Andrew Zimmern is an Emmy and four-time James Beard Award winning TV personality, chef, writer, teacher and social justice advocate. In February 2020, Andrew returned to television with What’s Eating America, which premiered on MSNBC, and in 2021, he will premiere Family Dinner on Chip & Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network. Both shows were created by Intuitive Content, the full-service television and digital production company that Andrew heads as both founder and CEO. As the creator, Executive Producer and Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods franchise, Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food and Emmy Award winning The Zimmern List, he has devoted his life to exploring and promoting cultural acceptance, tolerance and understanding through food. Andrew is also the founder and CEO of Passport Hospitality, a restaurant and food service development company. He is passionate about his philanthropic endeavors and sits on the board of directors of Services for the UnderServed, Project Explorer/EXPLR, and Soigne Hospitality. He serves on City Harvest’s Food Council and is the International Rescue Committee’s Voice for Nutrition. Andrew is a founding member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, fighting to save restaurants affected by Covid-19. He resides in Minneapolis.

Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor, Anthony Anderson is the star and executive producer of ABC’s multi-award nominated sitcom “black-ish” where he portrays Andre “Dre” Johnson.  He also currently hosts the ABC game show “To Tell the Truth.” Anderson is also executive producer of both “black-ish” spin offs “grown-ish” and “mixed-ish” as well as “Road Trippin’” which airs on SnapChat.

Anderson has numerous other television and over twenty film credits including TRANSFORMERS, THE DEPARTED and HUSTLE & FLOW.  Anderson has received six Emmy nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and three Critics Choice nominations for his role on “black-ish.” He has won seven Image Awards and a total of 16 nominations in his career. He has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards, BET Awards, and Teen Choice awards as well as one People’s Choice Awards and one Kids’ Choice Awards.  Anderson has also hosted the NAACP Image Awards for the past eight years. In 2020 he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

A fan-favorite with a heart of gold, DrLupo has made a name for himself as one of the most generous streamers in the business, raising millions for St. Jude over the years through his 24 hour charity stream, Build Against Cancer. A family man who’s always ready with a dad joke, DrLupo brings a level of maturity that’s often absent among elite streamers. But that doesn’t mean he can’t hold his own against some serious competitors either, as you’ll often find him streaming with some of the best players online.

Actor-comedian-producer Phoebe Robinson is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO limited series “2 Dope Queens.” She’s also a New York Times best-selling author of the books “You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain” and “Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay,” which is being adapted into a half-hour pilot for Freeform. Additionally, Phoebe has starred in the movies “Ibiza” and “What Men Want,” and was moderator on Michelle Obama’s international Becoming book tour. Most recently, Phoebe launched Tiny Reparations, a production company under ABC Signature, whose first project is a talk show entitled “Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson” that premiered April 2021 on Comedy Central. Her next book “Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes,” will be the first essay collection debuting on her newly formed literary imprint, Tiny Reparations Books in September 2021.

Sylvia “QueenArrow” Gathoni is a pro Tekken player and content creator currently signed to UYU. Her current objectives are to be a world class Tekken player (and one of the best from the African region), to be the most recognised esports athlete from Africa and use her law degree in creating policies that advance the video game and esports industry in Kenya.

Al Roker is an institution. As the weatherman on NBC’s TODAY Show and co-anchor of the 3rd Hour of TODAY, Al has enjoyed the undivided attention of the nation – over 30 million viewers per week – every weekday morning as America prepares for school and work.

Spanning more than 40 years on TV and 14 Emmy awards, Al conducts interviews with celebrities and newsmakers around the world and does a wide variety of segments on every imaginable subject. Al also co-anchors the popular 3rd Hour of Today, presenting lifestyle segments that touch all Americans. The recent #OverHeardOn3rd segments have become immensely popular during the coronavirus pandemic.

Kristen Kish was born in South Korea and adopted into a family in Kentwood, MI.  She showed an affinity for cooking at a young age.   Her mother suggested she go to culinary school and since attending Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, Kish has never looked back.

