Dr. Daryl Howard is an equity specialist in a Montgomery County Public Schools (MD) as well as a lecturer at McDaniel College and Prince George’s Community College in the graduate education and undergraduate sociology departments. His work and research interests include race and cultural proficiency, social emotional learning, and the triumphs and challenges of African American male students. Dr. Howard is the author of Complex People: Insights at the Intersection of Black Culture and American Social Life, a work that examines black culture within the context of the mainstream ideas of race, gender, and education.

Jason Ray is the Director of Equity, Diversity and Belonging for Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS). He also brings experience from his previous roles as an Equity Coach, school administrator, and teacher in PGCPS and the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School in Washington, DC. He holds a Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland College Park.