• Tavis Smiley
  Founder and Chair
  
  
• Denise Pines
  Director of Business Development
  The Smiley Group, Inc.
  
  
• Leonard James
  US Business Development Manager
  ExxonMobil
  
  
• Olivia E. Mitchell
  Deputy Director
  CDD-Human Services and Family Development
  
  
• Nicole Jones
  Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
  Loyola Marymont University
  
  
• Elicia Azali
  Brand Manager
  Proctor & Gamble
  
  
• Johnny Furr
  Vice President – Urban Marketing and Community Affairs
  Anheuser-Busch
  
  
• Justin Hempstead
  Tax Associate
  Ernst & Young LLP
  

Staff

• Vonda Paige
  Executive Director
  vpaige@tavistalks.com
  
  
• Jacqueline Murray
  Project Administrator
  jmurray@tavistalks.com