Ashton Hood is the Assistant Attorney General for the 

Ohio Attorney General's Office - Civil Rights Section. He is also the Executive Director of the Columbus Cultural Orchestra and a proud member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Mr. Hood is a former middle school teacher and Teach For America alum. 

Carol Prewitt is the President at Prewitt Consulting LLC. 

Ms. Prewitt is a native Daytonian, mother, grandmother, educator, business owner - Prewitt Consulting LLC, Civility, Etiquette and Business Protocol Training, community volunteer, mentor, public servant, servant leader, and United States Air Force veteran. She received her BA in Sociology from St. Leo University. Carol is a Leadership Council for Nonprofits Certified Nonprofit Board Leader. One of her favorite pearls of wisdom is, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” (Frederick Douglass) Her affiliations and community involvement/awards include: 

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Beta Eta Omega Chapter

Church Women United in Greater Dayton

Dayton Chapter of the Links Incorporated

Dayton Section - National Council of Negro Women

IAPC Ambassador of Civility

Miami Assembly #22 Order of the Golden Circle

Mentoring Collaborative of Montgomery County

Ruth Chapter #104 Order of the Eastern Star

The Institute for Civility in Government

Toastmasters International

Twentig, Inc.

Women Organized Resources for Liberia's Development (WORLD), Inc.

Women in Business Networking (WIBN)

Women in Christian Leadership

Amer Court #65 Daughters of Isis Excellence in Leadership Honoree

Department of the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award and Medal

Mary Scott Legacy Award Honoree

The President's Club Outstanding Community Service Award

Toastmaster of the Year Award, Downtown Morning Toasters Club

Women in Business Networking 2013 Top 25 Women to Watch Honoree

2023 YWCA Women of Influence Award 

2023 Dayton Unit NAACP Hall of Freedom Award - Lt. Col. Charity Adams Award of Excellence

Abi Sullivan serves as the Assistant Chief Deputy at the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Auto Title Division. As a long-standing resident of Montgomery County, Mrs. Sullivan played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Help Center. This center provides county residents with access to programs and resources that facilitate a better understanding of legal issues and the navigation of the court system.

Mrs. Sullivan holds a degree in Communications- Public Relations from Southern New Hampshire University and is a distinguished member of the Leadership Dayton Class of 2023. She takes pride in her role as a devoted wife to Daniel Sullivan and a loving mother to Nathan and Shirley.

Rev. Joshua Ward is the Senior Pastor of Omega Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio, where he has served in various ministerial capacities, including Youth Pastor and Assistant to the Pastors since June 2010.  In addition to his work at the church, Rev. Ward also served the residents of Dayton as the Senior Civil Rights Investigator for the City of Dayton Human Relations Council from April 2012 to March 2018. He is a proud 2006 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA., having received his B.A. with honors in Business Marketing and Spanish. He then returned to Ohio to further his education, earning his J.D. from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law in 2010. Having received a calling to ministry during his legal education, Joshua moved back to Dayton and enrolled in Seminary immediately following law school and received his M.Div. from United Theological Seminary in 2014.

Rev. Ward also serves the broader community as a regional board member of American Baptist Churches of Ohio.  His professional and volunteer efforts recently earned him a coveted recognition as one of the Dayton Business Journal’s 2017 Top 40 Under 40 professionals, recognizing emerging business and professional leaders in the Greater Dayton area.