Dr. Mark Gregory Robson
Broad of Governors Distinguished Service Professor at Rutgers University
Jennifer Osaki
Video Producer & Audience Development Strategist
Brad Jenkins
Founder & CEO of Enfranchisement
Marti Gould Cummings
Drag Queen, TV Personality, & Political Activist
Alyssa Carson
Astronaut-in-Training & Future Mars Explorer
Wesley Hamilton
Founder & Executive Director of Disabled But Not Really
Bryan Terrell Clark
Broadway Actor in Hamilton and Co-founder of inDEFINED
Toshia Shaw
Founder of Purple W.I.N.G.S Organization
Jim Keady
Founding Director of Educating for Justice, Inc
Chris Temple
Activist, filmmaker, and Co-Founder of Living on One
Jeremiah Josey
Pastry chef and published author of “Here’s What I Want You to Know”
Kristina Wong
Performer, Writer, Cultural Commentator and ‘Eco-Comedian’
Pierce Freelon
Professor, Musician and Social Entrepreneur
Founder of Blackspace and Co-founder of Beat Making Lab
Elizabeth Demaray
Associate Professor of Fine Arts and head of the sculpture concentration at Rutgers University, Camden
Co-Founder of the Art and Artificial Intelligence Lab in the Department of Computer Science
Thomas von Oehsen
Co-Founder of the Trenton Circus Squad
John Bunn
Founder of A Voice 4 the Unheard
Ken E. Nwadike, Jr.
Peace Activist, Motivational Speaker, and Video Journalist
“Free Hugs Guy”
John Noltner
Photographer and Peace Activist
John and Mark X. Cronin
Founders of John’s Crazy Socks
Akbar Cook
Principal at West Side High School, Newark, NJ
Kate Sweeney
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor and founding partner of The Sweeney Group
Rowaida Abdelaziz
Journalist at Huffpost
Patrice Banks
Former Auto Airhead and Founder of Girls Auto Clinic
Lexi & Alyse Scaffidi
Creators of BiteSizedFitness & The Body Confident VS Fashion Show
Tamika D. Mallory
National Co-chair for the Women’s March
Fraidy Reiss
Founder and Executive Director of Unchained At Last
Josh Rossi
Commercial Photographers and Viral Philanthropist
Kimberly A. Brown
Founder of ManifestYourself.com
Ms. Iana J. Daniels
An active duty Major in the U.S. Army who breaks the stigma of mental health
Monti Washington
Author and Motivational Speaker
Nyle DiMarco
Winner of America’s Next Top Model and Disability Rights Activist
Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould
Creators of Invisible Thread
Dan Parris & David Peterka
Traveling Documentarians
Jonah Evans
Executive Producer of Dear World
Jacy Good & Steve Johnson
Founders of Hang Up & Drive
Michael Kimmel
Distinguished Professor & Executive Director, Stony Brook University’s Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities
Kyle MacDonald
Author of one Red Paperclip & Blogger
Kofi Genfi
Playwright and Artist
Matt Pittman
Producer of Youtube’s
Soulpancake Channel
Yasmine Mustafa
CEO of ROAR for GOOD
Theresa Flores
Human Trafficking Survivor, Best Selling Author,
and Victims’ Advocate
Nicole Roundy
Paralympian and 21x World Cup Medalist
Rudy Francisco
Professional Spoken Word Poet
Laurie Hernandez
Gold Medalist & Olympic Artistic Gymnast
Geena Rocero
Model, Producer, Trans Rights Activist, Founder of Gender Proud
Kacy Catanzaro
American Gymnast &
American Ninja Warrior
Sean Forbes
Hip-Hop Artist
Careens Lissaint
International Award Winning
Poet, Singer, and Actor
Amanda Ebokosia
Forbes Magazine
“Millennial on a Mission”
Founder & CEO of
The Gem Project, Inc.
