Leah Frazier is a 2-Time Emmy Award-Winning and 10-Time ADDY Award-Winning entrepreneur and was recognized as one of Dallas' most successful women for 2015. She is a multi-licensed attorney turned marketing and communications guru, who unapologetically left the practice of law to pursue her entrepreneurial ventures. In 2020, Leah was recognized by Dallas Innovates as one of the Future 50 Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth for tech, innovation and disruption and as a winner of the 2020 “Inno on Fire” award from American Inno’s North Texas Inno media outlet, for her service to the startup, small business and entrepreneurial community. Just recently, Leah was named as one of the “top 10 inspiring black women in the marketing and communications industry to follow” by Top Rank Marketing, and also as the 2021 Black Women in Media Trailblazer Award in the Media category. Leah has built a multi-faceted empire as an award-winning journalist, publicist, media personality, digital marketing expert, and in-demand consultant to notable brands. Leah is the CEO and proud owner of Think Three Media – an award-winning creative marketing and communications agency focused in the areas of content marketing, social media marketing, communications, and public relations services for brands spanning the industries of fashion, beauty, fintech, public speaking, the performing arts, food, lifestyle, and more. The company’s podcast, PR Yourself with Leah Frazier® teaches PR tips and tricks to small businesses, and ranks in the top 5% of podcasts in the world. Leah’s work has been featured and mentioned in Forbes, Vogue.com, NBC, CW, CBS Local, Chase TV, Fox TV, Good Morning Texas, Haute Living Magazine, D Magazine, CEO Blog Nation, and many other outlets as an expert in PR and entrepreneurship. Leah has cultivated top-tier partnerships with Toyota, the Dallas Mavericks, Belk, Cantu Beauty, Marshall's, Via Spiga, Vogue, Brahmin, Neiman Marcus, Warner Bros., Shoedazzle, Yosi Samra Shoes, and more. Leah co-authored her first book in 2018, The Success Factor, which reached #1 as a Best Seller for Women and Business reads, and was also awarded an African-American Literary Award. Her second co-authored title, Promise: A Global Women’s Devotional became a best seller in 2020 as well. She recently released her first eBook, Lessons from the Bottom: Losing One’s Self to Gain Success earlier this year, and is working on her signature PR Yourself ® book to be released in early 2022.

I’m an entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker, global mentor, author, investor, and a proud Army Veteran. Early on in life, I almost called it quits. Fueled by childhood trauma and flashbacks, I reached a breaking point and considered ending my life. Had I done so, I would’ve become another statistic. Another young Hispanic woman fallen victim, due to child sexual abuse. But I didn’t, instead one day I cried out to God for help, and He answered my simple prayer in a miraculous way. Since that day, I’ve never had another flashback again, and I seized the opportunity to transform myself into the new woman I could now imagine. A powerful woman full of faith, hope and love, no longer shackled by anger, fear or shame. I didn’t know it at that time, but I was cultivating a teachable strategy to inspire anyone to become enthusiastic about change, to find their Divine identity, purpose, and power. I’ve been doing it for over 20 years in various capacities. Today, I help women, conscious businesses and organizations rethink how to integrate Spirituality into their everyday lives or culture, so they can thrive. I created The Divine Quotient™, which is a practical and repeatable methodology, to inspire change, growth, and happiness, even amid chaos. In my off time, I’m planning my next travel adventure, out in nature, exercising, reading, writing, finding foodie places, local coffee shops, watching Netflix or funny TikTok videos, enjoying time with my family and friends or planning how to change the world.

Kimberly O'Neil is an award-winning professor, executive leader, and social good expert. She was the youngest serving African American woman City Manager in the United States. As a veteran senior government and nonprofit executive, Kimberly has used her voice to impact policy decisions while lobbying in New York City and on Capitol Hill. She now works within the social sector and leads Giving Blueprint, a consulting company with a mission to impact social change through the development of strategic partnerships and growth plans within the social sector.

As a social entrepreneur, Kimberly recognizes the value that nonprofit startup organizations provide to communities, especially in historically discriminated communities. In January 2015, she launched Cause Studio, an incubator, and training initiative that is designed to reduce the number of failing nonprofit organizations in North Texas. Kimberly has been recognized as a 2017 Minority Business Leader Awards honoree by the Dallas Business Journal, a 2019 Humanitarian Visionary Award Honorable Mention by Juanita J Craft Civil Rights House and Museum, and 2020 Social Innovation Award honoree by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. She previously served as Chair for the City of Plano Community Relations Commission.

In addition to being a sought-after thought leader, strategist, and speaker, Kimberly is a published author and professor who was honored as the 2017 Outstanding Associate Faculty of the Year for Collin College. She is the founding director of Power in Action, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, and a founding member of HERitage Giving Fund, the first Black giving circle in Texas.

