Black History Month is here. If your group would benefit from the perspective of a Black History Month speaker, we have assembled a great list of highly-accomplished individuals from government and business to media and even sports for you to consider bringing to your next event or meeting stage.<\/p>\n
Keep reading to learn more about each of these fabulous and diverse speakers and click on the links below to browse through each of their individual speaker profile pages and find out more about their speaking topics and expertise.<\/p>\n
First African American Army Surgeon General and Former Commanding General, US Army Medical Command<\/strong><\/p>\n A trailblazer in female leadership, Lieutenant General (ret) Nadja West<\/a> is the 44th Army Surgeon General and the former Commanding General of US Army Medical Command. She is the first African American woman 3-star General in the Army\u2019s history, and currently the highest-ranking woman to ever graduate from West Point. |\u00a0See more on Nadja West.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Former President and COO of Nintendo of America Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n An award-winning innovator and disruptor, Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9<\/a> is a proven expert on transforming companies, re-vitalizing brands, and reshaping industries to solve daunting challenges and achieve \u2018the impossible.\u2019 Most recently, he was the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America \u2013 the first American and African-American to hold this position. |\u00a0See more on Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Decorated Combat Leader, Trust & Leadership Advisor, & Creator of No Fail Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n A decorated combat veteran, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jason O. Harris<\/a> is revered for his distinguished track record leading his air crews on successful missions and instilling a culture of trust in which each person owned his or her role in keeping the team out of harm\u2019s way. |\u00a0See more on Jason O. Harris.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Life Sciences Leader, Former EVP, Chief Medical Officer, & Chief Patient Officer at Pfizer, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n A pioneer in medicine and leadership, Freda Lewis-Hall<\/a>, MD, DFAPA, MFPM has been on the frontlines of healthcare for more than 40 years as a clinician, researcher, and leader in the biopharmaceuticals and life sciences industries. |\u00a0See more on Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Former Chief of Police in Seattle, WA<\/strong><\/p>\n The first African-American woman to hold the top policing job in Seattle, Washington, Chief Carmen Best (Ret.) served with the Seattle Police Department for 28 years. In 2018, Best was promoted to Chief of Police, a job she called \u201ca dream of a lifetime,\u201d managing approximately 2,000 sworn and civilian employees. Best quickly began efforts to diversify the police force, which had long been less diverse than the city, recruiting more than 40 new officers of color. |\u00a0See more on Carmen Best.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Former Director, Executive Recruiting at Google and Holistic Leadership Strategist<\/strong><\/p>\n Dedicated to helping leaders create the conscious workplace for tomorrow, Ginny Clarke has advised at the highest levels of corporate America for decades. A proven expert in driving diverse leadership, she is the former director of executive recruiting at Google, where she led the company\u2019s diversity, non-tech recruiting, and leadership internal mobility teams \u2013 finding and hiring senior leaders across the company. She also built a scaled internal mobility program for Google\u2019s senior leaders to advance within the organization, and designed much of the infrastructure that supports their executive recruiting function today. | See more on Ginny Clarke.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Vice Chairman Of Global Wealth Management & Senior Client Advisor At Morgan Stanley<\/strong><\/p>\n Carla Harris<\/a>\u00a0is the Vice Chairman of Global Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley, who talks audiences through \u201cCarla\u2019s Pearls,\u201d her evergreen wisdom for getting ahead.\u00a0Carla Harris speaks powerfully about the proven strategies that have helped her get ahead on Wall Street. With this presentation, she shares her hard-won “Pearls” to help audiences maximize their chance for success in the seat they are sitting in as well as their odds of reaching the seat they aspire to sit in.\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong>See more on Carla Harris<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Astrophysicist, Space Science Education Lead for NASA, & Inspirational Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi<\/a>\u00a0is a renowned scientist who has worked on Nobel Prize-winning teams and created 12 patents globally on manufacturing computer chips. He shares his powerful story of overcoming class and race barriers to become a leading astrophysicist, educator, and advocate. |\u00a0See more on Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n CEO, Girls Who Code<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Tarika Barrett is a\u00a0pioneer who is leading initiatives to address inequities for women in the workplace and close the gender gap in technology. She speaks to the importance of leading diversity and equity in the workplace, along with actionable steps to create an environment that is more inclusive and supportive of women and minorities. |\u00a0See more on Dr. Tarika Barrertt.