Cecilia Marshall is the Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Foundation, where she leads the family’s efforts to preserve, protect, and promote the legacy of her grandfather, Justice Thurgood Marshall. She stepped into this role after years of leadership in national nonprofits and philanthropy, bringing deep experience in fundraising, strategic partnerships, college access and success, and program innovation to steward the Foundation’s mission at a pivotal moment.

Her career has centered on expanding opportunity and increasing social mobility. She has held senior leadership roles at Ed Advancement, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and APIA Scholars, where she launched initiatives to strengthen college access, student success, and long-term impact for underrepresented communities. She holds a fine arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design and earlier in her career led global recruitment efforts at SCAD after beginning her professional path in corporate advertising in New York City.

Cecilia previously served on the Board of Directors of the National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice, founded by her grandfather.

Alphonso David, one of the foremost civil rights attorneys and a life-long advocate for social and economic justice, serves as the President & CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum. Mr. David brings more than two decades of experience in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors, where he has worked to advance the rights of marginalized communities through policy, legislation, litigation, and advocacy.

As President & CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum, Mr. David engages with world leaders, business executives, policymakers, entrepreneurs, activists, and consumers globally on thought leadership; corporate and entrepreneurial career development; and advancing economic and social justice for marginalized communities across the globe. The Global Black Economic Forum’s innovative, multi-faceted organizational structure includes a strategic consulting practice that partners with major corporations and business leaders on leadership development, skill building, and organizational assessments; summits and conferences that bring together key leaders from all sectors; a foundation dedicated to social and economic justice policy; and an emerging technology platform focused on redefining equity and equality. In the face of recent legal and political attacks on Black communities, the Global Black Economic Forum launched the Council for Economic Opportunity & Social Justice, which convenes major social justice and civil rights organizations in the nation.

Andre M. Perry is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Community Uplift at the Brookings Institution. He is also a professor of practice of economics at Washington University of St. Louis. A nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Perry is the author of “Black Power Scorecard: Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It” (2025, Henry Holt) and “Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities” (2020 Brookings Press). Perry is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by numerous national media
outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Bloomberg CityLab, and CNN.com.

Perry has also made appearances on HBO, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC, and ABC. Perry’s research focuses on race and structural inequality, education, and economic inclusion. Perry’s recent scholarship at Brookings examines well-being across racial groups and regions in America, focusing on how investments in critical assets can lead to thriving.

Perry’s pioneering work on asset devaluation has made him a go to researcher for policymakers, community development professionals and civil rights groups. Perry co-authored the groundbreaking 2018 Brookings Institution report “The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods” and has presented its findings on the price of home in Black neighborhoods across the country, including to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. He has extended that report’s focus on housing in Black neighborhoods to include other assets such as businesses, schools and banks.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Perry earned his Ph.D. in education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland College Park.

Brandon Andrews is a former United States Senate staffer turned entrepreneur + investor. He is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Gauge; an AI-driven market research platform. He is also CEO of The Inexorable. He engages with thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners each year doing casting for Shark Tank and other business shows on TV. He is a speaker for the State Department and host for global business events like The Next Web, Web Summit, and the World AI Conference. Brandon hosts the Impact with AI podcast engaging entrepreneurs using AI to support the United Nations SDGs. He also hosts the UN’s Innovation Factory pitch competition engaging global entrepreneurs using AI to drive positive impact. He brings a unique perspective at the intersection of policy, business, and innovation. Visit www.brandonandrews.me to learn more.

Elaine is from North Carolina and began her career as a high school English teacher. Her foundation as an educator critical to her passion for advocating for expanded opportunities in education, technology, and entrepreneurship for diverse populations. She has worked with educational non-profits for almost a decade and is firmly committed to eliminating barriers and gaps in education and access to resources and funding, especially for organizations and children in underserved and excluded communities around the world. 

Throughout her 16-year career she has transitioned from instructional coach to early-stage entrepreneur to a nonprofit leader focused on steering organizational strategy, program innovation and expansion, and partnership cultivation. In her previous role as Head of Programs at Scratch Foundation, Elaine spearheaded the creation of the Scratch Education Collaborative, a program that engaged 225 organizations from 48 countries around the world in a global community of practice. Through her leadership, $2.5 million dollars in total grants have been awarded to almost 100 nonprofit organizations and schools/universities since 2022 resulting in more than 7 million children and educators being impacted. Before joining Scratch, Elaine was the Director of Academics for Duke TIP, a Durham, North Carolina-based organization that focused on providing learning experiences for academically gifted students.

Naimah Bilal is a capital strategist, storyteller, and philanthropic leader whose work sits at the intersection of equity, narrative power, and systems change. She currently serves as Chief Development Officer at Camelback Ventures, where she leads efforts to expand capital access for underinvested entrepreneurs and innovators reshaping the future.

