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Jahnee Smith (they/she/he) is a member of the ChangeMakers Leadership Institute’s 2023 cohort.

Carol Lerner (she/her) is a director of the nonprofit organization Support Our Schools.

Akela Leach (she/her) is a fifth grade teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Gregory M. Anderson, Ph.D., (he/him) is a professor of higher education at Temple University’s College of Education and Human Development, and was formerly dean of the college from 2013 to 2022. Prior to joining Temple, Anderson served as dean of Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver and associate professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Anderson serves on numerous national and regional boards, including Deans for Impact and Heights, Philadelphia.

Khiara M. Bridges, Ph.D., J.D., (she/her) is a professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law. Her scholarship examines race, class, reproductive rights, and the intersection of the three. She is the author of numerous law review articles as well as three books, the most recent of which is Critical Race Theory: A Primer.

Erica Licht, MPA, MSc., (she/her) is the research project director at the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA) at Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Her career has focused on collaborative community and institutional change programs globally.

Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D., (he/him) is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and faculty director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA). His scholarship examines the intersections of racism, economic inequality, criminal justice and democracy in U.S. history.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder in Residence at PolicyLink, started the organization in 1999 with a mission of advancing racial and economic equity for all. Through her writing, speaking and leadership, Angela has helped to grow and define a national equity movement focused on innovating and improving public policy with a wide range of partners to ensure access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of building an equitable economy, health, housing, transportation, infrastructure, and arts and culture. Prior to founding PolicyLink, Angela

Margaret Huang is the president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center and its lobbying arm, the SPLC Action Fund. An experienced human rights and racial justice advocate, Huang leads the SPLC in its mission to serve as a catalyst for racial justice in the South, dismantling white supremacy, strengthening intersectional movements and advancing the human rights of all. Early in her tenure at the SPLC, she guided the organization during pivotal moments in the nation’s history that included the nationwide racial justice demonstrations of 2020 and the Jan. 6, 2021