Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous and Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, Australia.
Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and Professor of Law, African American and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Dr. Hélio Santos, Baoba Board Chairman and President, studied and taught extensively in Sao Paulo, where he earned a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Sao Paulo (USP). He currently resides in Salvador de Bahia, where he teaches human development at Visconde de Cairu University and runs his own consultancy company focused on business diversity. Dr. Santos is the author of many studies and books, and is also a diversity business strategy consultant for several organizations; among them Itau-Unibanco Bank, Abril Editors, CPFL Power and Electricity and the Ford Foundation. He has been an active member of the Brazilian black empowerment movement for more than 40 years, and was responsible for the creation of the first public policy council for affirmative action there.
Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology there. His prior academic appointments were at Yale University, and the University of Michigan. He holds a MPH (Master of Public Health) from Loma Linda University, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan.
President of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Jesuit Conference promotes common goals and oversees international projects for the Society of Jesus.
An internationally recognized expert in the areas of men and boys of color, fatherhood, family strengthening, racial justice, racial healing, community peace and mobilization and culturally- based violence prevention/intervention issues.
Social anthropologist and international spokeswoman who has been at the forefront of the struggles for respect for indigenous cultures.
Co-founder and President of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California-Berkeley
Award-winning racial justice and civil rights activist, and community organizer.
Director of the University of California Los Angeles Labor Center, where he teaches Asian American Studies and Labor Studies. The UCLA Labor Center engages in research, education and public service to advance the interests of the working people of California.