2018 SPEAKERS 2018 Speakers Agatha Achindu Founder and Vice President of Marketing Yummy Spoonfuls Ellen Alemany Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer CIT Group Pacia Elaine Anderson Poet St. Art Kim Anthony-Morrow National Director Urban Philanthropy Institute (UPI) Ed Bastian Chief Executive Officer Delta Air Lines Faith Bautista President and CEO National Asian American Coalition Mark Becker President Georgia State University Lynette Bell Senior Vice President, Corporate CRA Executive SunTrust Banks, Inc. Lea Berman Co-Author Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life Jeremy Bernard Co-Author Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life Richard Blanco Poet and Author Fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history Raphael Bostic President and CEO Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Philippe Bourguignon Vice Chairman, Revolution LLC Tom Brokaw Special Correspondent NBC News John Hope Bryant Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Operation HOPE, Inc. Zach Bush Board Certified: Endocrinology and Metabolism, Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care Cassius Butts Chairman & CEO Capital Fortitude Business Advisors Margaret Callihan Chief Human Resources Officer SunTrust Banks, Inc. Jon Campbell EVP, Director of Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations Wells Fargo & Company Michael Carren Vice President and Head of Strategic Philanthropy The Guardian Life Insurance Company Meria Carstarphen Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools Mark A. Chancy Co-Chief Operating Officer SunTrust Banks, Inc. Sam Cherribi Director Emory Development Initiative (EDI) Suzan Johnson Cook Presidential Advisor, Pastor, Theologian, Author, Activist, and Academic Martha Dalton Education Reporter WABE Chaitra Dalton Chief Wellness Officer The Art of Wellness John Donovan Chief Executive Officer AT&T Communications Thomas Dortch Chairman and Chief Executive Officer TWD, Inc. Yaël Eisenstat Founder Kilele Global Fabian Elliott Co-Founder and CEO Black Tech Mecca Rufus W. Ewing Premier and Minister of Health, Agriculture and Human Services Turks and Caicos Islands Loren Feldman Senior Editor Forbes Brian Nelson Ford Financial Well-Being Executive SunTrust Banks, Inc. George Fraser Chairman and CEO FraserNet Joanne Gaskin Senior Director, Scores and Analytics FICO Peter A. Georgescu Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam Inc. Ashok Goel Professor of Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology Amy Goldstein Staff Writer The Washington Post Soulaima Gourani Founder Tradeconductor.com Earl G. Graves President & Chief Executive Officer Black Enterprise Darrell Green SVP, Business Acquisition Manager, SE US Wells Fargo Bank Ashley Grice CEO BrightHouse Phil Griffin President MSNBC Sharonica Hardin-Bartley Superintendent School District of University City Nancy Harris Executive Vice President and Managing Director Sage North America Barry T. Hirsch Professor of Economics George State University George E. Holmes Presidential Advisor, International Clergy Leader, Global Coalition Builder and Transformational Speaker Chris Hooper Chapter Chair Conscious Capitalism Atlanta Janice Bryant Howroyd Founder and Chief Executive Officer The ACT-1 Group Elaine Hungenberg Senior Vice President of HOPE Research and Impact Institute Operation HOPE, Inc. Jesse Jackson Founder and President Rainbow PUSH Coalition Ronald A. Johnson President Clark Atlanta University (CAU) Sylvia Jones Assistant VP, Market Relationship Manager Wells Fargo Bank Tishaura Jones Treasurer City of St. Louis Christopher Kai Founder and CEO Mathem Group Eloisa Klementich President and CEO Invest Atlanta Javier Díaz de León Consul General Mexico Steve LeVine Future Editor Axios Maggie Linton Host Maggie Linton Show Stan Little President SunTrust Foundation Dennis Lockhart Senior Fellow Harvard Kennedy School Rohit Malhotra Founder and Executive Director Center for Civic Innovation Robert Marchman Executive Vice President Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Eli Marks Senior Vice President and Southeast Credit Director Wells Fargo Bank Frank Martell President and CEO CoreLogic Alexander McCobin Chief Executive Officer Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Bob McKinnon Director Moving Up Media Lab Bruce Mehlman Founder Mehlman Castagnetti Salvador Mendoza Senior Vice President, Community Reinvestment City National Bank Andrew Morris Chief Content Officer Money20/20 USA Justina Mutale Founder & President Justina Mutale Foundation, London, UK C. Ranjan Nath Founder and Medical Director The Diabetes & Metabolism Center, Phelps Memorial Hospital Jan Nijman Founding Director Urban Studies Institute Joseph Otting Comptroller of the Currency Cliff Oxford Chief Executive Officer Oxford Center for Entrepreneurs Franz Paasche Head of Corporate Affairs and Social Innovation Initiatives PayPal Pamela Peeke Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine Richard Phillips Dean J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Jonathan Polk President and CEO American Express Bank, FSB Randal Quarles Vice Chair for Supervision Federal Reserve System John Rabin Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Preparedness Directorate FEMA Jonathan Reckford Chief Executive Officer Habitat for Humanity International Jim Reese President and CEO Atlanta Mission William H. Rogers Chairman and CEO SunTrust Banks, Inc. Steve Ryan Partner McDermott Will & Emery LLP John M. Scannapieco Shareholder Nashville office of Baker Donelson Arjan Schütte Founder & Managing Partner Core Innovation Capital Safwan Shah Founder and CEO PayActiv Raj Sisodia FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business Babson College Theia Smith Founding Executive Director City of Atlanta's Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative Britton Smith Founder and CEO BonsaiFinance.com Dr. Sanjay Srivastava Associate Dean for Strategy and Special Projects J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Feifei Sun Writer and Editor Atlanta Dallas Tanner Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer Invitation Homes Nadia Theordore Consul General Canada Lynn Todman Executive Director Population Health, Lakeland Health Systems Volkan Topalli Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology Georgia State University Mari Pat Varga Communication Strategist, Employee Engagement and Culture Catalyst Varga & Associates, Inc. Marcell Vollmer Chief Digital Officer SAP Ariba Sally Wallace Interim Dean Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Sean Warner Co-Founder Grubbly Farms Robb Webb Former Chief Human Resources Officer Tenet Healthcare and Hyatt Hotels Corporation Barry Wides Deputy Comptroller Community Affairs Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Harry Wilson Chairman and CEO MAEVA Group, LLC Ambassador Andrew Young Civil Rights Icon and Chairman, Andrew Young Foundation Paul A. Young Director Housing and Community Development (HCD) 2018 Session Leaders Melisa Alaba Founder and CEO Eliza Mary Global Network (EMGN) India Alston CEO Beam Creative Agency Rae-Anne Alves Executive Agile Perspective Julie Ancis Associate Vice President Diversity Georgia Institute of Technology Yul Anderson Futurist African American future Society Astra Armbrister-Rolle Fundraising Professional The Bahamas Consul General Irvin Ashford SVP of External Affairs and the National Director of Financial Education Comerica Bank Jason Ashmore Mayor City of Sesser Banke Awopetu Lead Consultant Concrete Rose Publications Sable Badaki Global Strategic Advisor SheWorks Antoinette Ball Chief Executive Officer Women's Entrepreneurial Opportunity Project, Inc. Norma Joy Barnes Chief Executive Officer and President Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Terica Black Bashir Project Manager City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office Marc Baxter CEO Empowerment Unlimited LLC Eric Bell Founder Founder, Samaritans In Real Situations (S.I.R.S) Bridgemon Bolger Chairman Young Democrats of Georgia Black Caucus Shirley E. Borghi Executive Director & Co-Vice Chairman Hispanic Health Coalition GA Kelvin Boston Founder and CEO Moneywise TV Network Don Brawley President Influencers Global David Brewer President and CEO The Brewer Leadership Group, LLC Alesia Brooks Chief of Staff for Steve Bradshaw DeKalb Georgia County Commissioner-District 4 Steven Bush Financial Advisor Prudential Advisors Keren Cadet Special Programs Coordinator The Center for Working Families Donte Campbell CEO The Campbell Family Foundation Tiffany Campbell CFO The Campbell Family Foundation Angela Carswell Director of Programming & Development Positive Arts Movement Kim Carswell International Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur Andrea Cervone City Council Member City of Clarkston Milton Chambliss Executive Director Claiborne County Economic Development District Pamela Champion Co-Chairman Be A Champion Foundation William “Bill” Cheeks President ABBA Associates Inc. Vincent Cheeks Executive Director Alchemy Artisan Inc. Ian Cohen Entrepreneur Darius Collins Entrepreneur/Social Activist/Writer 40 out of Poverty Darlene Cotton Upcoming Author, Personal Finance Coach/Strategist Mentality Shift Roderick Cunningham Founder and Executive Director Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program, Inc. (BCOP) Jimmy Cushingham Financial Advisor Edward Jones Alma G. Davis Founder & CEO Alma G. Davis Foundation Charlotte Davis CEO Belief Achievement Sherran Davis Retired Rony Delgarde Founder & CEO Global Paint for Charity, Inc. Calvin Ellison CEO Ellisons Consulting Services Kembala Evans Founder and President KP Evans Financial Hunter Faruq President Freedom Nation Vaughn Fauria Executive Director/President NewCorp, Inc. Catherine Flowers CEO Bread of Life Inc Dr. Sonia Francis-Rolle CEO Velaire Washington Enterprise, Inc. Ursela