Katie Koestner is the first woman in the United States to speak out nationally and publicly as the victim of campus “date” rape at age 18. Katie has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, CNN, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Later Today, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight and other national television programs. Katie is the subject of an HBO movie and has lectured for over 5000 schools and organizations in North America and around the world.

Susan Marine, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Higher Education Master’s Program at Merrimack College. She was the founding director of the Harvard Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and served in various victim advocacy and prevention roles over fifteen years on four different college campuses. Dr. Marine’s research focuses on the ways that sexual violence prevention educators, advocates and activists engage in changework. Her writing related to ending sexual violence has appeared in the Journal of College Student Development, Gender and Education, and numerous other publications.

John Stoltenberg, a long-time activist against sexual violence and a radical-feminist philosopher of gender, is the author of Refusing to Be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justice and The End of Manhood: Parables of Sex and Selfhood as well many articles and essays. With trans feminist Cristan Williams he contributes regularly to The Conversations Project about radically inclusive radical feminism. He is also a novelist (GONERZ), playwright, communications consultant, and theater reviewer.

Gordon has trained over 250,000 people at 300+ K-12 schools, military bases and institutions of higher education around sexual misconduct issues and bystander engagement. He was the recipient of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award, the University of Virginia’s most prestigious award for humanitarian service, and is the author of the upcoming book “Men of Tomorrow: Raising Black Boys to Resist Rape Culture.

Ewan Armstrong is a classical guitar major at Walnut Hill School for the Arts. He is one of the school’s Diversity and Inclusivity Representatives, organizing events and discussions for the student body. He enjoys playing in festivals, including the Latin American Guitar Festival, the New England Guitar Ensembles Festival, and the University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival. In addition to guitar, he plays the tenor saxophone in jazz combo and big band settings, where he occasionally doubles on Bb clarinet. 

Dr. Sandra Miles is the Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Flagler College. Dr. Miles has had extensive experience managing crisis, strategic planning, developing leadership programs, working with persons with disabilities, serving as a Dean of Students, Chief Student Affairs Officer, and Deputy Title IX Coordinator. In addition to her career achievements, Sandra is on the Chair of the National Center for Women Board of NASPA; a national speaker for Campus Outreach Services; the Immediate Past National Director of the Black Female Development Circle, Inc; and an active alumnae member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Dr. Omékongo Dibinga is a motivational speaker, trilingual poet, TV talk show host, rapper, and professor of Inter-cultural Communication at American University, where he also serves as a faculty affiliate to the Antiracist Research & Policy Center. Omékongo’s writings and performances have appeared in O Magazine, as well as on TV and radio, including CNN, BET, BBC and NPR, in over 150 countries. Omékongo has published 7 books, as well as CDs and DVDs. In addition to the United Nations, he speaks at leadership and youth student conferences across the country.

Tierra strives to help others become the best version of themselves through education and health and wellness. Professionally she serves as an Assistant Director of Admissions for Central Michigan University. Tierra graduated from Baylor University and is a graduate of the 2011 NCAA Leadership Institute. She also completed the Athlete Development Professional Certification Program with The Wharton School. You can find Tierra teaching regular yoga, meditation, and fitness.