HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. | Emmy and Peabody Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar, Journalist, Cultural Critic, and Institution Builder; New York Times Bestselling Author of Over 30 Books; Host, Finding Your Roots on PBS; Alphonse Fletcher University Professor & Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University

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SEAN MCVAY | Head Coach of Super Bowl LVI Winning Los Angeles Rams; Youngest Coach in Modern NFL History; Youngest Coach to Win a Playoff Game, Win a Super Bowl, Make Multiple Super Bowl Appearances, and be Named AP NFL Coach of the Year

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FAWN WEAVER | Serial Entrepreneur; CEO and founder of Grant Sidney, Inc. and Uncle Nearest, Inc.; Certified as a Corporate Director by Harvard Business School and Board Member, Endeavor Group Holdings

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MATTHEW STAFFORD | Super Bowl Winning Quarterback, Los Angeles Rams

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RENEE MONTGOMERY | Co-Owner & Vice President of the Atlanta Dream - The First WNBA Player to Become an Owner and Executive of a WNBA Team; Two-Time WNBA Champion and All-Star; General Partner, Valor Ventures

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ANDREW WHITWORTH | Former NFL Offensive Tackle for Super Bowl LVI Winning Los Angeles Rams; 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year

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WANDA SYKES | Award-Winning Comedian, Actor, Writer, and Producer

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JULIA IOFFE | Renowned Journalist; Foremost Expert on Russian-U.S. Relations; Founding Partner and Washington Correspondent, Puck

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RACHEL CARGLE | Public Academic, Writer, and Lecturer; Founder and President, The Loveland Foundation, Inc.; Philanthropic Innovator and Entrepreneur; Regular Contributor to The Cut, Atmos, and Cultured Magazine

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NATHAN CHEN | 2022 Olympic Gold Medalist; Three-Time World Figure Skating Champion; First Asian American Male Skater to Win U.S., World and Olympic Titles

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JENNA WORTHAM | Staff Writer for The New York Times Magazine; Co-Host, Still Processing Podcast; Editor of Black Futures Visual Anthology

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DAVID GRUTMAN | Hospitality Innovator, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist; Founder, Groot Hospitality; Co-owner and Creative Director of Prince, an athletics and lifestyle label

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SEEMA HINGORANI | Founder and Chair, Girls Who Invest; Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

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KIM GHATTAS | Strategic Advisor on Geopolitics and Leading Middle East Expert; Award-Winning Journalist and Contributing Writer, The Atlantic; Author, NYT Bestseller The Secretary and NYT 100 Notable Book Black Wave; Non-Resident Senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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