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