PREVIOUS SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

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Jael Marajh

Founder & CEO

NurtureUp

Tahir Johnson

Director of Social Equity and Inclusion

US Cannabis Council

Jason C. Grove
Sr. Policy Analyst, Intergovernmental Affairs
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Antonio Doss 

Deputy Associate Administrator 

Government Contracting and Business Development

U.S. Small Business Administration

Bruce Purdy

Deputy Director, HUBZone 

Office of Government Contracting and Business Development

U.S. Small Business Administration

Vina Morris, MBA, PMP

Vice President Operations

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Dinah Felipe, MBA

Founder

My Caring Wish

Ryan Chapoteau, ESQ

Attorney At Law

Jackson Lewis

Larissa Longchamp

MBA Candidate

Director, Business Investments

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Chuck Roberts, MBA

Executive Vice President, Advisory Board

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Marleitha G. Williams

Supplier Diversity Program Manager

Board of Governors

Federal Reserve System

Kevern Anderson, MS

Chief of Staff

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Kimberly Davis, MBA

General Partner

Backstage Capital

Jessica Walker

President

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Kenneth Ebie

Executive Director

Chief Development Officer

BE NYC

NYC Small Business Services

Ashley Gabb

Director, Supplier Inclusion & Diversity

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Frank Holland, MBA

Reporter

CNBC

Jonnel Doris, MPPA, MDIV

Fr. Commissioner

New York City Small Business Services

Amos Akinyooye

Vice President

Equitable

Kelly Harrison

Vice President, U.S. Marketing

R/GA

Andy Fyfe 

Community Growth + Activation

B-Corp

Melanie Cunningham, Esq, Founding Attorney

Melanie Cunningham, P.C

Norville Barrington, MBA 

Founder

bccelerator, Inc

Dynishal Gross, JD

Deputy Commissioner

NYC Small Business Services

Love-Leigh Trimiew 

Co-Founder

Chief Executive Officer

HellaBlack   

Layla Nielsen, MPS 

Co-Founder

Chief Marketing Officer

HellaBlack   

Natalie Robinson, M.S. 

Co-Founder

Head of Supplier Relationships 

HellaBlack  

Sandra Garcia

 Intersectional Marketing & Diversity Consultant

New York Google Digital Coach

Ashlee Wisdom, MPH

Founder & CEO

Health In Her HUE

Alicia Suggs, MBA, PMP

Vice President Administration

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association 

Shelley Stewart , MBA

Partner

McKinsey & Co.

Board Member

National Black MBA Association

Prof. Scott Galloway, MBA

 Professor G, Author, Serial Entrepreneur, & Professor of Marketing

Tuesday P. Brooks, MBA

Owner of AJOY

Gary Johnson

Director of Strategy & Inclusive Entrepreneurship, NYCx Inclusive Innovation NYC Mayors Office of the Chief Technology Officer

Sumayah Jamal, MD, PhD

President & Co-Founder

ENB Therapeutics

Carlo Yuvienco, PhD, M.S.

Vice President

New York Economic Development Corporation    

Anthony Johnson, MBA

Co-Founder & CEO 

Koikaz Therapeutics Solutions 

Richard Snow, MBA

VP, SBA National Franchise Relationship Manager

WSFS Bank

IFA Diversity Council Board Member 

Ranjit Unnithan, MBA

Financial Program Director Start Small Think Big, Inc.

Ladell Robbins 

Chief Financial Officer

& Chief Investment Officer

Invest Newark

Sherieka Smallwood-Morgan, MBA 

Director, Retail Diversity Strategy

Macy's

Luc Severe, JD

Vice President, Business Development

Empire State Development Corporation

Michael T. Pugh, M.S.

Chief Executive Officer

Carver Federal Savings Bank

Vonetta Hawkins

Vice President

Diverse Segments, Northeast Markets

Wells Fargo

Jessie Lizardo

CEO ERA Reed Realty

Broker of Record

Paisley Demby, MBA

Director

Goldman Sachs 

10,000 Small Business 

Ashley Edwards. MBA, M.A. 

Founder & CEO

MindRight Health

Joanne Lin, M. Ed

Principal

Newark Venture Partners 

Sergio Marrero, MBA, MPA

General Partner

Rebel One - RBL1

Jill Johnson

 Co-Founder & CEO

Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL)

Rafael Roger

Executive Director

Business Initiative Corporation of New York

Lyneir Richardson, JD

Executive Director 

Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED)

at Rutgers Business School

Toneille Raglan, Esq

Founding Attorney

Raglan Law, PLLC.

Bonin Bough 

Founder & CEO

Bonin Ventures

Oslene Carrington, MBA Founder

The Guyana Economic Development 

Bilan Ariel Stribling

Senior Art Designer & Curator

The Bilan Collection

Jeneta Hot

 Founder / Editor

MBAchic

Paula Fontana, MBA

 Vice President, Strategic Programming Initiatives

National Black MBA Association

La-Toya Niles, MPA

Founder Alterer Consulting

 Co-Director, Business Development

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Zoie Blackwood 

 Co-Director, Business Development

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Alicia Suggs, MBA, PMP

 Director, University & Alumni Relations

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

George Sainteus, MBA

Agent Principal 

The Sainteus Agency

Farmers Insurance

Vice President

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Andrew Hamilton, MBA

Chapter President

The Metro New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association

Stephany Reyes-Seri

Business Coach

First Financial

Maisha Walker

Founder & President

Message Medium

Madeline V. Marquez

SVP & Chief External Affairs Officer

Ponce Bank 

Keith Wziontko, CLU, ChFC

Regional Vice President

Equitable

Eldon Looby

Managing Partner

Looby Law

Aisha Taylor, MBA

Community Partnership

Google