Michael Rubin (Full Name: Michael G. Rubin) is a popular American businessman who is the CEO of Fanatics, the globe’s leading provider of licensed sports merchandise. He also works as the co-chair of the REFORM Alliance, a criminal justice reform organization that he launched in January 2019, along with Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Robert Kraft, and Daniel S. Loeb, among others. He is an executive chairman of Rue Gilt Groupe, an e-commerce portfolio company, which includes RueLaLa.com, Gilt.com, as well as ShopPremiumOutlets.com.
Mikaila Ulmer is a popular American entrepreneur and student who is the founder of Me & the Bees Lemonade that has been sold in over 1500 stores. In 2017, Mikaila’s lemonade, “Me & The Bees Lemonade” was being sold in 500 American shops in 500,000 bottles a year. In February 2020, Me & the Bees was in more than 1,500 stores nationwide, such as Whole Foods, Cost Plus World Market, Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers, H-E-B, Kroger, as well as The Fresh Market. Me & the Bees has also developed its product line to include lip balms made from bee’s wax.
Dia Simms ( Full Name: D’Angela Dia Simms ) is a prominent American business executive. As of now, she works for Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal as a Chief Executive Officer. Dia was appointed to the role back in 2020.
Bozoma Saint John is a well-known American businessperson. She worked as chief marketing officer (CMO) at Netflix. Before, she was CMO at Endeavor, and chief brand officer (CBO) at Uber until June 2018. Until June 2017, she was a marketing executive at Apple Music after joining the company in its acquisition of Beats Music. In addition, she was named among the Top 50 Most Influential Female Leaders in Africa within the corporate and business sphere by Leading Ladies Africa in May 2021.
Dawn Dickson ( Full Name: Dawn Dickson Akpoghene) is a popular American businesswoman, inventor, author, and investor who is the director of International Business at Cameo 1 Homes since April 2023. She is also the founder and executive chairman of Flat Out of Heels, LLC. Dawn is also a Founder, Marketing Business Development Consultant at D1 Consulting International. She hosts the BARS podcast and is a co-author of a book titled Started in the DM: Using Social Media to Find the One.
Tekedra Mawakana is a noted American businesswoman and lawyer. She is working as co-chief executive officer of Waymo and was previously the company’s chief operating officer. Before, she worked at Steptoe & Johnson, AOL, Yahoo!, and eBay. In addition, she is an active board member at the Consumer Technology Association, the Global Network Initiative, the Internet Association, Boom Supersonic, Operator Collective, and Intuit.
Kourtney Gibson is a popular American Chief Institutional Client Officer at TIAA a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions, since July 2022. She is also a Board Member of MarketAxess since July 2020 and a Trustee of the University of Miami since 2017. From 2020 to July 2023, Kourtney was on the board of directors for Lululemon Athletica.
Timnit Gebru is a noted Eritrean Ethiopian-born computer scientist. She mostly works on algorithmic bias and data mining. She is a co-founder of Black in AI and an advocate for diversity in technology. Gebru was the center of a public controversy stemming from her abrupt and contentious departure from Google as technical co-lead of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team in December 2020. In addition, she is the founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR).
Jesseca Dupart ( Full Name: Jesseca Faye Harris-Dupart) is a preeminent American entrepreneur. As of now, she works at Kaleidoscope Hair Products as the founder and chief executive officer.
Sheila Cherfilus Mccormick is a popular American businesswoman and politician working as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 20th congressional district. She began her first full term in Congress on January 3, 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Sheila received a special election in 2022 to take the seat left vacant after the demise of Alcee Hastings.
