2021 BE Conference Speaker and Mentor Portraits, From Cynthia Erivo to Janet Mock (Photos)

Cynthia Erivo, actress, singer and producer

Janet Mock, writer, director and exec producer of “Pose”

Ashley Park, actress, “Emily in Paris”

Javicia Leslie, actress, “Batwoman”

Tess Holliday, body-positive pioneer, activist and model

Dascha Polanco, actress, “In the Heights”

Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, mountaineer, author, LGBTQ+ activist

Ariana DeBose, actress, “The Prom” and “West Side Story”

Geeta V. Patel, director, “The Great”

Tiffany Boone, actress “Hunters” and “Nine Perfect Strangers”

Vivica A. Fox, actress, producer and director

Montana Tucker, singer/songwriter, dancer, & actress

Nicole Walters, CEO of NapNic LLC and star of “She’s the Boss”

Kelly Mi Li, entrepreneur, star and exec producer of “Bling Empire”

Elle B. Mambetov, fashion designer and activist

Maya Penn, Gen-Z entrepreneur and activist

Asia Hall, entrepreneur, founder of Neon Cowboys

Marta Kauffman, producer and showrunner, “Grace & Frankie,” founder of Okay Goodnight

Dana Scruggs, photographer and director

Skye Townsend, actress, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”

Molly Bernard, actress, “Younger”

Tressa Azarel Smallwood, producer and co-founder of Megamind Media

Susanne Bier, director of “The Undoing”

Lala Milan, actress and comedian

Sharifa Murdock, founder, ENVSN & Chief of People and Culture at Kith

Natalie A. Chao, filmmaker and visual artist