2017 SPEAKERS 2017 Session Speakers Agatha Achindu Founder and Partner, Yummy Spoonfuls Khalid Alkhudair Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Glowork Claire Collobert Angelle Director of International Affairs, City of Atlanta Kim Anthony-Morrow Founder and CEO Urban Philanthropy Network, Inc. Patty Avery Program Specialist, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Madonna Badger Chief Creative Officer / Founder, Badger & Winters Nandita Bakhshi President and CEO, Bank of the West Ajay Banga President and CEO, Mastercard Steve Bartlett Senior Advisor, Treliant Risk Advisors Bishop Edwin C. Bass President, COGIC Urban Initiatives Megan Beck Chief Insights Officer, OpenMatters Justin M. Bibb Senior Adviser, Gallup Jan Jones Blackhurst Executive Vice President, Government Relations & Corporate Responsibility, Caesars Entertainment Corporation Caesars Entertainment Corporation Brad Blackwell Executive Vice President Wells Fargo Home Lending, Wells Fargo & Company Sonia Booker Entrepreneur & Writer, Real Estate & Wealth: Investing in the American Dream Lisa Borders President, Women's National Basketball Association Kelvin Boston Host, Moneywise Philippe Bourguignon Vice Chairman, Revolution LLC Darrah Brustein Writer, Finance Whiz Kids John Hope Bryant Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. Rodney Bullard Vice President of Community Affairs and Executive Director, Chick-fil-A Foundation Cassius F. Butts Executive In Residence, Georgia State University Natalie Byrne Director of Global Impact, Dermalogica® Don Carlton Senior Vice President, Bank of America - Atlanta Michael Carren VP & Head of Strategic Philanthropy, The Guardian Life Insurance Company Meria Joel Carstarphen Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools Majora Carter-James Majora Carter Group, LLC Ronnie Cho Vice President and Head of Public Affairs, MTV Henry Cisneros Chairman, City View, Former Secretary Housing and Urban Development Carolyn Clevenger Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Partnerships, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Jim Clifton Chairman and CEO, Gallup Richard Cordray Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Brad R. Dinsmore Corporate Executive Vice President and Consumer Banking Executive, SunTrust Dara Duguay Executive Director, Credit Builders Alliance Richard Edelman President and CEO, Edelman Careshia Moore, Esq. VP of Programs and Partnerships, Usher’s New Look Duriya Farooqui Executive Director, Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP) Sameera Fazili Senior CED Visiting Advisor, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Nuru Mugambi, FKIB Director, Kenya Bankers Association Honorable Vicente Fox 55th President of Mexico Christopher Gardner Best Selling Author, the Pursuit of Happyness Joanne Gaskin Senior Director, Scores and Analytics, FICO Peter A. Georgescu Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam Inc. Amias Gerety Former Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, U.S. Department of Treasury Rob Gifford Executive Vice President National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, Washington, D.C. Efrain Gonzalez Associate Director, Business Development, Minority Business Development Agency Soulaima Gourani Owner, Tradeconductor.com Darrell C. Green Senior Vice President and Small Business Segment Manager, Wells Fargo Phil Griffin President, MSNBC Chuck Hagel 24th United States Secretary of Defense Jeffery R. Hayward Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily, Fannie Mae Mark Hicks Director, Chin Track Days Rodney E. Hood Corporate Responsibility Manager, Office of Nonprofit Engagement Arianna Huffington Founder and CEO, Thrive Global Glenn Hutchins Co-Founder, Silver Lake Henry Ford III Marketing Manager, Ford Performance Michael Morris, JD Founder and Executive Director, National Disability Institute Susan Somersille Johnson Corporate Executive Vice President, CMO, SunTrust Banks, Inc. D. Bryan Jordan Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer First Horizon National Corporation Andrea Jung President and CEO, Grameen America Phil Kafarakis President, Specialty Food Association Christopher Kai Founder and CEO, The Mathem Group Mike Kichline CEO and Co-Founder, Yesler, Inc Daniel Kreisman Assistant Professor, Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Carol Lambert Director of Outreach and Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Department of the Treasury - myRA John Lettieri Co-Founder and Director of Policy and Strategy Economic Innovation Group Max Levchin Founder and CEO, Affirm Co-Founder, PayPal Luke Marklin General Manager, Uber Eduardo Martinez President, The UPS Foundation, UPS Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Chris Matthews Host, "Hardball with Chris Matthews" John McElligott CEO, York Exponential, President and CEO, the Fortress Initiative and The Fortress Academy David R. McGhee Program Director, The Skillman Foundation Carol A. Melton EVP, Global Public Policy, Time Warner Shawn A. Miles Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Mastercard Melanie Mitchell First Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Operations, SunTrust Banks, Inc. Reena Hajat Carroll, MSW Executive Director, Diversity Awareness Partnership Karen Leone de Nie Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Celie Niehaus Managing VP, Corporate Compliance, Capital One Tim Pawlenty CEO, Financial Services Roundtable Ronald A. Johnson, Ph.D. President, Clark Atlanta University Tim Phillips President, Americans for Prosperity Jonathan Polk President & CEO, American Express Bank, FSB Louisa Quittman Director of the Office of Financial Education, U.S. Department of the Treasury William H. Rogers, Jr. Chairman and CEO, SunTrust Banks, Inc. John W. Rogers, Jr. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Ariel Investments Emile Cambry, Jr. Founder & CEO, BLUE1647 John B. Bartling Jr. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Invitation Homes Janneke Ratcliffe Assistant Director, Office of Financial Education, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Honorable Kasim Reed Mayor, City of Atlanta Joy Reid MSNBC Political Analyst and Host, “AM Joy” John Rhea Senior Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group, Founder and Managing Partner, RHEAL Capital Management, LLC, Walter Robb Co-CEO Whole Foods Craig Robinson Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, NBCUniversal Ross Rubenstein Professor and Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Chair in Educational and Community Policy Georgia State University Christopher Ruddy CEO, Newsmax Media, Inc. Ambassador (Dr.) Robin Renee Sanders Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FEEEDS Initiative Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz Chair & President, Charles Schwab Foundation Tony Schwartz President and CEO, The Energy Project James Settles Vice President, United Automotive Workers Ambassador Charles Shapiro President, World Affairs Council of Atlanta Theia Smith Founding Executive Director, City of Atlanta’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative Paul Smyke Head of North America and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Ted Souder Head of Industry - Retail, Google Feifei Sun Executive Editor, McKinsey & Company Dr. Richard Swart Filene Fellow in Emerging Technology and Visiting Professor, University of California, Irvine Atul Tandon CEO, Opportunity International United States Dallas B. Tanner EVP & Chief Investment Officer, Invitation Homes Deloris Thomas Vice President, The Joseph Center® Brian Tippens VP, Chief Diversity Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Volkan Topalli Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Chief George N. Turner Former Chief, Atlanta Police Department Kim Wales Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CrowdBureau® and Wales Capital, LLC Robert Webb SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, Tenet Health James M. Wehmann Executive Vice President, FICO’s Scores Business Unit Ben White Chief Economic Correspondent, POLITICO Valerie Williams Diversity Program Manager, Airbnb Zak Williams Director of Business Development, Condé Nast Clinton Wolf Vice President, Consumer