DDGC Steering Committee 
Andrea Bryant, Appalachian State University (2020–2023)
Suzuko Knott, Connecticut College (2022–2025)
Priscilla Layne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2020–2023)
Adrienne Merritt, University of Colorado Boulder (2020–2023)
Jeannette Oholi, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen (2022–2025)
​Daphne Warren, Plano Senior High School (2020–2023)
Beverly Weber, University of Colorado Boulder (2020–2023)

Co-Founders
Regine Criser, University of North Carolina, Asheville 
Ervin Malakaj, University of British Columbia 

Former Steering Committee Members
David Gramling, University of British Columbia (2020–2022)
Rosemarie Peña, Black German Heritage and Research Association (2020–2022)
Didem Uca, Emory University (2020–2022)