Schuyler Bailar is the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team.

Derrick E. White is a professor of history and African American and Africana studies at the University of Kentucky.

Kiki Baker Barnes is athletics director at Dillard University and interim commissioner for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Akilah R. Carter-Francique is the founder of Francique Sport and Education Consulting LLC, which provides education, research and development for sports participation. She is an associate professor at San Jose State University (SJSU) in the department of African American studies.

Shaun R. Harper is a professor in the Rossier School of Education and Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.