Blackburn Institute Annual Symposium

Public Affairs and Strategic Communications Consultant at Kearns & West in San Francisco

Assistant Federal Public Defender in Birmingham, Alabama

Technical Program Manager at Plaid, a Fintech startup that aims to democratize access to financial ecosystem

Associate Professor of History and African American Studies and Director of the Summersell Center at UA

Graduate student in both the Masters in Teacher Education and Masters of History programs at the University of Alabama

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Statewide Organizer for Alabama Appleseed

Mayor, City of Huntsville

Journalist and Author

Director of Equity and Educational Initiatives of Hoover City Schools

Manager at Three Daughters Beauty Supply

Treasury Coordinator with residential real estate corporation, Hudson Homes Management, in Dallas, TX

Policy Attorney and Criminal Justice Lobbyist

Shareholder in the Birmingham office and Practice Group Chair of the Labor & Employment Group at Baker Donelson

Equal Justice Works Law Fellow at Alabama Disability Advocacy Program

Ph.D. candidate in Literature at Duke University

Director of Research and Strategic Planning at Harry S. Truman College

Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences at The University of Alabama

President, TALA Professional Services, and Co-Chair of the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History and Reconciliation Foundation

Professor Emeritus, UA, and Co-President of the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History and Reconciliation Foundation

Senior News Media major at The University of Alabama and Greater Sylacauga Resiliency Committee member

Freshman at Spelman College and graduate of Central High School in Tuscaloosa, AL

Research Director at Alabama Appleseed

Mayor, City of Birmingham

Clinical Instructor at the Capstone College of Nursing

Freshman at Howard University and a graduate of Central High School in Tuscaloosa, AL

Senior at Central High School in Tuscaloosa, AL

Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Assistant General Counsel at Staffmark

Director of the Office of Intercultural Student Life & Global Programming at York College of Pennsylvania in York, PA

Senior Instructional Designer at The University of Alabama

Managing producer of Reckon by AL.com and a member of the Alabama Media Group editorial board

Author, Speaker, and Consultant

Shareholder at Stockham, Cooper, & Potts

Owner of Foster Law Firm

Internal Medicine Physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Medical student at The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Co-Owner of Van Hoose and Steele Funeral Home

White House Correspondent, CNN

National Political Reporter, The New York Times