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.

  • Debra Lee

    Chairman and CEO Emeritus, BET Networks

  • Edith Cooper

    Co-Founder, Medley; Member, Board of Directors, Amazon; Member, Board of Directors, PepsiCo

  • Chris Young

    Former EVP Business Development, Strategy and Ventures, Microsoft

  • Cristina Mancini

    CEO, Black Girls Code

  • Greg Shell

    Managing Partner, Head of Inclusive Growth Strategy, Goldman Sachs

  • Brett Mahoney

    Executive Producer, EMPIRE and GHOST: POWER BOOK II

  • Detavio Samuels

    CEO, REVOLT

  • Charles Hudson

    Founder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

  • Mercedes Bent

    Venture Partner, Lightspeed

  • Erikan Obotetukudo

    Founder and CEO, Audacity Assets

  • Christopher Gray

    Founder and CEO, Path

  • Jackie Aina

    Co-Founder, FORVR MOOD

  • Eni Popoola

    Content Creator

  • Kudzi Chikumbu

    Former Global Head of Creator Marketing, TikTok

  • LaShonda Anderson-Williams

    Chief Customer & Commercial Officer, Salesforce Industries, Salesforce

  • Reggie Marable

    Head of Sales, Sierra

  • Sanmi Koyejo

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University; Co-Founder, Virtue AI

  • Dorien Nunez

    Co-Founder, The OMNIResearch Group

  • Daryn Dodson

    Managing Partner, Illumen Capital; Member, Board of Directors, Ben & Jerry’s

  • Oriekose Idah

    Head of Creative Partnerships, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios