BOCA Attendee Bio Book 2024

2024

25 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

AGENDA

BOCA EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

THURS, APR 25th

ALL DAY

6:00PM - 12:00AM

GROUP ARRIVALS

WELCOME RECEPTION

Flybridge Restaurant

OPENING REMARKS

John Utendahl (Host & Former Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Bank, Bank of America)

Q&A: MAKING PROGRESS IN THE CURRENT U.S. POLITICAL CLIMATE

Joe Watkins (MSNBC, Lighthouse)

FRI, APR 26th

6:15AM - 7:30AM

BREAKFAST

The Venetian Terrace at the Yacht Club (First Level)

7:30AM - 11:30AM

GOLF SCHOOL

Golf Club (Under the Tent)

Attendees divided into (2) groups: 1) Full Swing, 2) Short Game Groups will switch at 9:30am

11:30AM - 12:45PM

LUNCH

Flamingo Grill Veranda (above the Pro Shop)

1:00PM- 1:45PM

PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL PANEL

FAIR ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR BLACK & BROWN BUSINESSES

Moderator: Frank Baker (Siris Capital)

Participants: Boris Kodjoe (Full Circle Africa), Everette Taylor (Kickstarter), Earl Hunt (Apollo), Jay Brown (Roc Nation), Ronald Blaylock (GenNx360)

2:00PM - 2:45PM

SUSTAINABILITY & INCLUSION

MOVING BEYOND THE ATTACK ON ESG

Moderator: Ursula Burns (Integrum, Teneo)

Participants: Frank Cooper (Visa), James Cole (The Jasco Group), Merline Saintil (Rocket Lab), René Jones (M&T Bank), Rejji Hayes (CMS Energy)

AGENDA

BOCA EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

3:00PM - 3:45PM

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING: NAVIGATING AI’S IMPACT ON ENTERTAINMENT

Moderator: Madison Utendahl (Utendahl Creative)

Participants: Steve Stoute (UnitedMasters), Troy Carter (Venice Music), Harold Ford Jr. (Fox News), Ava DuVernay (ARRAY)

4:00PM - 4:45PM

5:00PM - 6:30PM

7:30PM - 8:30PM

8:30PM - 11:30PM

CEO PANEL: TONE FROM THE TOP DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION IN A POST- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WORLD

Moderator: Maurice DuBois (CBS News)

Participants: Craig Arnold (Eaton), David Rawlinson (Qurate), Alfred Liggins (Urban One), Sharon Bowen (Chair, NYSE)

NINETEENTH HOLE RECEPTION

Flamingo Grill at the Golf Facility (above the Pro Shop)

HALLMARK RECEPTION

Palm Court

HALLMARK DINNER

The Cathedral (jacket required)

OPENING REMARKS

John Utendahl (Host & Former Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Bank, Bank of America)

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Boris Kodjoe (Award-Winning Actor, Director, Producer), Madison Utendahl (Utendahl Creative)

FOUNDERS' AWARDS:

2024 BOCA Founders’ Advancement & Achievement Award

Awardee: Jamal Mashburn (Principal, Helen Holdings; Owner, Anytime Waste Systems; Wasteology; Papa Johns Franchisee; JAM Distribution; Academic All-American; and former NBA player, 12-seasons)

Presenter: Derek Jeter (Co-Founder of Greatness Wins, Arena Club, and the Players Tribune, New York Yankee and Baseball Hall of Fame)

2024 BOCA Founders’ Entrepreneur Award

Awardee: Jay Brown (CEO, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Roc Nation and CEO & Co-Founder, Marcy Venture Partners)

Presenter: Robert Smith (Founder, Chairman & CEO, Vista Equity Partners)

AGENDA

BOCA EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

2024 BOCA Founders’ CEO Award

Awardee: Marvin Ellison (Chairman, President & CEO, Lowe’s Corporation; Director: FedEx Corp)

Presenter: Thasunda Brown Duckett (President, CEO & Director, TIAA; Director: Nike, Brex)

2024 BOCA Founders’ Icon Award

Awardee: Ursula Burns (Founder Integrum; Chairwoman, Teneo; former Chairwoman & CEO, Xerox; Director: Uber, Endeavor, IHS Holding, Group Black)

Presenter: Ken Chenault (Chairman, General Catalyst; former Chairman & CEO, American Express; Chairman, Bilt Technologies; Director: Berkshire Hathaway, Airbnb)

SAT, APR 27th

7:00AM - 8:00AM

BREAKFAST

The Venetian Terrace at the Yacht Club (First Level)

8:15AM - 9:00AM

PRIVATE EQUITY PANEL

CAPITAL ALLOCATION TO PRIVATE EQUITY: IMPACT INVESTING FOR ALPHA

Moderator: Martin Taylor (Vista Equity Partners)

Participants: Jacob Walthour (Blueprint Capital Advisors), Darren Dixon (Kingston Infrastructure Partners), Eric Mullins (Lime Rock Resources), Marcus D. Stroud (TXV Partners), Ronnie Hawkins (Global Infrastructure Partners)

9:15AM - 10:00AM

SPORTS PANEL

OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN GLOBAL

SPORTS TEAMS AND EMERGING LEAGUES

Moderator: Carlos Fleming (WME)

Participants: Don Cornwell Jr. (Dynasty Equity), Nadia Rawlinson (WNBA, Chicago Sky), Roger Mason Jr. (Vaunt), Dre London (London Entertainment), Bill Duffy (WME)

10:15AM - 11:00AM

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO BLACK & BROWN WEALTH CREATION

Moderator: Maurice DuBois (CBS News)

Participants: Christian Garrett (137 Ventures), Cody Coleman (Creative AI), Gaby Sulzberger (Centerbridge), Nate Yohannes (Meta), Chris Young (Microsoft)

AGENDA

BOCA EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

11:15AM - 12:00PM

PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORS PANEL

DRIVING CAPITAL ALLOCATION DECISIONS

TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT

Moderator: Bill Kennard (AT&T)

Participants: Adriane Brown (Flying Fish Partners), Arnold Donald (Bank of America), Edith Cooper (Medley), Shellye Archambeau (MetricStream)

12:30PM - 1:30PM

LUNCH

Flamingo Grill at the Golf Facility (above the Pro Shop)

2:15PM - 6:00PM

7:00PM - 8:30PM

8:30PM - 11:30PM

9:00PM - 11:30PM

GOLF SCHOOL

Golf Club (Under the Tent)

NINETEENTH HOLE RECEPTION

Flamingo Grill at the Golf Facility (above the Pro Shop)

DINNER

Sadelle’s (Conservatory)

FIRESIDE CHAT: WHERE ARE WE NOW?

Sadelle’s (Conservatory)

Moderator: Ken Chenault (General Catalyst)

Participants: Robert F. Smith (Vista Equity Partners), Adebayo Ogunlesi (Global Infrastructure Partners)

SUN, APR 28th

7:30AM - 8:30AM

BREAKFAST

The Venetian Terrace at the Yacht Club (First Level)

Q&A: 2024 AN ELECTION YEAR UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Joe Watkins (MSNBC, Lighthouse)

CLOSING REMARKS

John Utendahl (Host & Former Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Bank, Bank of America)

8:30AM

GOLF SCHOOL

Golf Club (Under the Tent)

Golf Tee Times are available at the The Boca Country Club

John O. Utendahl

Former Chairman

Global Corporate and Investment Bank Bank of America

John Utendahl is a seasoned financial services executive and investment banker with over 40 years of experience in the field. In 2023, John retired from his most recent role as the Chairman of the Global Corporate and Investment Bank for Bank of America ("BofA"). At BofA, he served as the Senior Client Relationship Executive and trusted advisor to C-Suite and Board of Directors leadership at major corporations across various sectors such as industrials, media & telecommunications, financial services & insurance, technology & software, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, aviation and private equity. As the Chairman, he was accountable for bringing the full power of the bank's global capabilities (banking, markets and advisory) to assist the largest clients by orating innovative solutions for their most significant financial opportunities. Mr. Utendahl was the lead advisor for over 30 of the bank's most significant and important corporate clients. In addition, he played an active role throughout his tenure at BofA as an advocate for diversity and inclusion in all facets of the bank's operations.

Immediately prior to joining Bank of America, Mr. Utendahl pioneered the role of Vice Chairman at Deutsche Bank. Again, using C-Suite and Board Member relationships, he established the position and implemented a client relationship management strategy that successfully integrated the senior advisor role into the account team structure. Mr. Utendahl was able to capitalize upon Deutsche Bank's global platform to create international opportunities for numerous corporate clients.

Before these senior positions at major investment banks, John spent almost two decades as Chairman of the Utendahl Financial Organization, consisting of a broker-dealer, corporate finance advisory and asset management and established several private equity and real estate funds. The Utendahl Financial Organization was built from Utendahl Capital Partners, LP, established in 1992 – the largest minority-owned financial organization in the country for many years.

John began his career at Salomon Brothers in 1982 as a corporate bond trader and later became a trading desk manager in Merrill Lynch's corporate bond department. He has also served as a Director on several Boards, including the Securities Industry Association (SIA), the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. John received a BS degree in Business from Long Island University and an MBA in finance from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, where he was also honored as the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremonies in 1994.

Marc Allen

Advisor, Former Chief Strategy Officer, & SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development

The Boeing Company

Board Positions: Proctor & Gamble Co.

B. Marc Allen is a global C-suite business leader and board director with a record of driving enterprise-wide transformation through innovation, growth and productivity initiatives. His success lies at the intersection of intrapreneurship, government and global/technological convergence. A life-long learner with a foundation in law, Marc spent 17 years in global aerospace, with nearly a decade as a member of The Boeing Company’s Executive Council. As Boeing Chief Strategy Officer, Marc reimagined a capabilities-first enterprise strategy in response to COVID-19 and 737 Max challenges. An innovation champion, he designed an Enterprise Technology Office and guided forwardthinking M&A and jv investment. He led Wisk Aero’s acquisition and served as Chairman. He resurrected HorizonX, the leading aerospace corporate venture capital firm.

Marc’s dizzying series of diverse global leadership roles included the acquisitions, integrations and P&L of multiple units as President of Boeing’s Embraer Partnership in Brazil, for which he ultimately led Boeing through a complicated exit decision. He created a global operating model and growth strategy for operations representing 60% of total revenue as President of Boeing International. He drove outsized P&L performance of Boeing’s $5B product finance and leasing business as President of Boeing Capital. He transformed strategy and relationships with Chinese industry and government stakeholders in a career-defining ex-pat role as President of Boeing China.

Marc pivoted to business leadership after first spearheading Boeing’s creation of a worldclass Global Law Affairs team. His foundational roles included being a litigation attorney at a respected firm; a founding start-up entrepreneur; a strategy consultant at a leading boutique; and law clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

A caring and committed leader, Marc quickly gains followership and is respected for identifying, hiring and building diverse, world-class teams focused on excellence. Marc sits on the boards of P&G and multiple not-for-profits. He chairs the world’s largest anti-slavery NGO, International Justice Mission. He is a respected industry thought leader and speaker; an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow; a Council on Foreign Relations lifetime member; and a private pilot.

Paget Alves Chairman

Sorenson Communications

Board Positions: Sorenson Communications, Yum! Brands, Synchrony Financial , Assurant and Ariel Alternatives

Mr. Alves, served as Chief Sales Officer of Sprint Corporation, from January 2012 to September 2013 after serving as President of that company’s Business Markets Group from 2009 to 2012.

Prior thereto, Mr. Alves held various senior executive positions at Sprint Corporation. Prioir to his Sprint career Mr. Alves was President and Chief Operating Officer of Centennial Communications Corporation and served as President and CEO of PointOne Telecommunications, Inc.

Mr. Alves currently is Chairman of the board of Sorenson Communications and serves on the boards of Yum! Brands, Synchrony Financial , Assurant and Ariel Alternatives.

Most recently, Savoy magazine recognized Mr. Alves among Savoy’s 2023 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.

Mr. Alves received a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and a J.D. from Cornell University.

Shellye Archambeau

Former CEO MetricStream

Board Positions: Verizon, Okta, Roper Technologies

Ms. Archambeau is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations.

Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ] where she chairs the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee, Roper Technologies [NYSE:ROP] where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee, and Okta [NASDAQ: OKTA].

She previously served on the boards of Nordstrom and Arbitron (acquired by Neilson). She is a senior executive mentor with the ExCo Group, and serves on the boards of two national non-profits, Catalyst and Braven.

She is the former CEO of MetricStream, a Silicon Valley-based, governance, risk, and compliance software company that enables corporations to improve their business operations through better risk management across the enterprise. Under her leadership MetricStream was recognized for growth and innovation over the years and was named in the top 10 of the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” and named a global leader in GRC by leading independent analyst firms for 9 consecutive years.

Ms. Archambeau has over 30 years of experience in technology leading organizations focused on business to business as well as business to consumer. She is a recognized expert in marketing and co-authored, ""Marketing That Works: How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Profits to Any Sized Company."" She has held EVP of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer roles for two public companies and as President of Blockbuster.com, launched the entertainment retailer’s first online presence.

She is also the author of the best seller, Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms.

Craig Arnold

Chairman & CEO Eaton

Board Positions: Eaton, Medtronic, The Salvation Army of Cleveland

Craig Arnold is chairman and chief executive officer of Eaton, a global intelligent power management company.

Craig became chairman and CEO on June 1, 2016. He was appointed a member of the company’s board of directors and named Eaton’s president and chief operating officer on September 1, 2015.

Formerly, Craig served as vice chairman and chief operating officer of the company’s Industrial Sector from February 2009 to August 2015. Craig joined Eaton in 2000 as senior vice president and group executive of the Fluid Power Group.

He previously worked at General Electric Company, where he had served as corporate vice president and president, GE Lighting Services Ltd., since 1999. There he led the company’s lighting business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

Craig started his career with General Electric in 1983 and later served as corporate vice president and president of GE Plastics, Greater China, and then of GE Appliances, Asia, from 1997 to 1999.

Craig holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University, San Bernardino, and a master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University.

Currently, Craig is lead board director for Medtronic, Inc. and a board director for the Business Roundtable, where he also serves on the group’s Special Committee for Racial Equity and Justice. He is a member of The Business Council and the advisory board of The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland, and sits on the boards of Greater Cleveland Partnership and the United Way of Greater Cleveland.

Frank Baker

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Siris Capital Group, LLC

Board Positions: RFK Human Rights, Florida Council of 100, Spelman College, University of Chicago, Norton Museum of Art

Frank Baker is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris, the predecessor fund of which was formed in 2006. Siris is a middle market private equity firm focused on deep value, control equity investments around special situations in the telecom, technology and technology-enabled business service sectors.

Mr. Baker has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the University of Chicago. He is a Trustee of the University of Chicago, Spelman College and the Norton Museum of Art, a Director of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) and Chairman of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

Swizz Beatz

Producer, Rapper, DJ & Songwriter

Grammy-winning producer, rapper, DJ and songwriter Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean unleashed a boundary-pushing approach to production that helped shape the sound of rap over several eras. He was the force behind countless hits ranging from the early 2000s into the present. In addition to his own two studio albums, he has produced countless hits for DMX, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, and many of the biggest names in rap. At the height of the global pandemic, he joined forces with producer Timbaland to launch the unifying, live-music streaming series, Verzuz. The venture earned the pair a spot on TIME’s 2021 list of most influential people, and resulted in an acquisition from live-streaming platform Triller.

In addition to his legendary music career, Dean—alongside his wife, Alicia Keys—is an avid art collector. They are the co-chairs of the Gordon Parks Foundation, which permanently preserves the work of the pioneering photographer, filmmaker, musician and activist. In February the Brooklyn Museum debuted Giants, the first major exhibition from their personal art holding, known as The Dean Collection. It includes works from Gordon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kehinde Wiley, Lorna Simpson, and others.

A modern day renaissance man, Dean’s creative spirit has propelled several meaningful projects, including his own line of footwear with Reebok, designing the Aston Martin Rapide, and executive producing a drama series for ABC. He became the first American to win a camel race in Saudi Arabia in 2022.

Dean was born in the Bronx and relocated to Atlanta as a teenager, where he began his career as a DJ. In 2017, he completed Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management executive program. He serves on the board of directors for the Brooklyn Museum, Monster Cable, and Reebok.

Ronald Blaylock

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

GenNx360 LLC

Board Positions: CarMax, Pfizer, W.R. Berkley, Inc., Carnegie Hall, NYU Stern School of Business, Advantage Solutions

Ronald E. Blaylock is a Founder and Managing Partner of GENNX360 Capital Partners, a private equity fund headquartered in New York City. He plays a significant role in the overall portfolio construction of the GENNX360 private equity funds. He is responsible for overseeing funding requirements, and capital structure decisions for existing and new portfolio companies. As Chairman of the Investment Committee, he oversees acquisitions, and negotiates and structures investments with significant emphasis on risk management for the fund’s investments.

Prior to launching GENNX360 Capital Partners, Mr. Blaylock was Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blaylock & Company, a highly regarded and one of the top investment banking firms in the country. The firm underwrote and advised on over $150 billion in transactions in 2005 alone. Blaylock & Co. participated in transactions for a diverse, blue-chip roster of clients that included AT&T, Boeing, CIT, GE, Google, Time Warner, UPS, and Verizon, among other Fortune 500 companies. In 1999, Blaylock was voted Capital Raiser of the Year by Corporate Finance Magazine.

Prior to founding Blaylock & Company, Mr. Blaylock held executive management positions with UBS and Citigroup.

Mr. Blaylock currently serves on the corporate boards of CarMax, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., W.R. Berkley and Advantage Solutions. He also currently serves on the boards of Carnegie Hall and the New York University Stern School of Business. He had previously served on the board of Georgetown University and the New York University Board of Trustees. He had also been named “Man of the Year” by Covenant House for his work with abandoned youth.

D. Steve Boland

Chief Administrative Officer Bank of America

Board Positions: Frontdoor, Novant Health, National Urban League

D. Steve Boland is chief administrative officer for Bank of America and is a member of the company’s executive management team. In this role, Boland oversees the delivery of the company’s full range of capabilities for clients globally through its Public Policy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Workforce Development, Arts & Heritage, Global Corporate Communications, External Communications, Global Corporate Security, Executive Protection, Enterprise Services, and other related functions as well as, in the U.S., through its local markets organization including nearly 100 market presidents and teams.

Boland is also one of the vice chairs for the company’s Global Diversity & Inclusion Council. He represents Bank of America as a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and serves on a variety of corporate and nonprofit boards of directors, including Frontdoor, Inc., Novant Health Foundation and the National Urban League Board of Trustees.

Prior to his current role, Boland served as president of Retail Banking, responsible for the growth of the business serving 33 million U.S. mass market consumers.

Boland holds a degree in organizational studies from the School of Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University. In the course of his career, he has been recognized with several prestigious professional honors. These include being recognized by The Urban League of Central Carolinas with their 2023 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award; as well as being named to Savoy Magazine’s 2022 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America; Black Enterprise Magazine’s 2017 list of the Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America; 75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street in 2011; and 75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America in 2005.

In addition, Boland was awarded with Bank of America’s Black Executive Leadership Council Vanguard Award for being at the forefront of advocating, sponsoring, promoting and overall investing in black talent.

Sharon Bowen

Chair

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Board Positions: Intercontinental Exchange, Akamai Technologies, New York Stock Exchange, Neuberger Berman, Bakkt Trust

Sharon Bowen is Chair of the New York Stock Exchange. She also serves on the Boards of the Intercontinental Exchange, Akamai Technologies, Neuberger Berman and Bakkt Trust.

She was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Commissioner of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and as Vice Chair of SIPC. She is a former partner of Latham & Watkins. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a JD-MBA and Honorary Doctor of Laws from Northwestern University.

Adriane Brown

Managing Partner

Flying Fish Partners

Board Positions: Axon Enterprises, Inc., American Airlines Group, eBay, Inc., KKR & Co.

Ms. Brown has been a Managing Partner of Flying Fish Partners, a venture capital firm that specializes in artificial intelligence and machine learning startups, since early 2021, after joining the firm as a Venture Partner in November 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Brown served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Intellectual Ventures (“IV”), an invention and investment company that commercializes inventions, from January 2010 through July 2017, and served as a Senior Advisor until December 2018.

Before joining IV, Ms. Brown served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell Transportation Systems. Over the course of 10 years at Honeywell, she held leadership positions serving the aerospace and automotive markets globally.

Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Brown spent 19 years at Corning, Inc., ultimately serving as Vice President and General Manager, Environmental Products Division, having started her career there as a shift supervisor.

Ms. Brown serves on the boards of directors of American Airlines Group, Inc., Axon Enterprise, Inc., eBay, Inc., KKR & Co. Inc., and the non-profit International Women’s Forum. Ms. Brown previously served on the boards of directors of Allergan Plc, and Raytheon Company until 2020 and Harman International Industries from 2013 to 2017.

Ms. Brown holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters and a bachelor’s degree in environmental health from Old Dominion University and is a recipient of its Distinguished Alumni Award. She also holds a master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a Sloan Fellow.

Jay Brown

Co-Founder & Vice Chairman Roc Nation

CEO & Co-Founder

Marcy Venture Partners

Board Positions: Hammer, Sean Carter Foundation, BeGood Foundation, CLF, Madison Reed, Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Savage X Fenty, Roc Nation

Jay Brown is a seasoned executive and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the music industry. In 2008, Brown co-founded Roc Nation and has overseen its evolution from a boutique company to an international, cultural powerhouse. Leading the industry in every aspect of modern entertainment, Roc Nation supports its diverse roster of talent via artist management, music publishing, touring, production, strategic brand development and beyond. The company’s client list includes some of the world’s most recognizable names including Alicia Keys, Big Sean, Christina Aguilera, Megan Thee Stallion and Rihanna. Brown currently serves as Vice Chairman of Roc Nation.

In March 2019, Brown co-founded Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), a venture capital firm, alongside Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Larry Marcus. The firm has a passion for building innovative businesses and mass-market brands that resonate with culture across products and services, media and technology. MVP invests in companies that embrace positive values including sustainability, empowerment, inclusivity, accessibility, convenience, health & wellness and personal expression.

Brown also co-founded Fenty brands – Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Fragrance and Savage X Fenty.

Currently serving on several boards, Brown lends his collective expertise to organizations including Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Savage X Fenty, the Hammer Museum and the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF).

Kofi Bruce

CFO, Interim Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

General Mills

Board

Positions:

Electronic Arts

Kofi Bruce is General Mills’ Chief Financial Officer and interim Chief Strategy & Growth Officer. He assumed his current CFO role in February 2020 after serving as Vice President of our Financial Operations since September 2019. Prior to that, Bruce was Vice President, Controller.

Bruce joined the Company in 2009 as Vice President, Treasurer, after serving in a variety of senior management positions with Ecolab and Ford Motor Company. He served as Treasurer until 2010 when he was named Vice President of Finance for Yoplait. Bruce reassumed his role as Vice President, Treasurer, from 2012 until 2014 when he was named Vice President of Finance for Convenience Stores & Foodservice. He served in that role until he was named Vice President, Controller.

Bruce is an executive sponsor of General Mills’ Black Champions Network, which focuses on the growth, development and success of Black employees, and General Mills’ Veteran’s Network, which champions a culture of belonging that engages and supports veterans, service members and military family members. He also serves as a board of director member for Partners in Food Solutions, a non-profit focused on strengthening food security, improving nutrition, and increasing economic development across Africa.

Bruce earned his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Ursula Burns

Founder Integrum Holdings Chairwoman Teneo

Board Positions: Uber, Endeavor, IHS, Mayo Clinic, Ford Foundation

Ursula Burns has extensive international experience in leading large companies that are facing technology sea changes within their industries. Burns was the Chairwoman of the Board of Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016, after having been appointed President in 2007. Burns joined Xerox as a summer intern in 1980 and has since held leadership posts spanning corporate services, manufacturing and product development. During Burns’ tenure as Chief Executive Officer, Burns helped the company transform from a global leader in document technology to the world’s most diversified business services company serving enterprises and governments of all sizes. Shortly after being named CEO in 2009, Burns spearheaded the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services. In 2016, Burns led Xerox through a successful separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which is comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company.

After her retirement from Xerox, Burns was appointed as Chairwoman of VEON, Ltd. in 2017. Burns became Chairwoman and CEO in December 2018 until June 2020. During her tenure at VEON, Burns successfully steered the company through various compliance and restructuring changes. Burns is a founding partner of Integrum Holdings, a private equity firm and a Non-Executive Chairwoman of Teneo Holdings LLC. She is also a member of the Uber Technologies, Inc., Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., and IHS Holding Board of Directors. In addition, Burns is on several private company boards, while also providing leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Mayo Clinic amongst others.

U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Burns to lead the White House national program on Science,Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) from 2009 - 2016, and Burns served as Chair of the President’s Export Council from 2015 - 2016 after service as Vice Chair from 2010 - 2015. In February 2022, Burns joined the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness as Vice Chair. Burns holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Burns is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering and the G7 Gender Equity Advisory Council.

Her book “Where You Are Is Not Who You Are” was published in June 2021.

Calvin Butler

President & CEO Exelon

Board Positions: Exelon

Calvin Butler is president and chief executive officer of Exelon, the nation’s largest utility company by customer count, serving 10.5 million electric and gas customers in New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, through six local electric and natural gas companies. Butler serves on Exelon’s Executive Committee and is a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

Butler earned a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., and a Juris Doctor degree from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Mo. He received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Morgan State University in 2014.

Maverick Carter

CEO

The SpringHill Company

Board Positions: Live Nation Entertainment, Equinox Group, Red Sox Foundation

Maverick Carter, an entrepreneur and CEO, has significantly impacted the sports and media landscape and helped usher in a new era of athlete empowerment.

As LeBron James’ longtime business partner and CEO of The SpringHill Company, Carter has channeled his passionate curiosity and determination to uplift others into building brands that develop authentic, award-winning content spanning several platforms, all with a common thread of empowering others.

Carter also provides strategic insights to leading companies and several nonprofit organizations, serving on the Board of Directors for Live Nation Entertainment and Equinox Group as well as the Advisory Council for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Walmart’s Opportunity Leadership Council, and the LeBron James Family Foundation that is committed to creating generational change in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.

Carter attended Western Michigan University and currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his family.

Troy Carter

Founder & CEO Venice Music

Board Positions: Aspen Institute, LACMA, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, SoundCloud

Troy Carter is the founder and CEO of Venice, a music technology company that provides software and premium services for independent music artists. Formerly, Troy was the founder and CEO of Atom Factory, where he nurtured the careers of global superstars, including Lady Gaga, John Legend, and many others.

Troy served as a longtime advisor to Spotify before joining the company in 2015 as its Global Head of Creator Services, overseeing the company’s growth strategy for artists and record labels, leading up to Spotify’s IPO. In 2017, Troy was appointed Entertainment Advisor to the Prince Estate, which he stewarded until 2022.

His interest in the intersection of technology and culture resulted in the formation of AF Square Investments. Early investments include Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Spotify, Warby Parker, Gusto, Liquid Death, WeTransfer, Deel, TrueBill, Therabody, and over 75 other early-stage consumer technology and CPG companies.

Troy is a trustee for the Aspen Institute, an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow, and a member of the United Nations Global Entrepreneur Council. He serves on the boards of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and SoundCloud.

Carlton J. Charles

SVP Treasury & Risk Management

Hearst Communications

Board Positions: BUILD, M&T Bank

Carlton J. Charles is senior vice president of treasury and risk management at Hearst. In addition to his duties as corporate treasurer, Charles oversees the risk management activities of the company through his role as chairman of the Risk Working Group, which he helped start at Hearst. He is responsible for the company’s insurance operations and is heading up an effort to further diversify the company’s roster of vendor partners. Charles also serves as the chairman of Level Up Ventures, a venture capital unit within Hearst focused on Black and Latino entrepreneurs. Charles is a member of the Hearst board of directors and is on the board of advisors for HearstLab, Hearst’s platform for nurturing early-stage, women-led companies.

Charles also serves on the board of BUILD, which teaches entrepreneurship to youth in underserved communities. He also serves on the board of M&T Bank as a member of the Nomination and Governance Committee. He was on the board of trustees of St. Thomas Aquinas College and previously served on the board of the Bronx Preparatory Charter School, where he briefly chaired the Audit Committee. Charles is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and National Association of Corporate Directors, where he is a governance fellow.

In 2011, Charles joined Hearst as vice president and treasurer, overseeing treasury, risk management and insurance. Prior to Hearst, he was most recently senior vice president and chief operational risk officer at Moody’s Corporation, an SEC regulated company. Charles was an early architect of Moody’s Enterprise Risk Management program and regularly reported to the Moody’s board on treasury and enterprise risk topics.

Charles holds an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago, and a master’s in public policy and a bachelor’s in quantitative economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Kenneth Chenault

Chairman & Managing Director General Catalyst

Board Positions: Airbnb, Berkshire Hathaway, Chief, Guild Education, Harvard, NAACP, Smithsonian Institution's Advisory Council for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Bilt Rewards

Kenneth I. Chenault is the Chairman and a Managing Director of the venture capital firm, General Catalyst. As a managing director of the firm, he focuses on investing in fastgrowing companies that have the potential to become large, fundamental institutions. He also provides invaluable guidance to portfolio companies, particularly to those with an eye towards global markets and responsible innovation, as they scale their teams and products.

As chairman, Ken leverages his renowned leadership abilities and experience to continue to evolve General Catalyst into a formidable and enduring firm. Prior to joining General Catalyst, Ken was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express Company, a position he held from 2001 to 2018. He joined American Express in 1981 as Director of Strategic Planning and served subsequently in a number of increasingly senior positions, including Vice Chairman and President and Chief Operating Officer, until his appointment as CEO. Under his leadership, American Express built one of the world's largest customer loyalty programs — Membership Rewards — and earned global recognition as a leader in customer service. Upon Ken's retirement from American Express, Warren Buffett, the company's largest shareholder stated, "Ken's been the gold standard for corporate leadership and the benchmark that I measure others against."

Ken has been honored by multiple publications including Fortune Magazine, which named him as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders in its inaugural list in 2014 and most recently, in 2021. Ken holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in history from Bowdoin College. He has also received honorary degrees from several universities and awards from a wide variety of civic, social service, and community organizations.

Josh Childress

CEO Landspire Group

Board Positions: BoostSpoort.AI, Metasys Technologies, Portland Thorns

Josh Childress has over a decade of experience as a real estate investor. He is the co-founder and CEO of Landspire Group, a Southern California-based real estate investment firm seeking to revitalize communities once defined by small businesses, livable-wage jobs, and a thriving middle class. Josh is dedicated to advancing his commitment to creating lasting positive change through community (re) development.

Before embarking on his career in real estate, Josh was a professional basketball player for 15 seasons in the NBA, Greece, Australia, and Japan. In 2010, Josh founded the Childress Family Foundation, an organization focused on providing mentorship and resources to high school and collegiate athletes. Driven by a desire to support higher educational opportunities, he established the Childress Athletic Scholarship, the firstever summer studies scholarship at Stanford University.

Josh holds his B.A. in Sociology from Stanford University. His leadership extends to his roles on the Social Impact Council for RevOZ Capital, as well as advisory positions with Metasys Technologies, BoostSport.AI, and the Portland Thorns.

Clifford Chiu

Senior Advisor

Vista Equity Partners

Clifford K. Chiu joined Vista Equity Partners in 2015 as a Senior Advisor to the Firm. Mr. Chiu also now serves as a Senior Advisor to Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction. Additionally, Mr. Chiu sits on the boards of Acquia, Allvue Systems, Critical Start, Finastra, LogicMonitor, Securonix and TRG Screen. Outside of Vista, Mr. Chiu is a corporate director and private investment firm senior advisor, as well as a board or committee appointee to government bodies and non-governmental organizations in financial services, enterprise software, data and technology-enabled solutions, healthcare, education, social welfare and the arts located throughout the United States and Hong Kong. He is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, including participation in its U.S.-China Track II Dialogue on the Digital Economy. On July 15, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint Mr. Chiu to serve as a member, Commission on Presidential Scholars.Prior to joining Vista, he was a partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) where he founded and led capital raising and investor relations for the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Chiu has served as a senior advisor to Neuberger Berman Group (and member of NSBH) in Hong Kong, and was a public appointee on the Advisory Panel of Cyberport.hk. He was appointed to the Policy Research Committee and then the Market Development Committee of the HK Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) from inception in 2013 until its January 2019 incorporation, as well as the Investment Committee of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority from 2013 until his final term expired in December 2020.

With a career spanning more than four decades, Mr. Chiu previously served as a managing director and head of Asian institutional business at JP Morgan Asset Management, and as managing director and head of Hong Kong investment banking and before then co-head of Japan investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup and its predecessors based in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He is a former director and audit committee member of Hsin Chong Construction Group (Hang Seng: 0404.HK), Cambium Learning Group (Nasdaq: ABCD), where he chaired the special independent committee associated with its December 2018 acquisition, the Regulatory Data Corp. until its sale to Moody’s Corp. in January 2020, Infoblox, Inc. until its investment by Warburg Pincus in December 2020, Ping Identity (formerly NYSE: PING) until May 2021, TIBCO Software until its September 2022 combination with Citrix Systems, Fusion Risk Management until its majority investment from Great Hill Partners in May 2023 and Apptio, Inc. until its acquisition by IBM Corp. in August 2023. Additionally, Mr. Chiu served as a director of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority’s United Christian Hospital and Tseung Kwan O Hospital for over a decade, and as treasurer of the New York City Mission Society.

Theodore (Ted) Colbert III

President & CEO

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

The Boeing Company

Board Positions: Archer Daniels Midland, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Georgia Tech President’s Advisory Board, Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Advisory Board

Ted Colbert is executive vice president of The Boeing Company and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, which provides solutions for defense, government, space, intelligence, and security customers worldwide. Beyond the United States, Defense, Space & Security has prominent operations in Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. Colbert is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council.

Previously, Colbert was president and chief executive officer of Global Services with responsibility for leading Boeing’s aerospace services development and delivery model for commercial, government and aviation industry customers worldwide, focused on global supply chain and parts distribution, aircraft modifications and maintenance, digital solutions, aftermarket engineering, analytics and training. Prior to that role, Colbert was chief information officer and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data Analytics.

Colbert is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and serves on the board of directors of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Advisory Board, and New Leaders, where he serves as board chair. He also holds the position of board chairman for the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Additionally, he completed two terms on the Georgia Tech President’s Advisory Board. Colbert is also a non-executive board member of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). In 2022, The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) named Colbert Black Engineer of the Year, the organization’s top honor, and in 2021, he was named one of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America by Savoy magazine. Colbert completed the Dual Degree Engineering Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College with bachelor degrees in industrial and systems engineering.

James Cole Jr.

Founder & CEO The Jasco Group

Board Positions: American International Group (AIG)

James Cole Jr. currently serves on the Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of American International Group Inc., a leading global insurance organization. Cole is also the Founder and CEO of The Jasco Group, a global investment management firm that invests in publicly traded securities and venture capital. He is also the Founder and President of Jasco Philanthropies, which seeks to improve the life outcomes and eradicate the opportunity gaps that Black and Brown people continue to face.

He previously served at the US Department of Education as Delegated Deputy Secretary of Education and General Counsel under President Barack Obama. As deputy secretary, Cole served as the chief operating officer of the Department and oversaw the Department's work on the My Brother's Keeper Task Force. He was confirmed by the US Senate in December 2014.

Before joining the Obama Administration, Cole was the first African American partner in the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, with a primary focus on Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance. Previously he was a law clerk to the Honorable Stephanie K. Seymour, US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and a financial analyst at General Electric Capital.

Cole serves on the board of directors or other governing bodies of several nonprofit and charitable organizations, including The University of Chicago Law School Council, the National Association of Corporate Directors New York Chapter, and Jumpstart for Young Children, which provides language, literacy, and socio-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities.

Cody Coleman

CEO & Co-Founder Coactive AI

Cody Coleman is a co-founder of Coactive AI, an analytics platform for visual content, and serves as the CEO. Coactive leverages AI to make it easy for enterprises to search, filter, and analyze large amounts of image and video data by bringing structure to unstructured data.

He is also a founding member of MLCommons, and his work spans from high-performance deep learning to data-centric AI.

He holds a PhD in CS from Stanford and MEng and BS degrees in EECS from MIT.

Len Coleman

Former President National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Board Positions: Hess, Omnicom Group, Avis-Budget, Aramark, Metropolitan Opera, Schumann Fund

Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. is the former president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Mr. Coleman signed on with Major League Baseball in 1992 as Executive Director-Market Development. Previously, Mr. Coleman was a municipal finance banker for Kidder, Peabody & Company. Prior to joining Kidder, he served as commissioner of both the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and Department of Energy, and chairman of the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission and the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. Mr. Coleman was the vice chairman of the State Commission on Ethical Standards and a member of the Economic Development Authority, Urban Enterprise Zone Authority, Urban Development Authority, State Planning Commission and New Jersey Public Television Commission. Mr. Coleman also has served as president of the Greater Newark Urban Coalition.

From 1976 to 1980, Mr. Coleman worked in Africa in mission service for the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, providing management consultant services in health care, education and church and community development in 17 African countries. After graduating with a degree in history from Princeton University, Mr. Coleman received a master's in public administration and a master's in education and social policy from Harvard University.

In addition to serving as honorary chairman of the board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation (which he chaired for nearly 20 years). Mr. Coleman serves on the Board of Directors of the Omnicom Group, Hess and Electronic Arts.

He also serves as a director of a number of other organizations, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Schumann Fund. Mr. Coleman is a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief and the United States chairman of the Bishop Tutu Scholarship Fund.

Edith Cooper

Co-Founder Medley

Board Positions: PepsiCo, Amazon, JRSK, Lafayette Square Holding Co LLC, Medley LLC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art

Edith is the co-founder of Medley, a group coaching platform designed for companies to support their emerging leaders. She launched Medley in July 2020 with her daughter, Jordan Taylor, to bring decades of experience in creating environments where people can perform to their potential to a broader audience.

Edith is one of the nation's leading Black business executives, having spent 30 years on Wall Street. Most recently, she was a Partner, Executive Vice President, and the Head of Human Capital Management at Goldman Sachs.

Edith serves on several public company boards, including Amazon and PepsiCo, and nonprofit boards, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Frank Cooper III

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Visa

Board Positions: AAF, Ad Council, ANA, Berkeley Haas DEIB, WPDI

Frank Cooper serves as Global Chief Marketing Officer at Visa. In this vital role, Mr. Cooper leads a global team focused on amplifying the company’s purpose and advancing Visa’s business strategy in the global marketplace. Mr. Cooper’s career spans multiple industries, where he has consistently distinguished himself as a business leader driving change and industry-wide transformation through a deep understanding of business, culture and technology.

Previously, Mr. Cooper held previous roles as Global CMO at BlackRock, Chief Marketing and Creative Officer at BuzzFeed and CMO of Global Consumer Engagement at PepsiCo. He began his career as an entertainment lawyer and served as a senior executive at two of the world’s most iconic music labels: Motown and Def Jam.

Mr. Cooper earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as the Supreme Court Editor of The Harvard Law Review, and a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

W. Don Cornwell

Retired CEO & Chairman Granite Broadcasting Corporation

Board Positions: American Insurance Group (AIG), Viatris

Retired CEO with extensive entrepreneurial and public board leadership experience in a wide array of industries including innovative pharmaceutical and healthcare, beauty and personal care, local media and insurance. Board leadership has ranged from chairman of audit (9 years) and regulatory and compliance (5 years) committees of Pfizer, chair of compensation committee of AIG and CVS Health and serving as Lead Director of Avon and chair of Finance committee during merger with Natura. Founded and built a new public company following 17 years as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs.

Cornwell retired as Chairman and CEO of Granite Broadcasting Corporation in 2009, a company he founded in 1988. Granite grew to become a diverse company operating 23 channels in 9 television markets—becoming one of the nation’s 25 largest television station groups.

Currently, Mr. Cornwell serves on the boards of AIG, Viatris and Blue Meridian Partners and previously served on the boards of Pfizer, Natura (Brazil), Avon and CVS Health.

Cornwell serves on the board of Occidental College and previously on the board of the Advisory Council of Harvard Business School, the M.S. Hershey School and Trust, the Wallace Foundation, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the Board of the FCC’s Telecommunications Development Fund. Mr. Cornwell received his B.A. from Occidental College in 1969 and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1971 and has been honored as Alumnus of the Year by both institutions.

K. Don Cornwell

Co-Founder & CEO

Dynasty Equity

Board Positions: PJT Partners, Harlem Children's Zone, East Harlem Tutorial Program, New York Cares

K. Don Cornwell is Dynasty Equity’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to Dynasty Equity, Don was a Founding Partner at PJT Partners, a premier global advisory-focused investment bank and is now a member of their Board of Directors. Prior to PJT, Don worked at Morgan Stanley in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and established a particularly focused area of expertise in media and entertainment, specifically in sports and gaming.

Don has worked on some of the largest and most complex sports and entertainment deals in the industry, including, the recapitalization of OneTeam Partners, the sale of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the sale of the Buffalo Bills, the sale of IMG to William Morris Endeavor, the sale of Perform Group to STATS Inc., a recapitalization of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the formation of Major League Baseball Advanced Media. In addition, he has served as a strategic advisor to the National Football League and the National Basketball Association on numerous occasions.

Prior to Morgan Stanley, Don worked at McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant and in corporate development for the National Football League. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Harlem Children’s Zone, an education and social services organization in Central Harlem; the East Harlem Tutorial Program, an after-school program for children in East Harlem; the Board of Directors of New York Cares, New York City’s largest volunteer organization; and the VFILES Foundation, an organization with the mission to increase business ownership for creators in underrepresented communities.

Don received an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and an AB in Government from Harvard College.

Richelieu Dennis

Founder, CEO, Executive Chairman Sundial Brands Founder & Chairman Essence Ventures Founder New Voices Fund & New Voices Foundation

Entrepreneur, investor and social commerce innovator Richelieu Dennis has a passion for entrepreneurship and innovation that traces back to his family’s roots in Africa and is sustained by a mission to serve underserved communities by advancing the philosophy of economic inclusion as a human right.

In 1991, upon graduating from Babson College and being unable to return to his native Liberia due to civil war, Richelieu co-founded Sundial Brands, the manufacturer behind top beauty and personal care brands SheaMoisture and Nubian Heritage. Richelieu served as the company’s chair and CEO until December 2019 and set the vision for its Community Commerce purpose-driven business model and drove its success as the number one natural hair and beauty company serving Black women and the larger multicultural and natural hair communities.

Under Richelieu’s leadership, Sundial grew from selling products on New York City streets to co-creating a comprehensive portfolio of offerings with major U.S. retailers and gaining global distribution. Sundial’s Community Commerce investments impacted tens of thousands of people throughout its global supply chain and in the U.S. through improved infrastructure, increased incomes, healthcare access, safer work environments, entrepreneurial and educational opportunities, and more. The company also obtained B Corp and Fair for Life certifications. In 2017, Richelieu architected a first-of-its-kind deal in the beauty and personal care industry when he negotiated the landmark acquisition of Sundial Brands by Unilever. As part of this purpose-driven agreement, he created a groundbreaking $100 million New Voices Fund, and eponymous foundation, to invest in and support women of color entrepreneurs.

Upon stepping down from his roles as Sundial chair and CEO, Richelieu created the Social Mission Board, to scale Community Commerce across the global organization, as well as provide insights, strategy and learnings across Unilever. In 2017, Richelieu founded Essence Ventures, an independent Black-owned consumer technology company focused on merging content, community and commerce to create an ecosystem that meets the cultural and lifestyle needs of people of color.

Pascal Desroches

SEVP & CFO

AT&T

Board Positions: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, United Way Metropolitan Dallas, Prep for Prep, UT Southwestern Presidents Advisory Board

Pascal became AT&T’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April of 2021. In this role, he is responsible for AT&T’s financial planning, accounting, tax, auditing, treasury, investor relations and corporate real estate functions.

Pascal previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WarnerMedia and the Administrative Officer of Turner Broadcasting System Inc., with responsibility for all of WarnerMedia’s financial operations as well as Turner’s global communications, facilities, human resources, legal, strategy and research, security and technology organizations. Prior to his role with WarnerMedia, Pascal served as Turner’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President and Global Controller of Time Warner.

Before joining the WarnerMedia family, Pascal was a partner in KPMG LLP’s Department of Professional Practice and was also a professional accounting fellow with the Office of the Chief Accountant at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Pascal is an honors graduate of St. John’s University where he received a BS in accounting. He received an MBA, with a concentration in corporate finance and management of organization, from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Pascal serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Board of Directors, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep, and is a member of the UT Southwestern President’s advisory board. He previously was a Trustee of St. John’s University and served on the Board of Directors of Davita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) where he Chaired the Audit Committee.

Pascal and his wife, Yvette, live in Dallas and have two adult children, Erika and Justin.

Jerri DeVard

Founder & CEO Black Executive CMO Alliance (BECA)

Board Positions: Cars.com, Dow, Root Insurance, Under Armour

Jerri DeVard is the Founder and CEO of the Black Executive CMO Alliance (BECA), an alliance designed to champion corporate diversity and help build the next generation of Black C-suite marketing executives. As a former EVP and Chief Customer Officer of Office Depot, Inc., Jerri was responsible for the eCommerce P&L, Customer Service, all Marketing functions, Data & Analytics, Communications, Community Investment and Events, having previously served as its Chief Marketing Officer. In 2024 Jerri was named to the Advertising Hall of Fame. In 2023 she was awarded ADCOLOR's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the editors of Advertising Age awarded Jerri with the 2021 Vanguard Award.

Jerri has extensive marketing and leadership experience at large global brands. Prior to Office Depot, she served as the Chief Marketing Officer of The ADT Corporation. Prior to that, Jerri served as EVP and CMO for Nokia based in Helsinki and London. Additionally, she held senior marketing roles as SVP-Verizon, CMO-Citibank, VP-Revlon, VP-Harrah’s Entertainment. Jerri worked for the NFL and started her career at General Mills, formerly the Pillsbury Company. She is an Economics graduate of Spelman College and served as a member of the Board of Trustees for 9 years. She received her MBA from Clark Atlanta University Graduate School of Business.

She currently serves as a director on the boards of Dow, Under Armour Inc., Cars. com, and Root Insurance. Previously, she served on the boards of ServiceMaster, Belk, Gurwitch Products, Tommy Hilfiger and the advisory board of PepsiCo. Jerri has been selected by Black Enterprise as one of the 75 Most Powerful Blacks in Corporate America and 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, named by AdAge as a Rockstar CMO and Power Player and 50 Women to Watch by the Wall Street Journal.

Darren Dixon Founder & CEO Kingston Infrastructure Partners LLC

Darren Dixon is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Capital Management, LP, and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Kingston Infrastructure Partners, LP, a global infrastructure investment firm.

Prior to founding Kingston Infrastructure Partners in 2022, Darren was most recently Head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Capital Solutions Group, a structured investing business focused on infrastructure. He started his career at Goldman Sachs as a summer analyst and remained at the firm for 14 years.

In addition to his extensive infrastructure experience, including his involvement closing 20+ infrastructure transactions totaling over $9 billion in transaction value, Darren has a diversified and complementary breadth of investment and risk-management experience across different asset classes and industries.

While at Goldman, Darren helped build a structured investing business focused on infrastructure in Latin America. Darren drove all parts of the investing process including origination, negotiation, structuring, documentation, risk management, and distribution of risk.

Darren played NCAA Division I collegiate football and was raised by his father (David) and mother (Terri) along with his three brothers (Darwin, Damon, and Daniel) in Virginia.

Arnold Donald

Former Vice-Chair Carnival Corporation

Board Positions: Bank of America, Salesforce, MP Materials, Foster Farms, GE Vernova

Arnold Donald is former Vice-Chair of Carnival Corporation & PLC, the world’s largest cruise company. Their nine world leading cruise brands -- Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America, Princess, Seabourn, AIDA, Costa, Cunard, P&O UK, and P&O Australia -- are based throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Carnival Corporation & PLC is included in both the S&P500 and the FTSE 100 indices and trades on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges.

Mr. Donald was President & CEO of Carnival Corporation from July 2013 to July 2022 and served on the board for 13 years before that. He also serves on the boards of Bank of America Corporation, Salesforce, Inc., MP Materials, and Foster Farms. In April 2021 Mr. Donald was appointed Chair of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).

Mr. Donald spent more than twenty years at Monsanto Company as Corporate Senior Vice-President, and President of the Consumer and Nutrition sector and President of the Agricultural sector. After leaving Monsanto, Mr. Donald was Chairman of Merisant Company whose products included the leading global sweetener brands Equal and Canderel.

Prior to Carnival, Mr. Donald was President and CEO of the Executive Leadership Council, a professional network and leadership forum for African-American executives of Fortune 500 companies, and the President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.

A native of New Orleans, Mr. Donald received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton College, a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St Louis, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Donald currently serves on a number of not-for-profit boards including Tulane University in New Orleans, Carleton College in Northfield, and Washington University in St. Louis, and has served on The Greater New Orleans Foundation, St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare, and Crown Holdings Inc., among others.

Maurice DuBois

Anchor/Correspondent

CBS News New York

Maurice DuBois anchors CBS2 News weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 pm. He joined CBS New York in September 2004. At CBS News, he substitutes as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," has reported for "60 Minutes Sports" and "CBS Sunday Morning," and has hosted "CBS Mornings", "48 Hours" and CBS News' streaming network. DuBois has covered everything from local news to national political conventions, to AIDS in South Africa, to Papal transition at the Vatican, to top entertainers, to witnessing a double execution. He has anchored numerous live breaking news stories, and moderated debates for New York Governor, NYC Mayor and Congress. He has also hosted multiple specials on topics ranging from mental health, to kids and violence, to breast cancer, to ticker-tape parades and telethons.

A Long Island native, DuBois spent seven years at WNBC-TV before joining CBS. At NBC News, he appeared on "Today," "Weekend Today," "Dateline NBC," MSNBC and NBC News at Sunrise. Previously, DuBois worked in Chicago and Sacramento. He began his career in 1987 at KING-TV in Seattle as a desk assistant before moving to reporting. He's appeared as — what else? — a news anchor, in the feature films "Soul Men" and "Kick Ass," and CBS' hit drama "Person of Interest."

DuBois has won several journalism and community awards, including five Emmys. He's also won honors from The Associated Press, The New York State Broadcasters Association, and The New York Association of Black Journalists, which recognized him as a Trailblazer.

He serves on the non-profit board of Access Psychology Foundation, and previously served at NY City Center, PENCIL, Susan G. Komen for the Cure/NYC, and The Northside Center for Child Development.

DuBois is a graduate of Northwestern University, has four Honorary PhDs, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.

Thasunda Brown Duckett

President & CEO TIAA

Board Positions: Nike, Brex, Sesame Workshop, RFKHR, PBAHBCU, New York Presbyterian Hospital, The Economic Club of NY, Univ. of Houston Bd. of Visitors, Nat. Medal of Honor Museum, Baylor

Thasunda Brown Duckett is President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA, a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions to millions of people and thousands of institutions.

As TIAA’s CEO, she leads a company whose mission is defined by financial inclusion and opportunity – goals and values she has upheld throughout her career. Thasunda joined TIAA last year after serving as Chief Executive Officer of Chase Consumer Banking. Earlier in her career, she was a Director of Emerging Markets at Fannie Mae.

Thasunda serves on the boards of Nike and Brex, and was recently appointed to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. She also belongs to The Business Council, Business Roundtable and The Conference Board’s Committee for Economic Development, among many other organizations. She founded the Otis and Rosie Brown Foundation, in honor of her parents, to recognize and reward people who use ordinary means to empower and uplift their community in extraordinary ways.

Thasunda grew up in Texas and lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Houston and an MBA from Baylor University.

Bill Duffy

Head of Basketball

WME Sports

Board Positions: Santa Clara University, AIM Youth Mental Health, Santa Clara Valley Black Chamber of Commerce, Brain Trust Committee (Cedars-Sinai)

Bill Duffy as Head of Basketball with WME Sports and former Chairman & CEO of BDA Sports Management, which was founded over 35 years ago, is one of the most successful and respected agents in professional sports. He represents more than 40 NBA players and over than 100 professional basketball players internationally.

He was a standout basketball player at Santa Clara University after starting his career at the University of Minnesota. He was selected in the 5th round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets and in 2003 was inducted into SCU’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Bill and his wife, Jamese live in Walnut Creek, CA and have five children.

Joe Dumars

Executive Vice President & Head of Basketball Operations NBA

Board Positions: Orecco

Joe Dumars is universally respected throughout the world of sports and business. Mr. Dumars is an entrepreneur, retired professional athlete, founder, executive, and EVP & Head of Basketball Operations at the NBA.

As President of the Detroit Pistons (2000-2014), Mr. Dumars became the first African American Executive to lead an NBA Franchise to an NBA World Championship. During this period Mr. Dumars was voted NBA Executive of the Decade.

Mr. Dumars was also founder and owner of the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse, a 125,000 square foot indoor sports complex in Detroit Michigan. The Fieldhouse operated for 25 years (1995-2020). In those 25 years, the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse hosted over 30 million visitors during league play, basketball, roller hockey and corporate events.

Mr. Dumars was founder and owner of Detroit Technologies Incorporated, a certified minority automotive supplier. Mr. Dumars oversaw the growth of Detroit Technologies from a start-up business to an annual revenue of $120, 000,000 with over 120 employees.

Mr. Dumars brings over 25 years of business and executive experience. Mr. Dumars has served on the Board of Directors for Fifth Third Bank and the Board of Advisors for the United States Tennis Association. Mr. Dumars currently serves on the Board of Directors for Orreco, a bio marker and sports performance company. Mr. Dumars is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (2006).

Mr. Dumars received his degree in Business Management from McNeese State University and his Honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Central Michigan University.

Ava DuVernay

Founder & Film Director ARRAY

Board Positions: Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Ava DuVernay is an Academy Award nominee and winner of the Emmy, BAFTA, Sundance, Image and Peabody Awards. Her feature film directorial work includes the historical drama Selma, which was the first film directed by an African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture; the criminal justice documentary 13th, which made her the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Oscar in a feature directing category; and Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, which made her the highest grossing Black woman director in American box office history.

Her critically-acclaimed limited series When They See Us, for which she wrote, produced and directed all episodes, received sixteen primetime Emmy nominations. Her series Queen Sugar became the longest running Black family drama in television history in its seven seasons. Winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival’s Best Director Prize for her micro-budget film Middle of Nowhere, DuVernay was the first Black filmmaker to be awarded the top prize. DuVernay amplifies the independent work of people of color and women of all kinds through her non-profit narrative change collective ARRAY. ARRAY is the 2021 winner of the Peabody Institutional Award.

DuVernay sits on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, representing the directors branch in her second term. Her most recent feature film, ORIGIN, is in theaters now.

Marvin Ellison

Chairman, President & CEO Lowe's

Board Positions: FedEx, Lowe's

Marvin Ellison is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company with more than 1,700 stores and approximately 300,000 associates in the United States. Marvin has more than 35 years of retail leadership and operational experience and has the unique distinction of being the only African American to serve as Chairman and CEO of two Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Lowe’s, Marvin served as Chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney Co., where he delivered positive sales growth, reduced debt and generated positive adjusted earnings per share.

He has extensive experience in the home improvement industry, having spent 12 years in senior-level operations roles with The Home Depot. Most notably he served as Executive Vice President of U.S. stores from 2008 to 2014, dramatically improving customer service and efficiency across the organization, as he oversaw U.S. sales, operations, installation services, tool rental and pro strategic initiatives. Prior to Home Depot, Marvin spent 15 years at Target Corp. in a variety of operational and leadership roles.

Marvin earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from The University of Memphis, where he currently serves on the board of trustees. He also holds an MBA from Emory University. Marvin also serves on the board of directors for FedEx Corporation. Marvin’s professional and civic leadership has earned him many accolades. Most notable are multiple appearances on Barron’s annual list of “Top CEOs”; inclusion on Fortune’s “Most Inspirational CEOs” and “World’s Greatest Leaders” lists; and being named “Father of the Year” by the National Father’s Day Council, “Corporate Executive of the Year” by Black Enterprise and one of Savoy’s “Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.” In 2023, he received the National Retail Federation’s Visionary Award. Marvin and his wife, Sharyn, are committed to being of service within their faith and community, primarily through the support of religious and philanthropic organizations that promote higher education, self-empowerment and excellence for minority youth.

Roger Ferguson

Former President & CEO TIAA

Board Positions: Alphabet, Corning, International Flavors & Fragrances

Former President and CEO of TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services organization and the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields.

Currently serving as the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and an Honorary Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School. In 2022, he joined Red Cell Partners as Chief Investment Officer, Chairman of the Investment Committee, Partner and a member of the Board of Directors. Ferguson is also Executive Chairman at Andalusian Credit Partners, LLC, and serves on its Investment Committee. He is a member of a number of boards, including Alphabet, the Institute for Advanced Study, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Corning, International Flavors and Fragrances, Notarize, True Footage and Klarna. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and a member of the Economic Club of New York and the Group of Thirty.

Former vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, representing the Fed on several international policy groups and serving on key Federal Reserve System committees, including Payment System Oversight, Reserve Bank Operations and Supervision and Regulation. Led the Fed’s initial response to the terrorist attacks on 9/11, keeping the U.S. financial system functioning and reassuring the global financial community that the U.S. economy would remain strong.

Prior to joining TIAA, led financial services for Swiss Re. From 1984 to 1997, served as partner at McKinsey & Company and from 1981 to 1984 as an attorney at the New York City office of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Specialties: economic policy, asset management, retirement readiness, financial literacy, digital transformation.

Freddie Figgers

President & CEO

Figgers Communication Inc.

Board Positions: Florida State Board of Administration IAC, Florida Commission Of Ethics,

Chairman of The Figgers Foundation

Freddie Figgers was abandoned at birth, and adopted in two days by Nathan Figgers. Nathan was a maintenance worker and handyman, and his wife Betty Mae, was a farm worker. Freddie grew up in Quincy, Florida. As a child, he enjoyed repairing old electrical equipment. His first computer repair was a broken Macintosh he acquired when he was nine, and succeeded in repairing it by soldering parts from a clock radio to the circuit board. When he was twelve, he began repairing and maintaining computers at his school during an after-school program. The director, who was the city's mayor, hired him to repair computers at city hall. Later, Freddie wrote a program to check water pressure gauges. He then left school at fifteen to go into business, repairing computers in a backyard shed. He launched his own cloud storage service in 2005. He financed subsequent expansion by writing software for clients.

Figgers' inventions include a GPS tracker that he embedded together with a two-way communicator in the sole of his father's shoe after Nathan Figgers developed Alzheimer's disease and started to wander; he sold the rights to the tracker for $2.2 million in January 2014, but his father died the same month.

Following the death of his uncle, a diabetic, he also developed a networked glucometer, to transmit users' glucose levels to a designated relative and their physician and it created an alert in case of abnormalities.

At sixteen, Figgers started Figgers Communication. In 2008, when he was nineteen, he started Figgers Wireless and began applying to the FCC for a telecommunications license to provide internet service to rural areas in northern Florida and adjacent southern Georgia. When he received a license in 2011, at 21, he was the youngest telecom operator in the United States, and as of February 2020, Figgers Communication was the only Black-owned telecom in the country.

Carlos Fleming

Partner & Co-Head

WME Basketball

William Morris Endeavor

As a Department Head of WME Basketball, Carlos Fleming oversees career management, marketing strategy, recruiting and staffing for the department. WME Basketball established itself as a full-service basketball agency in 2021 in a joint venture with Bill Duffy and Associates (BDA), which it then acquired in March of 2023. The agency now represents over 60 NBA clients including Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, Joel Embiid, DeAndre Ayton, Jimmy Butler, RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Candace Parker, Sabrina Ionescu, Anfernee Simons and others.

Throughout his career Carlos has represented the number one tennis player in the world (Venus Williams); the number one NFL Draft Pick (Cam Newton); the number one American professional male soccer player (Christian Pulisic); the number one professional female golfer (Michelle Wie) and the top-rated NCAA Men's basketball player (Chet Holmgren).

Carlos played collegiate tennis at Kansas University where he was an All-American. He started his career at IMG as an agent in the tennis division where he represented clients including Venus and Serena Williams, James Blake, Nick Kyrgios, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and others.

Harold Ford Jr.

Regional President PNC Bank

Board Positions: CME Group, SIGA Technologies, Lincoln Center, Perelman Performing Arts Center, The POSSE Foundation, The River Fund New York

Harold Ford, Jr. is executive vice president and regional president of PNC Bank, New York. In this role, Ford is responsible for new business development and deepening relationships with clients and community organizations. Prior to being named to his current role in February 2023, Ford served as vice chairman of Corporate & Institutional Banking (C&IB) for PNC Bank. Ford was responsible for new business development and cultivating senior client relationships across all segments within the C&IB line of business. He also led critical strategic initiatives focused on further growing PNC's C&IB businesses nationally.

Prior to joining PNC in December 2020, Ford was a director of Live Oak Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company founded in 2020. He served in Congress for 10 years from 1997 to 2007 representing Tennessee’s 9th congressional district and was a member of the House Financial Services, Budget and Education Committees as well as the Congressional Black Caucus. After serving in the House of Representatives, Ford spent four years as vice chairman and senior policy advisor of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, seven years at Morgan Stanley, where he was a managing director and senior client relationship manager, and is the former non-executive chairman of Rx Saver, a patient-directed prescription medication search engine platform. Ford has also taught public policy at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan.

Ford currently serves on the board of directors of the Lincoln Center, Perelman Performing Arts Center, The POSSE Foundation and the River Fund New York. Ford received a B.A. in American History from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Rick Fox

CEO Partanna

Rick Fox is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and three-time NBA champion.

During his professional basketball career, Rick captained two of the NBA’s most storied franchises, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers.

Since then, Rick has brought championship-level leadership to the acting and business worlds.

After retiring from the NBA, Rick pursued a career in television and entertainment. He has over 200 movie and TV episode credits to his name, either as an actor or producer, and has worked alongside Oscar & Emmy nominated producers, directors and actors.

In 2015 he became a pioneer in esports, through his establishment of a gaming franchise that played a major role in shaping the industry.

Earlier in his career, Rick worked with top Fortune 500 brands including American Express, Walt Disney, Hewlett-Packard, Asus, AT&T, Comcast, Pepsi, Ford, T-Mobile and Verizon, to name a few, across their global growth initiatives.

Currently an Ambassador at Large for The Bahamas, Rick has given his time and energy to creating The Bahamas Relief Foundation and bringing real-estate development opportunities to the region.

Kenneth Frazier

Chairman, Health Assurance General Catalyst

Former Chairman & CEO Merck

Board Positions: Eikon Therapeutics, Paradigm, Transcarent, Cornerstone Christian Academy, Harvard Corporation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, National Constitution Center, Weill Cornell Medicine

Kenneth C. Frazier is the former Chairman and CEO of Merck, and the current chairman of Health Assurance initiatives at General Catalyst, advising on investments and partnerships for companies transforming the healthcare industry.

Ken is committed to social change and building greater equity for all. He is the co-founder and co-chair of OneTen, a coalition of leading organizations committed to upskilling, hiring, and promoting people of color without four-year degrees into family-sustaining jobs.

Ken serves on the boards of Eikon Therapeutics, Paradigm, and Transcarent, as well as a number of non-profit boards, including the Harvard Corporation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the National Constitution Center, and Weill Cornell Medicine. He also is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Bar Association, the American Philosophical Society, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia of which he is a Fellow, the Council of the American Law Institute, and the Legal Services Corporation’s Leaders Council. Ken also serves on the ABA Task Force on American Democracy.

For his advocacy and philanthropy, Ken is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including Columbia Business School’s Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, the Yale School of Management Legend in Leadership Award, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund National Equal Justice Award, and the National Minority Quality Forum’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, Ken received the Harvard Law School Association Award and was named one of the World’s Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People. In 2019, he received the Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award for Healthcare. In 2021, peers named Ken Chief Executive Magazine’s CEO of the Year. He also received the Fordham-Stein Prize from Fordham Law School and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Lawyer magazine.

Trevor K. Freeland

Managing Director Deutsche Bank

Board Positions: Make-A-Wish Metro NYC Chapter

Trevor Freeland joined Deutsche Bank in 1995 and is a Managing Director in the Securitized Products Group within Deutsche Bank’s Institutional Client Group.

Trevor has over 29 years experience in covering and managing some of Deutsche Bank’s biggest and most important clients across Commercial Real Estate, Structured Finance, Financing & Solutions, ABS Banking, Securitized Products & CLO’s.

His career started at Deutsche Bank after arriving from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business with an MBA in Finance. Prior to Fuqua, Trevor worked at Andersen Consulting after obtaining a BS in Systems Engineering from The University of Virginia’s School of Engineering & Applied Science. Trevor was also a varsity swimmer at UVa, helping the team win its first ever ACC Championship in school history in 1987.

Christian Garrett

Principal

137 Ventures

Christian Garrett is a principal on the investment team at 137 Ventures.

Prior to that, he was an investor at Caerus Investment Advisors. Christian was selected as a Rising Star by the Venture Capital Journal in the 2020 class.

He earned his BS in education from The University of Kansas, where he played basketball for four years as a student-athlete, winning four Big 12 Championships and going to The Final Four in 2012.

Glenn Gonzales

Founder Lonewolf Global

Board Positions: The Out of the Garden Project

Glenn Gonzales is a prominent and transformational figure in the aviation industry, particularly known for his role as the founder and CEO of Jet It, a private jet fractional ownership and charter company. Glenn is the 2021 EY Entrepreneur of the Year and 2022 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Brigadier General Charles McGee Aviation Inspiration Award Winners.

Aviation Experience: Glenn is an experienced pilot with 6,000+ flight hours, in fighters and business jets.

Entrepreneurship: Gonzales is an entrepreneur who recognized a need for innovation and efficiency in the private jet travel sector, and founded Jet It in the United States and Jet Club in Europe to provide a new approach to private jet utilization. The innovative business model featured Glenn in a Harvard Business School case study.

Jet It: As CEO of Jet It, Gonzales directed the his vision and strategy for the company. Jet It allows individuals and businesses to access private jet travel at a fraction of the cost of traditional ownership models. The company's unique business model and commitment to customer service have garnered attention and acclaim within the industry.

Philanthropy: Outside of his professional endeavors, Glenn Gonzales is known for his philanthropic efforts in community building. He has been involved in various charitable initiatives, such as board member of The Out of the Garden Project which has served over 24 million meals, served as spokesperson for Make a Wish Foundation, founded a military community outreach organization. At Jet It, he raised over $1.5M for children's charities. Glenn has served as keynote speaker for corporate, commencement, and community events.

Jorge Gonzalez

CEO & Vice Chairman City National Bank of Florida

Board Positions: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital System, FIU’s CasaCuba, Institute of Contemporary Art

Jorge Gonzalez joined City National Bank of Florida in 2009 and is currently the CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board. Under his leadership, the bank has grown from $2B in assets to $26B and is the third largest community bank in Florida.

Jorge currently serves on the Board of Directors of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital System, FIU’s CasaCuba, and the Institute of Contemporary Art. He has been named as one of Florida’s Most Influential Business Leaders by Florida Trend Magazine multiple times and has twice been named “Ultimate CEO” by the South Florida Business Journal.

He was also recognized among the “Top Ten Leaders” by Hispanic Executive Magazine and was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Jorge earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Business from Florida International University and is a graduate of the Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive Leadership Training program.

Jorge is married to Melinda Gonzalez and is the proud father of teenage twins.

