The core team of the Beloved Community Initiative consists of faculty, staff, and students from Virginia Tech, Virginia Union University,  and the University of Lynchburg.

Dr. Virgil Wood, Church Leader, Educator, and Civil Rights Activist

Dr. Ralph P. Hall, Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech

Prof. Sylvester Johnson, Founding Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Humanities, Virginia Tech

Prof. Max O. Stephenson Jr., Co-founder and Director of the Institute for Policy and Governance, Virginia Tech

Prof. Corey Walker, Vice President, Dean, and Professor of Religion and Society, Virginia Union University

Rachel Lin Weaver, Assistant Professor of Creative Technologies, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech

Claudia Wall, Coordinator of Student Engagement and Community Services, Virginia Union University

Dr. Owen C. Cardwell, Rosel Schewel Distinguished Chair of Education, University of Lynchburg

Chivonne Battle, Graduate Student, Virginia Tech