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Beauty Industry Leader, Founder & CEO of Skinphorea Facial Bar, and Creator of RevitalizeU Skincare Line<\/strong><\/p>\n A beauty industry vanguard, Jessie Hayes-Stallings<\/a> is the founder and CEO of Skinphorea Facial Bar & Acne Clinic who took her passion for skincare and manifested it into the first facial bar and acne clinic in Metro Detroit \u2014 a concept that has made waves in the industry. Noticing a gap in the market for the on-the-go client with limited time for professional skincare services, she created an express service that offers women a faster, best-in-class facial spa experience without breaking the bank. |\u00a0See more on Jessie Hayes-Stallings.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Creator of \u201cPoetic Voice\u201d & Inspirational Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n Sekou Andrews<\/a>\u00a0is the creator of the \u201cPoetic Voice\u201d who helps groups rethink their strategies and embrace creative, innovative, and disruptive thinking and behavior. Sekou disrupted what a conventional keynote speaker looks like and is a true unicorn in the industry. Powerful and with a unique ability to connect with audiences, Sekou\u2019s motivational speeches are more performance than keynote speech and are each 100% customized. He grabs the audience through an emotional and intellectual connection while packing his performance with takeaways on the power of storytelling and the need to stay ahead of your industry\u2019s emerging trends. At a recent speech in Vegas, Sekou kept getting interrupted by applauses because so many attendees just got into it. |\u00a0See more on Sekou Andrews.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Retired NASA Astronaut, Electrical Engineer, & Third African American Woman in Space<\/strong><\/p>\n A former NASA astronaut, Joan Higginbotham<\/a> is a trailblazing electrical engineer who, in December 2006, flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 to become the third African American woman to travel into space. Over the nearly 13-day mission, she joined the seven-member crew to continue construction of the International Space Station (ISS), embarking on four space walks and operating the station\u2019s robotic arm. |\u00a0See more on Joan Higginbotham.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Sales Mindset Advisors, USC Adjunct Professors of Entrepreneurship, Authors, & Founding Partners of Agency18<\/strong><\/p>\n Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown are on a mission to change the way the world views salespeople by radically changing the way salespeople think about sales\u2026 and themselves.\u00a0They are the creators of \u201cThe Unsold Mindset,\u201d a counterintuitive and highly effective method for growing sales and revenue that focuses on why great salespeople (including those that don’t have “sales\u201d in their title) are actually the opposite of who you think they are. | See more on Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Futurist and Transformative Tech Pioneer, Founder, & Executive<\/strong><\/p>\n Working at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, behavior, technology, and science, Nichol Bradford\u2019s mission is to empower human transformation and wellbeing by catalyzing new visions, opportunities, and tech-enabled tools for all. She ignites new ways to use technology to expand beyond our perceived limits and reach our fullest potential through her global non-profit Transformative Tech.org, working with talented researchers, founders, and investors across the globe who build tech for human health and happiness that will redefine wellbeing for the next decade. | See more on Nichol Bradford.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Journalist & Television Personality<\/strong><\/p>\n Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\u00a0<\/a>REGGIE FILS-AIM\u00c9<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>JASON O. HARRIS<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a>DR. FREDA LEWIS-HALL<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>CHIEF CARMEN BEST<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>GINNY CLARKE<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
CARLA HARRIS<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n
DR. HAKEEM OLUSEYI<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>DR. TARIKA BARRETT<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>JESSIE HAYES-STALLINGS<\/a><\/h2>\n
SEKOU ANDREWS<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>JOAN HIGGINBOTHAM<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>COLIN COGGINS & GARRETT BROWN<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a>NICHOL BRADFORD<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
JONATHAN CAPEHART<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n