After moving to Boston, Kish worked in many high-profile restaurants including Michelin-star Chef Guy Martin’s Sensing and Barbara Lynch’s Stir as Chef de Cuisine, overseeing all back of house operations, including the design and execution of nightly menus and demonstration dinners for 10 guests.  Kish competed on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 10 where she won the coveted title, becoming the second female chef to win the prestigious competition. She went on to become Chef de Cuisine of Menton, Chef Barbara Lynch’s fine dining restaurant.  She left this position in 2014 to travel the world and write a cookbook. 

Kish was co-host of “36 Hours,” a Travel Channel show that partnered with The New York Times to bring the hit newspaper column to television. In each episode, co-hosts Kish and Kyle Martino arrived in a new city where they had 36 hours to explore the most delicious foods and hot spots, and experienced the best attractions unique to each place.  

In October 2017, Kish launched her first cookbook – Kristen Kish Cooking. 

Kish partnered with Sydell group to launch her first restaurant, Arlo Grey.  A collaboration between Executive Chef Kish and Sydell group, the restaurant reflects Kristen’s playful yet refined cuisine pulling inspiration from a French and Italian cooking background paired with a nostalgia of dishes from her upbringing to her love of travel that helped her gain an outlook on how people cook to tell their story.  Kish is thrilled to use the ingredients of Texas and the Gulf and marry it with her style to create a place for diners to enjoy.

Currently, Kish is co-hosting a new TV series – “Fast Foodies” – on TruTV. Additionally, Kish will be part of a rotating judging and dining panel for season 18 of Bravo’s Top Chef, set to air spring of 2021.   

Kooze, a Japanese-born, California native, is a multi-instrumentalist and DJ. The Los Angeles-based artist comes from the music collective, MOTH, where he acts as producer and engineer. In 2019, Kooze and MOTH toured with Kyle Dion. The collective releases songs ranging from bubbly bedroom pop to grungy heavy metal. Kooze found his way to TikTok and Instagram Reels at the start Of 2021, where he found success on his Viral mashup Of Doja Cat’s “Say So” x Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Dani California.” The overnight success from the mashup translated to 4.4M views on TikTok and 13M+ on Instagram Reels. Since then, Kooze has released the full version on his Soundcloud, generating over 1.5M plays. The DJ/Producer houses full mixes on his SoundCloud of his most popular videos, such as “Pyramids” by Frank Ocean x “Nights” by Prank Ocean, and many more. The DJ/Producer most recently played a sold out show at Joy District in Chichago, IL.

Stove is a popular creator who is a part of the content group, Team Rar. He blew up on YouTube for his high energy challenges and comedic pranks, amassing over 3.0M fans over the past few years. Recently, Stove also began his dive into the gaming world with his regularly scheduled Twitch streams and YouTube channel dedicated to gaming content.

Dr. Jason Wersland is the Founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Therabody, formerly known as Theragun, a leading tech wellness company rooted in science and technology, based in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Jason’s Theragun story began in 2007 when he experienced a debilitating injury in a motorcycle accident. Necessity became the mother of invention, and he created something to help him deal with his pain. And that’s how Theragun was born. Dr. Jason dedicated eight years to developing five different prototypes, devoted to finding a solution that increases range of motion and decreases pain. In 2016, Theragun introduced the G1, its first product. In 2017, Theragun introduced the G2PRO and became the industry leader in percussive therapy. Dr. Jason’s quest for constant innovation drove to the release of the G3PRO in January 2019, and most recently the Theragun PRO, Elite, Prime and mini in May 2020. Theragun is now the world-leader in percussive massage therapy and is trusted by more than 250 professional sports teams worldwide, physical therapists, trainers, chiropractors, celebrities, athletes, and everyday people in over 50 countries. With the launch of its 4th generation percussive massage therapy devices, Theragun rebranded to Therabody, continuing its mission to provide natural wellness product solutions through innovation in the percussive massage therapy space as well as launching its own U.S. grown CBD line, TheraOne – becoming the first brand to ever garner the USDA Certified Organic seal across its entire product line. As a chiropractor, Dr. Jason’s life’s work has always been about helping people feel their best so they can live the life they were meant to live. Dr. Jason is passionate about wellness and is dedicated to constantly evolving science, research and his education around the subject, and a huge part of that is learning from other’s experiences.

Chester is most recognized for his role as Tommy in Stranger Things, but is also a voice actor, musician, and an up and coming digital content creator. His positivity and shining personality continues to attract new faces towards him and his content, not to mention that he meshes well with anyone and everyone, making him an absolute joy to work with.

