Arts, Humanities & Lifestyle
Authors & Writers
Authors & Writers:
Bridal Fashion Designer
The most trusted source in the Bridal Industry, Randy Fenoli’s mission is to educate, elevate & empower every bride to choose the most important dress in her life & all women to realize their own personal beauty.
New York Times Best-Selling Author & One of the Nation's Most Respected Political Journalists
Franklin Foer, one of the nation's most respected political journalists, is a staff writer at the Atlantic. For seven years, he was the editor of the New Republic magazine.
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author
James Forman, Jr. started the Maya Angelou Public Charter School and is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He also worked as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court and is a Pulitzer Prize Winning Author.
Best-Selling Author
Therese Anne Fowler’s best-selling book Z, A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald brings justice to the legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda. She speaks on her writing career and the importance of community libraries.
Actor, Comedian & Writer
One of Hollywood’s fastest rising young talents, Jermaine Fowler can most recently be seen in RETREAT for FX. He can previously be seen in Tim Story’s feature, THE BLACKENING, which premiered at TIFF in 2022.
Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter
Alicia Garza is someone who believes that black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. That’s what drives Garza as an innovator, strategist, internationally recognized organizer and writer.
Digital Artist & Author
Dr. Nettrice Gaskins’ work explores how to generate art using algorithms in different ways, especially through neural style transfer and text-2-image. In her work she explores "techno-vernacular creativity" and Afrofuturism.
Best-Selling Author, Thought Leader & Executive Coach
Michael J. Gelb is a scintillating and charismatic speaker and a pioneering practitioner and thought leader in the fields of creative thinking, executive coaching and conscious leadership.