Frederick-Brown Vice President Embassy International Chamber of Commerce Michelle Glover CEO Journey Unlimited, LLC TaShauna Goldsby Engagement Manager StrategyWise Todd Gray Director, Supplier Diversity Grady Health System Andrew Grayot Vice President, Marketing Operations Citi Retail Services Chris Greaves Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) Angela Howze Financial Aid Strategist Orrin Hudson Speaker Be Someone, Inc. Franklyn Ikpa Digital Lifecycle Operations Engineer Kene Iloenyosi Founder Talent Revolution Deborah A. Jackson City of Lithonia City of Lithonia Ron Jones CEO and President Aunis Health Dominique Joseph Content Management & Distribution Nucleus Medical Media Joseph Kellogg Regional Vice President Primerica Keisha Lancelin Community Relations Director WUPA-TV Atlanta's CW Diane Larche’ President Larche' Communications LLC and NCNW Greater Atlanta Jonathan Liddell Client Executive IBM Dee Lofton Projects Manager, Consultant The Withers Collection NeTashStar London Community & Relationships Officer NBL ADVISOR GROUP Barry Love Founder & CEO Virtual Concierge Solutions Chris Markl Director of Social Entrepreneurship Georgia State University Emmenette Mason Founder/CEO IXOYE Global Entrepreneurship Network Cedric Matheny Commercial Real Estate Advisor T. Dallas Smith & Company Demetrius McCoy Chief of Staff DeKalb County Government Edwin McDonald Homeownership Counselor Resources for Residents & Communities Erika Blair McGrew Founder & CEO Young WallStreet Traders, Inc. Earlene McKee Managing Director LBR Solutions, LLC Cynthia McKnight CEO Eyes on You Production, Inc. Robert T. McLaughlin Executive Director National Collaborative for Digital Equity Constance McLean-Thomas IT Project Manager Synchrony Financial Kim McNair CEO Kim McNair Productions LLC Ellen Miller-Mapp Administrator Clairmont Oaks, Inc. Bill Mills President & CEO Florida Prosperity Partnership Erika Mitchell Board Member Atlanta Board Of Education Maurice Moore Professor Herzing University & MMJRConsulting LLC Brenda Morant President/CEO International Women's Think Tank Loretta Morgan CEO C.E.G. Consulting Group Samaria Muhammad Ph.D. Candidate Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Clarissa Myrick-Harris President/CEO OWA Institute Ankith Nath University Ambassador and Distinguished Alumnus Emory University Brent Neiser Senior Director National Endowment for Financial Education Danette O’Neal Broker/Owner Danette O'Neal George Olokun Executive Director Next Big Thing Movement, Inc. Marc E. Parham Director of Entrepreneruship Urban League of Greater Atlanta De’Andre S. Pickett Founder/CEO 4 Brighter Futures Foundation Benjamin Puckett WIN Strategy Speaker Benjamin Puckett & Associates LLC Joshua Raby Founder/ Radio Host/Speaker/Community Activist One Motivation Network Luke Reynolds Chief of Outreach & Program Development FDIC Beverly Rice President/CEO RICE, INC. Tracy Roberts Community Employment Coordinator US Department of Veterans Affairs Ranada Robinson Research Manager Market Street Services Julius Robinson Managing Director MUFG Union Bank Sheena Robinson Founder Financial Parent Academy Alex Roddy Global Head of Marketing Prologis Sandy Rodgers Founder Sandy Rodgers Ministries, Inc Joyce R. Rogers Founder/CEO Jehovah Works, LLC Gordan Rolle President Velaire Washington Enterprise Inc Marti Rosner District Title I Instructional Coach Cobb County School District Patricia Russell-McCloud International Motivational Speaker & President Russell-McCloud and Associates Yasmeen Salaam Founder Carver's Produce John Wesley Scales Vice President, Business Development Diversified Technologies, LLC Walter Sims Owner/Founder/CEO The Minister of Motivation Mike Singh Chairman and CEO TC Group Starr Smith Manager, Operations and Membership Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership Barbara Smith Retired, Former VP, Government Relations & Equity AVID National Ctr Joe Smith CEO Smith and Associates Enterprise Morgan Spears Membership Associate Credit Builders Alliance Leida Speller Financial Planner The Piedmont Group Steve Swain Director of Operation HOPE Program & Business Development Strategy (Retail Banking) First Tennessee Bank Maureen Sweatman Executive Director Mercer University's Center for Career and Professional Development Jeffrey Thomas Managing Director DeMas Consulting Kanesha Venning Executive Director Helping Empower Youth Debra Washington Community Outreach Relationship Manager First Republic Bank James Watts Office of Black Catholic Ministry, Director Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama Deborah Watts Co-Founder Emmett Till Legacy Foundation Claudia Escalante White Marketing and Community Affairs Executive Radio One Rickey White Chief Marketing Officer BrandedUnequal Dorothy Whitfield Partner Homes Counseling & Education Inc Linda Wiley CEO & Lead Consultant Turning Point Leadership Group Elizabeth Wilson Executive Director Georgia Micro Enterprise Network, Inc.