Tyler Florence is a chef and television host of several Food Network shows. Florence was a presenter on Globe Trekker, hosted Food 911 and How to Boil Water, co-hosted Worst Cooks in America with Anne Burrell and currently hosts Tyler’s Ultimate, The Great Food Truck Race, and Bite Club on the Food Network.

Florence was a judge on Worst Cooks in America for seasons 6, 8, 12–13, and 15-present. Additionally in 2007, Florence and fellow chef Joey Altman co-hosted a celebrity chef cook-off to benefit Afterschool Alliance.[ Outside of his work as presenter, he was featured on the ABC TV show Shaq’s Big Challenge, and Momma’s Boys, a reality show produced by Ryan Seacrest. Florence serves on the board of the national nonprofit Afterschool Alliance, an organization that works to promote and to support quality after-school programs. Florence directed a documentary about the 2017 California Wildfires called Uncrushable.

Florence restaurants are; Wayfare Tavern in downtown San Francisco, Rotisserie & Wine, a fast food restaurant in downtown Napa; and with Sammy Hagar, El Paseo in downtown Mill Valley, California, an American tavern featuring ingredients only from Marin County.

Julio “Beast” Bianchi (23 years old) is a competitive FIFA player (on PS4) from Cape Town, South Africa. Beast, who used to be a semi-pro footballer, competed in the FIFA eWorld cup global series playoffs in Amsterdam in 2018 where he impressively beat 2x world champion, August Agge Rosenmeier, and finished off in the top 64 in the world on PS4 in the tournament. In 2021, Julio made FIFA history by being in the first team from South Africa to ever qualify and compete in the official FIFA eClub World Cup. On South African soil, Beast has won many top local tournaments and ended the FIFA20 season as #3 on PS4 in South Africa and #155 in the world on PS4 in the official FIFA20 rankings. Beast is signed to one of South Africa’s top MGOs, Goliath Gaming, and is the captain of their FIFA squad. Julio is currently ranked #2 in South Africa on the official FIFA21 global series leaderboard. Outside of competitive gaming, Beast is studying accounting at CPUT in cape town.

For the past twenty-five years, Billy Harris has been wowing audiences throughout the United States and around the world. His razor-sharp timing and brilliant improvisational skills have made him one of the most sought-after MC’s in the business. A cousin of Vaudeville great Georgie Jessel, Billy has been performing his entire life. By the tender age of five and a half, he understood how to “work a room”! 

Additionally, Billy is a highly sought-after auctioneer who lends his comedic style to the auction block. His contagious energy, explosive style and ability to work the crowd, will create an atmosphere that will have the audience laughing while opening their wallets! Billy has raised hundreds of Millions of Dollars for The American Cancer Society, No Kid Hungry, The New York Food Bank, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Autism Speaks, The James Beard Foundation, March of Dimes, The Roundabout Theatre and the National Institute of Health… just to name a few.

Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a social justice activist, educator and writer. Leading at the intersection of culture and justice, she has and continues to build platforms to amplify, educate, and activate everyday people to take transformative action against every form of injustice. 

She is an NBC News and MSNBC contributor, former co-host of iHeart Radio’s Best Political Podcast of 2019, Pod Save The People, and is currently readying her own media platform from which to host broader conversations on social change.  She is the founder and principal of Love & Power Works, a full-service social impact and equity agency. Brittany’s forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, is due to hit shelves in 2021.

Brittany is a former elementary teacher, education executive and two-time Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. In the past, Brittany held top roles at Teach For America, was a Congressional policy advisor, and co-founded Campaign Zero, leveraging her management, communications, policy and equity skillset on broad justice issues from public education to criminal justice.  Brittany was a member of President Obama’s 21st Century Policing Task Force and the Ferguson Commission. helping lead the country and her community through change during times of tumult.

Brittany has graced the cover of Essence Magazine, been listed as one of Time’s 12 New Faces of Black Leadership, and has been honored by BET, Politico Magazine, Marie Claire, The Trayvon Martin Foundation and more.  She serves on the Gucci Changemakers Council and the Sephora Equity Advisors Board.  She and her husband live in Washington, DC.

