KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professional Emcee, Moderator, Host; Veteran Broadway Performer & News Anchor

Award-Winning Operatic Countertenor, Singing Artist & Professor of Voice

Tony Award-winning actor, Grammy-winning singer, Creator of "Blindspotting"

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Actress Known for "I Wanna Dace with Somebody" & "Blink Twice"

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Tony Award-Winning Broadway Film Director & Producer; Co-Founder of True Colors Theater Company

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Actress, Director, Women's Rights Advocate

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate

Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Philanthropist & Producer; Known for "The Last of Us," "A Wrinkle in Time" & "Euphoria"

Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer Known for "Abbott Elementary"; Bestselling Author, "Redefining Diva"

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Voting Activist; Known for "Black-ish" & "Grown-ish"

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

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY