CEO of the Red Shoe Movement a career and leadership development company powered by a global community of women who support each other for career success. The RSM uses a proprietary methodology to help corporations engage and promote multicultural women with a sustainable approach. Through awareness and communication initiatives such as #RedShoeTuesday, and its Hall of Fame the company fosters an ongoing conversation about benefits of having women in executive positions. The RSM has fans in over 160 countries

Annie Segarra also known as Annie Elainey, is a YouTuber, artist, and activist for LGBT and disability rights. Segarra, who is queer, Latinx, and disabled, advocates for accessibility, body positivity, and media representation of marginalized communities.

Zeina is the Founder and CEO of Raise The Barr, a technology Startup that aims to promote diversity in the workplace. Raise the Barr uses an Artificial Intelligence Powered Chatbot to make the Training process more engaging for Enterprises all over the world.

Zeina was included on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Enterprise Technology. She was also an IBM Global Entrepreneur, where Raise the Barr was able to enhance their software Development and build an advisory board of experts in the Machine Learning.

Raise the Barr was awarded the bronze medal for excellence in Diversity and Inclusion by the state of Delaware SHRM. This award was based on characteristics such as exceptional passion for Diversity and Inclusion, and for cultivating diversity in technology.

Kenneth Johnson is a Diversity Recruiter and Career Services Professional who supports the efforts of those committed to adding diverse talent to recruitment pipelines. He is the Founder and President of the Diversity Recruitment Firm, East Coast Executives and Host of The Career Seekers Radio Show. He has over 15 years of experience in managing staffing and recruitment projects. As a Career Services Expert, he trains and coaches job seekers on a variety of career-centric topics. Kenneth's work has been cited in Black Enterprise, Fast Company Magazine, Inc magazine, and several other reputable publications. In 2017, Kenneth was selected to the prestigious invite-only Forbes Coaches Council. As a contributor, he focuses on topics such as career, job seeking, and diversity. He is also the creator of the Forbes Series: Diversity in Red, White, and Black.

Karen Griffith Gryga is an experienced venture capitalist, investor, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. She is the Managing Director of Dreamit Funds, the co-founder of Dreamit Health and founder of DreamIt Athena which focuses on female entrepreneurs. Karen has helped launch over 200 companies that have generated close to $2 billion in shareholder value. She is well known throughout the entrepreneurial community and was previously on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group.

At Women 2.0, Matthew is focused on bringing comprehensive, measurable solutions to the diversity space. He is the Founder & CEO of the Others Project na open-source initiative dedicated to Diversity + Inclusion data. Matthew grew up on the Navajo Nation in Northwest New Mexico and studied Computer Science at San Juan Community College before transferring to Stanford University to study Management Science & Engineering with a focus on Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations. Matthew has worked with companies such as Google, Twitter, and Medium to implement impact and inclusion.

Matthew’s background includes work as COO at both Jurispect, in regulatory FinTech compliance, and also at FWD.us, working towards intelligent immigration reform. He was on the Global Ethics and Compliance founding team at Google, where he had responsibility for training and investigations, metrics, and compliance technology procurement. He later worked with the co-founders of Twitter as they restarted The Obvious Corporation, the precursor to Medium, and assisted The Kapor Center for Social Impact on diversity programming.

Matthew previously served on the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Winds of Change board, volunteered for two years with San Francisco Ballet’s Bravo organization, and served for three years as the Bay Area Regional Coordinator for Carl Sagan’s Planetary Society.

Matthew has been a featured speaker for the United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) annual conference, SaaStr 2019 — the largest B2B conference in the world, the University of San Francisco, Twilio, The Dalton School, and most recently at NASA.

Matthew currently serves as an Advisor to the Board for Project Include, a non-profit that uses data and advocacy to accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry. He also serves as a diversity mentor and thought leader for Founders Embassy, the world’s first accelerator designed exclusively to induct international and immigrant entrepreneurs into the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

A multi-passionate serial and social entrepreneur, Kris Christian has made it her life’s work to deliver results and solve challenges from her lens as a millennial influencer and thought-leader.

Kris began her career on Wall Street as an financial analyst at Barclay’s Capital and William Blair & Company. Tracking trends and building models, she realized her passion was stronger for meeting the needs of people than making profits. After discovering the need for high quality full-service marketing for small businesses, at 23, she left the world of Investment Banking to start FAME Enterprises in 2011 .

Developing an expertise in activating multicultural campaigns and high-impact events in metropolitan markets, Kris offers her fresh ideas and innovative digital solutions to nonprofits including the Israel Idonije Foundation and iMentor, global clients, Nielsen and BMW, high-growth start-up beauty brands like Mielle Organics as well as personal brands including Actress Adrienne Bailon of The Real and Grammy-Winning Artist, NE-YO.