In November of 2019, Icelandic singer/songwriter Ouse collaborated with Canadian rapper Powfu on the intensely poignant “Dead Eyes.” The song became a streaming darling, cracking the 36 million mark on Spotify alone. It’s a testament to Ouse’s uncanny ability to tap into human emotions with a single lyric, galvanizing a fan base of listeners eager for more. For the last several years, Ouse has carved a lane for himself, crafting songs that hover over emo hip-hop and pop while simultaneously traveling to other sonic dimensions. It’s arguably the 19-year-old wunderkind’s superpower, and as he readies his next project Crying In Camo, Ouse is geared to make more music that speaks to the soul.

Born in a village, just three hours shy of the Icelandic capital Reykjavík, Ouse had a regular small town childhood. “Everyone just knows everyone,” he explains. “Parents would just let the kids do whatever, because there was no danger, really.” Music was always a part of his life: his grandmother was a singer and a songwriter and she passed that talent down to his father. “I have memories of going to my grandmother’s house and watching her play the piano and singing songs,” the young artist recalls. That gift was later passed down to Ouse.

For the early part of his childhood, Ouse was simply a fan of music, listening to hip-hop artists like Eminem and independent rapper Hopsin, before later listening to the likes of emo rappers like the late Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion. “I would listen to pop, classical music, indie, just about everything,” he adds. “But it’s always been mostly hip-hop.”

By the time he reached his preteen years, he started struggling with anxiety and began making music as a form of self-therapy. “I think I was around like 12 when my dad got me a Mac Mini,” he says, “and that’s when I started creating songs.” It began with crafting instrumentals, where Ouse uploaded one to Facebook, followed by YouTube. He built a community of fans over Fortnite, while making beats for his friends as well. “I reached a point where I didn’t want to just create instrumentals,” Ouse remembers, “so I started singing and rapping over my own beats.” His momentum started building.

 2018’s Loners Diary was a landmark moment for Ouse, as the project was anchored by the song “Lovemark,” which alone has a staggering 17 million streams. Things started happening quickly. “All the numbers kept getting bigger and bigger,” he says. “I guess when I got like a million monthly listeners on Spotify, that was when I knew that this was something crazy.” His track “Dead Eyes” followed a year later, and labels had begun to take notice. Ouse signed a deal with 12Tone Music earlier this year and plans to head into 2021 with a whole new project. The project is an amalgam of all of the parts that define Ouse. From raw emotions and honest lyricism to experimenting with sounds that live at the intersection of emo and hip-hop, Ouse is once again letting his listeners into his life. 

At the heart of his art, Ouse is still making music as his own form of therapy, but in doing so has managed to help the world around him. It’s now become his mission on the road to stardom. “I guess my goal is to help as many people as I can,” he advises. “When I make music that expresses how I’m feeling, I know someone out there is feeling that way too and hopefully it makes them feel less alone.”

“When I left Harlem, there was a moment on the way to Nashville, three hours up the road, where I asked, ‘What are you doing? Why are you the way you are?’ Home, everybody I cared about in the world was there… Even when you have the dream, you have that foundation. But then, I just kept going.”

Ray Fulcher is a lot of things. National Barrel Racing Horse Association 18 and Under Finalist at 12… Masters of Social Sciences and Education… University of Georgia Bulldogs football staff, working with the Quarterbacks on the field… Car Salesman… ATV Parts & Service Manager… Son, friend, (ex)boyfriend, music lover… And he was very good at all of them.

But there was this one thing. Music.

The kid who always turned the radio up when “Ocean Front Property” came on, in spite of his father’s admonition “I can’t think when it’s that loud,” would see Eric Church at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia — and a light came on. Alone, no smoke or neon, this artist Fulcher didn’t really know played “Lightning.”

“There wasn’t a line in that song that I could relate to personally,” marvels the soft-spoken artist. “It’s about a guy on Death Row. But in that moment, every single word I felt. I thought, ‘However he’s doing that, I want to make people feel like that, too.’ Not that I was pursuing the music then, but the power of it just hit me.”

Like a lot of young men poised between youth and grown, Fulcher put together a few duos, the occasional band. They played “Tuesday’s Gone,” “River of Love,” “Let Her Cry,” “For What It’s Worth,” “All Along The Watchtower.” They drank some beer, had some laughs, wrote a few songs, talked to the people. Typical local band stuff, though the tugging at Fulcher never let go.

Even after moving home, he kept playing out, working jobs while he waited for a space to open up at the high school he’d attended. His life was set: teach social studies, coach football. It was the perfect small town life with all the sweetness, roots and dreams. What else was there?

After all, who dreams of 30+ million artist streams without a major label deal? Over 3 billion streams as a songwriter in a few short years? Four #1 singles co-written with one of your best friends? Or playing on some of country music’s biggest tours?

You can’t dream that. Impossible. But you can trust the fire in your gut, or the tugging at that “sensible” part of your brain. Sometimes, you just keep driving. And when you’re Ray Fulcher, who knew exactly one person in Nashville, who saw a musician he’d met once hit Facebook about being in Nashville alone, you let faith take you where dreams can’t imagine.

It was at the Tin Roof, he spied a kid he’d met the night he’d first come to Nashville to record. They’d bonded over loving Eric Church, a shared sense of humor, being outsiders and on fire with the desire to write songs that reached inside people. Striking up a conversation, they became friends, then started writing songs they wanted to hear and couldn’t find anywhere else.

Nashville being Nashville, everyone passed on both young men’s songs. Frustrated, they talked it out between themselves. Fulcher recalls, “We both had enough meetings, sat with enough people who kept saying, ‘You’re not ready… Keep working…’ They didn’t know, but we didn’t know either.

“I remember us talking, thinking, ‘I don’t know how to play this game, what these people want.’ But we knew inour hearts there were great songs, were songs we wanted to hear. In one way, we were a couple dudes in an apartment, making stuff up, stuff that wasn’t being made. Finally, we decided, ‘If it’s not right, it’s not right. But this is what we’re going to do.’” 

Eight of those songs ended up on the 2020 CMA Album of the Year What You See Is What You Get. Eight more ended up on This One’s For You. Four of those songs – “When It Rains It Pours,” “Even Though I’m Leaving,” “Lovin’ On You” and “Does To Me,” featuring their mutual idol and influence Eric Church – went to #1.

Listening to his Black River debut Larkin Hill Mixes, the songs are instantly recognizable. Heck, they feel like old favorites from the very first listen. Maybe it’s the influences he grew up on. Maybe it’s the desire to lift people up, let them feel what he’s writing. Or maybe, just maybe, the friendly artist who writes songs of misdirection understands that life is what you make it – and lets his songs take it from there.

“We stuck to our guns, and we were right,” he says now. “Nothing works out like you planned it, but this turned out beyond our dreams. I’m thankful we trusted our sense that the songs we wanted to hear, other people would, too.

“I’m just so thankful… We were right to stick to our guns, and now I get to take my career to the next level. My dream’s never changed, only some of my circumstances are a little different!”

Thabo “Yvng Savage” Moloi (19) is a competitive FIFA player for Goliath Gaming and the first Red Bull esports athlete on the African continent.

Yvng Savage broke out onto the competitive FIFA scene when he won the VS gaming FIFA festival in 2018, and has gone on to win numerous local FIFA tournaments since. In April 2020 he captained the official eBafana Bafana FIFA squad in the FIFA eNations Stay and Play Cup, with team mates Cassper Nyovest, Sibusiso Vilakazi and Kagiso Rabada. Yvng Savage ended the FIFA20 season as #1 on PS4 in SA and #73 in the world on PS4 in the official FIFA20 rankings. Most recently, Yvng Savage was announced as the first Red Bull esports athlete on the African continent.

Thabo has always loved football and playing FIFA is a major passion of his. The VS gaming FIFA festival 2018 (when Thabo was 16 years old) was his first competitive esports tournament. After winning the VS gaming tournament, he went on to sign with South African multi-gaming organisation, Goliath Gaming. Thabo often notes that his mom is his biggest fan, and how he loves to make her proud through his FIFA achievements.

