Abigail Spanberger
Governor, The Commonwealth of Virginia

Issa Rae
CEO of HOORAE, Producer, Actress, and Writer

Dan Orlovsky
NFL Analyst, ESPN

Everette Taylor
CEO, Kickstarter

Scott C. Beardsley, Ed.D.
President, University of Virginia

Michael Rao, Ph.D.
President, Virginia Commonwealth University Chair, VCU Health System Authority

Timothy D. Sands, Ph.D.
President, Virginia Tech

Gregory Washington, Ph.D.
President, George Mason University

Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D.
President, Virginia State University

Javaune Adams-Gaston, Ph.D.
President, Norfolk State University

Hakim J. Lucas, Ph.D
13th President & CEO, Virginia Union University

Darrell K. Williams
President, Hampton University

Erin Harkless Moore
VP & Managing Director, Investments, Pivotal Ventures

Dhani Jones
Chairman, Qey Capital Partners

Kevin Roose
Technology Columnist, The New York Times

Thomas “Tom” Gayner
Chief Executive Officer, Markel Group

Sunayna Tuteja
Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System

Mark Hourigan
Founder and CEO, Hourigan

Edward H. Baine
Executive Vice President–Utility Operations, President–Dominion Energy Virginia

Jair Lynch
President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners

Garret Westlake, Ph.D.
Executive Director, The da Vinci Center, Virginia Commonwealth University

Joe Benevento
President and CEO, Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority and Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

Lois Schonberger
Partner, Quantum Black, McKinsey & Company

Melissa Pegus
Partner, UpVentures Capital

Senali Shetty
Chief Technology Officer, Tactiq

Tamika Tyson
Founder, SCALE

Ashley Williams Hillman
Founder & CEO, The Well Collective

Richard Wintsch
Executive Director, Startup Virginia

Kristin Richardson
Founder and CEO, Sherah

Salomé Garcia
Head of Southeast State and Local Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google

Rodney William
Co-Founder, Chairman & President, SoLo Funds

Travis Holloway
Co-Founder & CEO, SoLo Funds

Noelle James
Managing Director, Startup Virginia

Jennifer Hunter
Senior Vice President Corporate Citizenship & Chief Sustainability Officer, Altria

Kelli Saulny
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Corridor Ventures