In 2015, Kris created MADE MagazineTM as the first print and digital publication for personal and career development for creatives of color. Today, MADE is a multi-channel platform that curates inspirational content for creative professionals which has garnered the attention of the masses featuring entertainers including Gladys Knight, Spike Lee, Sanaa Lathan, Brandy, Nick Cannon, Ayesha Curry, Charlamagne Tha God and Meagan Good to name a few.

From the ill and discriminated to the silenced and underserved, Kris is passionate about empowerment through personal connections and stories. Her personal story is what led to founding her most recent venture, Chicago French Press (CFP). A coffee enthusiast, Kris has always wondered why she couldn’t have strong and flavorful coffee. Day in and day out, she diluted her strong roasts with sugar and creamers. Until finally, the entrepreneurial light bulb went off to make the change herself.

In 2016, she found the solution: custom-roasted organic coffee flavored with natural fruits, nuts and chocolate. Beyond robust brews, CFP is “grinding for a cause.” Offering nine flavors, each brew directly impacts: Gun Violence, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Arts Education, Cancer, World Hunger, Veterans, Homelessness, and Mental Illnesses. From combating urban crime in her current city, Chicago, to finding a cure the Alzheimer's Disease that her maternal and paternal grandparents battled, CFP is a continuation of her work of meeting needs.

When she’s not working on her next big business, you can find Kris at board Associate meetings for The Simple Good, ChiGivesBack or teaching Entrepreneurship to rising business leaders around the country. A member of Alpha Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and graduate of Howard University, her foundation for community involvement was laid early.

Allison Alt is an experienced non-profit advocate, policy professional, and attorney with more than 10 years of experience creating social impact in partnership with all sectors on behalf of vulnerable populations. Allison has spent her career in direct service and public policy, working with nonprofits, corporations, and across party lines in state and federal government, including at The White House, Department of Education, Capitol Hill, The World Bank, and The InterAmerican Development Bank. Allison began creating organizations to solve social issues at the age of 16. As a policy advocate at Generations United, she built coalitions nationwide, taught advocacy to grassroots leaders, and educated legislators in national and state government on policies that serve low-income children and older adults in partnership with Children's Defense Fund and AARP. She later joined the Year Up National Capital Region team in the startup phase and helped the organization grow 50% in her first year; working with an expert, multi-disciplinary team on solutions to youth unemployment and poverty, she became a workforce development expert and served as part of the team that created the largest youth-serving organization in the last 50 years. Allison Alt is the Executive Director of Social Impact 360, the only youth-led movement for business for good. Allison leads the 15 college chapter network and 1,000+ SI360 alumni who are young CEO's and top innovators at companies nationwide. The program trains the next generation in how to create businesses that solve social issues and how to create social impact in corporate America. SI360 is currently transforming their 1,000+ alumni into the 1st Service Corps for Business for Good. It's a Teach for America meets Tesla where SI360 alumni serve in expert consulting teams to provide recommendations and deliverables to transform businesses into the socially responsible companies of the future. Allison is a Forbes 2018 Fellow, 40 Under 40 in Leadership and Public Service in Washington, DC, and a past service award winner under President Bush, who has served in both Republican and Democratic offices and on non-profit teams to solve social issues.

In January of 2016 Shani Akilah visioned and created the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative (BBWC)–a collective that is now 400 workers strong in Philadelphia. The BBWC has successfully changed the power structure in the Philadelphia gayborhood by ousting former LGBTQ liaison to the mayor, Nellie Fitzpatrick, organizing with and unionizing Mazzoni workers, as well as impacting citywide policy.

Today the Black & Brown Workers Cooperative continues to focus on Black and Brown workers who straddle identity lines along race, class, sexuality, gender identity and identity expression. They are also launching a 2018 agenda focused on disrupting and fighting gentrification in southwest Philadelphia. They lead our overall vision, grant writing and our national strategy to grow. They are a published writer, visionary and liberationist.

Opeola Bukola is an Investment Associate in Strategic Initiatives at Backstage Capital and a business consultant specializing in operations and entrepreneur support. The Nigerian-born founder of Lillo Consulting has a long history with emerging brands, founders, and startup ecosystems. After shuttering her first business, she spun her brand as a startup marketer and community organizer into a consulting role for Gainesville Florida's “Department of Doing,” a municipal project aimed at making the city more citizen and small-business friendly, before leaving the country to pivot into operations work.

Upon her return to the US, Opeola joined Techstars’ accelerator staff as Program Manager for the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator before chasing her penchant toward diversity and inclusion to join Backstage Capital's investment team. Opeola's consulting work has touched on sectors as disparate as wearable technology, environmental advocacy, digital nomadism, and healthcare administration. When she's not working or being quippy on Twitter (and, often, while she is), Opeola enjoys making good food, better friends, and excellent puns.