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Stacey Abrams

Founder, Fair Fight Action

Nida Allam

Durham County Commissioner-elect -- New Leaders Council North Carolina

Stephen Benjamin

Mayor, Columbia, SC -- New Leaders Council Honorary Co-Chair

Michael Blake

New York General Assembly, District 79 -- Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee -- NLC Honorary Co-Chair

James Diossa

Mayor, Central Falls, RI -- New Leaders Council Rhode Island

Paige Cognetti

Mayor, Scranton, PA -- New Leaders Council Philadelphia

LaToya Cantrell

Mayor, New Orleans, LA

Joaquin Castro

Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus -- U.S. House of Representatives, TX-20

Damara Catlett

Principal, The Raben Group -- New Leaders Council Washington DC

Martin Booker

Program Manager, Financial Resilience, AARP

Nick Cain

Founder, Frontline Foods PDX -- Senior Manager, Google.org -- New Leaders Council Portland

Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG

Founder and President, National Birth Equity Collaborative

Kim Foxx

Cook County State's Attorney -- New Leaders Council Honorary Co-Chair

Jessica Gonzalez

New Leaders Council New Jersey -- Social Equity in Cannabis

Crystal Hudson

Co-Director of the Community Outreach Unit, New York City Council -- New Leaders Council New York City

Tim Kaine

U.S. Senate, Virginia -- New Leaders Council Honorary Co-Chair

Andy Kim

U.S. House of Representatives, NJ-3

Sam(ira) Obeid

New Leaders Council Tampa Bay

Lauren Underwood

U.S. House of Representatives, IL-14 -- New Leaders Council Washington DC

Julián Castro

Former Secretary, HUD -- Founder, People First Future -- New Leaders Council Honorary Co-Chair

Mini Timmaraju

Executive Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Comcast NBCUniversal

Vanita Gupta

President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Keah Brown

Creator, #DisabledAndCute

James Harris

Senior Diversity Program Manager, Talent Acquisition, Amazon Web Services -- NLC Dallas

Ben Wizner

Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Jim Friedlich

CEO and Executive Director, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

Howard Franklin

Managing Partner, Ohio River South -- NLC Atlanta + Co-Chair, NLC Black Caucus

Jess Morales Rocketto

Political Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Ai-jen Poo

Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Keegan-Michael Key

Writer, Actor & Producer

Judith Heumann

Disability Rights Activist

Gritty DePhila

Public Figure

Amy Spitalnick

Executive Director, Integrity First for America -- New Leaders Council New York City

Youssef Kalad

State Smart Cities Director, Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo -- New Leaders Council New York City

Michelle Vallejo

Co-Owner, Pulga Los Portales -- New Leaders Council South Texas Frontera

Nikema Williams

Georgia State Senate, District 39, Democratic Party of Georgia Chair + NLC Atlanta

Clare Bresnahan English (she/her)

President & CEO, New Leaders Council + NLC DC

Theresa Cheng

NLC LA -- Spark! Talk Title: Social Emergency Medicine: The Role of The Emergency Department in Social Justice

Afif Rahman

New Leaders Council Washington DC -- Spark! Talk Title: Mobilizing Capital Towards Social Equity

Ome Lopez

NLC Convention Resident DJ

Nse Ufot

CEO, New Georgia Project -- New Leaders Council Atlanta

Keith Sagers (He/Him/His)

NLC ATL -- Spark! Talk Title: My Brother It's ok to say you're not ok!

MaryEllen Veliz (She/Her)

New Leaders Council San Antonio

Sheba Williams (she/her)

New Leaders Council Virginia -- The F Word: Forgiving or Faking

Michael Deegan-McCree

Partnerships Coordinator, The Bail Project

Brent Johnson

Manager of Executive Operations, The Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights + NLC DC

Shundrice Tucker

New Leaders Council Twin Cities -- White Teachers Profile Too!

Jarrett Harper

Represent Justice Ambassador

Colleen Lowry (she / her)

Director of the Foundation Board and Volunteer Experience, The Ohio State University -- NLC Columbus

Mark Martinez

Policy and Budget Advisor, Office of State Senator Patricia D. Jehlen -- New Leaders Council Boston

Amanda Deegan

Director, Healthcare Public Policy, Walmart

Wendy Hamilton (she/her/hers)

New Leaders Council Omaha -- Spark! Talk Title: The Story of Fred and Leroy: My Mom Has Autism

Jabari Paul

US Activism Manager, Ben & Jerry's

Joy Dixon (she/her)

Assistant Director of Partner Success, BellXcel -- NLC Tallahassee

Aneesa McMillan

Director of Strategic Communications and Voting Rights, Priorities USA

Candace Stanciel (she/her)

New Leaders Council Atlanta

Gabriel Tanglao (he/him)

New Leaders Council New Jersey

KenDrell Collins

Attorney and Community Builder New Leaders Council Arkansas

Mark Walsh

New Leaders Council Board Chair

Jasmine Govan

New Leaders Council Palm Beach

David Radcliff (he/him/his)

New Leaders Council Los Angeles -- Spark! Talk Title: There Are No Special Needs: Reframing Disability After COVID

Alyene Schneidewind

SVP, Strategic Partnerships, Salesforce

Atul Nakhasi

Physician & Policy Adviser, LA County Department of Health Services + NLC LA

Dasheika Ruffin

Consultant, ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice + NLC ATL

Ashley Harrington

New Leaders Council DC -- Spark! Talk Title: Degrees of Debt: Racial Equity and the Student Loan Crisis

Graciela Guzman

Campaign Director, Healthy Illinois -- New Leaders Council Chicago

Alex Bores (he/him)

New Leaders Council New York City -- Spark! Talk Title: Don't Let Democracy Get Hacked

Dr. Kristen Guillory

President and Chief Consultant, KSGuillory Enterprises

Yolo Akili Robinson

Executive Director and founder, BEAM

Drew Galloway

Executive Director, MOVE Texas + NLC San Antonio

Xahej Bajipura

Founder & Executive Director, Show and Heal -- NLC Palm Beach

Tiffany Searles

Yoga Instructor

Veronica Haywood

Co-Founder, Latched Support -- NLC San Antonio

Megan Petersen

Gynecologic Oncologist + NLC Montana

Maria Town

President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities -- New Leaders Council Washington DC

Jheanelle Wilkins

Maryland House of Delegates, District 20 -- New Leaders Council Washington DC

Ernest Owens

CEO of Ernest Media Empire, LLC + NLC Philadelphia

Shruti Sehra

Guided Meditation

Charo Valero

Florida Policy and Advocacy Director, Florida Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice + NLC Miami

Bernice Butler

New Leaders Council Washington DC

beto altamirano

Co-Founder and CEO, Irys -- New Leaders Council San Antonio

Yordanos Eyoel

Partner, New Profit

Ron Harris

Chief Resilience Officer, City of Minneapolis -- New Leaders Council Twin Cities

David Lee

President and Co-founder, Texas Signal

Marcia Johnson-Blanco

Co-Director, Lawyers’ Committee’s Voting Rights Project

Joanne Suarez(she|her|ella)

Community Health Assistant, Harvard Medical School - The Family Van -- New Leaders Council Boston

Errin Haines

Editor-at-Large, The 19th

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Allen & Gerritsen

We Build Your Brands Best Self

Ohio River South

Lobbyists by trade. Changemakers at heart.

BallotReady

Providing digital products to inform and turn out voters by mail or in person for every race.

Millennial Strategies, LLC

Campaigns, Advocacy and Solutions

AJ Rao, LLC

Making the Invisible Visible for Better Belongingness

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