Diversity

Awista Ayub is the founder of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange (AYSE), an organization dedicated to nurturing Afghan girls through soccer and the author of However Tall...

Awista Ayub

Expert on Sports and Muslim Women

ELLA L.J. EDMONSON BELL

Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., is the founder and president of ASCENT-Leading Multicultural Women to the Top, as well as an associate professor of business administration...

Ella L.J. Edmonson Bell

Leading Expert in Management of Race, Gender, and Class in the Workplace

MATT BIRKBECK

Matt Birkbeck is an award winning investigative journalist who has written for the New York Times, Reader’s Digest, People, Boston Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer....

Matt Birkbeck

Author and Award-Winning Investigative Journalist

DA CHEN

Da Chen is the author of Colors of the Mountain, a New York Times best-seller, Sounds of the River, and Brothers, which was included on the “Best of 2006” lists in...

Da Chen

Chinese Memoirist and New York Times Best-Selling Author

JEFF CHU

When Jeff Chu came out to his parents as a gay man, his devout Christian mother cried for months every time she looked at him. In an attempt to understand how America's...

Jeff Chu

Journalist and Author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

TARA CONKLIN

Tara Conklin is a writer and former lawyer whose first novel, The House Girl (William Morrow), was a New York Times bestseller, #1 IndieNext pick, Target book club pick...

Tara Conklin

New York Times Bestselling Author and Former Lawyer

LORIE CONWAY

During her 25-year career of producing television, Lorie Conway has been the recipient of many national awards. Her most recent film, Forgotten Ellis Island (narrated...

Lorie Conway

Award-winning Independent Film Producer & Author

ANDREA DAVIS PINKNEY

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults. Named one of the “25 Most Influential...

Andrea Davis Pinkney

New York Times Bestselling and Award-Winning Author

GREG EPSTEIN

Greg M. Epstein, author of the New York Times best-selling book Good Without God: What a Billion Non-Religious People Do Believe (William Morrow), serves as the Humanist...

Greg Epstein

Internationally Recognized Expert on Humanism and Trends in World Religion

RICHARD FLORIDA

Richard Florida is one of the world's leading public intellectuals on economic competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological innovation. He is one...

Richard Florida

Renowned Economist and Author of The Rise of the Creative Class

CHRIS GARDNER

Best-selling author and successful entrepreneur Chris Gardner knows a thing or two about overcoming daunting obstacles. In his 2006 autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness...

Chris Gardner

Best-Selling Author of The Pursuit of Happyness and Entrepreneur

LOIS J. GASTON, PHD

Lois J. Gaston, PhD is a veteran community college educator and administrator, and the grandniece of acclaimed author Zora Neale Hurston. From 1992 to 2006, she served...

Lois J. Gaston, PhD

Community College Administration Expert, Grandniece of Zora Neale Hurston

PAULA GIDDINGS

Paula Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, where she also serves as editor of the scholarly journal, Meridians:...

Paula Giddings

Scholar, Journalist, and Award-Winning Author

LESLIE GILBERT-LURIE

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, a writer, lawyer, teacher, and child advocate, is a board member and Immediate Past President of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. She...

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Author, Educator, Lawyer, Child Advocate

KRISTEN GREEN

Kristen Green has worked for two decades as a journalist at newspapers including The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Boston Globe. In 2012, she was recognized by Media...

Kristen Green

Journalist and Author of Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, A Town, A Civil Rights Battle

KATE HARRIS

Kate Harris is a writer and adventurer with a knack for getting lost. Named one of Canada's greatest living explorers, her journeys edging the limits of nations, science,...

Kate Harris

Bestselling Author, Adventurer, Rhodes Scholar, & Hailed as One of Canada’s Greatest Living Explorers

NADIA HASHIMI

Nadia Hashimi is the Afghan-American author of breakout novel The Pearl that Broke Its Shell and When The Moon is Low. Hashimi has two forthcoming novels in 2016; A House...

Nadia Hashimi

Afghan American Author and Physician

CHRIS HOKE

Chris Hoke is a jail chaplain and pastor to Mexican gangs in Washington’s Skagit Valley as well as the author of Wanted (HarperOne). Working in jails and alongside...

Chris Hoke

Jail Chaplain, Gang Pastor, & Author

JANE HYUN

Jane Hyun, President and Founder of Hyun & Associates, is an executive coach and leadership strategist to Fortune 500 companies, top MBA programs, and non-profit organizations,...

Jane Hyun

Global Leadership Expert, Diversity in the Workplace Authority, Expert on Career Strategies for Asians

MORGAN JERKINS

Morgan Jerkins is a New York City based writer and editor. Jerkins graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Literature, specializing in nineteenth...

Morgan Jerkins

New York Times Bestselling Author & Editor

SAJ-NICOLE JONI

Saj-nicole Joni, Ph.D. is an internationally known business strategist, author, and the founder and CEO of Cambridge International Group. Her work appears in the Harvard...

Saj-nicole Joni

Internationally Renowned Business Strategist & Adviser to CEOs & High-Potential Leaders

WILLIAM KAMKWAMBA

William Kamkwamba is the co-author with Bryan Mealer of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (William Morrow), the story of how he...

William Kamkwamba

New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

LUCETTE LAGNADO

Lucette Lagnado, an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was born in Cairo, Egypt. She and her family left Egypt as refugees when she was a small child,...

Lucette Lagnado

Investigative Reporter & Best-Selling Author

LAURENCE LEAMER

Laurence Leamer is a celebrated historian, journalist, and bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Leamer has worked in places including the What Cheer, Iowa Patriot-Chronicle,...

Laurence Leamer

New York Times Bestselling Author

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