
Panelists

Adolfo Cuevas
Assistant Professor, NYU School of Global Public Health
| Deputy Director, Center for Anti-Racism, Social Justice, & Public Health
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Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos
Chief of Policy, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts

Anja Young
Harvard Kennedy School

Astead Herndon
National Politics Reporter, The New York Times | Political Analyst, CNN

Brandon L. McGee, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, Social Equity Council

Chadwick Eason
Senior Consultant, Deloitte | President & Co-founder, NABEA

Clay Cane
Host of The Clay Cane Show, SiriusXM | New York Times Bestselling Author

Courtney Brunson
Director of the Racial Wealth Gap Partnership, The Boston Foundation

Devin Morris
Co-founder and Executive Director, The Teachers' Lounge

Dr. Michelle Cruz
Harvard Kennedy School

Dr. Yusuf Ransome
Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health

Faith Ambrose
Policy Manager, Massachusetts Executive Office of Education

Georgina Sarpong
Director of Food Strategy, Commerce RI

James Frater
Program Associate & Research Manager, Yale University

Jessica Fulton
Vice President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Katrina Gamble
Founder and CEO, Sojourn Strategies

Laura Kupe
Former Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

Monica Mitchell
Chief of Staff, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
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Paul Mounds, Jr.
Vice President of Community, Corporate, and Government Relations, Yale New Haven Health

Phillip Jones
Mayor, Newport News, VA

Qiana Mickie
Executive Director, NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture

Robert Livingston
Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School

Secretary Anthony Foxx
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School | Fmr. US Secretary of Transportation and Mayor of
Charlotte, NC

Shirley Martey Hargis
Senior Data & AI Policy Analyst, ManTech | Nonresident Fellow, Atlantic Council

Skyler Henry
National Correspondent, CBS News

Susan Smith Richardson
Former Managing Editor, Guardian US

Thomas W. Mitchell
Professor, Boston College Law School

Tony Pickett
Chief Executive Officer, Grounded Solutions Network