Lynnise Pantin is the Pritzker Pucker Family Clinical Professor of Transactional Law at Columbia Law School, where she focuses on systematic socioeconomic barriers faced by entrepreneurs of color. Her interests include clinical legal education, entrepreneurship, economic justice, and corporate and business law.

Tristan Walker is a technology entrepreneur who aims to diversify the tech industry by recruiting top young Black and Latinx talent to Silicon Valley.

Ramona Ortega is the founder and CEO of My Money My Future, a mission-driven financial tech company that empowers young women and people of color to manage their money with

Rosanna Garcia is the Paul R. Beswick Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Sixcia Devine is a small business growth expert. Her work focuses on entrepreneurship, social media outreach, new marketing technology, business planning, and connecting general markets to Hispanic markets.

Linda McGill-Boasmond is owner and president of Chicago-based Cedar Concepts Corporation. CCC is the country’s first African American, woman-owned chemical manufacturing plant.

Sheena Iyengar is the S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia University.

Farai Chideya is an award-winning author and journalist with more than 20 years of experience combining media, technology and diversity.

Neal Sáles-Griffin is managing director of the tech accelerator Techstars Chicago and a venture partner at MATH Venture Partners.

Melissa Bradley is a co-founder of Ureeka, a platform for small-business entrepreneurs to access resources and educational tools.

Felicia Joy is a behavioral scientist and strategic corporate affairs leader who has worked in public relations and marketing.