Marco A. Davis is President and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Latino leaders. CHCI provides public service and policy experiences to outstanding Latino/a/x students and young professionals, with a network of more than 5,000 highly accomplished alumni, and also convenes Members of Congress, other public officials, corporate executives, nonprofit advocates, and thought leaders to discuss issues facing the nation and the Hispanic community. Prior to joining CHCI, he was a partner at New Profit, a national nonprofit venture philanthropy, where he led an effort to create a more equitable social sector, and served as organizational lead on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Davis served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics and as Director of Public Engagement for the Corporation for National and Community Service (now AmeriCorps). Previously, he was Director of Global Fellowship and Regional Manager for Latin America at Ashoka’s Youth Venture, and led leadership development for UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza), where he created the Líderes Initiative. Davis has more than 25 years of experience in leadership development, educational achievement, community advocacy, and civic engagement. He is a frequent speaker on topics including the Latino community, diversity in the nonprofit sector, and education, and has been featured at major events such as the Aspen Ideas Festival and Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. He has been a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, and in 2021, he was appointed to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. Davis serves on the board executive committees of Hispanics in Philanthropy and the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR). He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and holds a B.A. in History and Latin American Studies from Yale University. Originally from the New York City area, he lives in the District of Columbia.

Ariel is a unique and creative professional with 10 years of project management and grassroots organizing experience. Ariel currently serves as the Associate Director, Local Gov Affairs at Everytown for Gun Safety. She engages with Mayors across the country on reducing gun violence in their cities at local and federal level. She previously served as the Director of Special Projects for Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin, which has afforded her the opportunity to lead and execute projects, programming, and policy. She served as a liaison for external groups such as the African-American Mayors Association and AARP—both policy-driven organizations with coordinated efforts for specific constituencies represented in the city. Outside of the mayor’s office, she had the unique privilege to be one of three Team Leads for The Obama Foundation’s inaugural cohort of the Community Leadership Corps in Columbia, South Carolina. This role allowed her to oversee and empower a group of brilliant rising leaders in her state as they identified and addressed community issues. Ariel earned a B.A. in political science at the University of South Carolina and is originally from Hilton Head, South Carolina.

The National Black Empowerment Council (NBEC) empowers leaders to work together strategically to close the systemic wealth, influence, and achievement gaps between African Americans and more structurally advantaged groups. The goal is achieved through the coordination of educational campaigns, individual initiatives, cooperative enterprise and partnership with key allies to empower the Black community and create a more just society.

Tatiana is a well-rounded business professional with over 20 years of experience in the public, private, non-profit, and philanthropic sectors. Her work for both domestic and international organizations/corporations has consistently been in fast-paced, outcome-oriented environments. As a fierce advocate for racial equity and diversity, she deeply understands the value of elevating necessary and much needed voices at decision-making tables that generate ethical and strategic approaches to the many challenges confronting our nation and the Western Hemisphere. She has been widely recognized for her outstanding business, political, and civic engagement. Prior to Dentons, Tatiana was the Vice President of Public Affairs at SKDK where she led global, national, and local clients’ teams in both the public and private sectors in varying industries. Tatiana served in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Administration during the core of the COVID pandemic, as the Director for External Affairs and Engagement for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development where she was tasked with rethinking and strategizing how District government conducts business, invests, and supports the workforce and businesses to actively engage on the importance of public private partnership efforts and strategies to move the region forward. Prior to her return to District government, Tatiana lead as the Director of Community Health and Social Impact for the National Capital Area for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the region’s largest not-for profit insurer. She managed a sponsorship budget with her team of $48 million annually that supported over 250 organizations in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and West Virginia. Tatiana is incredibly passionate about public service having spent twelve years working and volunteering for local and state governments in New Jersey, Florida, and Washington D.C. and national campaigns, which included three Presidential. Tatiana serves on several local and national boards. She is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Board member of Concordia; Board member of the Washington National’s Philanthropies; member of the 2020 Class of Leadership Greater Washington; Washington Hispanic’s 100 Most Influential Latinos; and was named the Washington Business Journal’s Forty under 40. Tatiana attended Montclair State University where she received a Broadcast Journalism Bachelor’s degree. She has an Executive Master’s in Business/ Leadership degree from Georgetown University.