Adrienne Kellum-McDay, Harper College

Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President

Amy Hilliard, The Comfort Cake Co.

Anita Genes, WCIU-TV

Ann Yancy, Yancy Foundation

Atty.  Jeanette C. Wilson, Chicago Public Schools

Barbara Kensey, Kensey & Kensey Communications

C. Betty Magness, State of Illinois

Debra Porter, Macy’s

Donna Williams, ABC 7 Television

Dori Wilson, Dori Wilson Public Relations

Dorothy Leavell, Chicago Crusader Newspapers

Dr. Felicia Blassingame,South Central Community Center

Faith Morris, Merge Consumer Marketing

Fran Bell, YMCA

Hazelene Thomas, T&T Food Service

Henrietta Leak, A.R. Leak & Sons

The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court

Ingrid Bridges, City of Chicago

Dr. Jacqueline Anderson, POW WOW

Juanita Passmore, Jazz Unites

LunYe' Marsh, The Unite Fimmaker’s Foundation

Marshette Turner, Rainbow Push Coalition

Monica Haslip, Little Black Pearl

Nikki Zollar, Triad Consulting Services

Ollie McLemore, DePaul University

Pamela McElvane, Diversity MBA Magazine

Pepper Miller, The Hunter-Miller Group

Redessa Harris, Redessa Harris & Associates Public Relations

Rev. Helen Carry, Johnnie Coleman Institute

Rev. Johnnie Coleman, Christ Universal Temple

Rev. Willie Barrow, Rainbow Push Coalition

Robin Robinson, FOX-TV

Sheila White, Office of the Secretary of State

Wynona Redmond, Northstar Lottery