Javier Muñoz is an actor and activist whose impressive body of work spans theater, film and television. Javier is best known for co-creating the role of and starring as “Alexander Hamilton” in the cultural-phenomenon musical HAMILTON on Broadway for two years, after Lin-Manuel Miranda departed the show (and was his alternate prior to that).  He got his break starring as “Usnavi” in IN THE HEIGHTS on Broadway, also created by Miranda.  Javier will soon star in the dark comedy indie feature, MONUMENTS. On the TV side, he’s appeared on Shadowhunters, Blindspot, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and will soon be heard voicing the character of Ohm on Disney’s upcoming animated series Eureka. Recent theater credits include THE NEW ENGLANDERS at MTC and the starring role in the North American premiere of Stephen Lloyd Helper’s A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

Javier is also an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights and a Global Ambassador for (RED), which fights to end HIV/AIDS. Muñoz was honored with the prestigious OUT100 “Breakout of the Year” award in 2016, as well as the Howard Ashman Award by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). Javier now serves on the Board of GMHC as well.

Aarón Sánchez is an award-winning chef, TV personality, author and philanthropist. He is chef/owner of Johnny Sánchez in New Orleans, and a judge on FOX’s hit culinary competition series MasterChef and MasterChef Junior. He is partner/creative director of Cocina, the first online content platform dedicated to celebrating Latin lifestyle through its vibrant culinary culture. Aarón grew up in the restaurant business and is passionate about preserving his family’s legacy through food and encouraging diversity in the kitchen.

Aarón has starred in multiple Food Network shows, most notably as a judge on Chopped and Chopped Junior. He was the host of Cooking Channel’s Emmy-nominated series, Taco Trip, and has appeared on a numerous other shows including; Iron Chef and Best Thing I Ever Ate. Additionally, Aarón hosted two Spanish-language shows on Fox Life, 3 Minutos con Aarón and MOTOCHEFS.

A third-generation cookbook author, Aarón has written two cookbooks – “La Comida del Barrio” and “Simple Food, Big Flavor”. In fall 2019 he published a memoir titled “Where I Come From: Life Lessons From a Latino Chef”. In October 2020,  Aarón and his mother, Zarela Martínez, launched their podcast Cooking in Mexican from A to Z. 

Aarón has won a James Beard Award for Television Studio Program and was recognized by the Hispanic Federation with the Premio Orgullo Award for being a leader in the Hispanic community. In 2016, Aarón founded the Aarón Sánchez Scholarship Fund (ASSF), an initiative empowering aspiring chefs from the Latin community. ASSF provides recipients with full culinary scholarships to schools in New York City and ongoing mentorship. 

Aarón’s love for the arts extends beyond the kitchen.  He is a partner in world-renowned tattoo shop and museum, Daredevil Tattoo in NYC.  An avid music lover, he enjoys cooking to the sounds of Portugal the Man, Shakey Graves, Café Tacvba, Alabama Shakes, Tank and The Bangas, Amos Lee, Lianne La Havas, and Lenny Kravitz. He has a son, Yuma, and lives in New Orleans, LA.

Gregorio (Greg) Millett is a national leader in health disparities research and a Vice President at amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.  Mr. Millett is a former Senior Scientist in the CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), and subsequently served as a Senior Policy Advisor in President Obama’s White House Office of National AIDS Policy where he helped author and implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. His work has been featured in National Academy of Sciences meetings as well as the popular press, and his epidemiological HIV research studies have been published in top-tier scientific journals such as The Lancet and JAMA.  Mr. Millett’s 2020 research on COVID-19 racial disparities have earned him guest appearances on CNN and MSNBC.

Alexis McGill Johnson is the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Planned Parenthood provides vital health services to 2.4 million people each year through more than 600 health centers across the country. Planned Parenthood’s vision is a world of equity: where sexual and reproductive rights are basic human rights; where access to health care doesn’t depend on who you are or where you live; and where every person has the opportunity to choose their own path to a healthy and meaningful life.

Alexis is a champion for social and racial justice, a respected political and cultural organizer, and a tireless advocate for reproductive freedom. She has been in Planned Parenthood’s leadership for more than a decade as PPFA board chair and a Planned Parenthood Action Fund board member.

A researcher by training, Alexis co-founded and co-directed the Perception Institute, a consortium of researchers, advocates, and strategists who translate cutting-edge mind science research on race, gender, ethnic, and other identities into solutions that reduce bias and discrimination, and drive equity and belonging. She is also a thought leader on brain science and narrative change and has written extensively on equity, race, and culture.

