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S7E12: Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actor, and producer.

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S7E11: Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli is senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.

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S7E10: Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander is president of the Mellon Foundation.

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S7E8: James Rhee

James Rhee is executive chair and CEO of the fashion brand Ashley Stewart as well as the founder and president of the investment firm FirePine Group.

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S7E6: Courtney Cogburn

Courtney Cogburn is a professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and the co-creator of 1000 Cut Journey.

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S7E5: George Gendron + Patrick Mitchell

George Gendron is writer in residence at MIT’s integrated design and management program. Patrick Mitchell runs Modus Operandi Design.

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S7E4: Vivianne Castillo

Vivianne Castillo is senior design researcher at Salesforce.

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S7E3: Sara Hendren

Sarah Hendren is an artist, design researcher, and professor at the Olin College of Engineering.

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S7E2: Gene Lee

Gene Lee is senior vice president of customer experience and design at Mailchimp.

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S7E1: Caroline Wanga

Caroline Wanga is chief culture, diversity, and inclusion officer and vice president of human resources at Target.

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S7E7: Daniella Zalcman

Daniella Zalcman is a documentary photographer and the founder of Women Photograph.

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Lata Reddy

The former civil rights attorney is working to bridge the racial wealth gap with initiatives created with and for Black and brown communities harmed by historically racist banking practices.