Shawnee Benton Gibson
Shawnee Benton Gibson, LMSW / FLDC is the CEO of Spirit of A Woman (S.O.W.) Leadership Development Institute and the Co-Founder of the ARIAH Foundation. She has over 33 years of administrative, clinical and executive coaching experience and expertise in women’s leadership, reproductive justice, racial equity, individual, couples, family and group counseling, trauma and bereavement.
Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, and strategist. She is a passionate advocate for maternal and infant health, the creator of the Irth App, and the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Narrative Nation. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the racial and socio-cultural complexities of birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood.