WORKING GROUP SPEAKER J. Jioni Palmer Associate Commissioner, Social Security Administration Jioni Palmer was appointed to the Social Security Administration as the Associate Commissioner in the Office of External Affairs in March 2015. He is the former Acting Chief...
Phillip H. Paradice, Jr Regional Director U.S. Economic Development Administration Phil Paradice has served as Director of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Atlanta Regional Office since 2007. Serving the eight-state southeast region he manages a staff...
Nkrumah Pierre President, PLG Consulting Nkrumah Pierre is the president of Pierre Lee Group (PLG Consulting) which is a boutique consulting firm that offers business services such as executive business development, public speaking & professional branding. Nkrumah...
FEATURED SPEAKER David Ramirez Founder and Chief Investment Officer, ForUsAll David is on a mission to help every small business owner offer a 401(k) that rivals the largest Fortune 500 retirement plans. To say David is frugal is, well, an understatement. So as a...
FEATURED SPEAKER Jan Rieländer Economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Jan Rieländer is an economist at the OECD Development Centre, where he heads the Africa Desk’s work on growth, transformation and employment. He is the lead author of the...
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