Courtney Richardson is an award-winning creative visionary who currently serves as Creative Director for PAPER, where she leads original ideas and disruptive thinking on behalf of numerous brands and celebrities within pop culture, sports, beauty & fashion spaces. Courtney’s proven strengths in producing effective brand campaigns and thoughtful strategies have not only outshined competition but […]

Freed from prison in 2018, Richie Reseda is an abolitionist-feminist producer and organizer. He founded Question Culture, a social-impact record label; Success Stories, a transformational feminist program for incarcerated men chronicled in the CNN documentary “The Feminist on Cell Block Y;” and cofounded Initiate Justice, which organizes people directly impacted by mass incarceration to change […]

Raj Register, Head of Global Brand Experiences at Ford Motor Company is a diverse and detail-driven ambidextrous thinker with a background in product development and marketing. She has a passion for understanding and developing consumer experiences that translate to “moments that matter.” In her current role, Raj leads collaborating with key stakeholders to deliver the […]

Alberto joined Wieden+Kennedy in 2003 following a successful advertising career in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Portland, he started as a copywriter for Nike Latin America and the US. After a couple of years working as a writer and learning the culture, he became a creative director. For more than a decade, Alberto has […]

Charlai Cooper, a Floridian native, found her niche in advertising while attending Florida State College at Jacksonville in 2016. By 2017, Charlai transitioned to the University of Central Florida to continue her education as an Advertising/Public Relations major. While attending UCF’s Nicholson School of Communication & Media, Charlai served as the Director of Communications in […]

Born and raised in South Bend, Indiana Aubrei Hayes is entering her second year at Indiana University obtaining her Master’s of Public Affairs in Diversity Management Analysis, rated number one in the nation! While embodying academic success, Aubrei is also very engaged with the community emphasizing the importance of Body Positivity and self love through […]

Vincent S. Pierson, CEO & Principal Strategist of VSP Diversity Solutions, is an award-winning Change Agent and diversity, equity and inclusion strategist with more than 10 years of experience. Operating at the intersection of sports, diversity & Inclusion and social justice, Vince is passionate about using the power of sports to move society and open […]

Natasha Ofili debuted in two TV series in 2019: Netflix’s The Politician as Principal Vaugh and Amazon Prime’s Undone as a Deaf Teacher. In June 2020, inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests, Natasha co-wrote and produced a creative project, “Am I Next?” to bring focus on the Black Deaf Community. Natasha debuted in a […]

Monique L. Nelson is chair and chief executive officer of UWG, the country’s longest-standing multicultural marketing and advertising agency. She took the helm of the agency in May 2012, when founder and advertising pioneer Byron Lewis retired. Headquartered in Brooklyn, with offices in Detroit, Atlanta and Miami, UWG maintains a list of esteemed clients including […]

Laith Nakli is a Syrian actor/writer. He studied acting at the William Esper Studio. Laith made his stage debut in War at the award-winning Off-Broadway Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Company in NYC where he also had the world premiere of his first play, Shesh Yak. Laith currently can be seen as Uncle Naseem, one of the […]