KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

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

Golden Globe-winning Actress, Producer, Director, Humanitarian

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

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

Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Director, Producer & Actress; Known for Directing "The Virgin Suicides," "The Bling Ring" & "Priscilla"

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

Filmmaker & Director of "Birds Of Prey;" First Asian Woman to Direct a U.S. Superhero Film

Founding Artistic Director of "the TEAM" Theatre Group; Tony Award-Winning Stage Director Best Known for "Hadestown"

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

Emmy-winning Writer, Producer, Advocate for Queer & BIPOC Voices

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Award-Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter & Author; CEO of Shondaland

Director & Storyboard Artist; Best Known for "Kung Fu Panda 2"

First Woman to Win an Academy Award for Best Director; Known for "Zero Dark Thirty," "Detroit" & "The Hurt Locker"

Actress, Choreographer, Activist & Former Co-Host of "The View"

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Award-Winning Actress, Dancer, Singer; Health Advocate & New York Times Bestselling Author

Writer, Director, Actor & Producer Best Known for HBO’s “Girls”

Actor, Author, Producer & Businesswoman