Ellen McGirt

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S8E8: Nina Cooke John

Nina Cooke John is founder and principal of Studio Cooke John, and also teaches at Parsons School of Design.

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S8E7: Maurice Woods

Maurice Woods is a principal designer at Microsoft and the founder and executive director of Inneract Project.

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S8E6: Lisa Nakamura

Lisa Nakamura is the founding director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan.

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S8E5: Kelly Walters

Kelly Walters is the founder of the multidisciplinary studio Bright Polka Dot and an assistant professor of communications design at Parsons School of Design.

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S8E4: Ari Melenciano

Ari Melenciano is an artist, creative technologist, educator, and the founder of Afrotectopia, a social institution fostering interdisciplinary innovation.

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S8E3: Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson is the president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership.

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S8E2: Deanna Van Buren

Deanna Van Buren is the co-founder of Designing Justice Designing Spaces, a nonprofit working to end mass incarceration by building an alternative infrastructure.

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S8E1: Maurice Cherry

Maurice Cherry is the host of Revision Path and the principal and creative director at Lunch.

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How Janelle Monáe Built a Creative Empire on Her Own Terms

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.