• Skyland Trail — Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Skyland Trail is a nonprofit mental health treatment organization that has spent more than 35 years providing holistic, evidence-based care to individuals living with serious mental illness. Its residential and day treatment programs treat the whole person — mind, body, and spirit — and have made Skyland Trail a nationally recognized model for compassionate, comprehensive psychiatric care.
• GreenLight Fund — National Network, USA
  • GreenLight Fund is a national network that partners with cities to import and scale proven social programs addressing the most pressing barriers to economic mobility. By matching each community’s specific needs with innovative, evidence-based organizations, GreenLight accelerates impact and helps close opportunity gaps for individuals and families across the country.
• The Carter Center — Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Founded in 1982 by President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, The Carter Center wages peace, fights disease, and builds hope in some of the world’s most underserved places. Among its most celebrated achievements is the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease — reduced from an estimated 3.5 million annual cases to fewer than a dozen worldwide — alongside decades of democracy-building, conflict resolution, and global health work.

Ryan Wilson — Co-Founder & CEO, The Gathering Spot, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Ryan Wilson co-founded The Gathering Spot in Atlanta in 2016 at age 24, creating a membership-based community space that has become one of the country’s most influential platforms for creatives, entrepreneurs, and professionals. Named to the Root 100 and Ebony Power 100, and recognized as Atlanta’s Small Business Person of the Year, Wilson built The Gathering Spot into a model for inclusive professional community — and a convening space for some of the most consequential conversations in business and culture.

HOPE Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, USA

One of Atlanta’s oldest nonprofit organizations, HOPE Atlanta has spent decades providing vital services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness and poverty across the metro area. Through street outreach, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and wraparound social services, HOPE Atlanta meets people where they are and works to guide them toward stability, dignity, and self-sufficiency.

Habitat for Humanity — International

One of the world’s most recognized humanitarian organizations, Habitat for Humanity builds safe, decent, and affordable housing in partnership with families in need across more than 70 countries. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Atlanta, Habitat mobilizes hundreds of thousands of volunteers and donors annually around the conviction that everyone deserves a decent place to live.

Jen Hidinger-Kendrick — Co-Founder, The Giving Kitchen, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Jen Hidinger-Kendrick co-founded The Giving Kitchen after the Atlanta restaurant community rallied around her and her husband Ryan when he was diagnosed with stage-four cancer in 2012, raising far more than the couple imagined possible through a grassroots fundraiser called ‘Team Hidi.’ That outpouring of generosity became the seed of The Giving Kitchen — a James Beard Award-winning national nonprofit that has since provided more than $15 million in emergency financial assistance to over 30,000 food service workers in crisis across the country.

Pharrell Williams — Musician, Producer & Philanthropist

Grammy Award-winning musician, record producer, and cultural entrepreneur, Pharrell Williams has used his global platform to champion creativity, education, and opportunity for young people. Co-founder of the music production duo The Neptunes, and solo artist behind anthems including ‘Happy,’ Pharrell has extended his influence into fashion, design, and philanthropy — most notably through his YELLOW Foundation, which supports after-school arts education and youth development programs.

Dr. Di Yerbury — Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Dr. Di Yerbury made history as Australia’s first female Vice-Chancellor, leading Macquarie University in Sydney for nearly two decades from 1987 to 2005 — the longest tenure in the university’s history. Honored with an Officer of the Order of Australia for expanding the cultural and international mission of Australian higher education, she was named the 2002 Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year and served as president of the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee.

Dr. William E. Evans — CEO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

A pioneering pharmacogenomics researcher, Dr. William E. Evans led St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through a decade of extraordinary growth in its global mission to find cures for childhood cancer and share knowledge freely with hospitals and researchers worldwide — at no cost to the families it serves. Under his leadership, St. Jude became one of the most admired pediatric cancer research institutions on earth.

Laura Turner Seydel — Chairperson, Captain Planet Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

A leading environmental advocate and daughter of media philanthropist Ted Turner, Laura Turner Seydel has dedicated her career to inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards. As Chairperson of the Captain Planet Foundation, she oversees hands-on environmental education programs that engage young people in protecting the planet — and has been a consistent national voice for sustainability, clean water, and responsible stewardship of natural resources.

Arne Duncan — Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Arne Duncan served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2015 — one of the longest tenures in that office. A champion of education reform, college access, and equity for underserved students, Duncan — previously CEO of Chicago Public Schools — advanced landmark initiatives including Race to the Top and worked tirelessly to close the opportunity gap in American education.

Greg Goff — President & CEO, Tesoro Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA

As President and CEO of Tesoro Corporation (later Andeavor), Greg Goff built one of the most successful energy companies in the western United States, generating shareholder returns exceeding 1,200% and earning recognition from Harvard Business Review as one of the ‘Best-Performing CEOs in the World.’ A University of Utah alumnus — earning both his BS and MBA from the David Eccles School of Business — Goff later founded the Goff Strategic Leadership Institute at his alma mater, dedicated to developing the next generation of strategic, purpose-driven leaders. He has also donated more than $100,000 in scholarships to the NSHSS Foundation, reflecting a deep commitment to investing in high-achieving students.

Todd Corley — Chief People & Impact Officer, Carhartt; Chair, NSHSS Foundation Board of Directors

Todd Corley is the Chief People & Impact Officer at Carhartt, the iconic family-owned workwear brand founded in 1889, where he leads global strategy on environmental and community impact. A pioneering voice in diversity, equity, and belonging, his work as Abercrombie & Fitch’s Chief Diversity Officer was featured in the Netflix documentary White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch. He has co-created two graduate degree programs focused on advancing inclusion and belonging, and his writings appear in Harvard Business Review, SAVOY, TEDx, and SHRM’s People + Strategy Journal. Todd holds an MBA from Georgetown University and has completed executive programs at Dartmouth and MIT. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council — the professional organization for senior-most Black executives across Fortune 500 companies — and currently serves as Chair of the NSHSS Foundation Board of Directors.