Solutions, United Healthcare Clare Woodcraft-Scott Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Foundation Richard Wright Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Jane Wurwand Founder and Chief Visionary, Dermalogica® Ambassador Andrew Young Civil Rights Icon and Chairman, Andrew Young Foundation, Annual Meeting Co-Chair Amy Zirkle Vice President, Industry Affairs, Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) 2017 Session Leaders Jake Peniston Data and Evaluation Manager of Asset Building Programs, Center for Economic Progress (CEP) Flurim Aliu International Relations and Economics Student, Georgia Gwinnett College India Alston CEO, Beam Global Strategies Dr. Julie R. Ancis Associate Vice President, Institute Diversity at Georgia Institute of Technology Colleen Anderson Executive Director, BankWork$ Jason Ashmore Mayor, The City of Sesser Antionette Ball CEO and Founder, Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Project, Inc. (WEOP) Hussain Al Balooshi Program Manager - Esref Sah, Emirates Foundation Norma Joy Barnes Chief Executive Officer and President, Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Scott Bartlett Project & Program Leader, Bryant Group Motorsports Academy Mindy Bickel Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Nicholas Black CEO America's IT Doctors, Millennials Chamber of Commerce Susan Blackburn SunTrust Banks, Inc. Shirley E. Borghi Co-Vice Chairman and Executive Director, Hispanic Health Coalition Bob Boyd Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity - DeKalb Matuschka Lindo Briggs Relationship Manager, myRA Outreach Treasury Relations and Support Office (TRSO), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Jamila Brown CEO, Virtue Technology, LLC Apria Brown Founder, Tuo Consulting Group Dovilė Budrytė Professor of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College Rochelle Buford-Williams Vice President and Risk Portfolio Manager, Bank of the West, BNP Paribas Group Cassius F. Butts Executive In Residence, Georgia State University Donna Ennis, C.P.F. Project Director, MBDA Business Center–Atlanta Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute Honorable Bill Campbell 57th Mayor City of Atlanta, Atlanta Val Carrington Executive Assistant, SunTrust Banks, Inc. William Cheeks President, ABBA Associates Inc. Sam Cherribi Senior Lecturer, Emory University Lisa Chester Executive Director, Warrick Dunn Charities, Inc. Rosalyn Clemens Senior Manager for Redevelopment and Revitalization, Redevelopment Authority of Prince George’s County, Maryland Natalie Madeira Cofield Founder & CEO, Walker’s Legacy and the Walker’s Legacy Foundation Ian Cohen Executive Director, Next Generation Men Meghan Cook Financial Wellbeing Coach, Operation HOPE Roderick Cunningham Founder and Executive Director, Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program, Inc. Jimmy Cushingham Financial Advisor, Edward Jones Board of Millennials Chamber of Commerce Board Tamika Day Atlanta Public Schools Kenneth E. Dobson Economic Development Administrator, Fulton County Economic Development Division Stephanie Douglas Assistant Director of Community Relations, Georgia Institute of Technology Steve Ely CEO eCredable Raeha Kim, Esq. Founder & CEO, Millennials Chamber of Commerce Julianne Adams Birt, MD, FACOG CEO and Founder, Radiant Women’s Health Derik Farrar Senior Vice President CPWM Deposits, SunTrust Banks, Inc. Dr. Sonia Francis-Rolle Co-founder, Velaire Washington Enterprise, Inc. Rob Gettemy Chief Operating Officer, TaxAct Jean-Michel Giraud President and CEO, Friendship Place Deontée “Deon” Gordon Director of Business Growth, REV Birmingham Dietra Grant Director of the Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education Organization, IRS Andrew Grayot Vice President, Price Management, Citi Retail Services Chris Greaves Annual Giving Officer, Morehouse College Bobby Gueh Professional School Counselor, Gwinnett County Public Schools Cameron Hairston Chief Operating Officer, Virtue Technology Natalie Hammond Chief Growth Officer, Northwestern Mutual-North Atlanta Jermaine Hampton Division Director, AimHire