Naimah brings more than 17 years of leadership experience spanning the performing arts, education, and philanthropy. Before joining Camelback, she served as Chief Development Officer at the National Network of Abortion Funds, where she guided a fundraising team of 18 and helped raise over $28 million annually— channeling critical resources to the front lines of reproductive care and access during one of the most
turbulent legal and political periods in recent history. She also served as Chief Development Officer at the Children’s Literacy Initiative, where she doubled philanthropic investment in culturally responsive literacy coaching for schools nationwide, serving over 100,000 children.

Before transitioning into philanthropy, Naimah trained and performed as a professional orchestral violinist and violist. She served as Artistic Director for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival, programming and casting over 220 orchestral, choral, chamber and operatic productions and recordings. An Emmy Award–winning storyteller, Naimah was honored for her work as producer and host of a PBS series that uplifted stories of Black changemakers in Cincinnati, Ohio. Whether on screen, on stage, or in the pages of a grant proposal, she believes storytelling and narrative power are vital tools for facilitating access and redistributing resources.

Currently completing her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership with a focus on Leadership, Curriculum, and Culture at Miami University, Naimah’s research explores the convergence of Black women’s leadership and philanthropy—anchored in the belief that those most proximate to injustice are also the most qualified and effective in designing and implementing transformative solutions.

Dr. Corprew is passionate about revolution, not the bloody riots that mar cities and countries, but the opportunities we all have for personal and global transformation. Charles believes that answering the most thought-provoking question of one’s life, “What’s Your Revolution?”, will kickstart one’s journey to be the healthiest most transformative version of themselves. Charles helps people fulfill their revolutions by providing educational skills, life tools, coaching, and capital necessary to illuminate and catalyze the genius that resides within all of us.

It would be the lessons learned from his mentees at Green Run High School that allowed Charles to attain his Ph.D. in Psychological Science from Tulane University, where he focused his research on resilient outcomes for boys and men of color. After a successful tenure as a professor, where he received national and international recognition for his scholarship, Charles believed there was more to sitting behind a desk pontificating about how things should be. After being spurred on by his W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship award, Charles started his social impact consulting firm, “What’s Your Revolution?”, where he works to help people and organizations “Revolt and Evolve”. As founder and CEO, Charles has worked with some of the most influential leaders to catalyze and disperse capital, marshal resources for communities, and craft policy, programming, and practice that allows everyone to thrive.

In 2019, Dr. Corprew joined Camelback Ventures, an early-stage start-up accelerator for women and entrepreneurs of color as the Director of the Conscious Tech and Education Fellowship. He is currently the Chief Programming and Operations Officer at 757 Collab which is a collaboration of 757 Angels, 757 Accelerate, and 757 StartUp Studios. In this role, Charles leads the investment team for the Angels and works across the collab to bring his time, treasure, and talent to help scale promising and disruptive companies.

Tony Award-winning performer/writer/director/producer Sarah Jones is the founder of Foment Productions, a civic-oriented production company focused on narrative change and reclaiming culture at scale, especially in these challenging times. Acclaimed for the multicultural characters in her solo shows, The New York Times hailed her as “a master of the genre.” Jones is known not only for the mix of humor and empathy with which she tackles challenging subjects, but for the accuracy of the diverse voices she channels, inspired by her real, multiracial family and community.

Her latest multimedia project, America, Who Hurt You?, stars Jones and her signature characters, engaging audiences with comedic yet powerful content. AWHY?, which spans platforms from podcast (featuring interviews with thought leaders like Jane Fonda, W. Kamau Bell, Bryan Stevenson, and Ai-jen Poo) to live performance, has recently been commissioned for a special premiere at Oxford University’s first performing arts center, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, in May 2026.

Errika Moore is a nationally respected cross-sector leader whose work centers on advancing equity, strengthening communities, and driving systems change through collaboration. She has served as the inaugural Executive Director of the National STEM Funders Network, where she’s brought together philanthropy, industry, education, and policy leaders to align resources and influence to advance greater equitable opportunity and shared prosperity in STEM education from cradle to career.

Across her career, Errika has led at the intersection of education, workforce development, philanthropy, and industry—bridging sectors that too often operate in silos. Her leadership is grounded in the belief that lasting change requires moral clarity, shared responsibility, and sustained investment in people and places. She has held senior leadership roles in philanthropy and mission-driven organizations such as IT Senior Management Forum, as well as in global corporations including IBM, BMC Software, and Southwire, equipping her to navigate complex systems with both empathy and accountability. A trusted advisor and sought-after speaker, Errika has served on numerous national and regional boards and advisory councils focused on education, technology, and community development. Her work is informed by rigorous scholarship and lived experience, reflecting a lifelong commitment to building inclusive ecosystems where dignity and opportunity are possible for all.

Errika is a proud alumna of Georgia Tech, where she earned degrees in Industrial & Systems Engineering and the History and Sociology of Technology and Science, and she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the same field.

