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Speakers

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Hilina D. Ajakaiye, MBA, CDME

Chief Strategy Officer

NCBMP

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Clarence E. Anthony

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

National League of Cities

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Amanda Armstrong

Senior Vice President, Industry Relations

Encore Global

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Eric Austin

Vice President, Marketing & Media Innovation 

Procter & Gamble

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Princess Castleberry

Chief Executive Officer

Castleberry Global

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Melissa Cherry

Senior Vice President

Miles Partnership

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Zeek Coleman

President

AdGenuity

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Dwayne Crawford

Executive Director

NOBLE

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Jason Dunn

Chief Executive Officer

NCBMP

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Joe Fijol, DMCP

Founder & Principal

ETHOS Event Collective

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Marsha Flanagan, M.Ed., CEM

President & Chief Executive Officer

International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE)

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Anjylla Y. Foster, Ph.D.

Executive Director & Chief Operating and Administrative Officer

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated

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Kala Gibson 

Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer

Fifth Third Bank

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Dr. Marcus T. Henderson, Sr.

Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer

A.M.E. Church

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Reginald J. Henry, CAE

Chief Information & Performance Excellence Officer

ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership

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Arion Herbert

Founder & CEO 

Main Attraction Recreational Sports

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John Howard

Executive Director

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

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Derrick Johnson

President & CEO

NAACP

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Hon. Van Johnson

President

African American Mayors Association | Mayor of Savannah, Georgia

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Sherrif Karamat, CAE

President & CEO

PCMA

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Eric Kearney

President & Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce

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Danielle Kennedy-Jones

Chief Executive Officer

100 Black Men of America, Inc.

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Bishop Keith Kershaw

Chief Operating Officer

Church of God in Christ, Inc.

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Connie W. Kinnard

Senior Vice President, Multicultural Tourism & Development

Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau 

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Deb Lawrence

Managing Director & Head of Community Business Strategies for Business Banking

JP Morgan Chase

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Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE

President & Chief Executive Officer

ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership

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Elisha Rhodes

Executive Director

National Bar Association

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Melissa A. Riley

Senior Vice President, Convention Sales and Services

Destination DC

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Jason Riveiro

Global Growth Advisor

EPIQUE

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Jeptha J. Snow, Esq.

Chief Operating Officer

NAAIA

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Tyronne Stoudemire

Global Head of Strategic Partnerships

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

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Kireem Swinton

President & CEO

Visit Baltimore

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Janeen Uzzell

Chief Executive Officer

NSBE

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Dan Williams

President & CEO

GBCVB

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