Founder of Air Protein, a remarkable, NASA- inspired technology that converts elements in the air into sustainable protein that eliminates compromise between taste, nutrition, and climate threat.

“Air meat” is crafted through a process similar to how beer and yogurt are made and can be produced exponentially faster than traditional meat production.

Lisa has a PhD in Physics from MIT, and is a Fulbright Scholar from the University of London where she received an MS in Physics. She is a researcher and scientist at heart, working on projects in Bioengineering and Physics at Stanford University; the University of California, Berkeley; Princeton University, the University of California, San Francisco, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.

Professor of Digital Media and Artificial Intelligence in the Comparative Media Studies Program and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT

Director of the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality, Prof. Harrell aims to pioneer innovative experiences using computing technologies

Ph.D in Computer and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego, a MS in interactive telecommunication from New York, University, and a BFA in Art (electronic and  time-based media) and BS in Logic  and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University, each with high honors.

Jacquelle is the founder and CEO of a new social platform & marketplace called Fave dedicated to recognizing and rewarding superfans.

Horton became Google's first black Product Manager in Europe at age 26. She then lead a team of 150+ people working on the transformation of the Google Assistant. Before this role, Horton was a product lead at YouTube where she doubled the user base of the Creator app.

Her new venture recently won Startup of the Year in music tech and earned $2.2M in seed funding from major companies such as Sony, Warner, HYBE, and more. 

Receiving her Master's degree from USC at just 20 years old, Jacquelle has been named one of the "Top 100 Young Entrepreneurs in the World", "Top 50 Women Product Managers in Europe", and in 2020 made the esteemed "Forbes 30 Under 30" list.

Shameik Moore an American actor, singer, and music artist.

He gained recognition with his portrayal of Malcolm in the 2015 film Dope, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Indiewire included Moore on its list of "The 12 Major Breakouts of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival" for his performance in the movie.

In 2018, he voiced Miles Morales / Spiderman in the film Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse, and its upcoming sequels.

In addition to his talents, as an artist and performer, 2023, Shameik is also launching a new innovation and e-commerce platform designed to build economic and cultural development in African-American communities.

Co-Founder, President & CEO of MagLev Aero Inc., an innovative aerospace technology startup in Boston developing a novel electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing(eVTOL) Air Vehicle Platform.

With his cofounder, who happens to be his father and fellow tech entrepreneur, Rod Randall, Ian further developed the concept, and now has 10+ issued patents, has raised capital, and built a team of talented engineers and scientists to build MagLev Aero into a global electric propulsion and aircraft leader

Ian graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and a Minor in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in System Design, and Dynamics & Controls.

Soton is an entrepreneur and science fiction writer and artist. Her company Centinel.ai, is Patent-pending technology that provides claims-free coverage for hard-to-insure risks, like climate or event disruption.

Allstate insurance as st manager of product innovation - Defined strategy & orchestrated collaboration across Innovation, Product, Data Science, Pricing, and Marketing teams to develop new-to-industry risk assessment product.

She is very enthusiastic about how distributed ledger technology will transform how we work, live and play.

Soton also spent 3 years at Bain as a strategy consultant.

She attended University of Chicago and Earned her MBA from Chicago’s Booth business school

Ayana Holloway Arce is an Associate Professor of Physics at Duke University. She works on particle physics, using data from the Large Hadron Collider to understand phenomena beyond the Standard Model. Holloway Arce has a BA with honors from Princeton University, and a PhD from Harvard University. She has worked at the Collider Detector at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Audrey Bowden is Associate Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University. She has a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, and Postdoctoral training in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. Bowden's research interests include light-based biomedical photonic tools for applications to medicine and biology, such as for early detection, diagnosis and therapy for cancer; development and deployment of low-cost, high-performing point-of-care technologies for rural and global health applications

Dario Calmese was the first African American to photograph the cover of Vanity Fair. He has a Master’s in photography from the School of Visual Arts and is the Founder of the Institute of the Black Imagination, in association with the Ford Foundation. Calmese serves on the global advisory board for Estee Lauder Companies. He is a professor at The New School’s Parsons School of Design in New York City.

Rayvon Fouche is the Division Director, Social and Economic Sciences - National Science Foundation, He is a Professor of American Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Purdue University Fouche has a Masters and PhD in Science & Technology Studies from Cornell University, and a BA in Humanities (History & Philosophy of Science) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Asegun Henry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where he directs the Atomistic Simulation & Energy (ASE) Research Group. He was an Assistant Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech from 2012 to 2018. Asegun has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida A & M University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. His primary research is in heat transfer, with an emphasis on understanding the science of energy transport, storage and conversion at the atomic level, along with the development of new industrial scale energy technologies to mitigate climate change.

Byron Jones is a cornerback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) He holds the unofficial world record for the standing long jump at 12 feet 3 inches. Jones has a BA in Political science at the University of Connecticut and is a member of I Am Nation, a prestigious collective of professional athletes interested in community development, legacy building and investing.