Cody Renard Richard and Nzinga Williams are young backstage Broadway professionals who are shaking up the theatre world, both within and beyond their career paths.

Broadway stage manager, producer and educator Cody Renard Richard is the founder of a scholarship program honoring, uplifting and supporting the next generation of BIPOC theatrical leadership. Nzinga Williams is the Assistant General Manager at Moulin Rouge! and the founder of NEW Black Mutual Aid Fund.