We are kicking off Day 2 of Diversity Reboot 2021 with an intimate fireside chat between Tiffany Cross, journalist, political analyst, and the host of “The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross,” and MMCA Co-founder David Morgan, on the role race played in the recent 2020 election and Tiffany's advice for women at the top. Tiffany, a longtime cable news veteran who previously served as the D.C. Bureau Chief for BET Networks and was a 2020 Resident Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, will also discuss her recent book “Say It Louder! Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy." Tiffany and David will also be taking live questions from the audience! Sponsored by MMCA.
Diversity Reboot Summit
A Conversation with Tiffany Cross, Host of MSNBC’s ‘The Cross Connection With Tiffany Cross’
Meet The Speakers
Tiffany Cross is a journalist, political analyst, and the host of “The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross” airing Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET on MSNBC. Cross is a longtime cable news veteran having previously served as the D.C. Bureau Chief for BET Networks, an Associate Producer for CNN, and a freelance Field Producer. Most recently, she published her first book “Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy” and was a 2020 Resident Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. She also spent time on the campaign trail having both covered and worked on numerous local, state, and federal campaigns. In 2016, she co-founded The Beat DC, a national platform that intersected politics, policy, business, media, and people of color that was widely read by elected officials, CEOs and C-Suite executives, opinion leaders, and media influencers. She attended Clark Atlanta University and lives in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Morgan is managing partner of D. Morgan & Partners, a government relations and public affairs firm at the center of business and the political system. Prior to launching the firm, Mr. Morgan served for almost ten years as Vice President Government Affairs for the American Express Company. Notably, Mr. Morgan is President and co-founder of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization committed to moving the needle on media diversity. In addition, he is co-founder of the National Infrastructure Investment Alliance, a coalition comprised of investment and development industry leaders helping local governments secure financing and technical assistance for their priority public-private-partnership and Opportunity Zone projects.