2024 Speakers

TAKAITHEARTIST
FOUNDER & PRODUCER
UDAY STUDIOS

BLIZZB3AR
CONTENT CREATOR
ROOSTERTEETH + TWITCH STREAMER

DR. JENNIFER WYATT BOURGEOIS
FOUNDER
PAGES & POSES YOGA & WELLNESS

DR. ADE ADAMSON
BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN

ANN AKINNUOYE
HEAD OF PARTNER RELATIONS- BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
ROCK THE BELLS

SAUNDRA ALEXANDER
FOUNDER
HEALING WHOLESOME

BRIANNA ARPS
FOUNDER & CEO
MOODEAUX

ELLEN BAILEY
VP OF BUSINESS AND CULTURE TRANSFORMATION
HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING

SAMARA BARKS
ARTIST
MIXED HUES LLC

MELISSA BRADLEY
FOUNDER
1863 VENTURES

JOTINA BUCK
FOUNDER
ROOT + YOKE WELLNESS

MASHAMA BAILEY
Chef and Co-Owner
THE GREY, DINER BAR

CAT CARTER
HOST/CEO
SUPERWOMAN RECORDS

COREY COLEMAN
OWNER
UNTITLED FITNESS LAB

DURELL COLEMAN
FOUNDER & CEO
DC DESIGN

RUDI DEVINO
EMCEE/FOUNDER
OFC CREATIVES/_OFCOLOR

DENIESE DAVIS
FOUNDER
REFORM MEDIA GROUP

DOMINIQUE EASLEY
FOUNDER & CEO
EASLEY BLVD LLC

NATASHA EUBANKS
FOUNDER, CEO & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
THE YBF (YOUNG, BLACK & FABULOUS)

QUE FAGAN
FOUNDER
CURVA LISH

GIOVANA FIELDS
R&B SENSATION & WHISTLE QUEEN
GIO

TAMARA P. FIELDS, EdD (c), LCSW-S
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Supervisor
THE REAL THERAPISH

TAM HAWKINS
CEO
GREATER AUSTIN BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ARLAN HAMILTON
FOUNDER
BACKSTAGE CAPITAL

STACY IKE
TV/PODCAST HOST & ENTREPRENEUR
STACY IKE INC

DR. EMMANUEL PATRICK INWANG
CEO
WCRx HEALTH INC

JEFF JENKINS
CEO
CHUBBY DIARIES

RAVEEN JOHNSON
FOUNDER
THE RAVEEN ALEXIS

DÉVON CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
FOUNDER & CEO
BLEULIFE MEDIA GROUP

PILAR JOHNSON
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER
DEBUT CAPITAL

BLACKKRYSTEL
HOST & CONTENT CREATOR
ROOSTERTEETH

KEEARAH KYLES
SINGER-SONGWRITER
SUPERWOMAN RECORDS

SHAYLA LAWSON
PROFESSOR
AUTHOR

CHEF CHELSEA LEDBETTER
OWNER/EXECUTIVE CHEF
DIRTY SOUTH BOWL CATERING

MARSHALL LINDSEY
INVESTMENT BANKER
REGIMENT SECURITIES

ADRIAN LIPSCOMBE
FOUNDER/CHEF
40 ACRES PROJECT

ARION LONG
FOUNDER & CEO
FEMLY

D'ANGELO "D'LO" LOUIS
FILMMAKER & CREATIVE EXEC.
3DR VISION

KEVIN MCKINNON
PRESIDENT & CEO
GOLD COAST DIAGNOSTICS LLC

LOVE MCPHERSON
FOUNDER
LOVE INFINITY

ALEXANDRA MILES
FOUNDER
PROJECT BLACKBIRD INC

SHAHEED MUTEE NAJM
BROTHER SHAHEED MUTEE NAJM
WCRx HEALTH INC

ONYEKA ONUMA
CHEF
ONYEKA'S OPULENT CATERING

CHARLENE POLITE CORLEY
VP, DIVERSE INSIGHTS & PARTNERSHIPS
NIELSEN

HIMALAYA RAO-POTLAPALLY
MANAGING DIRECTOR
BFM FUND

LAUREN RIGGINS
CHA'KEETA B
SUPERWOMAN RECORDS

EVITA ROBINSON
FOUNDER
NOMADNESS

CHEF KHALIEB RUFAEL
CHEF & CO-FOUNDER
SPICE BOYZ

ERNEST SHAW, JR.
BALTIMORE MURALIST
E SHAW ART

DR. KIRSTEN K. SHEPARD
FOUNDER
TRUESTOPPER'S INC

JERMEEN SHERMAN
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS
BLACK AMBITION

MARCUS SMITH
FOUNDER
CIRCLE OF M

DESHUNA SPENCER
FOUNDER
KWELITV

KEVIN TOLSON
HEAD OF NORTH AMERICA STRATEGY & CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONAL CARE
UNILEVER

ELAINE WELTEROTH
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST & NYT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

CHERICE JENELLE WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR OF BRAND INNOVATION
BEAM SUNTORY

BRIAN WILLIAMS
MANAGING PARTNER
WAYNE AND REED, LLC

SHARINDA WILLIAMS-SIMMONS
MEDIA PERSONALITY
THE PTO NOMAD

DR. GENESTER WILSON–KING, MD FACOG
FOUNDER
VICTORY REJUVENATION CENTER

TIFFANY YIZAR
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
UNILEVER