With a passion for community development and mission work, Pastor Funmi Obilana is an author, conference speaker, life coach and the senior pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Living Spring Miracle Center. Since she started the church in 1998, Living Spring has opened several other churches in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Kentucky, West Virginia, and the nation of Trinidad and Tobago

Serving as the Executive Director of the African Family Health Organization (AFAHO), Oni Richards is responsible for leading the development, implementation and management of health and human service programs for African and Caribbean immigrants and refugees in the greater Philadelphia area.

Honored as the 2017 Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ), Aundrea Cline-Thomas is a reporter whose stories focus on issues that push beyond commonly covered headlines to discover and share textured stories that reflect and impact people in Black Communities.

As Deputy Counsel of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, V. Amanda Witts advises internal stakeholders on legal, administrative, procurement, and regulatory matters. Additionally, she oversees the Center’s Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Discrimination Program.

Representing the 195th Legislative District in North and West Philadelphia, State Rep. Donna BUllock strongly advocates on behalf of her constituents. Bullock won the seat in a special election held August 11, 2015. She serves as Vice Chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.

In 2005, Gilda Jean-Louis and her late sister, Marie Joseph, RN, co-founded the Elise Joseph Foundation (EJF), a charitable, nonprofit organization that provides education, cross-cultural and health promotion to Haitian families.

The only African American to lead a destination marketing organization in a top U.S. market, Julie Coker Graham is the first woman to be appointed President and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB).

Serving at Temple University as a distinguished educator and leader for more than three decades, JoAnne A. Epps has been a member of Temple’s faculty since 1985. Epps served as dean of the Law School from 2008 to 2016.