Diversity & Inclusion speakers

Will Allen
Urban Farmer & CEO of Growing Power

Rayfil Wong
Expert Targeting Millennials & China Growth

Billy Bean
Openly Gay Former MLB Player

Geena Rocero
Founder, Gender Proud

Beverly Bond
Founder & CEO of Black Girls Rock!

Mychal Denzel Smith
Knobler Fellow, The Nation Institute

Theaster Gates
Director of Arts and Public Life, University of Chicago

Charles Blow
Visual Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

Lori Adelman
Executive Director, Feministing.com

Rashad Robinson
Executive Director, ColorOfChange

Alan Cumming
Tony Award-Winning Actor

Sheila Smith McKoy
Author and Activist


Elif Shafak
Insightful and inspirational speaker on issues of equality, identity, new humanism, spirituality and geopolitics internationally.

Shane Feldman
TV personality, keynote speaker, and serial entrepreneur

Irshad Manji
Best-selling Author

Joshua Dubois
Best-selling Author & Founder of Values Partnerships

Jamilah Lemieux
Former Senior Digital Editor, EBONY

Zerlina Maxwell
TV Political Analyst & Director of Progressive Programming for SiriusXM

Lijia Zhang
Chinese Writer & Social Commentator

Ali Aslan
Popular Germany presenter and journalist