She is a frequent commentator in the press and keynote speaker, and currently serves on the boards of Color of Change, Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, and is a founder of the Culture Group. She holds degrees from Princeton and Yale Universities and has taught political science at both Yale and Wesleyan Universities. She is the proud mom of two daughters.

HealthPlus 4 Men Eswatini is a Key Population and LGBTI-led Community Based Organization, established and registered in 2014. HP4M seeks to address Key Populations (Men who have Sex with Men, Female Sex Workers, Transgender, Transport Operators and People Who Inject Drugs) and LGBTIQ’s diverse sexual health needs and HIV/AIDS issues through free medical and psychosocial services designed for Key Populations and the LGBTIQ community.

Dr. Myeshia Price (she/they) is a Senior Research Scientist at The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people. She is a developmental psychologist with over fifteen years of experience in adolescent public health research, with a focus on sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ youth from an intersectional and developmental perspective.

HiDro (He/They) is a full-time Afro-Latino queer Twitch Partner and Youtuber from Toronto, Canada. They are an up and coming content creator who has been on Twitch since April 2nd, 2020 and on YouTube since January 3, 2021. HiDro’s primary content is Dead by Daylight alongside other horror style games, bringing educational gameplay sprinkled with chaotic energy. Their primary focus is to create a safe, inclusive, and uplifting environment for gamers and viewers alike.

Matt Baiamonte, was a protege of Angelo Dundee from 2000 until his death in 2012. Many famous boxing trainers have moaned that the art of developing a fighter is not longer being passed on. The pair of Angelo Dundee and Matt Baiamonte are an exception to that rule. Matt Baiamonte grew up in New York, the Mecca of Boxing. After his parents divorced, he moved to south Florida with his mom for 2 years. Missing New York, Matt moved back for a short time. Matt eventually moved back to Florida in 1991 and met and befriended Nate Brown, the trainer for Heavyweight contender Donovan “Razor” Ruddock. Brown took Matt to the boxing gym, where Matt began to learn the fine art of boxing. Matt soon found out that Angelo Dundee was training one of his many Champions Micheal “Second To” Nunn only minutes from his home in Hallandale, he then got in his car and sped over to meet the legendary trainer. 

In 1998 Matt met a boxer named Roar Petajamaa who re-introduced Baiamonte to the finest boxing trainer of all-time, the legendary Angelo Dundee. Angelo Dundee trained 15 world champions including “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali, at his famed Fifth Street Gym. Angelo was kind enough to show Matt the ropes and impart to him methods he had used with his fighters. Matt’s friend Trevor Cedar opened up a boxing gym in Miami Beach around this time period. Matt introduced Trevor to Angelo and that is when things began to really take off for Matt. As a protegee of Angelo Dundee since 2000, Matt continues to use Angelo’s legendary training methods and style. Matt also studied under Luis Lagerman (another Angelo Dundee protegee). Luis was a big influence on the beginning of Matt’s training career. Matt has worked with and trained a number of the top ranked boxers in the world.. Then on September 14, 2012 Matt got his 1st World Champion, WBC Featherweight Champion Melissa “Huracan Shark” Hernandez. Matt also is a former owner of Angelo Dundee’s 5th Street Gym which was located in South Beach and is now being run without the family’s permission. 

Matt has broadened his horizons by introducing his unique training methods into the octagon of MMA by working closely with WEF champion Pat Assalone. Matt also trains athletes from non-combative sports such as the NFL, NBA, Premier League Soccer, Indy Car Drivers, and top celebrities who simply want the benefits of Boxing training. Matt studied under Jeremy Fedoruk, the owner and creator of Athletic Enhancement Group (AEG), for strength and conditioning. With Fedoruk, Matt expanded his knowledge in training professional athletes and incorporated Olympic Baselifting to aid in the conditioning of his clients. Matt also attended the famed “Fitness Institute International.” Highly elite fighters usually have a staff that includes both a boxing trainer and a conditioning coach. Anyone who comes to his gym, which was featured on HBO 24/7, will quickly find out that Matt is both your conditioning and boxing guy. Matt picked his combat psychology up from the Freud of boxing- Angelo Dundee. In addition to being able to understand how people tick and how to motivate fighters, Matt’s vast experience, attention to detail, and profound understanding of the physical demands of preparing for a fight makes him one of the most sought after trainers in the land.