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founding delegates

Wemimo Abbey

Co-Founder and Co-CEO | Esusu Financial, Inc.

Leroy Abrahams

EVP, Community Affairs | Regions Bank

Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley

President & CEO | National Council of Negro Women, Inc

Jon Banner

Executive Vice President, Global Chief Impact Officer | McDonald’s

Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II

Founding Director | Center for Public Theology & Public Policy, Yale Divinity School

Leona Barr-Davenport

President and CEO | Atlanta Business League

Ashley Bell

Founder & CEO | Read Life

Barry Berlin, CPA

Managing Director, Finance, CIM Group

Brian Betts

President & CFO | Operation HOPE

Steve Boland

Chief Administrative Officer | Bank of America

Kelvin Boston

Founder & CEO | Boston Media, LLC

Dr. Mark Brown

President | Tuskegee University

U.S. Congresswoman Shontel Brown

Representative | State of Ohio

Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant

Pastor | New Birth Missionary Baptist Church

Janice Bryant Howroyd

Founder & CEO | The ACT-1 Group

Ronald Busby, Sr.

President | US Black Chamber of Commerce

Rhett Buttle

Founder | Public Private Strategies & Public Private Strategies Institute

Melanie L. Campbell

President & CEO | National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and National Convener, Black Women's Roundtable

Dr. Ben Chavis, Jr.

Host | The Chavis Chronicles

Sam Cherribi

Visiting Faculty and Adjunct Professor | Emory University, Department of Economics

Jazzmin Cobble

Mayor | Stonecrest, GA

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

Chief Executive Officer | DeKalb County, GA

Kelly Coffey

Former CEO | City National Bank

Natalie Madeira Cofield

Chief Executive Officer | Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO)

Melvin Coleman, MBA

President & CEO | Atlanta Black Chambers

Khalia Collier

Owner, St. Louis Surge & VP & Chief of Staff Basketball Operations | Dallas Mavericks

Elsie Cook-Holmes

International President and Chair | National Board, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Doris Crenshaw

Founder & CEO | South Youth Leadership Development Institute

Greg Cunningham

Sr. EVP & Chief Diversity Officer | US Bancorp

Chaitra Dalton

Chair | National Minority Health Association

Dr. David Dalton

President and Chief Executive Officer | Univec, Inc.(UNVC)

Dania Diaz

Managing Director | TEAM ROC, ROC NATION

Curley M. Dossman

Jr. President | Georgia-Pacific, Community Programs Vice President | Koch Charitable Community Fund

Young Dro

Artist | Addiction Recovery Advocate, Philanthropist

Jotaka Eaddy

Founder & CEO | Full Circle Strategies

Kristy Fercho

Head of Diverse Segments, Representation & Inclusion & Head of Home Lending | Wells Fargo

Alan H.H. Fleischmann

Founder, Chair and CEO | Laurel Strategies

Caroline Fohlin

Professor | Emory University, Department of Economics

Henry Ford, III

Member, Board of Directors | Ford Motor Company

Dr. George Fraser

Chairman & CEO | FraserNet, Inc.

Hill Harper

American Actor

Bennie Harris

Chancellor | University of South Carolina

Marica T. Harris

Grand Basileus | Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority

Marnita Harris

Vice President | Economic Equity and Inclusion, Detroit Regional Chamber

U.S Congressman Glenn Ivey

Representative | Maryland, District 4

U.S. Congressman Jonathan Jackson

Representative | Illinois, District 1

John Jackson

Atlanta Regional President | Cadence Bank

Dr. Kevin James

President | Morris Brown College

Ramcess Jean-Louis

Global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer | Pfizer

Brad Johnson

Restaurateur | Post and Beam Hospitality

Dr. Bryan Johnson

Superintendent | Atlanta Public Schools

Derrick Johnson

President & CEO | NAACP

Kwame Johnson

President & CEO | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta

Beverly Jones

Mayor | Stone Mountain City

Milton Jones, Jr.

Co-Founder | Peachtree Providence Partners Holding Company, LLC

Tishaura Jones

Mayor | City of Saint Louis

Thuy-An Julien

Chief Business Officer | Harris Family Legacy

Oona King

Chief Opportunity Officer | Uber

Eloisa Klementich, CEcD

Chief Executive Officer | Invest Atlanta

Boris Kodjoe

Actor, Director, Producer, Investor and Philanthropist

Adai Lamar

Broadcaster/Radio Personality | KJLH Radio

Ricky Lewis

Grand Basileus | Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Milton Little, Jr.

President & CEO | United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta

Dr. Michael L. Lomax

President & CEO | United Negro College Fund

Veronica Maldonado-Torres

President & CEO | Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Roland Martin

Host | News One Now

Brian McGowan

President | Centennial Yards

Scott M. Mills

President & Chief Executive Officer | BET Media Group

Erika Mitchell

Board Chair | Atlanta Board of Education

Hala Moddelmog

President & CEO | The Woodruff Arts Center

Jonathan Moody

CEO | Moody Nolan

Marc Morial

President & CEO | National Urban League

Peter Morris

Founder & CEO | Simply Bail

Bob Nash

President and Chief Executive Officer | National Academy of Public Administration

Janai Nelson

President & Director-Counsel | NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Monique Nelson

Executive Chair | UniWorld Group Inc. (UWG)

Norman Nixon

CFO & Co-Founder | Debbie Allen Dance Academy

Cherelle L. Parker

Mayor | City of Philadelphia

Nicholas M. Perkins

Chairman, President & CEO | Perkins Management & Fuddruckers

Charles Phillips

Managing Partner | RECOGNIZE

Michael Phillips

Chief Operating Officer | TDJ Enterprises

Richard Phillips

Dean | Georgia State University

Steve Reed

Mayor, Montgomery | Alabama

Chris Rey J.D.

International President | Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc

Natosha Reid Rice

VP of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Habitat for Humanity

Lisa Rice

President & CEO | National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)

Stephen M. Ryan

Attorney at Law

Maria Saporta

Editor and Columnist | SaportaReport

U.S. Congresswoman Terri Sewell

Representative | Alabama, District 7

Karen Slade

Vice President & General Manager | KJLH Radio

Marks Solls

EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | Invitation Homes

Stacey Tisdale

On-Air Financial Journalist

Dr. Silvanus Udoka

Dean | School of Business Administration, Clark Atlanta University

Ben Vereen

Actor, Director, Writer

Ken Welch

Mayor | City of St. Petersburg

Tim Welsh

Former Vice Chairman, US Bank & Board Member | GHR Foundation

Tim Wennes

Special Advisor to the Santander US CEO

William Whipple, Jr.

CFA President & CIO | Amero Global Investors, LLC

Darrin Williams

Chief Executive Officer | Southern Bancorp

Dr. David Wilson

President | Morgan State University

Ryan Wilson

Co-Founder & CEO | The Gathering Spot

Shawn Wilson

President & CEO | Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan

Randall L. Woodfin

Mayor | City of Birmingham