Rashad Drakeford is an accomplished broadcast and digital media executive with a passion for social justice advocacy. He currently serves as Director of Content Development at REVOLT TV, where he manages the development and execution of the multi-platform network’s social media strategy, content marketing, and program development. Rashad also oversees the original series “Leaders of the New School,” highlights rising trendsetters in his editorial column “REVOLT C-Suite,” and has raised over $150,000 to benefit the victims of the Flint, MI water crisis.

Talib Graves-Manns is a business strategist and fourth-generation entrepreneur. Fueled by his self-described “Blue-Blood Hustle,” Talib helped found Point AB, Life on Autopilot, and Black Wall Street-- three organizations built on his 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and technological innovation. Talib is currently completing a residency at Google’s Code2040 Entrepreneur program at the American Underground in Durham.

A true student of culture with an innate eye for cultural trends, Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins works both as an Editorial Producer and lead Broadcast Anchor for Complex Media. From the SXSW Music Festival in Austin and NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans to protests in Ferguson, MS and beyond, Brandon has traveled across the country capturing the stories of the day, where they happen, the moment they do.

New York City Council member and Brooklyn-born native Laurie Combo represents Brooklyn's 35th District. As current Chair of the Women’s Issues Committee, Combo has been an aggressive champion of women’s workforce equality from gender pay equity to parental and reproductive rights. As a cultural leader, entrepreneur, activist and college professor working in the not-for-profit sector, Ms. Cumbo plays a crucial role within her borough’s bureaucracy and continues to dedicate her life to preserving the diversity that makes Brooklyn unique.