Arshiya LOVES running and working out, and she’s also Muslim and wears hijab. She started Sukoon Active out of a personal need for activewear that suits her lifestyle choices. With the goal to support women all over the world own their fitness potential, her work involves building brand vision and developing strategic partnerships with individuals and manufacturing partners. View more on Arshiya’s linkedin.

After seeing how technology and media was being used as a tool for hatred, Romain Sepehr Vakilitabar founded Pathos, a non-profit laboratory focused on finding ways that technology and media can dismantle hatred, and most effectively create understanding and compassion across lines of difference. Romain also leads the American Media Fellowship which provides support to tell impactful stories around the country. View more on Romain’s linkedin.

During college, Tony recognized that there was a severe lack of positive roles for black men. Volunteering with black males in his local community showed him how widespread this misrepresentation was, and the devastating effects it was capable of having on minority groups. With the intention of changing the media narrative of black men, Tony founded Weird Enough Productions at age 20. View more on Tony’s linkedin.

Alan is a grassroots community builder and popular educator. He is passionate about helping students take initiative, try out crazy ideas they haven’t told anyone yet, ask questions that go beyond the curriculum, and find community to help them do any of that. Alan has created and mentored many self-directed learning communities, like Citizen Circles, the Open Master’s, and Alt*Div. View more on Alan’s linkedin.

Jarren started ‘Legends Do Live‘ to fund and equip disadvantaged youth and communities through workshop programs and events. He recently created ‘Reading with A Rapper‘ to connect academics with socially conscious lyrics, video content and technology. Jarren frequently partners with groups such as Microsoft and the Houston Rockets to give scholarships and establish programming for inner city public schools. View more on Jarren’s linkedin.

Perry struggled in school as a child, and couldn’t connect with teachers through conventional methods. That’s what led Perry to create an applied math and science program that The New York Times called “one of the top educational programs in the country.” If I Had A Hammer has worked with over 1,000,000 children in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. View more on Perry’s linkedin.

As CEO + President, Adrienne leads U-TURN, Inc., a 28-year non-profit devoted to youth development, non-profit development/capacity, and community building. She is also the co-founder of The Collaboratory of Virginia, launching in 2020/2021 as Virginia’s first (and the nation’s’ largest) co-working ecosystem designed specifically for nonprofits. View more on Adrienne’s linkedin.

Jasmine started her first non-profit, Love Girls Magazine, at 15-yrs-old in response to the bullying, low-self-esteem and lack of social justice in her High School. The magazine combined her love of fashion, photography and writing with methods of social activism, anti-bullying and story-telling to inspire over 10,000 readers across the nation and raise over $150,000 towards the mission. View more on Jasmine’s linkedin.