Dr. Teddy Osantowski
Dr. Teddy Osantowski is a published author of "The Little Survivor" and "The Black Landed Gentry of Montgomery County." She has presented her "Hands-on Phonics in Reading" (HOPIR) at local, national, and international conferences. This program is geared toward non-readers and remedial readers of all ages. [View Profile]

Kelly A. Morgan
Kelly A. Morgan, uses her corporate human resource experience and professional certified coach training to be the catalyst for entrepreneurs, executives, small businesses and religious organizations to create and implement their personal and professional development plans. [View Profile]

Dr. Ernest Black
Dr. Ernest Black, spent 12 years as part of the Los Angeles Unified School District before leaving to help African American students and their teachers unleash the potential in and out of the classroom. Dr. Black has developed curriculum that helps African American male students close the achievement gap. [View Profile]

Michael D. Brown
Michael D. Brown, founder of The Michael D. Company, Inc. in The Woodlands Texas, is an African American business consultant that has worked with a number of Fortune 100 companies, entrepreneurs, global teams, and non-profits on fresh strategy development, implementation, execution, and follow-up. [View Profile]

Kevin Carpenter
Kevin Carpenter, is a motivational/inspirational speaker, transition coach, mentor, homeless advocate and successful entrepreneur. [View Profile]

Bisa Batten Lewis
Bisa Batten Lewis, is the founder and managing partner of Ideal Early Learning, LLC -- a service company devoted to providing high-quality consultation and training for early care and education practitioners. For over 16 years, she has worked in various capacities in the field of early childhood education ranging from preschool to the college level. [View Profile]

Dr. Shirley Davis
Dr. Shirley Davis, affectionately known as The Career Doctor and Success Coach, and is an international speaker, author, leadership and career strategist, and diversity expert. She has more than 15 years of experience in Human Resource Management, and has led such functions as Training and Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Recruiting, Change Management, and Leadership Development. [View Profile]

Stacey Tisdale
On air journalist Stacey Tisdale has reported on business and financial issues for more than 15 years. She has created a financial education curriculum at the request of the White House for HBCU’s. Ms. Tisdale, is an author as well as a financial expert on NBC’s Today Show. [View Profile]

Rriiver Nyile
Rriiver Nyile (pronounced River Nile) is a 21st century wiz kid. He is an eight year old author, filmmaker, motivational speaker and kidpreneur! Rriiver’s aspiration is to build several successful businesses and encouraging his peers that they too can become entrepreneurs. [View Profile]

Laymon Hicks
Laymon Hicks, is the speaker that youth and young adults want to hear. He not only relates to youth and young adults, but he guides and coaches them to star in their own show. [View Profile]

Dr. Timmy Tezeno
Dr. Timmy Tezeno, is a preacher, teacher, author, entrepreneur, and educator. He holds several degrees: Bachelor of Theology, Master of Pastoral Counseling, and Doctor of Theology. He has conducted Love for the Family seminars, providing extraordinary biblical principles to obtaining and maintaining a successful marriage and family. [View Profile]

Wesley T. Bishop
Wesley T. Bishop, was chosen by Ebony magazine as one of the Top 30 Young Leaders in the nation. He is a dynamic, one-of-a-kind speaker who has been blessed to share his powerful vision of faith, personal empowerment and academic excellence with audiences throughout this nation.[View Profile]

Towanna Freeman
Towanna Freeman, is an adviser to organizations on the impacts of popular music, specifically Hip-Hop music, on today's youth. She speaks to groups on a variety of business, parenting, career, and professional development topics. [View Profile]

Karen Nethersole, Esq
Karen Nethersole, Esq., is the CEO & Founder of Full Circle NY (FCNY). Inspired to develop and place within various businesses young minority professionals who would more accurately reflect the diverse makeup of the country, Karen began drafting the blueprint for what would become FCNY. [View Profile]

Donald Dowridge
Today Donald L. Dowridge, Jr. is the founder and President of DLD Enterprises, in which the DLD stands for Determined to Learn and Develop. He is a Motivational Guru, Mentoring, Consulting, Personal Training, Keynote Speaking, Life Coach and Facilitator! [View Profile]

Dr. Maasi J. Smith
Dr. Maasi J. Smith is the founder and director of Rittenhouse Foot and Ankle Associates. The doors of his private practice opened in 2002 in Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square, where he developed his complete natural foot care line, Dr. Smith’s Foot Care. [View Profile]

Aaron Boyce
A stutterer since the age of 9, Aaron uses humor and interaction to inform, entertain, and enlighten any audience. Never one to let barriers stop him from reaching his goals, Aaron has served as an INSPIRATION to others with challenges in their lives. [View Profile]

Shawn Dove
Shawn Dove joined the Open Society Institute in May 2008 as the campaign manager for the new U.S. Programs Campaign for Black Male Achievement. He has more than two decades of leadership experience in youth development, education, and community-building, designing and implementing innovative initiatives. [View Profile]

A. Tish Mercer
As a Human Capital Strategist with over twenty years in the critical area of Human Capital Development, Tish is a personable, articulate and dependable professional who brings exceptional planning and organizational skills to each project. [View Profile]

