Brian Walker

Brian Walker is a versatile change agent with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of culture, digital media, social enterprise, and social justice.

For over eight years, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of The Creative Mind Group, a film and television professional development organization for students and early career professionals operating at global film festivals and film markets including Cannes, Sundance, and TIFF.

In 2013 Brian joined Participant Media, where he directed social impact and digital strategy for the TEACH and He Named Me Malala campaigns focused on education, inclusion, and access. After his tenure at Participant Media, Brian served as the first Culture and Entertainment Advocacy Director at Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. In this role, Brian led the development of the Hollywood Culture Project, an initiative to change the rules in Hollywood, ensuring accurate, diverse, empathetic, and human portrayals of Black people on television and throughout the entertainment and media landscape.

Most recently, Brian served as a Stakeholder Engagement Leader with the Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion group at The Walt Disney Company. In his role, he advised senior corporate leaders and business unit leaders from across Disney’s family of brands on their cultural and social justice competency development and on strategic external relations with a specific focus on multicultural stakeholders and communities.

Brian currently serves on the board of Made In Her Image, an organization dedicated to the advancement of young women, girls, and non-binary youth of color within film, media, and technology.

Brian is a graduate of Howard University School of Business where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management, and from Howard University School of Law where he focused his studies on civil rights, intellectual property, and social enterprise.