ED GORDON

President
Ed Gordon Media

Steven Williams

Chief Executive Officer
PepsiCo Foods North America

R. Donahue Peebles

Chairman & CEO
The Peebles Corporation

D.L. Hughley

Actor, Comedian, & Author
The D.L. Hughley Show

ANTHONY ANDERSON

Emmy & Golden Globe Nominated Actor

Chris Womack

President & CEO
Southern Company

David Grain

CEO
Grain Management L.L.C.

Shannon A. Brown

President & CEO, BCS Consulting Services; Retired SVP, Eastern Division U.S. Operations and Chief Diversity Officer
FedEx Express

BEN CRUMP

Civil Rights Attorney

ARNOLD W. DONALD

President & CEO Carnival Corporation & PLC

Kirk McDonald

CEO GroupM North America (NA)

Ray Robinson

Chairman Citizens Banchares Corporation

MARC H. MORIAL

President & CEO, National Urban League

REV. JESSE JACKSON

Founder, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Jerome “The Bus” Bettis

Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee

Eddie Levert

Lead Singer, Songwriter, Founding Member of The O’Jays

Kenneth Chenault

Chairman and Managing Director General Catalyst; Former Chairman & CEO,
American Express Co

Tommie Smith

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist

Bishop TD Jakes

Bishop, Potter’s House Ministries; CEO,
TDJ Enterprises L.L.P. The Potter’s House of Dallas

Congressman John Lewis

Congressman, Civil Rights Leader

John W. Rogers Jr.

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Ariel Investments

Robert Townsend

Award-winning TV/Film Director, Actor, Comedian

Lonnie Bunch

Founding Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture