
Equity Summit
Agenda
Equity Summit
Speakers

Uyi Abraham
CEO/Founder
Vonza

Agatha Agbanobi, M.Ed
Founder & Principal Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant
Optimal Leadership, LLC

Roslyn Clark Artis
President and CEO
Benedict College

Bart Bailey
COO
Courage to Care, LLC

Shanté Bassett, PsyD
Psychologist, Adjunct Professor
LaGuardia Community College

Carol Bennett
Assistant Provost for DEI
Youngstown State University

Ymorah Blakeney
Founder & Director
Black Girls Talk LLC

Stephanie Bradley
Entrepreneur
Steph Bee Brands

Brittany Boone, PhD.
Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
VallotKarp Consulting

Jade Brown, M.S.
Diversity and Inclusion Manager
Polen Capital

Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee
President
Community College of Aurora

Samia Byrd
Deputy County Manager, Chief Race and Equity Officer
Arlington County Government

T. Scott Case
Chair
Network for Good

Gabriella Codrington
Associate Director
Black Girls Talk, LLC

Bridgette N. Cofield
Vice President - Human Resources & Chief Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion Officer
Carlow University

Dr. Lisa Collins
Assistant Professor
Lewis and Clark College

Jarrod E. Druery, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Northern Kentucky University

Eric Endlich, Ph.D.
Founder
Top College Consultants

Hanif Fazal
Co-Founder
Center for Equity and Inclusion

Erin Gallagher
Founding Partner
Have Her Back

Nikki Glanton
Senior Public Affairs Chief
U.S. Army

Tristan L. Glenn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
and Director
Kennesaw State University and Call Me MISTER

Brittany Hogan
Manager, Center For Human Service Leadership
Washington University in St. Louis and The Delmar Divine

Kendall Hollbrook
CEO
Dev Technology Group, Inc.

William Huston, AIF, AIFA
Founder, CEO
Bay Street Capital Holdings

Bev-Freda Jackson
Director of Research and Grant Administration
Bond Educational Group

Atasha M. James
Co- Founder and CEO
Legends Charter School

Bobbie Knight
President
Miles College

Clifford W. Knights, II
CEO
Independent Medical Group (IMG)

Teresa Lasley
CEO
Instructional Gym
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Ivan Lochan
Learning and Development Manager and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chief of Staff
Array Behavioral Care

Ashley Marshall, J.D
Deputy City Manager for Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
City of Charlottesville

Dania Matos
Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion
University of California, Berkeley

Willonda McCloud
President & CEO
Bright Side Opportunities Center

Melissa McPheeters (they/she)
Coach and Consultant
Rise to Resilience

Shekila Melchior, PhD, NCC, LPC-MHSP (TN)
Director of Diversity & Inclusion, College of Education and
Human Development
George Mason University

Dr. Rajanique Modeste
CEO
Vestigia Organizational Strategies

Sydney Montgomery, Esq.
CEO
S. Montgomery Admissions Consulting

Leonore Okwara, MPH
Founder
and Executive Director
Association of Black Researchers, Inc.

Dr. Elvin T. Ramos
Dean of Social Sciences
and Humanities
De Anza College

Dr. Damaris Rau
Superintendent
School District of Lancaster

JoAnn Rolle Ph. D
Dean of Business
Dean of Business,
Medgar Evers College CUNY

Madison Sampson
PhD Student
George Washington University

Natasha Stamper
DEI Consultant
Kanarys, Inc.

Jakiya Brown Thiaw
CEO and Founder
The Travelingfro Brands, LLC

Steve Vixamar
COO
Independent Medical Group (IMG)

David Watkins
Director, Department of Equity & Diversity
School Board of Broward County, Florida

Amos Winbush III
Founder and CEO
Bckers Inc.

Dr. Steve Yacovelli (a.k.a. "The Gay Leadership Dude®")
Owner / Principal
TopDog Learning Group, LLC