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 Professor of Teaching and Learning
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University
Pedro Noguera, PhD, is a professor in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. He is also the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and the co-Director of the Institute for the study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings (IGEMS). An urban sociologist, Noguera’s scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment...
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Documentarian and Founder of iYago Entertainment Group
Janks Morton is a groundbreaking international and award winning Documentarian. As founder of iYAGO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC, he states "the company came into existence to reflect both the consciousness and the unconsciousness soul of Black America. He has been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years and is a much sought-after teacher, lecturer, commentator and motivational speaker. He has convened workshops, seminars and served as panelist and keynote speaker at colleges, universities, prisons, conferences, churches and community centers around the world...
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 Co-founder and president of the Urban Leadership Institute
Outspoken, Insightful, Visionary, Compassionate, Innovative, Youthful, Funny, Precocious, and Charismatic are some of the ways LaMarr Darnell Shields, the co-founder and president of the Urban Leadership Institute has been described. As a rising star amongst his peers, LaMarr has been featured in numerous media outlets for his achievements in the education and motivation of young people. Before Urban Leadership Institute, Shields taught at the third oldest high school in the country, lived in Latin America, spoke at the White House, wrote several books and articles, founded the Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence (PRAISE), hosted a teen television show, and taught at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University.
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Editor- in- Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine and Founder, National Cares Mentoring Movement
Susan L. Taylor is synonymous with Essence magazine, the brand she built—as its fashion and beauty editor, as editor-in-chief and editorial director. For 27 years she authored of one of the magazine’s most popular columns, In the Spirit. For nearly three decades, as the driving force behind one of the most celebrated Black-owned businesses of our time, Susan Taylor is a legend in the magazine publishing world...
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President, The Eagle Academy Foundation
David Banks is the President of The Eagle Academy Foundation and was the Founding Principal of The Eagle Academy for Young Men, an innovative all-boys public high school in New York City established in 2004. As President, he is responsible for the successful leadership and management of the organization which is charged with replication of the successful Eagle model. As the Founding Principal, he was directly responsible for the development and implementation of the overall academic strategy, in addition to direct oversight of the Academy’s day-to-day operations...
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President, Dillard University
Dr. Marvalene Hughes has been the president of Dillard University since 2005. From 1994 to 2005, she was the president of California State University, Stanislaus. Dr. Hughes received a Ph.D. in Counseling and Administration from Florida State University. Her M.S., in Counseling, and her B.S. in English and History, are both from Tuskegee University. She also received an Honorary Doctorate from Brown University.
Article: Dillard University Unanimously Elects Dr. Marvalene Hughes As First Woman President
 Executive Director of the Panasonic Foundation
Dr. Larry Leverett is the Executive Director of the Panasonic Foundation, a corporate foundation with a mission to help public school systems with high percentages of children in poverty to improve learning for all students so that they may use their minds well and become productive, responsible citizens. Leverett recently served as Superintendent of Schools in Greenwich, Connecticut. His career in education has included urban and suburban experiences as a classroom teacher, elementary principal, assistant superintendent, school board member, and Assistant State Commissioner of Education and 15 years as superintendent in 3 school districts. Leverett serves on advisory committees for the George Lucas Educational Foundation, Educators for Social Responsibility, and the Laura Bush Foundation for School Libraries. He is committed to social justice and ensuring that all children have access to a high quality educational experience in public schools.
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