Meet Our Lectures
Our electrifying guest lecturers are innovators, thinkers, doers, and idea-generators who support the development of a thriving Black tech ecosystem to champion community-centered research and address issues of racial tech disparity.
2020-2021
Guest Lecturers
Dr. Timnit Gebru
Co-Founder of Black in Ai
Dr. Charlton Mcllwain
Author of Black Software
Deshuna Moore Spencer
Founder of KweliTv
Jayme Wooten
CLLTIVLY, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Nicol Turner Lee
Director, Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings Institute; Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
Sharon Kennedy Vickers
City Of Saint Paul
Chief Information Officer (CIO);
Co-founder, Blacks in Technology
Chief Information Officer (CIO);
Co-founder, Blacks in Technology
Dr. Menna Demessie
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Erin Horn McKinney
Founder of Black Female Founders
Andreen Soley
New America
Clinton Odom
The National Urban League
Michelle Ferguson
Tech Dream Corps
Chris Lewis
Public Knowledge
Maurita Coley
President and CEO of Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council
Rev. Leah Daughtry
Co-Founder and Co-Chair of
Black Church PAC
Black Church PAC
Dr. Cynthia Warrick
President of
Stillman College
Stillman College
Jamal Watkins
The NAACP (National Organization)
JaNay Queen Nazaire
Chief Strategy Officer Living Cities
Dr. André Brock
Author