Justina L. Davila Winfrey is a gifted community leader and subject matter expert in business/organizational development, public relations, public polic, program planning, project management, and workforce training development.  Communications professional with diverse industry experience that spans data analysis, marketing, and event planning. Analyses of complex information and identify viable solutions.  

Pastor, Dr. Gale Frazier, has over twenty-five years of experience in construction management and education; having a robust and diverse background, with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Tennessee State University; a Master of Science in Project Management from DeVry University—Keller Graduate School of Management; and a Doctorate in Education from Roosevelt University. Dr. Frazier is the Dean of the US Minority Contractotr's Association Entrepreneurial Training Institute and a Certified Post Trauma Counselor for individuals and families. She is also, Associate Pastor of Windsor Park Lutheran Church (Chicago, IL).

Dr. Matthias I. Okoye is a physician, lawyer, and a forensic expert. In 2005, he was nominated as one of the top 50 minority scientists in U.S.A. He has performed and supervised over 15,000 autopsies and investigated and certified over 20,000 deaths during his career. He has been consulted world-wide in over 5,000 cases by prosecutors, defense lawyers and law enforcement agencies in the U.S.A. and overseas. He has testified in the U.S. in several state and federal courts and foreign jurisdictions as an expert in the fields of forensic medicine and pathology, legal medicine, pharmaceutical science, and toxicology. He has assisted academic institutions in developing and setting up undergraduate and graduate forensic science programs in several U.S. and overseas universities.

Dr. Okoye is also the director of the Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Inc., and Associated Pathologists of Nebraska, P.C. In addition, he is a clinical professor of forensic pathology at Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska and clinical professor of forensic medicine and pathology at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri. He is also an adjunct and visiting professor of forensic medicine and pathology at several universities abroad. He was the former Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, D.C. and a clinical professor of forensic pathology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine and professorial lecturer in forensic pathology at Howard University College of Medicine from 1989-1991.

He is a consultant forensic pathologist with the State of Nebraska’s Office of the Attorney General, and serves as the coroner’s physician and forensic pathologist for several counties in Nebraska and Kansas. Dr. Okoye is also an attending pathologist at Lincoln’s Bryan Medical Center and CHI-St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center. In addition, he is the founding principal of the Law Firm of Okoye & Associates, Lincoln, Nebraska.

He received dual medical degrees (Summa Cum Laude) from both the Universities of Lagos College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria and the British Conjoint Board, U.K. in 1974 before serving as a senior house officer in surgery and pathology for the Nigerian Ministry of Health. He was a junior fellow in pathology at King’s College, University of Cambridge, U.K. in 1972. In 1976, he immigrated to the United States and undertook intensive residencies in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas and also graduate training in pharmaceutical science/toxicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He also took a residency in forensic pathology at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland.

Dr. Okoye also earned both a Master of Science degree in pharmaceutical science (toxicology) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Juris doctorate degree from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Pathology and the American Board of Legal Medicine.

He is a member of the State Bar of Pennsylvania and is also admitted to practice in several Federal District Courts, Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Legal Medicine for several years, and currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Board of Legal Medicine, member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Academy of Legal Medicine, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Dr. Okoye has been a member of the Academy of Forensic Sciences, National Association of Medical Examiners, and a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He has also lectured and published extensively in forensic medicine and pathology, forensic toxicology, and legal medicine. He has appeared on CNN, ABC News, and CBS News to discuss some high profile cases. He has been requested by several foreign governments to conduct thorough medico-legal death investigations in some controversial high profile deaths. He is a visiting professor in forensic sciences at various Universities in the U.S. and overseas. 

Sparkle Rucker's experience spans investigative journalism, music/video production, and fashion design. Sparkle is the owner of The Black Vegan Restaurant in Chicago.

Ms. Wakefield has over 26-years of Educational, Legal, and Social Services endeavors and professional experience in Child Welfare/Human Services– Child Protection, Dependent Adult and Elder Abuse/Neglect, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice/Family Laws, including Human Sex Trafficking, Transitioning Youth and Young Adults, and Residential Treatment Facility advocacy, programming, and managerial experiences within the States of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Mexico; Extensive experiences working with diverse youth and families in rural and urban communities created and implemented I.M.A.G.E.S.- Individual Management Achievement Goals Essential Skills-social emotional learning career-personal development program; Created and implemented TEEN TRIALS– civic behavior, legal awareness, responsibility, and conflict management,  prevention, and resolution course within communities and schools.

Sonya Thompkins is a dynamic communications professional and community advocate. She produces several shows on Chicago's Talk Radio WVON 1690 AM.

Justin's experience in cyber security spans more than two decades. He has consulted with several top fortune 100 companies, including major healthcare insurance systems - to design and implement a cyber security support system solution that drives efficient business success. As an industry expert in computing basics, coding, and cyber security solutions - he continues to share his passion to educate disadvantaged, underserved communities on new communication methods, including blockchain, newly evolving digital technology, and cloud technologies.