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Jennifer Polk

Chief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer

Jennifer serves as Chief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer for Feeding America where she is leading the transformation of the marketing team, the Feeding America brand, and how the brand supports the organizational mission. Prior to joining Feeding America, Jennifer led digital marketing and product marketing teams, digital products, and client relationship portfolios at Gartner, Edelman Digital, Sears Holdings Corporation and JP Morgan Chase. Jennifer serves on several boards, including the Board of Directors for the Academy for Global Citizenship in Chicago and the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board of Southern Illinois University Carbondale College of Business and Analytics. She holds an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Jennifer resides in the Chicago suburbs with her husband Michael and their daughters and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Jouelzy

YouTube Star & Cultural Commentator

Jouelzy is celebrating the diversity of women of color through discussions on complex cultural and lifestyle topics. Intersecting history with pop culture, Jouelzy empowers #SmartBrownGirls to find the power in their voice and define their own success stories.

Judge Greg Mathis

TV Personality & Activist

Judge Mathis is a national figure known for his advocacy campaigns for urban youth, and equal justice. His inspirational life story of a street youth who rose from jail to Judge has provided hope to millions who watch him on the Emmy® nominated, award-winning television court show Judge Mathis each day.

Judge Victoria Pratt

Criminal Justice Reform Activist

The Black and Latina daughter of a working-class family, Victoria Pratt learned to treat everyone with dignity, no matter their background. When she became Newark Municipal Court’s chief judge, she knew well the inequities that poor, mentally ill, Black, and brown people faced in the criminal justice system.

Kai Kight

Innovative Keynote Speaker & Composer

As a classical violinist turned innovative composer, Kai Kight uses music as a metaphor to inspire individuals and organizations across the world to compose paths of imagination and fulfillment.

Kara Brown

Pop-Culture Writer & Podcaster

Kara is passionate about telling stories of people of color. She is a former staff writer for "Grown-ish", Jezebel, and former co-host of Crooked Media's pop-culture podcast "Keep It."

Kat Blaque

YouTube Star & Activist

Kat Blaque is a transgender rights activist and runs a YouTube channel focused on social justice issues, particularly around race, gender, the LGBTQ+ community, and feminism.

Keke Palmer

Actress, Activist, Singer, Author, Talk Show Host, and Humanitarian.

Keke Palmer is an actress, activist, singer, author, talk show host, and humanitarian. Palmer has broken barriers from a young age, becoming the youngest actress to receive a SAG Award nomination in a lead actor category for her work in The Wool Cap at the age of 10. Her book, I Don’t Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice, aims to encourage young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom.

Killer Mike

Rapper, Civic Leader & Activist

Killer Mike is a Grammy award-winning rapper and actor who is making waves in the political arena for his gripping commentary on ongoing social issues confronting America.

LaTosha Brown

Cofounder of Black Voters Matter Fund, jazz singer, and Senior Practice Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government