2016 ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKERS
The HOPE Global Forum Annual Meeting is privileged to gather some of the most extraordinary people in the world to share their vision, expertise and experience.
Confirmed are listed below – check back regularly for updates and additional speakers.
Darryl Carter
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Avanath Capital Management, LLC
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Michael Clayton
Veteran Wide Receiver – Super bowl XLVI Champion; Founder, Generation Next Foundation
David Fuller
President,
SunTrust Foundation
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Darryl Harmon
Southeast Regional President,
Wells Fargo
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Jan Jones Blackhurst
Executive VP, Communications, Government Relations & Corporate Responsibility, Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Marissa Lara
Chief Diversity Officer,
Synchrony Financial
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Ambassador (Dr.) Robin Renee Sanders
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria & Ecowas Republic of Congo; CEO-FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative & FE3ds
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Denise Young Smith
VP of Worldwide HR & Talent,
Apple
Jared Bernstein
Senior Fellow, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Brookings
Maria Contreras-Sweet
24th Administrator,
U.S. Small Business Administration
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Anthony Gallippi
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman,
BitPay
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Jeff R. Schmid
Chairman & CEO,
Mutual of Omaha Bank
President & CEO,
Omaha Financial Holdings, Inc.
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Valerie J. Calderon, Ph.D.
Sr. Education Research Consultant,
Gallup
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Brad Hanson
President,
Meta Payment Systems
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Louisa Quittman
Director, Financial Education, Office of Consumer Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Judy Chapa
VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Services Roundtable
2016 Working Group Speakers
Antionette Ball
CEO, The Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Project, Inc.
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Dr. Reginald Tucker-Seeley
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Michael Dorsey
Director for the Energy and Environment Program, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Ambassador (Dr.) Robin Renee Sanders
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria & Ecowas Republic of Congo; CEO-FEEDS Advocacy Initiative & FE3ds
2015 ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKERS
Jeff R. Schmid
Chairman & CEO,
Mutual of Omaha Bank
President & CEO,
Omaha Financial Holdings, Inc.
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Barry Wides
Deputy Comptroller, Community Affairs,
Office of the Comtroller of the Currency
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Jay Williams
U.S. Assistant Secretary,
Commerce for Economic Development
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Steve Case
Chairman & CEO, Revolution LLC
Co-Founder, America Online
Chairman, UP Global
Chairman, The Case Foundation
Chung-Ming Kuan
Minister of the National
Development Council of
the Executive Yuan,
Taiwan, Republic of China
Jan Rieländer
Economist,
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
Clare Woodcraft-Scott
Chief Executive Officer,
Emirates Foundation
2015 Working Group Session Leaders
Tara Alderete
Director of Education,
ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions
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Tim Birt
Chief Executive Officer, Tim Birt Enterprises
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Janet Calhoun
Senior Vice President, Innovation, Healthways
Judy Chapa
VP, Corporate Social Responsibility The Financial Services Roundtable
Brian Doran
Region Executive & Director of
Governmental Affairs,
Popular Community Bank
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Ronan Farrow
MSNBC
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James Gutierrez
CEO and Co-Founder, Insikt
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Robin Holland
Senior Vice President of Sales,
Equifax, Inc.
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Todd Johnson
Global Channel Leader,
Entrepreneurship and Job Creation, Gallup
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Jamail Larkins
Founder & CEO,
Ascension Aviation, LLC
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Ray Martinez
Co-Founder and EVP,
EverFi
John Oxtoby
Director, Strategy & Corporate Development, Ariel Investments
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Dr. Robin Renee Sanders
Founder and CEO,
FEEEDS Initiative
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Brenda Skidmore
Senior Vice President,
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
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Dwanue Warmack
President,
Harris-Stowe State University
Greg Becker
President and CEO,
Silicon Valley Bank/SVB Financial Group
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Sherry Black
Director, Partnership for Tribal Governance,
National Congress of American Indians
Theodore N. Carter
Economic Development Officer
City of Jacksonville
Micya Cohen
Student, HOPE Business in a Box Academies…
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Dara Duguay
Executive Director,
Credit Builders Alliance
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Tom Finegan
Chief Executive Officer, Clarkston Consulting
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David Hahn
SVP, California Region Channel Integration Manager,
Bank of America
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Rodney Hood
National Partnerships Executive,
JPMorgan Chase
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Tishaura Jones
Treasurer,
City of St. Louis
United States
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Yee Lee
CEO, Vouch Financial
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B. Doyle Mitchell
President and CEO,
Industrial Bank
Jim Purvis
VP of Well-Being Improvement Design,
Healthways
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Lionel Savage
President,
Lionheart Consulting Group, LLC
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David Smith
Senior Vice President,
Commercial Banking
The PNC Financial Services Group
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Steve Wilcox
President,
Wilcox Family Foundation
William C. Bell
President and CEO,
Casey Family Programs
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Jonathan Brice
Senior Director and Chief Education Officer,
DeBruce Foundation
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William Cheeks
President,
ABBA Associates Inc.
Brian Cooper
Vice President, Scores & Analytics FICO.
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Wade Dyke
President,
Kaplan University
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Jenny Flores
Community Affairs Manager, Bank of the West ..
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Reena Hajat-Carroll
Executive Director,
Diversity Awareness Partnership
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Darrell Hudson
Assistant Professor,
Brown School
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Megha Kansra
Manager of Strategic Initiatives,
DeBruce Foundation
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Julie Lenzer Kirk
Director, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration
Arturo Noriega
Founder and Executive Director,
Centro Community Partners
Luke Reynolds
Chief, Outreach & Program
Development, Division of
Depositor & Consumer
Protection
Mike Singh
Chairman and CEO,
Telkom Caribe
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Tom Swanson
Retail Regional Sales Manager,
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
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Doris Terry-Williams
Executive Director,
Rural School & Community Trust
(Rural Trust)
Dr. Regina Benjamin
Chair,
Xavier University
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Cassius Butts
Regional Administrator- Region IV,
Small Business Administration
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Sam Cherribi
Director, Emory Development Initiative (EDI), Emory University
DaRayl Davis
Founder & CEO, Smart Money Academy
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Courtney English
Chairman, Atlanta Board of Education
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Mayank Gupta
SVP, Workforce Planning, Org Design and Teammate Capability, Suntrust Inc.
Joann Hill
Chief, Office of Business Development,
U.S. Department of Commerce, MBDA
Samuel Jackson
Founder, Chairman & CEO,
Economic Empowerment Initiative, Inc.
Madhuri Kommareddi
Director, Program Development
Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Dr. Bryant Marks
Associate Professor
Morehouse College
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Nicholas N. Ownes
CEO,
Magnolia Strategy Partners, LLC
Elyse Rosenblum
Executive Director,
Employment Pathways Project
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Dia Simms
Executive Vice President,
Ciroc Vodka & Innovations,
Combs Wine & Spirits
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Thanh Tran
Founder,
Kidpreneur
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Paul Woodruff
VP, Community Development,
St. Louis Community Credit Union