Bhakti Mary is a project manager in the Department of Defense where she leads the operations of a multi-billion dollar defense aircraft project.  She has worked at the national and international level in the fields of defense acquisition and military intelligence for more than 15 years.   Bhakti is the mother of three and self-published author of three books in the brownBerry Series which focuses on current well-being and preparation for a lifetime of abundant joy through sustained social, mental, and physical fitness.  She is a human rights advocate, an active community and workplace mentor, and an avid supporter of empowerment and advancement for all people.  She also serves on the Board of Advisors for Women of Color in the Workplace.  Bhakti has a Bachelor of Science in Management from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA; she is also a graduate of Air Command and Staff College and Air War College....

  Dr. Sherri Reese has over twenty years of work experience in the field of development and financial education. Prior to opening Designed IV Greatness, a non-profit organization that teaches financial literacy and development, Dr. Sherri served as a Civil Rights Investigator for the government and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and was later promoted to Human Resources Specialist. Dr. Sherri also serves as a Professor at Grantham University teaching Criminal Justice, Public Policy & Administration, Research Methods, & Sociology courses as well as building the curriculum. Dr. Sherri began Designed IV Greatness to assist and teach others how to build wealth on purpose. Designed IV Greatness mentors individuals, couples, and families in life skills, goal setting, mind mapping, and finances.  Dr. Sherri lives a service and seeks to help others to change their mindset in order to create a life of financial peace so that they can elevate beyond basic finance to wealth. ...

  Emily Williams is a strong leader whose practice and analysis is informed by intersectionality. For more than a decade, Emily has worked toward achieving an equitable world with a womyn-centered approach starting with the most-marginalized. As Senior Program Officer at the Solidarity Center, Emily designed a multi-year women's changemakers leadership program for activists from ten sub-Saharan African countries. The program culminated in several of the participants successfully negotiating an international convention and recommendation against gender-based violence at the United Nations.  Emily is a diligent intrapreneur who has founder’s experience and has strengthened dozens of organizations’ capacity to incorporate social justice values into their mission and practice. In 2014, she co-founded the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she built the center from the ground up by securing resources through institutional and community partnerships....

  Julene Allen is a military veteran, and former insurance professional turned women’s rights activist, journalist, author, and CEO of  Women of Color in the Workplace® . The new brand provides educational resources, research, and documents the experience of women of color in the workplace to formulate a bridge between the talent and companies. ​ As a self-taught interviewer with over ten years of experience, Julene has recorded the stories of approximately 100 women leaders. She has interviewed innovators such as Lori Lyons, the first black woman to shoot the cover of Fortune Magazine; Bonnie-Jill Laflin, the first and only woman NBA Scout; London-based Champion boxer Marianne Marston, prodigy of the late legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier; Peggy Llewellyn, the first woman of color in the world to win a professional motorsports event; Illinois State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Shaili Chopra, an award-winning business journalist and one of India’s top ...