Sophia Roe
Chef, TV Host, Brooklyn-based, Gen Z
Sophia is a James Beard Award-winning chef, writer, founder of Apartment Miso, and TV host known for her honesty, diversity, and inclusivity. Sophia is an artist and her creative medium is food which she prepares with science and intuitive senses birthing beautiful deliciousness. Her style is fresh, fun, colorful, sensual, playful, beautiful, and consciously aware. She is a former foster-care kid and has made her way to success in life and as a Chef. She keeps it real and has a great Instagram account, I am Sophia Roe. She has cool hair, is a total badass, and loves mushrooms.
Highlights: YouTube video series: Eat The Rainbow. Emmy-nominated TV Show: Counter Space.
 
Limor Fried
Electrical engineer, Founder, and CEO Adafruit Industries, Millennial
Limor was the first female engineer on the cover of WIRED magazine and was awarded Entrepreneur magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year. Her business, Adafruit is ranked #11 in the top 20 USA manufacturing companies and #1 in New York City by Inc. 5000 "fastest-growing private companies". Adafruit was founded in 2005 to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best-designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Adafruit Industries operated as an essential service and manufacturing business: NYC – Executive Order 202.6 making PPE and medical device components. Adafruit is a 100% woman-owned company earning more than $40 million annually. Limor’s signature look is her fab, bright pink hair.
Highlights: In 2018 Limor became one of "America's Top 50 Women in Tech" by Forbes Magazine.
 
Lena Waithe
Award-winning Writer, Creator, Producer, Actor, and CEO
Lena is the creator of Showtime’s The Chi, and BET’s series Boomerang and Twenties. She wrote and produced the film Queen & Slim and is the executive producer of the horror series Them. Lena co-wrote and starred in the Thanksgiving episode of Netflix’s Master of None, and won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, making her the first Black woman to ever do so. Lena leads the cultural revolution in Hollywood with creativity, diversity, and charisma as she taps into emerging societal trends and challenges audiences to think outside of conventional norms. She has worked with Netflix, BET, Disney, Amazon, Universal, Focus, and MGM. She invests in the future with her Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab which provides an opportunity for marginalized storytellers to gain experience in television and film. Lena is an advocate for queer representation throughout the industry. She’s a creatively productive powerhouse.
Highlights: Acknowledged by The New York City LGBT Community Center, GLAAD, The Trevor Project's Hero Award, MTV’s Trailblazer Award, NAACP Image Award, and featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Fast Company, and Variety. She was noted as the Hollywood Reporter’s 2020 TV Producer of the Year.