Curtis Cost
Curtis Cost holds a BA from Vassar College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He has worked in corporate sales, marketing research, and management. He is the author of What Is Safe Sex In The Age of AIDS? for which he was nominated the best new author of the year by the National Black Achievement Awards. [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]

Crystal Johnson
Crystal Johnson, is a specialist in water/wastewater, hazardous materials, natural resources, energy and other environmental issues, especially pertaining to urban communities. She has spent most of her environmental career working with communities of color in urban areas to address and resolve environmental issues while also promoting a vital economic base for the communities. [View Profile]

Dr. Evelyn Bethune
Dr. Evelyn Bethune, is a member of the NAACP, National Council of Negro Women, N’COBRA and many professional development organizations. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, activist, advisor to three United States Presidents, community care giver and international peace advocate. [View Profile]

Jam Donaldson
Jam Donaldson, is a writer, producer, cultural critic, and attorney. In her trademark style filled with humor, candor and edgy wit, she speaks on issues of race, hip hop culture and the media. [View Profile]

Rob Tillman
Almost one year to the day after graduating 5th in his high school class and receiving a full academic scholarship to a major university, Rob sat in a jail cell. He had not committed a crime; but being associated with someone that had, put him facing the same fate of a felony record and closed doors of opportunity in his future. At the time he thought, Wrong place, wrong time, and wrong person. [View Profile]

Tyrone Dancy
Tyrone T. Dancy, exemplifies the American character and spirit. Tyrone T. Dancy, of Mt Airy, Phila., Pa., is a combat Vietnam veteran who was awarded the Bronze Star for Heroism with the “V” for Valor, and the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat. [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]

Michael Pittman
Michael Pittman, is the editor of the nationally and internationally recognized Capital City Courier newspaper. His newspaper has been called one of the fastest growing black newspapers in the country. It’s willingness to ask the tough question of the black community has resulted in dialogue being created throughout the world. [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]

Jeffery A. Faulkerson
Jeff Faulkerson, is the Founder, President & CEO of PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, a faith-based social service practice with for-profit offerings in communications/media relations and nonprofit offerings in parent education and support, postsecondary advising and planning, and conference planning, coordination and implementation. [View Profile]

Tracy J. Brown
As a professional speaker, author and Urban Development Expert, Tracy J. Brown has risen to national prominence by delivering a high energy empowering message which tells people how to socially and economically advance our urban communities and live up to their true values of greatness within Urban America. [View Profile]

James Breedlove
James Breedlove, has a long distinguished reputation of working within the minority community to promote economic growth. In addition to writing his syndicated weekly column, he is a National Publisher's Association (NNPA) award winning editorialist for Dallas Post Tribune, MON-The Gazette, and the LaVida News. [View Profile]

Ed Foxworth
Urban Analyst, Author and Public Speaker Edward Foxworth has spent most of his career as a senior manager with various Community-Based Agencies, which has provided him opportunities to interact with and address a wide-range of audiences. [View Profile]