"