Michaela Madrid is the program manager of tribal governance at the Native Governance Center, a Native-led nonprofit that supports the sovereignty and governance of Native nations.

Marsha Jones is a grassroots organizer and health educator, and the co-founder and executive director of The Afiya Center, a reproductive justice organization in North Texas founded and directed by Black women.

Neena K. Chaudhry is general counsel and senior advisor for education at the National Women’s Law Center.

Yasmeen Hassan is the global executive director of Equality Now, an NGO dedicated to protecting and promoting the human rights of women and girls around the world.

Anna Maria Chávez is the executive director and CEO of the National School Boards Association (NSBA). She is an expert on women’s leadership, youth development, and public policy.

Sarah Deer is a University Distinguished Professor of women, gender and sexuality studies and in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas.

Tiya Miles is a professor of history at Harvard University. Her new book, “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake,” traces a gift from an enslaved mother to her daughter as it passed through the generations.

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

Margaret Russell is an associate professor of constitutional law at California’s Santa Clara University. She specializes in constitutional law, civil rights and civil liberties, as well as freedom of speech, racial equality, sexual orientation equality, and the Supreme Court.

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is an associate professor of communication and African and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland.

Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

University of Arizona professor of practice Maggy Zanger focuses on Middle East journalism and is an affiliated faculty member of the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies. She was the Iraq country director of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Iraq for nearly two years.

Sherine Hafez is a professor and the chair of the Gender and Sexuality Studies department at the University of California, Riverside.

Hyepin Im is the founder, president and CEO of Faith and Community Empowerment a nonprofit that works nationally to connect local Korean and Asian-American immigrant communities with the private and public institutions that affect their lives politically and economically.

Claudia Galindo is an associate professor of education policy at the University of Maryland, College Park’s College of Education.

Beverly Tatum is a psychologist, a leader in higher education and an expert on the psychology of racism.

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