Asha Castleberry is a professor, military advisor and officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. Asha currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security, is a 2018 recipient of the Robert Myers Carnegie Council of Ethics and International Affairs Fellows Fund researching populism in the defense community.

CLYDE GUNTER is a multimedia professional currently working in content strategy and development for ESPN. He spent five years in the U.S. Navy working in Operations & Intelligence; serving three years in Japan and two years in San Diego, California. He currently serves as the New York City Chair of the non-profit organization, Military Veterans in Journalism. He studied broadcast journalism and documentary filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. He is passionate about enabling and providing filmmakers and content creators of color with the necessary platforms and exposure to have their stories authentically told and heard around the world.

HARVEY JACKSON is a photographer and creative director who formally served as a combat engineer in the Missouri National Guard. His photographic career began in the mid 2000’s in Iraq (while he was deployed for OIF and OEF). Harvey received a Bachelors of Fine Art degree in Photography from Missouri Western State University. Most recently, Harvey was on the Brand Creative team at Kenneth Cole. His photography has been featured across print and digital publications, to include Bleu Magazine, Obvious Magazine, The Tenth Zine, amongst others.

ISIAH JAMES is a Jamaican-American community organizer and Army veteran who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan during his 8 years in service. Isiah ran for Congress in central Brooklyn’s 9th Congressional District in 2019. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College and is pursuing a Masters in Public Administration at Baruch College in New York City.

JAMES VANIE is a strategist whose work is at the intersection of research, content strategy, and design. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and the UX Design Lead for Black Veterans Project Archive initiative. He has spent his career helping organizations build inclusive products, craft stories, and push creative ideas to their highest potential. James is the founder and lead design strategist at Seven Futures and is the Senior Product Designer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

JULIAN E. WOODHOUSE majored in International Business with an emphasis in foreign language and creative direction. Julian has diversified professional experience in the performing arts, banking, art direction, graphic design, modeling, styling, and wardrobe consulting and fashion technology. He designed his first five men’s ready-to-wear collections while simultaneously serving as the Second-in-Command of his Military Intelligence Unit in Korea. After being the first African American Designer to show at Seoul Fashion Week and a model for New Balance, Puma, and several Korean fashion brands and publications, Julian’s presence spread through the Korean market. Julian completed his four years of active service in December 2016. Leaving his well-oiled supply chain and managers active in Seoul, he moved to NYC in January 2017 to establish the brand’s Administrative Headquarters and focus on the global expansion of his already multinational brand.

NATE MASON is an Air Force veteran, former non-commissioned officer, and senior reverse engineer. After the Air Force, Booz Allen Hamilton recruited Nate to lead cyber threat intelligence and advanced technology programs. Nate is pursuing an MBA at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and is passionate about ensuring the technology industry becomes a more diverse, inclusive workforce, specifically throughout its engineering and product management ranks.

TIM BERRY was born in Rochester, New York and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was Commissioned as a Field Artillery officer from the United States Military Academy in 2013 with a BS in American Public Policy. While at the Academy Tim was in several leadership roles, including serving as Class President. Tim served in a variety of capacities as a US Army Officer including time at Fort Campbell, KY, Afghanistan, and West Point as an Admissions officer. Post his time as an Army Officer, Tim co-founded a 501c3 called CAG(Collaborate and Graduate) that eliminates the financial barrier for Black and Brown students by paying for test preparation in fees. Tim currently resides in Brooklyn, New York