Anthony Martin
The vision of sports marketing expert Anthony Martin that led to the formation of The Urban Youth Racing School (UYRS) ten years ago continues to inspire and drive the school today. Martin is the Founder and Executive Director of UYRS, the only school of its kind. [View Profile]

Susan Summons
Susan Summons, the motivator is a nationally acclaimed sports educator, hall of fame coach and player, professor, master teacher, author and motivational speaker. [View Profile]

Byron W. Perry
Byron W. Perry is a public speaker and business consultant. He has spoken at libraries throughout Brooklyn and Queens, NY, colleges such as Stony Brook University and York College, churches and community centers. [View Profile]

Norma Hill
Norma Hill believes that education free people and bring them together across racial barriers. Her unique perspective on leadership and teaching is evident in her work especially with children and youths. She believes that education free people and bring them together across racial barriers. [View Profile]

Lori Nelson
Lori Nelson is a graduate of Howard University, and has earned a Masters degree from the University of Maryland University College. After six years of working as an I.T. project manager, Nelson decided to take a leap of faith and follow her dreams. She started Nelson Publishing, LLC, an independent publishing company dedicated to providing juvenile books for children of color. [View Profile]

Orrin Hudson
Orrin C. Hudson is the founder of Be Someone - a non-profit that uses the game of chess to teach adults and young people the game of life. Hudson has been featured in People Magazine, on Good Morning America, in USA Today, and on CNN - who called him the "Pied Piper of Positivity." [View Profile]

Dr. Mark A. Gooden
Dr. Mark A. Gooden is the owner and managing partner of Mark A. Gooden Consulting. He has worked 14 years as an engaging and effective educator and an inspiring speaker in the Pre-K-12 and higher education settings. He is also a leadership coach and trainer who has worked to help clients unlock individual potential. [View Profile]

Ricky V. Ward
Ricky V. Ward, a veteran Black motivational speaker, teaches and motivates young people, parents, educators, community leaders, and others to recognize and reduce the risk of violence. His passion for prevention was born out of his surviving a violent act. His ability to communicate with and motivate young people is enhanced by his background. [View Profile]

Raymond A. Nchor
Raymond Nchor is a Ph.D. holder in mechanical engineering, with specialization in rail transportation, technology transfer, maintenance of public infrastructure & industrial plants and international development. [View Profile]

Dr. Marcus Martin
Dr. Marcus Martin is the President and CEO of Education is Freedom—a national non-profit organization that is located in Dallas, Texas. Education is Freedom (EIF) strives to remove the economic obstacles to higher education by providing college scholarships to young people who are overlooked by traditional scholarship programs. [View Profile]

Adam A. Smith
Adam A. Smith is a dynamic community leader who has spent his career focusing on enhancing the educational opportunities of disadvantaged children and adults. He has built programs and initiatives aimed at increasing the educational aspiration, access and success of hundreds of students throughout the Midwest. [View Profile]

Lamonte Owens
LaMonte Owens is a noted name in the area of diversity recruiting nationwide. His firm serves many of the nation’s largest employers, as well as provides a strong resource for organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region. For more than 30 years, Mr. Owens has set a benchmark in the development of his specialty-diversity recruiting. [View Profile]

Ella Joyce
Ella Joyce is an accomplished actress of stage, TV and film. She was the winner of the JEFF Award and the BTAA Award for her portrayal of Lily Ann Green at The Goodman Theatre (Chicago) in Lynn Nottage’s “Crumbs From the Table of Joy”. Ella is probably best known and beloved by audiences for her TV role of Eleanor on “Roc” which gave her an NAACP Image Award nomination. [View Profile]

Marsha Haygood
Marsha Haygood is a powerful motivational speaker and a dynamic career and personal coach. With a solid career development track record in corporate America, Marsha is a highly accomplished and experienced human resource professional. She founded and is President of StepWise Associates, LLC, a career and personal development consultancy. [View Profile]

Ruben Britt, Jr.
Ruben Britt, Jr. has over 31 years of experience in education as a teacher and as a career planning counselor. Mr. Britt has written several articles related to career development, higher education in a number of publications including Upscale Magazine, Black Collegian, Equal Opportunity Magazine and Black Issues In Higher Education. [View Profile]

Dr. Stephen Jones
Dr. Stephen Jones is an outstanding educator who has spent his career helping economically disadvantaged students to succeed in college. Dr. Jones has earned a Bachelors Degree in Community Psychology from Widener University, Masters in Education from Howard University, Masters in Business from Philadelphia University, and a Doctorate in Education from Widener University. [View Profile]

William Moss
William R. Moss, III is President & CEO of HBCU Connect, LLC and has been in this position since founding HBCUConnect.com in June of 1999. HBCU Connect owns and operates the largest Historically Black College & University website in existence and reaches approximately 350,000 website visitors each month. [View Profile]

Dr. Jomo W. Mutegi
Jomo W. Mutegi, Ph.D. is Executive Director of Sankoré Institute. Sankoré Institute is a non-profit African-centered science and education research organization, which supports a staff of African Americans who conduct research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). [View Profile]