AJ Jefferson, Chief Executive Officer, Homeless Children's Education Fund

Ashante Josey, Visual Artist

Brandon Jennings, Owner/Operator, Yourbrand Design Studio

Carleen King, Owner/Operator, Carmi’s Restuarant

Chase Paterson, CEO, The Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh

Danielle Edmond, President, Fabulous Friday Society Foundation

Demeatria Bocella, Founder & Executive Director, FashionAFRICANA

Devon Teliaferro, School Board Director, District 2, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Dr. Darren Ellerbee, Director, Educational Outreach Center, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Elon Dancy, Helen S. Faison Endowed Chair and Executive Director of the Center for Urban Education, University of Pittsburgh

Emmai Alaquiva, Owner, Ya Momz House

Irene 'Beanie' Paints, Master Artist, Owner of Beanie Paints LLC

Jacquea Mae, Teaching Artist, Voculist Community Worker

Jasiri X, Founder/CEO, 1Hood Media, Inc.

Juan Garrett, Executive Director Riverside Center for Innovation

Kathy Fitzgerald, Owner, Rendezvous Pgh Events LLC

Kenya Sheppard Porter, Program Manager, Google Shopping

Khamil Bailey, Founder & Executive Director, Greenwood Plan

Kiki Brown, Media personality and entrepreneur

Kim El, Playwright/Teaching Artist

Kiva A. Fisher-Green, Co-Owner of KFS Experiences

LaTrenda , Principal, Common Cause Consultants

Lee Davis, Owner/Lee Davis and Associates Consulting LLC

Orlana Darkins Drewery, Owner/ President-Founder at The Shyne Awards & The Shyne Network

Raqueeb Queeba , Founder and Executive Director at Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-op

Rev Juel L Thomas, Associate Dean of science and Executive Director of the Homewood-Brushton Center

Roxanne Easley, Owner/Operator, Roxanne’s Catering

Sabrina Mosley, President & CEO, Vibrant Pittsburgh

Samantha Black, Founder & Board President, Greenwood Plan

Sharnay Hearn Davis, Cultural Strategist and Community Engagement Consultant + Founder, Sisters Lifting as We Climb Network. 

Shaunda Erikka McDill, Managing Director, Pittsburgh Public Theater

Terri Bell, VP, Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Tracey Jennings, Black Historian & Community Activist

Vernard Alexander, Owner of the Minority Networking Exchange