Using her basic science, business, and leadership background, Nicole weaves together her professional and personal expertise across many facets of healthcare, research and administration to advocate for people with intellectual disabilities. She is the Director of Research Operations at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and is a mother to four children; her eldest son has Autism, and her youngest daughter has Down syndrome. As an endurance athlete who has finished over 25 marathons and several ultra-distances (anything longer than a Marathon), she wants all people with disabilities to have equal access to opportunities within their community. Among these opportunities include access to recreational and fitness programs. As a Special Olympics Coach for Cincinnati’s Young Athletes Program, she recognized the disparity in this access within her community.  Her project focuses on awareness of community and parent perspectives in developing inclusive programming for people with disabilities.  She hopes her findings help bring perspective and awareness of the barriers that keep us from building more robust and inclusive communities than we think and how much closer we are to this goal.

Amber currently serves as the Executive Director of Young Leaders Strong City, a nonprofit focused on youth development, leadership, and racial equity. She was formerly the Director of Regional Impact for Leadership for Educational Equity, an educational nonprofit focused on leadership pathways in civic engagement. Previously, Amber led workforce development at Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas Opportunity Center. Her theory of change was to emphasize the connection between education, workforce, and dual generation impact. Her background includes work in racial equity, public relations, community advocacy, partnerships, and program expansion. Amber has served as Board Member and Chair of the Communications Committee for the South Dallas Fair Park Trust Fund, a grant and loan granting entity focused on South Dallas. Amber is also a Community Member of the District 9 Committee for the Dallas Independent School District, a creator of the Race to Equity conversation series, and has helped plan various voter registration and voter rallies in Dallas. Amber has served as President of the Junior Mission at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas where she has helped coordinate conversations around important social topics. Amber has been published in both the Washington Post, Dallas Morning News and Texas Monthly as an opinion columnist on issues such as fair GED testing and an equitable South Dallas. Amber Sims is a member of the Dallas Economic Opportunity Leadership Academy, Class of 2019-2020, one of several Workforce Leadership Academies in localities across North America.

Renee Bradford is Founder and Vision Keeper for First Purse, Inc., an innovative nonprofit organization that empowers girls and young women to be financially literate, invest in their communities and to own their & “first purse” of financial independence.

Gloria Werthing Reynolds a wife, mother & entrepreneur with a passion for mentoring young women of color and for diversity, equity & inclusion efforts. As a non-profit Executive, Werthing Reynolds is a strategic thinker that is highly focused and motivated with over 30 years of combined experience in corporate and non-profit sectors. She is a proven leader with excellent communication skills with the ability to develop key relationships. Gloria is also a highly energetic, determined leader and team builder who delivers positive results.

Gloria’s goal is to impact generations of young people on their journeys as confident leaders and maintain self-sufficient lives. Her drive is to close the gaps of connecting education to careers, by making a social impact and improving economic progress.

As a civic and community leader Gloria serves board leadership roles with The Texas Diversity Council, Dallas Independent School Racial Equity task force, President of the United Methodist Women of St. Luke, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and The Links, Inc. Gloria is graduate of Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s in business management and a graduate of University of Dallas where she earned her MBA. She is married to Officer Willie Reynolds and mother to Gabrielle(deceased), Austin and Alexandria.

Kathie is just one of the many authors from around the world participating in Miami Book Fair 2021, the nation’s largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. Please visit miamibookfair for more information or follow MBF at @miamibookfair #miamibookfair2021

Kathie Klarreich is the author of Madame Dread: A Tale of Love and a contributor to two anthologies: So Spoke the Earth and Women, Writing, and Prison. In 2010 she received a Knight International Journalism Fellowship to train journalists in investigative reporting in Haiti, where she spent half of the last 24 years reporting for print, radio, and television, including Time, The New York Times, ABC, and NPR. Kathie started facilitating writing workshops in the correctional system in 2009 and began the writing exchanges with academic institutions in 2013. She graduated from the University of Michigan and received her MFA from Leslie University.

Paula is just one of the many authors from around the world participating in Miami Book Fair 2021, the nation’s largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. Please visit miamibookfair for more information follow MBF at @miamibookfair or #miamibookfair2021

Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, and scores of other media outlets.

 Paula has been a keynote speaker for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities around the world. Her TED talks have had over six million views. Paula’s memoir, As A Woman – What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned was published by Simon & Schuster in June of 2021.

Zaina Arafat is an LGBTQ Arab-American fiction and nonfiction writer. She is the author of the novel, You Exist Too Much, which won a 2021 Lambda Literary Award and was named Roxane Gay's favorite book of 2020. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Granta, The Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harper's Bazaar, BuzzFeed, VICE, Guernica, Literary Hub and NPR. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the Arab Women/Migrants from the Middle East fellowship at Jack Jones Literary Arts and named a Champion of Pride by The Advocate. She holds an M.F.A. from Iowa and an M.A. from Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn and is currently at work on a collection of essays.