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Dr. Sharroky Hollie is a national educator who provides professional development to thousands of educators.

Lynn Good is president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy. She also serves as vice chair of the company's board of directors.

Farai Gundan is a Zimbabwean-born member of the diaspora living in the US.

Ira Madison III is a writer living in Los Angeles and host of Crooked Media’s pop culture podcast Keep It. His television credits include Daybreak, Nikki Fre$h, and the upcoming…

Charlene Wheeless is a renowned communications visionary, author, and speaker with more than three decades of experience.

Jill Sobule is a Denver-born, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter with multiple albums and more than two decades of recording and performing.

Chris Kirubi is a leading entrepreneur and investor in East Africa. He first started in busi Entrepreneur ness by buying decayed properties in Nairobi.

Born and raised St. Louis, Mo. on a healthy diet of news programming, pop culture.

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

Ashlee Marie Preston is Editor in Chief of “Wear Your Voice” magazine,and the first transgender editor of a feminist publication.

In the tradition of the SRO programs featuring real-life survivors of Schindler's List.

John Hall is associate vice president and Texas state director for clean energy at the Environmental Defense Fund.

Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, "Halsey Street," was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

An accomplished actress, writer and producer Karimah Westbrook stars as devoted single parent Grace James in the hit series.

To describe Kiely Alexis Williams as a “triple threat” would be an understatement.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jessica Pimentel is an American actress.

Jemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Color of Compromise.

Mindy S. Lubber is the President of Ceres, the leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental.

DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, which celebrates global black culture through curated.

Miller is the founder and director of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series.

Sendhil Mullainathan is the Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at Chicago Booth.

Crystal Martin is a software developer and consultant at Slalom, a co-organizer of the Strange Loop Conference.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is the Charles and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law at the University of Iowa.

Shawn D. Rochester is CEO of Good Steward LLC, a financial education and advisor company.

Cynthia Giles has more than 30 years of service in the public, private and non-profit sectors.

Caroline A. Wanga is currently the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Essence Communications Inc.

Tiffany Jewell is a Black biracial writer, twin sister, first generation American, cisgender mama, anti-bias antiracist (ABAR) educator, and consultant.

Bobbie Thomas is a beauty and fashion expert, author, and self-proclaimed professional girlfriend..

Carol Browner is a Senior Counselor of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm,            

Ericka Hart is a Black Queer Femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker, and award-winning sexuality educator.

Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua was born into this world as a refugee, she is indigenous to the Ovimbundu tribe...

Alain de Botton, FRSL is a Swiss writer, philosopher, and television presenter who currently lives in the United Kingdom.

Frederick Joseph is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of "The Black Friend and upcoming Patriarchy Blues".

Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and occasional feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality.

Julia Boorstin joined CNBC in May 2006 as a general assignment reporter. Later that year, she became CNBC's media and entertainment reporter working from CNBC's Los Angeles Bureau.

Aimee Allison is the Founder and president of She the People, the national network..

Crystal Marie Fleming is Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Associate Faculty in the Department of Women's.

Ambassador Munir Akram is now ready to step out from behind the diplomatic curtain...

Nafissa Thompson-Spires earned a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University..

.Mr. Ewing conceived, co-wrote, and starred in his one-man play Ali,

Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author and social critic..

Alternately described as a serial entrepreneur, do-gooder, and designer, Graham Hill is founder and CEO of LifeEdited,

 Terry Ellis graduated from Worthing High School in 1982 and later earned a degree in Marketing..

Genetic testing strongly suggests that Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson,

Robin Thede is an American comedic actress, writer, sketch and improvisational comedian. Raised in Iowa, she has also worked as an entertainment correspondent, host, and radio personality.

Lexi Underwood is a teen public figure, actor, and philanthropist based in LA and DC.

Tracy Sun is Co-founder and Senior Vice President of New Markets at Poshmark,

Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc.

Born in Baltimore City, Leslie Gray Streeter is a University of Maryland College Park graduate.

Yasmin Benoit is a British model, award-winning asexual activist, writer, speaker.