Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor and filmmaker Taraji P. Henson rose to fame after her breakout performance in the film Hustle & Flow. She is known for her portrayals of iconic women such as Cookie Lyon in Empire, NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson in Hidden Figures and Miss Hannigan in Annie Live! In fall 2018, Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in honor of her late father with a mission to eradicate stigmas around mental health in the African-American community. Henson and her best friend and foundation partner Tracie Jade co-host the Facebook Watch series Peace of Mind with Taraji.
Sofia Wylie is a Kid's Choice Award-nominated film and TV actor who got her start playing Buffy Driscoll in the Disney series Andie Mack. She can currently be seen in Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Netflix's The School for Good and Evil. At age 15, Wylie founded AIFOS Entertainment, a production company that spotlights female voices and stories. A vocal mental health advocate, Wylie is a supporter of Each Mind Matters, which aims to raise awareness, break stigmas and advance mental health.
Reshma Saujani is an activist, author, the founder of Girls Who Code and the founder and CEO of Moms First. She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls' economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and advocating for policies to support moms. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer; in 2010, she became the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress.
Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham Thomas is the founder of Mama Glow, a global maternal health and education brand serving birthing people along the childbearing continuum. She's also the co-founder of the Mama Glow Foundation, advancing reproductive justice and birth equity through education, advocacy and the arts.
Norette Torimuci is the executive director of Resonate, a leading women's empowerment charity in East Africa. Her career has focused on empowering women and girls (like her daughter) and creating future women leaders.
Jazz Thornton is a mental health advocate, international speaker, film director and author. Having overcome childhood abuse and multiple suicide attempts, Thornton has now dedicated her life to sparking hope and creating change in the area of mental health. Thornton co-founded Voices of Hope, and in 2021, she was awarded Young New Zealander of the Year.
Mika Kumahira is a fierce advocate for women's empowerment, helping corporations and workplaces across Japan promote diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation and co-creation through Showa Women's University Career College and 21st Century Learning Institute. Mika is an expert in leadership development, change management and human and organization development.
Elisha London is an entrepreneur and leading global mental health advocate. She is the founder of United for Global Mental Health and was the Heads Together campaign director for the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. She is now the CEO and founder of Prospira Global, a boutique mental health consultancy. She is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.