MATTHEW STEWARD

Sergeant Matthew Steward is a 34 year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD), where he is assigned to the Neighborhood Outreach Program. Sergeant Steward is a proud Alumni of Indiana University-Bloomington where he earned his BS Degree in Political Science from the School of Liberal Arts. The founder and President of Steward Speakers a nonprofit community based organization, Sergeant Steward has brought more than 100 minority nationally known speakers to the city of Indianapolis. Sergeant Steward is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and serves as a deacon at New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. Matthew and his wife Laverne have been married for 22 years and have two adult daughters.

KIMBERLY ADAMS

Kimberly Adams is an experienced litigator who has successfully handled numerous jury and bench trials and administrative proceedings. She is a partner with Lewis Wagner, LLP, and is a member of their complex litigation team. Kimberly helps manage the defense of class action and mass torts cases and routinely defends professional liability matters for a broad range of professionals, including lawyers and health care providers. Kimberly enjoys her work on the board of Steward Speakers, because she too is dedicated to enhancing the community by providing opportunities for young people to engage with America's best leaders and brightest luminaries.

KIMBERLY BOSTIC

Kimberly Bostic serves as the President and CEO of Starfish Initiative. Under Kimberly's leadership, she and her team successfully continue to carry out its mission to inspire, encourage, and prepare academically-promising, high school students facing unearned adversity for college and career success.  Starfish Initiative, serves nearly 500 Starfish Scholars and Starfish Scholar Alumni annually.

Prior to joining Starfish Initiative, Kimberly led United Way of Central Indiana’s (UWCI) major gift and individual leadership giving. Kimberly has successfully served as a leader in the nonprofit sector for more than 12 years.  

A life-long servant to the community, Kimberly volunteers whenever she can.  She has served on many community boards including Indianapolis Weed and Seed of the Far Eastside, Lawrence Township Hunger Coalition, FEAC Far Eastside Action Coalition, Pathway Resource Center Planning Committee and she currently serves as the Board Chair on the Steward Speakers Board of Directors. Kimberly continues to advocate for equal access and quality education for all youth throughout our community.  

Kimberly attended Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia and later graduated from Indiana University where she earned a Paralegal Certificate from the IU School of Liberal Arts; BA in Political Science from the IU School of Liberal Arts; a Graduate Certificate in Public Management/Administration from the IU School of SPEA; and MPA from the IU School of SPEA.  Kimberly later earned her CFRE designation as a Certified Fundraising Expert. Kimberly has a demonstrated history of leading in the nonprofit sector. 

Kimberly and her husband Dion reside in Central Indiana and they have three children Krystal, Tyler and Taylor.

TRACY BOYD

Tracy Boyd is an Indiana native and committed advocate for education equality. After earning her bachelor's degree in Education from Martin University, Tracy worked as a technical support analyst for a pharmaceutical research company for more than a decade and later ran for public office in the city of Lawrence. Tracy is very passionate about mentoring our youth, as she knows the rewards are priceless in guiding youth to reach their goals.

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Tracy plans to use her talents and experiences to build partnerships among the business community, churches, schools, mental health partners and the community at large. Tracy champions the mantra "Serving together Works" as a national movement for community service initiatives. 

ERICA RABER

Erica Raeber is in Operations & Sales at Salesforce. She received her B.S. from Indiana University with academic honors before joining the Macy’s Executive Development Program and developing a sales team that surpassed corporate targets. After her tenure there, she spent time in nonprofits learning the importance of philanthropic relationships in communities. She returned to sales within the technology industry where she currently resides.

When she isn’t chatting with or supporting clients, she spends time hiking in the woods, experimenting with new cooking techniques, and playing strategy board games. She is currently a member of the Steward Speakers Board of Directors and plans to use her operations and analytics background to help with Steward Speakers operations. She lives in Indianapolis, IN with her partner, Luke, and their cat, Bear. She can be contacted at Erica.raeber@gmail.com.

SORAYA VAN HORN

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TINA COSBY

Tina Cosby is a veteran Broadcast Communications Professional. She worked as a Community Affairs Director, as well as a television news anchor, reporter, producer and public affairs show host while at WISH-TV and MyINDY-TV in Indianapolis, IN.

She has received Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, recognition for excellence from The National Association Of Black Journalists and the Society Of Professional Journalists, The Angel Awards For Community Service Programming, and Journalistic Excellence and Outstanding Community Affairs Programming awards from the Indiana Broadcaster’s Association.

LEE MORRIS

Biography coming soon

LORI SATTERFIELD

Biography coming soon

TAMARA CYPRESS

Tamara is a visual storyteller, strategist, and change agent who challenges the status quo. She has seventeen years of experience in five diverse industries leading corporate change innovation, employee messaging and engagement, and integrated marketing and communication campaigns. She has over ten years’ experience serving on board of directors and committees including the host committee communications chair for Super Bowl XLVI, focused on creating and pitching stories to the media. In addition to Steward Speakers, her current leadership commitments include the following:

• Downtown Indy, Inc., Downtown Recovery Taskforce & Marketing Board

• The Exchange at the Indianapolis Urban League (IUL), Fellow, Marketing Chair and Podcast Host

• United Way Diversity Leadership Circle, Steering Committee Communications Chair

• African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis, Founding Member and Communications Chair

• NCAA Final Four, Marketing committee member

She won the 2018 Junior Achievement Indy’s Best and Brightest award for the manufacturing category. She is the recipient of the 2019 The Exchange at the Indianapolis Urban League Lifting as We Climb award and 2020 Member of the Year.

Tamara launched Indy Black Businesses Matter to help promote and advocate Black businesses through storytelling and networking. She created the concept of Indy Accompliceship to help companies address systemic racism by taking a four-part pledge focused on measuring and improving equitable outcomes in the workplace, workforce, marketplace, and community.

She has her Master of Business Administration from Purdue University and her Bachelor of Science in business marketing from Susquehanna University. She is also a Professional Certified Marketer (PCM®) and Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP) with dual certification from the American Marketing Association & Digital Marketing Institute.

DENOLA BURTON

Denola M. Burton is the Founder and CEO of Enhanced DNA: Develop Nurture Achieve, LLC.  She holds the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Biology.  After beginning her career as a scientist, she transitioned into Human Resources and maintains certifications as a Professional in Human Resources from both the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP), and the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI-PHR).  She is a Certified DISC Behavioral Coach through Innermetrix North America and is a Certified Speaker, Trainer, Coach with the John Maxwell Team.

Through Enhanced DNA: Develop Nurture Achieve, Denola develops and nurtures individuals and organizations to enhance their Leadership, Communication and Performance “DNA”.  Denola is an author and a publisher and is a member of the Independent Book Publishing Association (IBPA).  In 2019, Denola created the Enhanced DNA Publishing Division of her company and now assists new and newer authors in publishing their books to meet the IBPA standards. 

Denola retired in December, 2017 from Eli Lilly and Company where her career spanned over 27 years.  She has been married to her husband, Phillip, for over 27 years and they have two daughters, Danielle and Ciara.  In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for Steward Speakers, Denola also serves as a mentor and member of the Board of Directors for Pass the Torch for Women Foundation.