The Parent Company announced that George Atallah, Marcia Dyson, Jeff Gray, Faith Leach, Carmen Perez, Mary Pryor and Angela Rye have been named to the advisory committee of the company’s corporate venture capital social equity initiative. George Atallah is the Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs for the NFL Players Association and has served in his role since May of 2009. Marcia L. Dyson is one of America’s most respected civic-social activists and communication specialists. She is an exclusive national and international consultant in matters of business development, marketing, political strategy and social responsibility. Dyson is the founder of Women’s Global Initiative (WGI), a for-profit entity to enhance the lives of women via “profitable and purposeful social engagement. Jeff Gray is co-founder, owner, and CEO of SC Labs, one of the first independent analytical laboratories for cannabis and hemp in the United States. Serving the cannabis community in Oregon since 2017 and California since 2010, SC Labs’ vision is to inform and evolve people’s understanding of and experience with cannabis, and cannabis therapeutics, using science and data by partnering with organizations that address diversity in STEM, progressive testing standards, compassionate relief for patients, and social equity in the cannabis industry. Faith Leach has spent more than a decade working to address key drivers of economic inequality experienced by vulnerable populations in cities across the country. She was recently appointed Deputy Mayor for Equity, Health and Human Services for Baltimore City, responsible for overseeing city agencies dealing primarily with quality of life issues such as recreation and parks, library services and the city’s Covid-19 public health response. Carmen Perez is an award-winning, internationally-known civil and human rights leader and Chicana feminist. She is the co-founder of Justice League NYC and Justice League CA, two state-based task forces for advancing a juvenile and criminal justice reform agenda, where she spearheaded campaigns to Free Meek Mill and Take a Knee with Colin Kaepernick, among many others. She was one of the National Co-Chairs of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, which drew over 5 million people from across the globe. Mary Pryor is an expert in marketing, media, journalism, technology, wellness and entrepreneurship. Born in Detroit, MI, she focuses on helping people (and corporate entities) feel connected in the digital world, benefiting the social good of the general public, and creating safe spaces for African American minds in traditionally white spaces. She co-founded Cannaclusive, a company created to facilitate the fair representation of minority cannabis consumers in the cannabis industry, and Cannabis for Black Lives, a coalition of cannabis companies galvanizing the cannabis industry to support Black lives. Angela Rye is an award-winning host, social justice advocate, lawyer, commentator, and self-described empowermenteur, embodying what it means to be a “bringer of truth.” Named and raised accordingly, the attorney’s no holds barred commentary has resonated with demographics all over the world. Her thoughtful yet incisive commentary and real talk about social justice, politics, culture, and history sparks much-needed conversation about the state of America. She is the host of the weekly podcast “On One with Angela Rye” and a politics and culture commentator.