meet Our Speakers

Benjamin Vann

President & CEO, Impact Ventures

Jeff Meade

Founding Director, Paul Quinn Entrepreneurship Center

Enisha Shropshire

Founder & President, Vector Strategies

Zach Ellis

Founder & Managing Partner of South Loop Ventures

Henry Noel

Director of Investment, Boston Impact Initative

Austin Clements

Managing Partner, Slauson & Co.

Cindy Willard

Senior Director Capital Activation, Impact Charitable

Kathy Guzman Galloway

CEO & Head Wizard, The Clarity Wizard

Saria Hawkins

Founder & CEO, Manifest Your Purpose

Richard Thomas

President, The Present House Hospitality Group

Marissa Allen

Co-Founder, Cookie Society

Veronica Torres Hazley

CEO, Torres Hazley Enterprise

Erin Kilmer-Neel

Executive Director, Beneficial State Foundation

Demetrius Washington

President, National Black MBA Association

Dom Haskett

Business Development & Origination, Farol Asset Management

Phillip Washington

CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Stone Hill WealthManagement

Carlos White

President, The Impactor

Trail Blazer TBA

Trailblazer Award

Jalyn Gordon

Program Manager, Impact Ventures

Dr. Sarah Crane

Executive Director, Restorative Economics Group

Himalaya Rao-Potlapally

Managing Director, The BFM Fund

Nydia Cardenas

Founder

Alyssa Padron

Program Manager, Village Capital

Reuben Leal

DFW Urban League

Stephone Malone Coward II

Economic Justice Campaigns Director, Justice Paid in Full

EJ Carrion

Dr. Michael Waters

Pastor– Professor – Author – Justice Advocate

Frances Smith-Dean

Executive Director of Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center

James Armstrong III

President/CEO, Builders of Hope

Dominique Pryor-Anderson

Equitable Capital Strategist | Community Investment Leader

Becky Gligo

Executive Director, Fort Worth Community Land Trust

Alyssa Padron

Program Manager, Village Capital

Tunji Fadiora

Director of Programs, Impact Ventures

Jermeen Sherman

Managing Director, Black Ambition

Michelle Williams

Head of Texas Strategy, MassChallenge

Joshua Johnson

Odessa Jenkins

CEO, Women’s National Football Conference

Benjamin Vann

President & CEO, Impact Ventures