Maurita Coley Flippin is a lawyer, business and social impact leader, and former communications industry executive. Currently, Coley is a principal in her own firm, MCF Global LLC, a consulting firm focused on economic and social impact issues. Her career highlights include: partner at Davis Wright Tremaine (formerly Cole, Raywid &amp); Braverman law firms in Washington DC; senior executive at BET Holdings, Inc. (SVP Legal Affairs); SVP Network operations and programming; president and CEO at Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) (non profit leader in media and tech policy); executive director at Capital Area Asset Builders (nonprofit leader financial empowerment in the DC metropolitan area).

Her board service has included the Daniel Alexander Payne Community Development Corporation, a 501(c)(3) corporation affiliated with Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, DC that promotes affordable housing, STEM and robotics education, and digital and financial inclusion; vice chair, and ex officio member of the board of MMTC; founding board member of the Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation; and she has served on the external diversity boards of T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Charter Communications. She was appointed by the Federal Communications Commission to its Communications Equity and Diversity Council and served two terms.

She holds a B.A. in communications from Michigan State University, and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she has received the highest alumni honors.