#Black Leaders Month. Creating Opportunities out of Chaos and a Far Larger Pie for All.

Oct 29, 2020, 7:30 – 9:30 PM

2020 has been chaos. Let's not re-hash the past but focus on making a better future. Let's take our 2020 lessons learned and have a real, honest, open conversation with six of our region's Black Leaders about how we create new opportunities out of the chaos by focusing on how we can nurture and support our incredible minority entrepreneurs and create a far larger pie which we can all share.

Virtual event

About this event

2020 has been chaos. No need to re-hash the past. Let's take our 2020 lessons learned and have a real, honest, open conversation with six of our region's Black Leaders about how we create new opportunities out of the chaos by focusing on how we can nurture and support our incredible minority entrepreneurs and create a far larger pie for that we can all share. 

Our goal is to shine a bright light on all of the positive perspectives and opportunities that our region's Black and minority leaders and entrepreneurs bring to our ecosystem and how we can continue to grow our support for them as we do for everyone else. 

Check out what happened

Panelists

  • Therese Gamble

    Startup Grind Jacksonville

    Director

  • Sonnie Njau

    Men Impact Change

    Founder | CEO

  • Andrew Sherman

    American Bully Manufacturing

    Founder | CEO

  • David Hodnett

    Brown Advisory

    Director-Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Calvin Young

    Camden Partners

    Vice President

  • Winston Frazer

    Danae

    Founder | CEO

Organizers

  • Chris Haug

    360 Venture Management Group

    Chapter Director

  • Patrick Rockhill

    Doyle-Logan Systems

    Community Logistics and Data Analytics

  • Nichole Kelly

    CEI, True North Growth Labs

  • Tariq Najee-ullah

    Patent Insider

    Principal

  • Mel Litter

    Elemental Impact Solutions

    CEO, Elemental Consulting

  • Jason Mantzouranis

    Cachet Mode LLC

    COO, Project/Program Manager

  • Connor Boundy

    Atlantis Capital

    Executive Producer-Web 3 Series

  • Luke Pillarella

    Atlantis Capital, LLC

    Executive Producer - Web 3 Series

  • Sean Sutherland

    Kapowza

    Chapter Co-Director

Global sponsor

Dell Technologies logo

Dell Technologies

Partners

360 Venture Management Group logo

360 Venture Management Group

MCE logo

MCE

Quantum Sight logo

Quantum Sight

Web Answer Media logo

Web Answer Media

Ortus Academy logo

Ortus Academy

Kapowza logo

Kapowza

Team Business, LLC logo

Team Business, LLC

Maryland Business Innovation Association logo

Maryland Business Innovation Association

Pitch Creator logo

Pitch Creator

Founder Institute logo

Founder Institute

CONNECTpreneur logo

CONNECTpreneur

Treble logo

Treble

1776 @ Greencourt Innovation Center logo

1776 @ Greencourt Innovation Center

Conscious Capitalism of Central Maryland logo

Conscious Capitalism of Central Maryland

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