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John Beder (he/him) is an Asian American award-winning and Emmy® nominated documentary director and producer. A native of Boston MA, John currently resides in Chattanooga, TN with his wife and producing partner Katie DeRoche. John became interested in filmmaking while studying for his Bachelor of Music in Performance at Boston University. In 2014 John debuted his first documentary, Composed, which explored how musicians cope with stage fright and the intense pressures of auditions. Following the success of Composed, John was approached by a team of producers to make a film exploring the benefits of palliative care. Dying in Your Mother’s Arms was published by the New York Times as part of their Oscar-winning Op-Docs series, and became the most popular Op-Doc of 2020. John’s many projects have won awards, Emmy nominations, and public acclaim. He and his wife Katie DeRoche continue to research and produce films that explore the areas that they care most about like public health, climate change, and social justice. 

Daniel Croix is an actor in film and television. He’s best known for starring in The Oval (BET Network), recurring as a guest star in Manhunt (Apple TV+), Love Victor (Hulu), and appearing on the NYC stage in Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Shakespeare in the Park). He’s passionate about collaborating in film, television, theatre, and contemporary art to bring beautiful and memorable stories to life. He’s also a filmmaker. His short film Huli was programmed in Oscar-qualifying film festivals, museums, and screenings across the US and abroad. He was selected as a part of a director’s cohort with the NAACP where he co-directed the short Oasis, screening through 2025. He lives between Honolulu and Los Angeles, and travels frequently for film and television projects. He was born in Buffalo, NY and has a BFA in Acting from SUNY Purchase College.

Justin Hansford is a Howard University School of Law Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. Professor Hansford was previously a Democracy Project Fellow at Harvard University, a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and an Associate Professor of Law at Saint Louis University. He has a B.A. from Howard University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a founder of the Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives. Professor Hansford also has earned a Fulbright Scholar award to study the legal career of Nelson Mandela, and served as a clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 

Camille Nelson is the Dean of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law. Before this role, Dean Nelson served as Dean of American University Washington College of Law (“WCL”) and as Dean of Suffolk University Law School. She has also served on the faculties of several other law schools, including Hofstra University and Saint Louis University School of Law, and as a Visiting Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Dean Nelson’s scholarship focuses on health law, criminal law, comparative law, and leadership, through the lens of cultural studies and critical race theory. She was named among the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine and was listed as one of the “Most Influential People in Legal Education” by the National Jurist. Dean Nelson also received the Paul Robeson Distinguished Alumni Award from the Black Law Students Association of Columbia Law School and was recently the co-recipient of the 2025 Deborah L. Rhode Award from the Association of American Law Schools.