Leah Gunn Garrett
Executive Director
New Yorkers Against
Gun Violence (NYAGV)
Kate Sweeney
Senior Vice President at
Morgan Stanley
John Dau
“Lost Boy” of Sudan
& Genocide Survivor
Timothy Harris
Owner of
Tim’s Place Restaurant
& Founder of
Tim’s Big Heart Foundation
Alex Sheen
Founder of
Because I Said I Would
Sir Jose Bright
Founder of
Teboho Trust
Dr. Wise Young
World’s Leading Neuroscientist
Ella Watson-Stryker
2014 Time’s
Person of the Year
& Health Promoter for
Doctors Without Borders
Rachel Turkel
Program Manager for
Unite For Sight
Jaclyn Friedman
Top Selling Author, Performer,
and Rape Activist
Pen Farthing
2014 CNN Hero of the Year
Ron Clark
Founder of the
Ron Clark Academy
Best-Selling Author
Ruha Benjamin
Professor of
Sociology &
African Studies
at Princeton University
Author
Maysoon Zayid
Actress, Comedian, &
inspirational TED Speaker
with Cerebral Palsy
Stephen Shedletzky
Purpose Consultant from
Simon Sinek’s Start
With Why Team
Mark Travis Rivera
Activist, Choreographer,
and Founder of
Marked Dance Project
Shaifali Puri
Executive Director of
Global Innovation
at Nike Foundation
William Yosses
Former Executive Pastry Chef
for the White House
Tyson Wooters
Consultant,
Motivational Speaker,
and Former Mascot for
University of Oregon
Rosemarie Ruglio
Senior Vice President of
Curriculum & Content
for Sesame Street
Rutgers Alumni
Molly Barker
Founder of
Girls on the Run
Cathy Bao Bean
Global Multicultural Educator
Comedian and Author of
“The Chopsticks-Fork Principle”
Laverne Cox
Transgender Advocate and
Critically Acclaimed Actress
Gene Muller
Founder and President of
Flying Fish Brewery
Tom Krieglstein
Entrepreneur and Co-founder of
Swift Kick
Cierra Jones
Winner of
Miss New Jersey 2014
Frank Warren
Creator of the
Post Secret Project
Marc Elliot
Motivational Speaker
Jen Braverman
Artist, Activist, Author,
and Educator
Patty Webster
CNN Hero of the Year
and President of
Amazon’s Promise
Mike Bernstein
Director of Youtube’s
Soulpancake Channel
Julian Huguet
Host of Youtube’s
Soulpancake Channel
Dr. Anisa Ismail
L’Oreal USA Women in
Science Fellowship Recipient
at Princeton University
Gabriel Hurley
Speaker on Consequences
of Reckless Driving
Dr. Zee Madueke
International Educator
Professor and Practitioner of
Management, Leadership
and Organizational Dynamics
Kern Beare
Director of Communications
and Enrollment Management
Feelgood.org
Corin Blanchard
Program Manager
Feelgood.org
Richie Reseda
Cell Block Feminist, Hip Hop Artist & Co-founder of Initiate Justice
Scott Dikkers
Founder of the iconic comedy empire The Onion; Public Relations and Marketing Authority
Sir Bill Engel
World War II Veteran
Paula Stone Williams
Internationally Known Speaker on Gender Equity, LGBTQ Advocacy and Human Understanding
Jim Donovan
Leader of Sun King Warriors and Assistant Professor at Saint Francis University
Adios America
Poets
Rashad Anderson
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Campus Director of the Call Me MiSTER Program, Honors College at SC State University
Jonathan Holloway
a U.S. historian, took office as the 21st president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, on July 1, 2020. He also serves as a University Professor and Distinguished Professor
Mason Ameri
Associate Professor at Rutgers Business School
Sahar Aziz
Claribel Cortes
Award-winning Business Executive, Advocate, and Community leader with more than two decades of experience in digital media, communications, and community outreach.
Tamecka Dixon
Zealous businesswoman, a dedicated entrepreneur, and a former professional basketball player who represented Los Angeles Sparks, Houston Comets, and Indiana Fever.
Nipun Mehta
Founder of ServiceSpace, a global community at the intersection of technology, volunteerism and gift-economy. Most recently, ServiceSpace’s pandemic response has showcased the unique beauty of its global ecosystem.
Tara Schuster
Once best known as the Executive in Charge of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning show, Key & Peele, Tara Schuster turned her struggle with chronic anxiety and depression into a best-selling book and a mission to help others.
Traci Wilkes Smith
Senior Vice President and Agent in the Talent Representation group at CSE.
Dr. Christopher Young
Professor of business ethics in the Department of Management and Global Business and a research fellow at Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership.