Naomi C. Earp, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

John Bryant, Founder of Operation Hope Banking Centers

Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant

Earl G. Graves Sr., Publisher and Founder of Black Enterprises Magazine

Dr. Julian M. Earls, Director of the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

Dr. William E. Ward, Mayor, City of Chesapeake

Joseph Fergus, Founder, President, and CEO of Comtex, Inc.

Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, President Norfolk State University

The Honorable Mark Warner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Sheila C. Johnson, Co-Founder BET

Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.), Chaplain United States Senate

Edward W. Bullock, Vice President Diversity and Inclusion, L'oreal USA

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the United States House of Representaives

The Honorable Tim Kaine, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia