Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace and They Tell Me of a Home.

Bernice L. McFadden is a celebrated, award-winning author who's storytelling deeply explores themes of memory, ancestry, and the African American experience. Over the course of her career, McFadden has written more than a dozen novels, beginning with her acclaimed debut Sugar (2000). Her works include The Book of Harlan (2016), which received the American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, and Praise Song for the Butterflies (2018), longlisted for the prestigious 2019 Women’s Prize.

Kate Baldwin is a scholar and teacher who specializes in comparative literary and cultural histories. Her first book, Beyond the Color Line and the Iron Curtain: Reading Encounters between Black and Red, remaps black American modernism by addressing the involvement of African-American intellectuals with Soviet communism and a Russian intellectual heritage.

Jon Sumrall was named Tulane's 42nd head coach in December of 2023.

Gabe Feldman, director of the Tulane Sports Law Program and Tulane University's associate provost for NCAA compliance, is one of the leading voices in the country in the growing field of sports law. He is the Sher Garner Professor of Sports Law and the Paul and Abram B. Barron Professor of Law, and also is the co-founder and co-director of the Tulane Center for Sport.

As Chairman of Altius Sports Partners, Oliver Luck provides leadership experience spanning collegiate and professional athletics.