I'm honored, too, to have been included in this list, which just came out yesterday. And way beyond the fact that I'm in it, there are hella talented and dynamic folks in this group. Here they are in the order that they appear:
- Olympia Scott, WNBA champion
- Latoicha Givens, intellectual property lawyer
- Daymond John, FUBU co-founder
- Bryant Terry, healthy food architect
- Toure, writer, pundit and agent provocateur
- Paul Carrick Brown, matchmaker/life coach
- Judith Stephens, entrepreneur/"The Money Lady"
- James Neal, library- and infophile
- Scott Williams, internet pastor and creator of the #FistBump
- Don Lemon, CNN anchor
- Rosetta Thurman, social change artist
- Dwayne Rodgers, photographer
- Rebecca Walker, author and activist
- Yahya Henry, sustainability advocate
- Raquel Cepeda, writer and filmmaker
- Clutch Magazine, Deanna Sutton's fashion destination
- Questlove of the the legendary Roots crew
- Erykah Badu aka Godiva
- Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ
Check out them all out here and, if you're on Twitter, consider following them.
Sincere thanks to Robin Caldwell, PR maven and one of the partners in BlackWeb 2.0, who suggested me for this list.