Dr. Dorian Burton, Ed.L.D., is currently the Managing Partner of the Southern Reconstruction Fund (SRF), a social impact fund committed to strengthening the American South by transforming communities most affected by racial injustice and systemic inequity into beacons of health and prosperity. Prior to leading SRF Dr. Burton served as the Chief Program Officer and Assistant Executive Director at the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust in Chapel Hill, NC, a foundation that supports building healthy and whole communities. He was formerly the Co-Director of The TandemED Initiative for Black Male Achievement and Community Improvement at Harvard University Law School's Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and was the Wasserman Foundation Fellow in the Doctor of Education Leadership Program at Harvard.

Napoleon Wallace is the Managing Partner at the Southern Reconstruction Fund and Co-Founder of Activest, a social justice research and advisory firm, and Opportunity NC, an opportunity fund focused on supporting owner-occupied commercial real estate for minority- and women-owned businesses. In addition, Napoleon is a Senior Fellow at Frontline Solutions, a black-owned management consultancy working with the nation’s largest nonprofits and philanthropies. With more than 15 years of experience in finance and community economic development, Napoleon has led and supported numerous successful impact efforts within private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, Napoleon served as the Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, where he managed North Carolina’s development finance, community development, workforce development and micropolitan economic development efforts.