Thomas D’Eri is a Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder and COO of Rising Tide Car Wash a social enterprise that employs over 80 individuals with autism in a successful car wash business. Thomas is also the Co-Founder of Rising Tide U an organization dedicated to teaching others how to harness the autism advantage. As of October 2019, Thomas’s students have created 130 jobs for people with autism in 18 businesses. Tom deeply believes that all people have the potential to contribute to society and that businesses can improve their market position by committing themselves to unleash this potential.

Khalia Deborah is a Certified Life and Transformational Coach. She is the Founder of Khalia Deborah Coaching, as well as, the leader of the Dreams To Founder Movement! Through 1 on 1 coaching, Workshops, Conferences, & motivational speaking, she uses her life story to challenge others to step into a greater realm of their lives!

Kim Johnson is the Director of Marketing for Homeboy Industries located in Los Angeles, California. Homeboy Industries seeks to provide critical services to gang members and previously incarcerated men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. When not working, Kim can be found performing improv with her team Ghost Dog at The Second City Theater in Hollywood. Kim received her undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and MBA from The College of William & Mary.

Kim Crayton is a business strategist, the founder of the #causeascene movement, board chair of We Pivot, and advocate for diversity, inclusion, and safe spaces in tech. She is committed to facilitating and hosting spaces with honest conversations with intentional actions for positive change.

Kim has years of experience working with learners of all ages, skill level, and abilities and is now using her knowledge to develop technical people, ideas, organizations, and communities. She is known for her skills as a problem solver and strategy developer. She possesses a unique ability of being able to see the BIG picture while still managing the details. She also promotes positive organizational and community change in fun and engaging ways.

Shontae Smarr is a forward-thinking and passionate advocate for communities without access to resources to live a healthy life. She is the director of the Philly Food Rescue program with Uplift Solutions that coordinates last-mile transportation to engage a network of volunteers using the Philly Food Rescue App. Volunteers rescue surplus food that are picked up from food donors and re-routed to community partners.

Lisa Magill passionately tackles real-world problems with innovative and impactful solutions. After several years in the finance industry, Lisa gained extensive entrepreneurial experience and acquired technology startups. Over the years she has been recognized for her commitment to community, and the impact of her efforts focused on mentorship, education and creating opportunities for women. Currently she leverages her passions and expertise to help take the guesswork out of diversity & inclusion as Co-Founder of Aleria and ARC.

Tiara Zolnierz is the co-founder of EnrichHER a female-focused Fin-Tech company. And a dynamic, results-driven creative sales strategist with a 12-year record of exceeding sales quotas in Human Capital Management. Served as Director of Acquisition focused on buying and selling financial products as well as lending capital to various organizations. Her experience includes proven results in B2B sales, business development, account management, structuring highly complicated deal terms, negotiations, and underwriting to mitigate risk.

TeLisa Daughtry—is an Award-Winning Diversity & Technology Advocate, Serial Social Entrepreneur, Multi-Disciplined Creative & Tech Futurist, and Investor.

She is the Founder & CTO of FlyTechnista, Founder of STEEAMnista--both initiatives have previously been in partnership with The White House in 2016. She is the Founder & Angel Investor at FemX Ventures; and author of e-book “Learn, Lead, Launch: A FlyTechnista’s Guide to Tech FLY & Hustle FLY”.

In 2018 she was named 50 Most Influential Women Entrepreneurs in New York City. In 2017 she was an honoree and recipient of an ACT4 Award, recognized for her achievements in technology and advocacy for diversity; a Finalist for Code/Interactive: Diversity in Tech Awards; listed on MIC’s 1,000 Women in Tech and Science Speakers; and named Top 50 Visionary Women in Tech to Watch in 2017. In 2016 she was recognized as a 'Changemaker' by the United State of Women.

She is an international keynote speaker; and passionate about creativity, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship; and empowering women, youth, and underrepresented groups of people in these spaces.

Ron Choi is the founder of Love Gaming. He is 20 years old, lives in Virginia right now and plans to study eSports business after his break from school. Love Gaming is an organization that spreads the mission of positivity and raises awareness around mental health and other issues surrounding the community. They have created a community based on principles of teamwork, fair play, and mutual respect. The Love Gaming team participates in online competitions mainly for the Apex Legends video game.

Charlie Bonner is a voting rights advocate and communications professional working to engage a new generation of civic leaders. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Charlie majored in government and Plan II Honors and served as a campus advocate and voter registrar. Charlie has served the community in a variety of spaces from campaigns, to non-profits, to NASA Headquarters. Currently, Charlie is the Communications Manager at MOVE Texas.