Ronnie Hawkins Partner

Global Infrastructure Partners

Board Positions: Omnicom Group, The Metropolitan Opera

Ronnie Hawkins, GIP Partner Ronnie Hawkins joined GIP in 2018 and is based in New York City. Mr. Hawkins has responsibility for investment activity in Latin America for GIP Flagship Funds and GIP EM. Prior to joining GIP in 2018, Mr. Hawkins was a Managing Director at EIG Global Energy Partners, where he was a member of the Investment Committee for EIG Funds as well as for Harbour Energy, a control equity entity focused on international upstream and midstream investments and led EIG’s investment efforts outside of the U.S. Prior to joining EIG in 2014, Mr. Hawkins was an Executive Vice President of GE where he led GE Energy’s Global Business Development activities from 2009 through 2013 covering equipment, technology and services across the oil and gas, midstream, renewables, power, and water industries.

Previously, Mr. Hawkins spent 19 years as a senior member of the energy investment banking departments at Credit Suisse and Citigroup, completing acquisitions, privatizations, equity, and structured financing transactions in over 40 countries.

Mr. Hawkins received a double B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from the Honors Collegium of the University of California at Los Angeles and studied at the Catholic University of Chile. Mr. Hawkins sits on the Board of Directors of Omnicom, the largest advertising and marketing holding company in the U.S. and is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Hawkins is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese as well as a number of other languages.

Rejji Hayes

EVP & CFO

CMS Energy

Board Positions: Fortive Corp, Amherst College, Business Leaders for Michigan, Detroit Regional Chamber

Rejji P. Hayes is executive vice president and chief financial officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2017. He is responsible for treasury, tax, investor relations, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit services, supply chain, fleet, facilities, real estate, safety, and mergers & acquisitions.

Hayes joined CMS Energy from ITC Holdings Corp., a regulated electric transmission utility, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. In his role as ITC's chief financial officer, Hayes was responsible for the company's accounting, tax, mergers & acquisitions, internal audit, investor relations, treasury, financial planning & analysis, management reporting and risk management functions. He co-led the strategic review that resulted in the sale of ITC - which was then a publicly traded company - to Fortis, Inc. Under Hayes' tenure as CFO, ITC's market capitalization increased from approximately $4.7 billion to $7 billion. Hayes has been recognized by Institutional Investor as one of "America's Best CFOs" in the Utility sector multiple times.

Prior to joining ITC Holdings Corp., Hayes held strategy and financial leadership roles for Exelon Corporation, Lazard Freres & Co., and Banc of America Securities. Hayes is a board member of Fortive Corp. (NYSE: FTV), where he serves as chair of the audit committee. He also serves on the boards of Amherst College, Business Leaders for Michigan, and the Detroit Regional Chamber. Hayes earned a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree from Amherst College.

Mark Hickson

EVP of Corporate Development & Strategy

NextEra Energy, Inc.

Board Positions: Fisker, Inc.

Mark Hickson is executive vice president of corporate development and strategy for NextEra Energy, Inc. In this role, he works to identify and prioritize top investment opportunities across the company, including corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions and related integration activities.

Mr. Hickson is also executive vice president, corporate development and strategy of NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP), a growth-oriented limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc. NextEra Energy Partners acquires, manages and owns contracted clean energy projects with stable, long-term cash flows. He also serves on the board of directors of the general partner of NextEra Energy Partners.

Mr. Hickson joined NextEra Energy in 2012 as vice president, corporate development and operational excellence. In 2015, he was named senior vice president, corporate development, strategy, quality and integration. In 2017, he was promoted to his current position. Prior to joining NextEra Energy, Mr. Hickson worked at Merrill Lynch & Co, where he was given increasing levels of responsibility from 1997-2012 and served as managing director in Global Mergers and Acquisitions until 2012.

Mr. Hickson holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University, where he graduated with honors.

Richard Holland

President Holland Advisors

Rich Holland is currently President of Holland Advisors, a management consulting firm. He has over thirty-five years of experience in management consulting and executive management, helping companies and clients to define winning business strategies, implement changes for large-scale business transformation projects and develop effective procurement and supply chain management strategies. In addition, Holland Advisors assists clients in developing and structuring technology strategies, human resource management programs, and organizational change initiatives.

Mr. Holland provides consulting assistance to Fortune 500 clients in a wide variety of industries such as consumer goods, financial services, chemicals, oil and gas, public utilities, distribution, and process manufacturing. Consulting solutions designed by Rich and the Holland Advisors team place strong emphasis on collaborating closely with clients to successfully implement major initiatives by focusing on integrating people, process and technology changes required.

In addition to leading his own firm, Rich was previously a Managing Director – Deutsche Bank Securities working directly with the Vice Chairman to establish a more clientcentric relationship management process to drive incremental revenue with the largest corporate clients. He was also a Senior Manager with The Boston Consulting Group in their Dallas, Texas office and co-leader of their National Diversity Practice, advising clients on workforce diversity, supplier diversity and targeted marketing strategies and programs. In addition, Rich held the position of Vice President at The Concours Group and was a Partner with Computer Sciences Corporation.

Rich has a B.S in engineering physics from Cornell University, an M.S. in nuclear engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of Share Plus Federal Bank and served on the Board of Regents for Texas Southern University in Houston Texas.

Earl Hunt Partner

Apollo Global Management

Mr. Hunt joined Apollo Global Management, Inc. in 2021 in Credit and serves as CEO of Apollo Debt Solutions and co-head of Credit Secondaries.

Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Hunt was a Partner in the Global Markets division at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for strategic client coverage. He also served as a member of the Goldman Sachs's Partnership committee and Global Markets Operating Committee.

Previously, Mr. Hunt was co-head of U.S Distressed and Par Loan sales at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2015, Mr. Hunt worked at Citi for 11 years, where he was a director in Leveraged Finance sales.

Mr. Hunt is a member of the Board of Trustees of Brown University. Mr. Hunt earned a BA in Economics from Brown University.

Derek Jeter

Executive, Philanthropist & National Baseball Hall of Famer Jeter Ventures, Inc.

Board Positions: Minute Media, Rockefeller Capital Management

By the time he stepped away from baseball in 2014 after a historic 20-year career, Derek Jeter had established himself as one of the most respected men to ever have played the game. In recognition of his on-field accomplishments and impact on the game, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020.

With a reputation as an unmatched leader both on and off the field, Jeter has established a second career leading a variety of successful business ventures, while still maintaining his ties with baseball. From 2017-2022, he served as part-owner and CEO of MLB’s Miami Marlins. He was the first African-American to serve in this role for any Major League team in the history of the sport and prioritized diversity in his front office and coaching hires. In July 2022, Jeter released his documentary, The Captain, on ESPN, and starting with the 2023 season, Jeter joined the MLB on FOX team.

Jeter is also the founder of The Players’ Tribune, a subsidiary of Minute Media for which he also is a member of the Board. TPT is an innovative multimedia company where worldclass athletes share their honest and unique perspectives, bringing fans closer to the games they love.

Jeter continues to be the driving force behind the Turn 2 Foundation, which he established in 1996 to give back to the communities with which he has a close connection. To date, the Turn 2 Foundation has awarded more than $34 million in grants to create and support signature programs that motivate young people to turn away from drugs and alcohol and “Turn 2” healthy lifestyles.

A five-time World Series champion and member of baseball’s exclusive 3,000-hit club, Jeter earned numerous accolades throughout his career. In 2017, the Yankees retired his No. 2 jersey and unveiled a plaque in the famed Monument Park in recognition of his historic career with the organization.

A father of four, Jeter and his wife live in Miami, FL.

Daymond John

CEO The Shark Group

Board Positions: Overtime, Petco Foundation, USTA Advisory Board

An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother's house and moving his operation into the basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with over $6 billion in product sales. He is a celebrated entrepreneur having received over 35 awards throughout his career, including the Brandweek Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, Ernst & Young's New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award, was named #2 on LinkedIn's 2020 Top Voices list for US lnfluencers, and, most recently, won two 2021 Webby Awards for People's Voice Winner and Virtual & Remote Business & Finance for his event Black Entrepreneur's Day.

John's marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands has made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker today. His marketing firm The Shark Group offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means and connects brands with the world's top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions. John is also an author of four best-selling books including his New York Times best-selling books, The Power of Broke (2016) and Rise and Grind (2018). In March 2020, John released his fifth book, Powershift, that walks through his tried-and-true process of how to transform any situation, close any deal and achieve any outcome through his own experience and vast network of industry leaders.

Finally, he is celebrating his 13th season on ABC's hit business show Shark Tank by acclaimed producer Mark Burnett. The show has gone on to win four Emmy Awards and maintain millions of weekly viewers who tune in to the show every Friday night as john demonstrates his marketing prowess and entrepreneurial insights.

Avery Johnson

CEO Avery Capital

Board Positions: Dynasty Financial Partners

Avery Johnson is the CEO and co-founder of Avery Capital, a commercial real estate private equity firm located in Dallas, and is a partner with the Allan Bailey Johnson Group, a commercial real estate brokerage firm.

He is a member of the Board of Directors with Dynasty Financial Partners. He is also on the board with Behind Every Door, a Christian non-profit that holds a special place in Avery’s heart. As an organization they have a significant impact on the lives of underserved families. Mr. Johnson advises on business dealings in a variety of sectors including oil and gas, multi-family, and logistics.

Mr. Johnson was an NBA star with a sixteen-season career with the NBA, most notably helping guide the San Antonio Spurs to their 1999 NBA Championship. Johnson began his coaching career with the Dallas Mavericks in 2004 where he was named NBA Coach of the Year. He later joined the University of Alabama’s athletic department as the men’s head basketball coach where he guided the Crimson Tide to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

Mr. Johnson also works as a broadcast analyst for CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports HQ, where he is regularly featured.

In 2008, Mr. Johnson published his second book, Aspire Higher: Winning On and Off the Court with Determination, Discipline and Decisions.

Kimberly Johnson

COO

T. Rowe Price

Board Positions: Eli Lilly

Kimberly Johnson is the Chief Operating Officer of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and a member of the Management Committee.

Kimberly has been with T. Rowe Price since 2022. As COO, she leads Technology, Enterprise Data, Global Investment Operations, Global Client Account Services, Enterprise Risk Management, the Transformation Office, Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Services and the regional operating teams. Prior to this, Kimberly was Executive Vice President and Chief operating Officer at Fannie Mae. In this role, she was responsible for technology, operations, data, modeling, analytics, information security, resiliency, innovation, and corporate strategy. Kimberly also previously worked in capital markets for Credit Suisse and D.E. Shaw.

Kimberly earned a B.A. in economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University. Additionally, she serves as a Board member for Eli Lilly.

Robert L. Johnson

Founder & Chairman

The RLJ Companies

Board Positions: RLJ Lodging Trust; G-III Apparel Group, LTD

Robert L. Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, LLC, an innovative business network, and owns or holds interests in businesses operating in hotel real estate, private equity, 401k fintech services, automobile dealerships, content streaming, gaming, and sports betting.

Prior to forming The RLJ Companies, Mr. Johnson was founder and chairman of Black Entertainment Television (BET), the nation's first Black-owned cable television network.

Johnson continues to attract and manage capital and create value for investors, and in 2012, announced the successful creation of RLJ Entertainment, Inc., a premium digital channel company serving distinct audiences primarily through its popular streaming services, Acorn TV (British Programming) and ALLBLK (formerly Urban Movie Channel/ UMC). RLJ Entertainment, Inc. marks the third time Johnson has successfully taken a company public. In 1991 Johnson took BET public, making the network the first African American company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. RLJ Lodging Trust, a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), went public in 2011.

In 2001, Johnson sold BET to Viacom for approximately $3 billion. In July 2007, Johnson was named, by USA Today, one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years."

Two of Johnson's holding companies are ranked among the top Black-owned companies in the country on the Black Enterprise 100s list: RLJ-McLarty- Landers Automotive Holdings, LLC and RLJ Equity Partners, LLC.

Currently, Mr. Johnson serves on the following boards: RLJ Lodging Trust; G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.; The Business Council; and Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Mr. Johnson holds a Master's degree in international affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies from the University of Illinois.

Byron Jones

Former Professional Athlete NFL (Cowboys & Dolphins) Investor

Board Positions: New Heights Youth NYC

Byron Jones was born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut where he received his political science degree and played football for the University of Connecticut. After graduating, he was selected in the 1st round to the Dallas Cowboys in 2015 where he garnered All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors as well as making the top NFL 100 players in 2019. In March of 2020 he signed a record breaking contract with the Miami Dolphins where he played cornerback for three years.

He is currently a real estate developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is building workforce housing in historically black neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas. He invests in disruptive technology and consumer focused companies. His community outreach includes an annual football camp in his hometown, supporting programs that fund scholarships for local students, and donating to worthy causes in the Miami area.

René F. Jones

CEO & Chairman M&T Bank

Board Positions: FRBNY, Bank Policy Institue (BPI), Boston College

René F. Jones is chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank, a diversified, community-focused banking franchise with $200 billion in assets and a network of 1,000+ branches across the eastern U.S.

Before being named Chairman and CEO in December 2017, he served as Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2016, responsible for managing the financial actions of the company. In 2005, he was named to M&T’s Management Group, a group of senior executives responsible for the company’s strategic direction.

Born and raised in Ayer, Mass., Jones received a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Management Science from Boston College. He began his career in accounting at the Boston-based office of Ernst & Young, and later at a private equity firm, and went on to receive a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Rochester. In 1992, he joined M&T as part of the Executive Associates Program.

Jones participates in several organizations to help advance the industry, including the Bank Policy Institute, where he serves as vice chair, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he serves as a director. He is also active in the community, serving on the boards of ACV Auctions, Boston College, and the Pan-Mass Challenge, as well as on the advisory council of the University at Buffalo.

As one of only a few Black CEOs in the Fortune 500, Jones is passionate about equity of opportunity, both in and outside the company. He serves as a steward of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism and on the capital advisory committee of Aux21, a seed-stage firm investing in the future of global commerce with a focus on companies led by immigrant founders.

