Lucy Bustamante is a New Orleans-born journalist who has built a successful career in broadcast news. Her passion for journalism began at Cabrini High School when she was selected to participate in Our Generation, a teen television program on WWL-TV. She later interned at WWL-TV and worked as a production assistant at WVUE before launching her reporting career in Mobile, Al.

Lindsay Cronk is a dynamic library leader and advocate for knowledge equity, currently serving as Dean of Libraries at Tulane University since August 1, 2023. With nearly two decades of experience in consortia and academic libraries, she has developed a data-driven, strategic approach to library service that prioritizes innovation, collaboration, and the democratization of knowledge. Known for her ability to operationalize vision, she excels in building and empowering teams to solve complex challenges.

Eric Waters is a photographer and social practice artist who has been documenting Black social life and cultural traditions in and around New Orleans for over forty years. Waters received his undergraduate degree from Dillard University and studied photography independently under the tutelage of the late Marion J. Porter, a well-known and respected Black New Orleans photographer.

Based in the New York office, Amanda Urban represents both fiction and non-fiction titles for many world-renowned authors and prize-winning journalists, ranging from literary novels to memoirs, biographies, and books on current affairs. She has represented a long list of writers, including Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jennifer Egan, Michael Pollan, Isabel Wilkerson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Walter Isaacson. She joined CAA in 2022 following the agency’s acquisition of ICM.

Nicole Richie is an American actress, TV personality, and fashion designer. She rose to fame, costarring with Paris Hilton on the reality series The Simple Life from 2003 to 2007. Richie appeared as a judge on NBC's Fashion Star and VH1's Candidly Nicole. Since 2020, she has served as a judge on AppleTV+'s Making the Cut. Richie also launched the lifestyle brand House of Harlow in 2008.