Program, Friendship Place Mike Hart EVP, Midwest Area President Regions Bank Jeffery D. Henderson Founder and CEO, Youth Business University (YBU) Shena Holland First Vice President, SunTrust Banks, Inc. Kimberly L. Willis, J.D. Assistant Professor of Business and Conflict Resolution, Brenau University in Gainesville, GA Timothy P. Jackson Senior Pastor, IMPACT LIVING Christian Center Jessica Lynn Jackson Co-Pastor, IMPACT LIVING Christian Center Nona C. Jones Chief External Affairs Officer, PACE Center for Girls, Inc. Melanie Kandil Chief Compliance Officer, RBC Bank Sando Karneh Executive Director and Co-Founder, Help Educated & Assist Lives (H.E.A.L.) Inc. La Kesha Landers Director of Financial Literacy, Clark Atlanta University, Millennials Chamber of Commerce Pat Lottier Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Tribune Barry J. Love Founder, Virtual Concierge Solutions Lisa Johnson Lunday Trustee, Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Eli Marks SVP and Southeast Credit Director, Wells Fargo Traci McCrory Agent / Owner, Traci McCrory State Farm Agency D. Richard Merritt Director of User Adoption, Empowrd Apps LLC. Ellen M. Miller-Mapp Administrator, Wesley Woods Towers Bill Mills President and CEO, Florida Prosperity Partnership Jessica Mitsch Executive Director, Growth and Strategic Partnerships Brenda Morant CEO, International Women’s Think Tank Regina Murray Business Development Officer, East West Bank Brent Neiser Senior Director of Strategic Programs & Alliances, National Endowment for Financial Education Patrick Oliver Founder and President, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Sasha Orloff CEO and Co-founder, LendUp Gilda Pedraza Founder, The Latino Community Fund in Georgia Anthony C. Hood, PhD Assistant Professor of Management, Collat School of Business Lori Pourier President, First Peoples Fund Bernadette Welch PSM Permanent Secretary for Civil Service, Government of Fiji Philip Paradice, Jr. Director, Economic Development Administration, Atlanta Regional Office Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. Chairman & CEO, TWD, Inc. Irvin Ashford Jr. Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Director of Community Development and External Affairs, Comerica Bank Rickey J. White, Jr. Chief Marketing Officer, BrandedUnequal John Wesley Scales, Jr. Vice-President of Business Development, Diversified Technologies, LLC. Luke W. Reynolds Chief of Outreach & Program Development, FDIC Beverly R. Rice Founder and CEO, RICE, INC. Elanit Rachelle Hasas, ChFC® RICP® Agent, State Farm Insurance Les Riedl President, Meed Ranada Robinson Research Manager, Market Street Services Lena Robinson Director, Community Development, First Republic Bank Julius Robinson Managing Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, MUFG Union Bank Alexandra Roddy Global Head of Marketing, Prologis Sandy Rodgers Visionary and Founder, Keep America Strong Inc. Ira Royal Founder, iTalkCredit Inc. Gwendolyn Sands Founder and Servant Leader, Visions Unlimited Maria Saporta Journalist, Atlanta Business Chronicle Tanya Scott Chief Health Strategy Officer, Lemont Scott Group Alicia DeWitt Somers Vice President, Central Florida Area Marketing Manager Steve Swain Director, Operation HOPE Program & Business Development Strategy (Retail Banking), First Tennessee Bank Kevin Tolbert Assistant Director, Product Intelligence, UAW-Ford National Programs Center Lee Torrence Chief Executive Officer, CWB Enterprises Wendy Torres Author, The Angel Rules and The Little Angel Book for Girls Patrick Walker Director of Research, Policy and Economic Research Council (PERC), Durham, NC Gerri M. Walsh SVP, Investor Education, FINRA Debra White President and Founder, True Path Consultants LLC Sean Wilkerson International Programs and Conference Manager, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Dr. E. Victoria Williams CEO & Managing Partner, Blanton-Cody Enterprises, LLC JoAnna ‘Flava’ Williams Miracles Outreach Russell Willis Regional Campus Director for Adult Programs & Support, Brenau University Elizabeth W. Wilson Executive Director, Georgia Micro Enterprise Network, GMEN
