Prentis Hemphill (they/them) is a political organizer and was the Healing Justice Director at Black Lives Matter Global Network. They are the author of What It Takes To Heal and an expert embodiment practitioner who has partnered with Brené Brown and Esther Perel, among others. Their work focuses on dismantling systems of oppression and fostering inclusive communities. With a deep understanding of intersectionality, Hemphill has a remarkable ability to connect with diverse audiences and has worked with individuals and organizations to navigate leadership transitions, support community accountability, and inspire transformation.

Sloan Leo Cowan (they/he) is a community designer, facilitator, educator and artist. They are a leading thinker in community design, or facilitation design—the art of helping people work better together. To Cowan, design is a way of orienting toward creating change, and he creates strategies and practices to find shared language and frameworks that allow organizations to be more intentional about community design, strategy and engagement. They are the founder and CEO of FLOX Studio Inc, a community design and strategy studio that supports organizations and formations as they navigate change and reweave, one conversation at a time. 

Aryeh is a facilitator, program/curriculum designer and Life Coach specializing in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, personal and collective transformation, somatics, resilience, ancestral healing and leadership development. She is currently a Community Engagement and Training Program Director at Pachamama Alliance and a co-founder of the Thrive Network, building beloved community and a world rooted in belonging and sacred reciprocity. 

Melissa Ryan is CEO and founding partner of Inviolable, an  AI platform that helps organizations build resilience against targeted attacks of hate, harassment, and harm. . Melissa is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts on right wing online extremism, and her work has been cited by Pres. Barack Obama, NPR, Washington Post, NBC and dozens of other outlets and leaders. Melissa authors Ctrl Alt-Right Delete, a weekly newsletter of 18,000+ subscribers that drives conversation about online threats and extremism. Melissa was selected for the 2023 inaugural cohort of Obama Foundation USA Leaders, and serves as Board Chair for Netroots Nation.

Sonali Sangeeta Balajee enjoys being an artist, a proud mother, organizer, facilitator, mindfulness/yoga instructor, and emerging health practitioner who works at the intersection of spiritual practice, organizing, belonging, ecological wellbeing, and deep transformative change. She has recently founded and co-directs SSoMA (Spiritual Social Medicinal Apothecary), a space that gathers and protects the medicines of our times, as well as the people and living organisms that tend to such antidotes.

Deborah is an organizer and attorney who has worked with progressive candidates, not-for-profit organizations, social-justice networks, and foundations. She started her career as an organizer, worked as a journalist, and practiced law. She is the executive Director of a multi-entity organization: New Left Accelerator and NLA’s affiliated 501(c)(3), The Capacity Shop. NLA and TCS provide capacity-building support to innovative organizations that use a mix of legal entities to build power and win key battles. She serves on the boards of Women Lawyers On Guard and Action Squared. She lives in San Francisco, and is the proud and tired mom of Ryder Jane (9) and Hudson Townes (7).