Meet Our Speakers
We are thrilled to welcome a phenomenal group of industry executives, visionaries, and pioneers to Stanford for a day of conversation and connection.
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Debra Lee
Chairman and CEO Emeritus, BET Networks
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Edith Cooper
Co-Founder, Medley; Member, Board of Directors, Amazon; Member, Board of Directors, PepsiCo
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Chris Young
Former EVP Business Development, Strategy and Ventures, Microsoft
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Cristina Mancini
CEO, Black Girls Code
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Greg Shell
Managing Partner, Head of Inclusive Growth Strategy, Goldman Sachs
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Brett Mahoney
Executive Producer, EMPIRE and GHOST: POWER BOOK II
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Detavio Samuels
CEO, REVOLT
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Charles Hudson
Founder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures
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Mercedes Bent
Venture Partner, Lightspeed
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Erikan Obotetukudo
Founder and CEO, Audacity Assets
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Christopher Gray
Founder and CEO, Path
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Jackie Aina
Co-Founder, FORVR MOOD
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Eni Popoola
Content Creator
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Kudzi Chikumbu
Former Global Head of Creator Marketing, TikTok
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LaShonda Anderson-Williams
Chief Customer & Commercial Officer, Salesforce Industries, Salesforce
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Reggie Marable
Head of Sales, Sierra
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Sanmi Koyejo
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University; Co-Founder, Virtue AI
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Dorien Nunez
Co-Founder, The OMNIResearch Group
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Daryn Dodson
Managing Partner, Illumen Capital; Member, Board of Directors, Ben & Jerry’s
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Oriekose Idah
Head of Creative Partnerships, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios