TV host and Science Communicator who is the first African-American woman to host her own science television series. she is featured as a correspondent on a weekly nationally syndicated CBS series called Mission Unstoppable with host Miranda Cosgrove. Danni also hosted other STEM shows including Xploration Nature Knows Best on FOX, Science the $#!* Out Of It for Facebook Watch, Untamed Science for Pearson Publishing and Ocean GEMS. In 2017, she was selected as one of the 10 young rising innovators who was profiled in CA Technologies #STEM10 initiative alongside artist Jaden Smith and other rising stars in the field.

Danielle works directly with Elemental Excelerator’s mobility portfolio companies, partners, and cities to catalyze collaboration within the mobility industry. She provides technical expertise, industry insights and an invaluable network of passionate transportation professionals. Through these relationships, Danielle helps companies co-design and implement successful projects, as well as scale their products and services. As a thought leader in new mobility with 10 years of experience in transit planning, street design, and transportation policy, Danielle provides a systems approach to help both startups and companies strategize and thrive. 

Founding Member, United to End Racism and Sustaining All Life. Member, Advisory Board, Citizens Climate Lobby. Led delegations to the United Nations COP in Paris and Morocco; the Climate Summit in San Francisco (2018), and New York City (2019). Works to end racism in the climate movement, and build the broad coalitions needed to address climate change.

For the last decade Rebecka has been building fintech, geofence, social media and adtech products for startups across Silicon Beach.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she immediately began her career in tech so that she could build products that scale. She has built algorithms that underwrite and fund loans within 3 minutes. She has managed teams with up to 30 people to build patented machine learning technology utilizing Human in the Loop.  On the side, she works on Finance Snacks to support her community more easily grasp personal finance and take control of their lives.

On a daily basis, you will find Nathalie bridging corporate brands and impact investors with the entrepreneurs running small and medium businesses. She's currently focused on three industries: inclusive finance with Citi Foundation, the future of work with Cisco, Google, and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, and sustainable retail with IKEA.

Because of her work with this social impact fund, Nathalie is up-to-date with the investment vehicles for aligning money with purpose and is always happy to give you on-the-ground knowledge of emerging markets. 

aNdrea Hernandez is a Queens native who cares deeply about the healing and wellness of women and femmes of color as well as defeating oppressive systems. She also loves empanadas and tacos. Andrea is currently the Head of Ethel's Club Shop at Ethel's Club, the first social and wellness club that centers and celebrates people of color.

founder of the award-winning financial wellness company The Frugal Feminista.  Her sound yet relatable financial advice has been featured in ESSENCE magazine, Black Enterprise magazine Woman’s Day, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Huffington Post, and The Washington Post. 

She is a regular Money +Career contributor for ESSENCE and author of three financial self-care books heal your relationship with money, The Happy Finances Challenge, and Unmasking the Strong Black Woman. She also created 60 Days to Slay Sallie Mae, the only student loan repayment course designed specifically for women of color. 

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  mia's work is interdisciplinary and she situates herself among radical geographers (race geography) and anthropologists, planning/urban theorists (fugitive planning), radical sociologists/historians and those others seeking to link social science concepts of space and race, to the humanities via art and protest. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at The New School for Public Engagement, while  co-teaching at the Milano School for International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy. Mia is an ongoing faculty-affiliate of the Tishman Environment and Design Center, a 2017-18 Fellow with the Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography and Social Thought.

Ya-Ting has spent the last 13 years working on transportation, sustainability, and environmental issue campaigns in New York City as an advocate, organizer, and campaign strategist.  At Via, she manages policy, legislative, and regulatory issues at the state and local level. Prior to joining Via, she managed a broad-based coalition of business, environmental, and transportation groups through the successful passage of congestion pricing in New York City. Ya-Ting holds a Master of Arts degree in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

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Named one of "25 Influential Black Women in Business" in the U.S. by the Network Journal magazine in March 2020 and later one of "136 Black Innovators in STEM + Arts You Must Know and Support" by tech innovator Lisa Mae Brunson in Diversity in STEAM magazine, Taneshia is a nonprofit leader and business consultant as well as a former appointed local and state official for economic development. She is committed to using her platform for equitable development, closing the wealth gap, and fostering wellness in marginalized communities of color..

Social entrepreneur, sustainability expert, lecturer and community catalyst - Dianna Rose is the CEO of Jars of Delight, the zero-waste catering company that creates beautifully hand-crafted Caribbean-fusion cuisine in mason jars. Based in Queens, Jars Of Delight has provided its innovative catering to over 4,000 guests across the Metropolitan New York area.

At the company’s core, is its mission of environmental and social impact, which is accomplished through their low-food waste and low packaging waste commitments.