Norma Parraz is a social entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience working with public and private sectors locally, regionally, and nationally. Presently, she has launched multilanguage expertise and culturally responsive products and service solutions accelerating business growth. Her expertise fosters multi-language communications for end users driving high-impact touchpoints for education ecosystems. Ms. Parraz is also the Founder of new generation Ed -Tech communications solutions for schools developing and delivering centralized digital frameworks with robust stakeholder engagement.

Ms. Parraz’ past professional experience includes 9 years of legislative and public policy work in the nation’s capital as well as serving on national, regional and local non-profit boards, expanding mission-aligned goals. As a business leader, she continues to advance growth opportunities with partner networks accelerating impactful equity, empowerment to affected communities via cross-sector collaborations.

Ms. Parraz is a graduate of the University of Arizona, an alumnus of the Ford Foundation Public Policy Fellowship, as well as, an active alumnus of the Camelback Fellowship, and Latinos for Education Ed-Tech Fellowship Programs. Her current community engagements include serving as the Chair of the City of Phoenix Police Community Advisory Board.

Dr. Wizdom Powell is a visionary leader at the nexus of behavioral health, tech education, advocacy, and multi-sectoral community coalition-building. As the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Unified Youth, she brings over two decades of experience driving systemic change through data-driven policy action, place-based interventions, and rigorous impact measurement. A tenured professor and nationally recognized thought leader, Dr. Powell has shaped national mental health policy, led groundbreaking public-private partnerships, and worked globally to advance equity-driven solutions that create measurable, lasting change across all facets of population health.

Dr. Powell received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Clinical Psychology and M.P.H. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and has held tenured professorships at some of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions including the University of Connecticut where she served Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Health Disparities Institute and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, where she served as Research Associate Professor in the Department of Behavior Health and Associate Director of the Center for Health Equity Research in the Department of Social Medicine.

Most recently, Wizdom was the Chief Purpose Officer at Headspace where she oversaw the organization’s Social Impact, Legislative Affairs, and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) portfolios as well as company-wide organizational culture and belonging efforts. During her time at Headspace, she spearheaded an innovative partnership with the City of Hartford, Connecticut that promoted a citywide culture of mindfulness and mental health through resource provision, evaluation, and training. Dr. Powell has deep expertise with localized population health interventions and place-based mental health research, programming, and advocacy across the country and Africa.

Dr. Powell has been called on to provide hearings and testimony for bipartisan committees driving national policy around mental health. Dr. Powell has also held a number of prestigious fellowships including ones with the White House, Aspen Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, and Ford Foundation. Dr. Powell has also served as a brand strategist for corporations, non-profits, and academic institutions.

Kelli Saulny is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Corridor Ventures, where she leverages nearly two decades of experience scaling early-stage businesses across the Southeast. Her expertise spans market analysis, strategic business planning, and operational growth—from multi-channel expansion to collaborative supply-chain management.

Before founding Corridor, Kelli served as Director of Strategic Partnerships at Camelback Ventures, leading direct investment, ecosystem development, and advocacy for equity in funding.

Her entrepreneurial journey began at Carol’s Daughter, where, as Director of Operations, she helped grow the company from a startup into a nationally recognized brand—culminating in its acquisition by L’Oréal USA.

A proud New Orleanian, Kelli’s work sits at the intersection of culture, capital, and community—driving transformation across the region she calls home.

LaToya Wilson is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and serves as Global Co-Head of Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, where she leads an in-house accelerator supporting early-stage tech and tech-enabled startups—as well as innovative nonprofits—advancing inclusive innovation and sustainable impact worldwide.

With more than 20 years of experience across private markets, impact investing, and economic development, LaToya has built a career at the intersection of capital and community. Before joining Morgan Stanley, sheheld senior investment roles at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone and the City of New Haven’s Economic Development Administration, where she helped catalyze over $500 million in revitalization projects.

LaToya began her career at GE Capital and holds a B.S. in Finance from Quinnipiac University, where she also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council.

Shawna Young is a social impact entrepreneur, educator, and speaker who has dedicated her career to empowering individuals and driving social change. She joined Camelback as CEO in the Spring of 2024 leading the organization through a Founder transition. Prior to Camelback, Shawna was interim CEO of Prior Ada Developers Academy, a nonprofit that has trained over 1,000 women and gender expansive people of color as software developers, since 2013.  Shawna also served as the Executive Director of the Scratch Foundation, Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP), and MIT Introduction to Engineering and Science. She began her career as a science educator in North Carolina and also managed diversity programs at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

With a background in creating accessible educational opportunities for underrepresented communities, Shawna is an influential voice in education, equity, and social justice. As a visionary leader, Shawna has spent nearly 25 years nurturing talent and shaping the futures of thousands of aspiring changemakers. She received her BS in Chemistry from Howard University, MAT in Science Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MBA from MIT, and Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Boston University.