Black Heritage Speakers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Novelist, Writer, Scholar

Women's Health Advocate, Co-Founder & CEO of GirlTrek

Bestselling Author; Women Empowerment, Mental Health & Working Parents Advocate; #1 Global Voice For Working Moms

Youngest Member of the New York Stock Exchange & Second African American Female Trader; POLITICO’s 2018 Woman of the Year

Founder & CEO at Goodr Co.

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Culinary Historian & Author

First African-American Woman President of the American Medical Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association & Consultant on Health Service Delivery

Former Co-Host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

NASA Astronaut, Aerospace Surgeon, Inventor, Consulting Professor for Stanford University’s Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Electrical Engineering & Retired Colonel of the US Air Force

Actress, Youth Advocate & Voting Activist

Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises & Actress in the FX Drama "Pose"

Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, Civic Activist & Author

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

Professor & Chair of the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University; CEO of STEMinent LLC

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Former Host of "The Reid Report"

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"