Cheryl is passionate about the intersection of finance, technology, and social impact. She is a director at Republic, a one-stop-shop for founders to raise capital from both accredited and non-accredited investors. She is focused on introducing underrepresented founders to these alternative funding sources in order to help their startups thrive. In addition, she works on partnerships with other venture capital and ecosystem builders while supporting the growing Republic portfolio of 150+ companies.

Manpreet Kaur Kalra is a digital marketing expert, activist, and social impact educator. She currently serves on the board of NYC Fair Trade Coalition, a grassroots fair trade advocacy organization. She is an advocate for fostering cultural humility in impact through inclusive brand narratives. She has dedicated her career to exploring the intersection of digital media, social impact and justice. Manpreet is a thought leader in impact communication. She launched Art of Citizenry to coach conscious businesses on how to maximize their impact through business development, branding, and strategic marketing. With a background in venture and startups, Manpreet uses her knowledge to help purpose-driven organizations and brands think of creative ways to grow and address inclusion in every aspect of their business. 

Raya Salter is an attorney, educator and clean energy law and policy expert with a focus on energy and climate justice. She is a member of the New York State Climate Action Council, which is developing NY’s plan to reach the nation’s leading climate action goals, and a policy organizer with the NY Renews environmental and climate justice coalition. In previous roles she was an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council and for the Environmental Defense Fund. Raya has practiced in several jurisdictions, including New York and Hawaii, and has authored several studies and articles on electricity policy matters, particularly utility business models. An adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, she enjoys teaching and engaging individuals and communities to forward transformative and equitable clean energy transitions. www.RayaSalter.com, IG: @GreenGirlMagic, Twitter: @EarthToRaya

Reza Cristián is founder and editor-in-chief of SUSTAIN the Mag, online media platform where eco-conscious warriors cultivate a healthy, planet-friendly lifestyle. At SUSTAIN, it's our focus to create a diverse and inclusive space for people who are making a change for the planet and the people. She currently resides in Austin, Texas where she is also editor of the Mujeristas Collective, a platform for the voices of women of color and Latinas.

Daphany Rose Sanchez is a New York native, who has been passionately working as an energy equity advocate for almost ten years. Daphany founded Kinetic Communities in 2017. By working with energy and affordable housing industry partners, Daphany connects, educates, and simplifies energy efficiency opportunities for under-served New Yorkers. As an avid affordable housing advocate and resident, Daphany loves to talk about local politics, New York City history, and community empowerment with everyone she meets.

Bayyina is the Global Sustainability & Impact Manager at R/GA where she’s responsible for creating purpose-driven partnerships and opportunities for brands and clients. Bayyina combines her love for sustainability, tech and storytelling to bring diverse stakeholders together for good. An avid traveler, she also moonlights as a VR filmmaker and licensed drone pilot.

Rachel Bowen Pittman serves as Executive Director of UNA-USA, a grassroots movement of more than 20,000 Americans in over 200 chapters across the U.S. who are dedicated to supporting the work of the United Nations in communities, on campuses, and on Capitol Hill. Rachel works to maximize UNA-USA’s advocacy impact by guiding the strategic vision for the organization, overseeing membership expansion, and managing partnerships. Rachel works closely with UNA-USA’s National Council and Affinity Group leadership to spearhead new initiatives that support a strong U.S.-UN partnership.

Geovaira Hernandez is a Domican Afro-Latinx woman from the Bronx, NY who started organizing in college. She has a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters' degree in Education, which she applies to her work to eradicate environmental racism and classism through public policy and organizing, currently as the Coalition Organizer with NY Renews. Learning about the systems of oppression which led to so much pain and separation in her family and communities like hers guide her toward always seeking justice and equity for those most vulnerable to these systems.

Hannah Phang is the Marketing & Advocacy Manager at the global change agency Futerra, which is on a mission to make sustainability so desirable it becomes normal. Futerra combines the magic of creative and the logic of strategy to make sustainability happen for some of the world’s biggest brands such as Google, IKEA, REI, Sierra Club and the United Nations.

Hannah is also a yoga teacher and host of the Crystals, Clits, and Climate podcast, which explores the intersection of spirituality, sexuality, and sustainability. Hannah’s aim is to help break societal norms that leave people feeling shameful and disconnected and includes dismantling systems of oppression as part of her wellness practice.

Nnenna Nnoli is the CFO of Aspiration, a neobank focused on socially-conscious, sustainable financial services. Nnenna is a finance industry veteran with experience at executive levels of investment banking, consumer banking and payments

Jocelyn Germany Volunteer Event Coordinator for WOC/CS, and Co-Founder of BIPOC EARTH (Black Indigenous People of Color, Environmental Activism Rooted in Transformational Healing). A New School Alumni with a Masters in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management. Aspiring to work with diverse communities under the umbrella of intersectional policy frameworks, with the overall objective of improving sustainability and environmental efforts in black and indigenous communities, through the application of various transformative approaches to address environmental challenges, climate crises and social injustices.