Wetteny Joseph

EVP & CFO Zoetis

Board Positions: Ashland Inc., Zoetis Inc.

Wetteny Joseph is executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company and a member of the Fortune 500. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the financial management, planning, operations and indirect procurement functions. During his career, he has worked across diverse and complex businesses; led finance functions, business units and business development; and managed relationships with stakeholders from customers and suppliers to investors.

Mr. Joseph joined Zoetis in June 2021, after having spent 13 years in executive positions at Catalent, a global leader in pharmaceuticals, biologics and consumer health products. Before joining Zoetis, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Catalent for three years, overseeing accelerated financial growth and value creation at the company through transformational acquisitions and organic capital deployment. He first joined Catalent in 2008 as corporate controller and held several senior finance positions until October 2015, when he was named president of the Clinical Supply Services business, responsible for $400 million in annual sales from the global business unit.

Before joining Catalent, Mr. Joseph held a variety of senior financial positions at the industrial distribution company HD Supply, including as chief financial officer of its $1.2 billion plumbing and HVAC business unit. He also served as corporate controller for Hughes Supply, a Fortune 500, NYSE-listed company that was acquired by Home Depot and became part of HD Supply. In his early career, Mr. Joseph spent six years at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor and strategic financial advisor across a variety of industries.

Mr. Joseph holds both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Joseph is a member of the Executive Leadership Council.

Stefan Kaluzny

Founder & Managing Director Sycamore Partners

Board Positions: Torrid, Staples, Phillips Academy

Stefan Kaluzny is a Founder and Managing Director of Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm based in New York specializing in consumer, distribution, and retail-related investments.

Sycamore oversees a broad portfolio which generates approximately $30 billion in retail and wholesale sales and over $5 billion of e-commerce sales. The firm's investment portfolio currently includes Azamara, Belk, CommerceHub, Digital Room, Ste Michelle Wine Estates, Express, Lane Bryant, Hot Topic, MGF Sourcing, NBG Home, Pure Fishing, Staples, Inc., Talbots, Ascena, Loft/Ann Taylor, and Torrid.

Sycamore provides flexible capital structured for each investment to enable companies to succeed. The firm manages approximately $10 billion in assets under management from an investor base composed of leading endowments, financial institutions, family offices, pension plans and sovereign wealth funds.

Mr. Kaluzny serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Sycamore's portfolio companies. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Phillips Academy, a residential secondary school located in Andover, MA. Mr. Kaluzny served as a member of the investment committee for Yale University’s endowment from 2009-2015.

He has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar) and a B.A. in History from Yale.

William Kennard Chairman

Board Positions: AT&T, Ford Motor Company, MetLife, Yale University

William E. Kennard has had a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors. He currently serves as a Co-Founding Partner of Astra Capital Management, a private equity firm. Before launching Astra, Kennard served as the US Ambassador to the European Union. Before serving as an Ambassador, Mr. Kennard was a Partner and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, an asset management firm, where he led investments in the telecommunications and media sectors. Before joining The Carlyle Group, Mr. Kennard served as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). He began his public sector career as the FCC’s General Counsel.

As FCC Chairman, Kennard became well known for advancing policies to help people most at risk of being stranded on the wrong side of the digital divide. U.S. News & World Report dubbed Kennard a "consumer champion for the digital age." He has received many honors and awards for his accomplishments, including honorary degrees from Howard University, Gallaudet University and Long Island University.

Mr. Kennard currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of AT&T, Inc. He also serves on the boards of directors of Ford Motor Company and MetLife, Inc., and he is a trustee of Yale University.

Mr. Kennard is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School. In 2021, Yale Law School awarded him its Award of Merit, the school’s highest honor.

Charles D. King

Founder & CEO MACRO

Board Positions: College Track, Sundance Institute, LA Board of Directors - Paley Media, Peabody, SaveLife

Charles D. King casts the overall vision, mission and strategic goals as Founder & CEO of MACRO, a multi-platform media company representing the voice and perspectives of people of color. The company’s business verticals include MACRO Film Studios and MACRO Television Studios—that finance, develop and produce theatrical and streaming features and premium television, and Brand MACRO, an in-house branding and creative agency. MACRO also has a majority interest in the company’s joint venture co-founded by King—M88, a talent management firm; and an affiliated venture capital firm, MaC Venture Capital, where King is general partner.

Formerly a partner/senior agent at William Morris Endeavor, King was the first Black partner in the company’s 100+ year history and the first Black partner at any major talent agency. King made history again in 2021, when the Best Picture Oscar nomination for Judas And The Black Messiah made King, Ryan Coogler and Shaka King, the first allBlack team of nominated producers for an Academy Award. The company’s film projects have garnered fifteen Oscar nominations and three wins. Its television projects have received nominations for a Peabody Award, two Primetime Emmys and six Children’s and Family Emmy Awards.

King is a dedicated philanthropist, member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and The Television Academy; and sits on the boards for The Sundance Institute, College Track and The American Cinematheque. The Vanderbilt University and Howard University School of Law graduate resides in LA with his wife Stacey Walker King and their sons.

Gayle King

Co-Host CBS News

Editor at Large

Oprah Daily

Gayle King is co-host of CBS MORNINGS. An accomplished journalist, King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to CBS MORNINGS and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.

She is also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily, hosts “Gayle King in the House,” a live, weekly radio show on SiriusXM and co-anchors with Charles Barkley, “King Charles,” a weekly, one-hour prime-time program on CNN.

Marachel Knight

Independent Director

Marvell Technology, Inc.

Board Positions: Marvell Technology, Inc., U.S. Department of Defense Business Board

Marachel Knight serves on the board of Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a $5.5B data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider and developer of the industry’s first 3nm data infrastructure silicon, and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Business Board, an independent advisory body providing the Secretary/ Deputy Secretary of Defense and DoD leaders on business management. She retired from AT&T Communications after a 25+-year career in technology, engineering and operations. As a senior executive, Marachel identified and optimized large-scale, multiplatform technology investments (network, cloud, mobile) and more recently played an instrumental role in the launch of 5G technologies. She successfully orchestrated a mobility and broadband transformation to achieve billions of dollars in new revenue while optimizing operating efficiencies and reducing costs. Under her leadership, AT&T became the first US telecommunications company to build a standards-based 5G network and earned the distinction as the nation’s fastest wireless network.

Marachel served on the Business and Community Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2021 to 2023, and she has held Board Member and Chair roles at several industry/professional/academic associations and nonprofits, including the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, 5G Americas, Next Generation Mobile Networks, and After School Matters. She is recognized as a top business and technology executive by Women Who Make America, Black Enterprise, and Fierce Wireless. She holds two patents for telecommunications systems innovations. Marachel earned a master’s in information networking from Carnegie Mellon, and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Florida State. A lifelong learner, she completed Stanford Directors’ College at Stanford Law School in 2022 and Cornell Tech Board Institute: Navigating Emerging Technologies and More in a Complex World in 2023.

Clifford Knights

CEO HealthyMD

Board Positions: HealthyMD

As the co-founder and CEO of HealthyMD, Clifford W. Knights II is the company's visionary. His mission is to drive health equity nationwide, ensuring every individual has access to life-saving resources. He’s committed to ending the stigma surrounding sexual health testing because all individuals deserve to prioritize their well-being without fear or judgment.

Cliff started working as a club promoter while in high school where he met professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. After graduating high school, he became an owner of his first pharmacy. During this time, he saw firsthand the untapped need to deliver healthcare directly into underserved communities. With a vision of how to address this need, Cliff sold his three pharmacies and built a healthcare company that would have a multi-platform service solution that includes mobile clinics, walk-in clinics and an online platform.

To reach the 53 million underserved and uninsured individuals in the US, Cliff with his longtime friend and business partner Steve Vixamar, created HealthyMD (formerly IMG Health Clinic) to provide comprehensive healthcare services to help reduce the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C, and STDs among Florida's most vulnerable communities. The company began with a mobile clinic strategy going into the community delivering free testing, education, mental health services and affordable treatments associated with sexual health diseases. During COVID, the White House contacted Cliff requesting the use of their mobile clinics to help with the vaccination process.

In 2022, HealthyMD entered into prominent strategic partnerships across the US to extend its reach to treat more. Today, HealthyMD serve patients daily in FL and GA. Recently, Cliff and his partner Steve kicked off the company's 2024 national expansion.

Boris Kodjoe

Co-Founder & CEO

Full Circle Africa

Board Positions: Global Fund For Children, Global Citizen, Kodjoe Family Foundation

Boris Kodjoe is an actor, director, producer, investor and philanthropist. He currently stars in the 7th and final season of the ABC Grey’s Anatomy spin-off hit series Station 19. The actor, whose movies have grossed over $1 billion at the box office, is known for his roles in House Of Cards, The Last Man on Earth, Brown Sugar, Soul Food, the Resident Evil franchise, and The Real Husbands Of Hollywood.

Boris Kodjoe is a German/Ghanaian dual citizen who received his bachelor's degree in Business from Virginia Commonwealth University where he attended on a tennis scholarship. He has 25+ years of business development and advisory expertise in entertainment, media and tech.

As an investor, Boris’ portfolio includes high-potential companies led by diverse founders globally through venture capital partners like TRUE Culture Fund and Y Combinator, as well as his expansive network in tech, sports and entertainment. His investments in over 75 companies include TheraBody, PROTO, UNest, HiDef and more.

Boris co-founded “Full Circle Festival” that brings together business leaders, cultural influencers, and government officials to create synergies around economic development and Africa-focused investment opportunities. President Nana Akufo-Addo credits his team for helping to contribute $1.6 billion of tourism revenue to the Ghanian economy in 2019. Their annual week-long Full Circle Economic Conference features heads of states as well as business, entertainment and academia VIPs to engage in solution-based dialogue with the goal of creating a mindset shift from charity and aid dependency to investing in the continent of Africa.

He and his wife, Nicole Ari Parker, have built the successful GymWrap fitness apparel line with a wide retail and online presence. They also support health and wellness initiatives for underserved communities via their Kodjoe Family Foundation, a founding partner of the Center For Spina Bifida Prevention along with Emory University.

Corey LewisUtendahl

CEO, Co-Founder 1AND1

Corey Lewis-Utendahl stands as a luminary in the realm of human performance and wellness, renowned for his transformative approach that caters to the world’s elite. From the heart of New York City to the global stage, his expertise transcends traditional boundaries, offering a bespoke journey toward optimal well-being for high net worth individuals and families. Corey’s distinguished clientele, which includes luminaries from Billionaire’s Row and beyond, benefits from his tailored strategies that marry physical fitness with mental and emotional resilience, fostering a holistic path to health and vitality.

His innovative methodology has redefined personal wellness. This holistic approach goes beyond mere fitness; Corey addresses the mental, emotional, and social aspects integral to achieving peak performance. His adaptability and in-depth knowledge have made him a revered figure among a diverse roster of clients, including tech entrepreneurs, real estate moguls, and media personalities across continents.

Corey Lewis-Utendahl has unique insights into achieving and maintaining peak human performance, but has also delved into his entrepreneurial journey with 1AND1, a media and technology company he co-founded to encapsulate his revolutionary wellness philosophy. This platform extends Corey’s bespoke coaching strategies to a wider audience, leveraging technology, expert content, and a supportive community to guide users toward achieving their wellness goals.

Corey’s dedication to enhancing the quality of life for his clients and his vision for a healthier, more fulfilled society highlight his role as not just a coach but a visionary in the wellness space. His work embodies a commitment to both the elite and those aspiring to a higher standard of health and well-being, making his insights invaluable to anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of modern wellness.

Ed Lewis

Founder Essence Communications

Board Positions: Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust

Edward Lewis was born in the Bronx, New York. He earned a football scholarship to the University of New Mexico where he received a BA and a MA in Political Science and International Relations with an emphasis on Chinese and Russian History. Banking was his first endeavor; from 1966-1969 he worked as a financial analyst for First National City Bank. In 1968 his vision turned from banking to publishing when he co-founded ESSENCE magazine and eventually became the Publisher, CEO and Chairman of ESSENCE Communications Inc. ESSENCE, the first lifestyle magazine to be published specifically to address the beauty and concerns of African-American women, by the mid 1990s, would become, according to Deidre Carmody of the NYTimes "the pre-eminent voice for Black women.* With a readership of 8 million, ESSENCE and Lewis are credited with changing the perception on Wall Street of the buying power of Black women. His company rapidly expanding, Ed decided to enhance his business acumen and enrolled in the Small Business Management Program at Harvard University.

Later, he produced the ESSENCE Awards television show and the ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans over the 4th of July weekend, now in its 27th year. The Festival, heralded as one of the largest cultural events in the country, draws 500,000 attendees annually and generates millions of dollars to the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. In 1997 Lewis became chairman of the Magazine Publishers of America—the first African-American in that role in its 75-year history. After 35 years at the helm, Lewis sold ESSENCE Communications, Inc. to Time Inc. in 2005. He has established 4-year scholarships for students of color in the Department of Communication and Journalism and at the University of New Mexico. He is Executive in Residence at Columbia University.

On the political front, Ed was appointed Chair of Offtrack Betting (OTB) by Mayor David Dinkins, and served on the Transition Teams of both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayor Bill De Blasio. Mayor Bloomberg also appointed him to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In 2010 President Obama appointed him to the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Lennox Lewis

Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Lion Promotions

Board Positions: LOC Foundation

Lennox Claudius Lewis CM CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a boxing commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and the last heavyweight to hold the undisputed championship.

Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, Lewis represented Canada as an amateur at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics; in the latter, he won a gold medal in the superheavyweight division. He had 41 wins 2 losses and 1 draw and was the first British boxer to hold the undisputed heavyweight world championship since Bob Fitzsimmons held the title in 1899 and still retains that title today after 25yrs

Alfred C. Liggins

CEO Urban One

Board Positions: Urban One, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), NCTA, Interactive One

Alfred C. Liggins, III is the Chief Executive Officer of Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TV One, LLC. Urban One is one of the largest diversified media companies in the United States that primarily targets Black Americans and urban consumers.

Under Liggins’ leadership, the company’s diversified into the cable television and digital media spaces, which positions Urban One as the largest black owned distributor of urban content in the country, reaching more than 80-percent of African Americans in the country, weekly. Liggins has won numerous awards and recognitions, including induction into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio Award in 2016 and 2019

Hozefa Lokhandwala

Former CEO VICE Media Group

Board Positions: Oberlin College

Hozefa Lokhandwala was most recently the Co-Chief Executive Officer for VICE Media Group. Prior to his appointment as Co-CEO, he was the company's Chief Strategy Officer.

Prior to joining VICE, Hozefa served as a Managing Director in the Media Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan. As the Head of Content & Entertainment Investment Banking, Hozefa provided M&A advisory, capital markets and corporate finance advice to media clients, particularly in the diversified media, programming networks, digital media, film and entertainment sectors. Before joining J.P. Morgan, Hozefa was an investment banker in the Media & Entertainment Group at Bear Stearns. Hozefa also worked in the Business & Finance group at Morgan Lewis, providing legal advisory services for M&A and Finance transactions.

Hozefa has an MBA from Columbia Business School, a JD from Brooklyn Law School, a BA from Oberlin College and graduated from New York City’s Stuyvesant High School. Hozefa also serves on the Board of Trustees for Oberlin College.

Hozefa lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two children.

Dre London

Owner & Founder

London Entertainment & Don Londrés

Board Positions: Don Londres, Vydia, Indify

Dre London is the founder of London Music Group, an independent record label, and London Entertainment Group, a leading music management firm, having represented some of the biggest names in music such as Post Malone, Tyla Yaweh, Tyga and French Montana. His success in discovering and turning Post Malone into an international superstar, opened the door for Dre to change the shape of the culture.

Hailing from the UK, his belief in the American dream and unyielding determination has led London to become an unstoppable force in today's music scene, which landed him to be recognized on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players List, "Top Manager" at the Billboard Live Music Awards, Variety's "Manager of the Year" and earned a spot on Billboard's "Power 100" List.

Focused on the growth of his empire, the serial entrepreneur and international vibe curator constantly molds new opportunities to add to his list of successful ventures including his premium tequila brand Don Londrés that launched in January 2022, his own digital platform AUX Live, which streams concerts, music documentaries, festivals, comedy specials, pay-per-view events, and unscripted original series and Maison No. 9 Rose, a bestselling wine company created with Post Malone. He continues to strive for his goal of leaving his legacy for generations to come. As Dre has always said, "The Future is Yours, if You Want it!"

Chris Lyons

President, Web3 Media a16z

Board Positions: Yuga Labs & Veefriends

Christopher Lyons is President, Web3 Media at a16z crypto.

Prior to joining the team at a16z crypto, he co-founded the firm’s Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) and was instrumental in launching the first Seed Fund. Lyons started his career in the music industry working for Grammy-Award-winning producer Jermaine Dupri as a sound engineer.

He then launched his first startup, a mobile app and digital menu offering called PictureMenu. Lyons joined a16z in 2013, first as chief of staff to co-founder Ben Horowitz.

Tracy Maitland

President & CIO

Advent Capital Management, LLC

Board Positions: Advent Convertible and Income Fund

Mr. Maitland is President and Chief Investment Officer of Advent Capital Management, LLC. Advent manages over $8 billion in assets through various traditional and alternative strategies for institutional investors and private clients.

Before founding Advent, Mr. Maitland was a Director in the Convertible Securities Department, Capital Markets Division at Merrill Lynch. He created a unique advantage in investing and trading in the convertible market by leveraging Merrill Lynch's preeminent position in convertibles as the major distribution link between investors and issuers. Mr. Maitland advised institutions on investing in specific convertible issues in their respective convertible, fixed-income, and equity portfolios. His extensive investment knowledge inspired him to found Advent Capital Management, LLC to cater to the growing demand for investment expertise in convertible securities and other parts of the capital structure that are influenced by convertible valuations such as high yield and leveraged loans. Today, Advent Capital is one of the largest platforms in the world emphasizing convertibles as an asset class.

In April 2022, Mr. Maitland co-authored a book titled "Convertible Securities: A Complete Guide to Investment and Corporate Financing Strategies". This book is the most comprehensive publication on this asset class to date.

Mr. Maitland serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School and is Chairman of the Board for Advent's publicly traded closed-end fund, AVK, listed on the NYSE. He is also a member of the Wildlife Conservation Society Council. In the past, he has served on the Boards of the ASPCA, Columbia Board of Visitors, the Apollo Theater, the Managed Funds Association (MFA), and the Studio Museum of Harlem.

Mr. Maitland is a graduate of Columbia College at at Columbia University and received an honorary doctorate from Virginia Union University in May 2023.

Jonathan Mariner

Founder & President TaxDay LLC

Board Positions: Tyson Foods, Rocket Mortgage, Five9, Delaware North, IEX Exchange, OneStream, Overtime Sports

Jonathan Mariner is a private investor, entrepreneur, and independent board member with more than two decades of experience working at the highest levels in professional sports. Mr. Mariner is the Founder and President of TaxDay, LLC, a private software firm that developed and operates a mobile app to help track multi-state travel for tax residency. He previously served as Chief Administrative Officer and board member of Enjoy Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq: ENJY), a premium home delivery company founded by Ron Johnson, who pioneered the Apple Retail Stores under Steve Jobs. He was appointed by The Walt Disney Company as the Interim Head of Regional Sports Networks for the Fox Regional Sports Networks (RSNs), where he was responsible for overseeing the independent operation of the RSNs, including all programming, distribution, sales, and operational functions until Disney successfully sold them to Sinclair Broadcasting.

Mr. Mariner joined Major League Baseball, Office of the Commissioner, serving as Executive VP/CFO and, as Chief Investment Officer, where his responsibilities included overseeing the League’s accounting and treasury functions; League and team financial reporting; reviewing all franchise purchase and sale transactions; serving on League-wide committees; and providing quarterly updates at MLB Owners’ Meetings on the industry’s financial health. His sports career also included a 9 year stint as Executive VP/CFO of the Florida Marlins Baseball Club, where he also concurrently served as VP/CFO of the Florida Panthers Hockey Club. He currently serves on the Boards of Tyson Foods, Inc.; Rocket Mortgage; Five9, Inc.; Delaware North; The Investors Exchange (IEX); OneStream; and Overtime Sports, Inc. He also serves on the board of Little League Baseball International; and is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Sports.

Mr. Mariner graduated from the UVA with a BS in accounting, received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and is a former CPA.

Brandon Marshall

Founder & CEO I Am Athlete

Brandon Marshall is the creator of the wildly successful unscripted podcast, I Am Athlete (IAA), and the newly launched daily show, Paper Route. The platform has quickly garnered almost 1 Million YouTube subscribers within its first few seasons. Co-hosted by Marshall and fellow former NFL players LeSean “Shady” McCoy & Adam “Pacman” Jones, IAA is steadily gaining momentum by tackling essential and controversial topics around sports, culture, and society that meaningfully redefine what it means to be a celebrity in these turbulent times. Marshall has always been a vocal advocate for several socially conscious issues, especially his own battle with mental health.

Marshall spent 12 years in the National Football League as one of the top wide receivers in the game. He would spend his career shattering records and collecting countless awards and accolades. Now, just a few years into his retirement, Brandon continues to exceed expectations and redefine what it means to be an athlete.

Marshall is also the founder and CEO of House of Athlete and HOA+. This lifestyle wellness brand provides every athlete, of all levels access to the top-tier resources necessary to unlock their full potential and train like a pro. Brandon is utilizing his many years of experience with mental and physical health, to build an empire of limitless potential.

Marshall is also widely considered to be a pioneer and the face of mental health awareness. Through his foundation, Project375, House of Athlete, and HOA+, he continues to serve his community by raising awareness and providing access to mental and physical health resources.

In between wearing his many hats, Marshall is a two-time Emmy nominee for his ongoing role as a host on Paramount Networks Inside the NFL and has a recurring role on The Drew Barrymore Show.

Jamal Mashburn

Principal Helen Holdings

Board Positions: McClatchy Publishing Co, Revolution Global, All Scope, E-Coach, Counter Pointe Sports, All American Hotel Lodging Association & Endeavour Miami

It’s not every day that you see a former NBA All-Star athlete achieve as much success off the court as they had accomplished on the court after an impressive collegiate and professional basketball career. While fans were watching Jamal Mashburn’s on the court achievements, very few were familiar with his extensive involvement in multiindustry investments. The Harlem, NY native received his Doctorate of Humanities from the University of Kentucky in 2013, further affirming his status as a highly valued entrepreneur, philanthropist, and corporate strategist.

Mashburn is a skilled leader who has assembled business teams armed for growth in administration, finance, project management, insurance, waste management, real estate, hotel development, quick service restaurants, marketing, block chain and cryptocurrency. A proven business owner and operator, Mashburn’s knowledge of capital markets, retail experience and M&A allows him to manage an ever growing and diverse asset portfolio that includes: Toyota and Lexus dealerships and their commercial properties throughout the U.S.; over 100 Papa John’s Pizza franchises; JAM Distribution; Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty; Burn Boot Camp fitness operations; and Anytime Waste Systems and Wasteology. Mashburn’s vast operational experiences have also honed his skills in finance, marketing, supply chain and digital currency.

At the close of the 2006 NBA season, Jamal Mashburn officially retired from professional basketball after 13 stellar years. He has since been an invaluable thought leader, strategist and public speaker for Fortune 500 audiences. Most importantly, he is enjoying being a father to his two children, Taylor and Jamal Jr. Raised by his mother Helen, Mashburn developed a love for operations by watching her manage the books for the NYC Housing Authority. A consummate professional, Mashburn combines affable charm, star quality and team-first attitude to achieve success in his business endeavors and personal life.

Mark Mason

CFO Citi

Board Positions: Microsoft

Mark Mason was named Chief Financial Officer of Citi in February 2019. He is responsible for the financial management of the company and also leads Citi’s Strategy and M&A team as well as Citi Ventures. Prior to being named Citi CFO, Mark served as CFO of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and was the executive responsible for Citi’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) submission process.

Mark joined Citi in 2001 and has held several senior operational, strategic, and financial executive positions, including CEO of Citi Private Bank, CEO of Citi Holdings and CFO and Head of Strategy and M&A for Citi’s Global Wealth Management Division.

Prior to his tenure at Citi, Mark was Director of Strategy and Business Development with Lucent Technologies. He also spent several years as Strategy Consultant with Marakon Associates, working with a number of Fortune 100 companies to develop strategies to maximize shareholder value. Mark also has investment banking experience with Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mark serves as a Trustee of Howard University, where he received a B.B.A. in finance and graduated with honors. He also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a former Director of Primerica, Inc. (NYSEL PRI)

Roger Mason Jr.

CO- Founder & CEO Vaunt

Board Positions: 100 Coconuts, Signing Day Sports, Our Lady Of Good Counsel High School

Roger Mason Jr. is a multi-faceted individual whose journey intertwines the realms of professional sports, business leadership, community engagement, and philanthropy. With an illustrious career spanning both the hardwood of the NBA courts and the boardrooms of executive decision-making, Mason has left an indelible mark on various facets of society.

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Mason's passion for basketball was ignited at a young age. He honed his skills on the courts of the nation's capital, eventually earning a scholarship to the University of Virginia. At UVA, Mason showcased his talent and dedication, becoming a standout player for the Cavaliers and an academic All-American, demonstrating his prowess both on the court and in the classroom.

After a successful college career, Mason's journey took him to the grand stage of the NBA. Over the course of 11 seasons, Mason donned the jerseys of seven different teams, including notable franchises such as the Washington Wizards, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat. His tenure in the NBA was characterized by his versatility, professionalism, and leadership both on and off the court. He became known for his clutch shooting, defensive prowess, and ability to excel in pressure situations, earning the respect of teammates, coaches, and opponents alike.

While excelling as a player, Mason recognized the importance of advocacy and representation for his fellow athletes. From the inception of his NBA career, he became actively involved with the NBA Players Association (NBPA), serving as a voice for his peers. This commitment to collective bargaining and player welfare laid the foundation for his transition into a pivotal role within the NBPA following his retirement from playing.

Upon hanging up his jersey, Mason was appointed as the first Deputy Executive Director at the NBPA. In this capacity, he spearheaded crucial negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

Charmel Maynard

CIO & Treasurer

University of Miami

Board Positions: New World Symphony Board, Mead Art Museum Board, JPB Foundation Investment Committee, Catalyst Miami Board of Directors, Knight Foundation Community Advisory Board, Black Angels Miami Board

Charmel Maynard currently serves as Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer for the University of Miami. In this capacity, he leads the University’s efforts to invest over $4B in assets, including endowment and pension funds.

Mr. Maynard is also responsible for the University’s ~$2B capital structure, including liquidity and debt issuances. Additionally, he manages treasury and cash management.

Mr. Maynard was previously a vice president with J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank in New York City. During his 10-year career with J.P. Morgan, he focused on investment banking debt capital markets and leveraged finance, where he advised clients on capital structure solutions, deal structuring, and execution of syndicated revolving credit facilities, institutional term loans, and bond issuances.

He most recently served on the Sculptor Capital Management Board of Directors (NYSE: SCU) until the recent sale of the Company (Member of Special Committee formed to explore potential interest from third parties, Audit Committee, Nominating Committee, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee). He currently serves on the New World Symphony Board, Mead Art Museum Board as the chair of the Budget Committee, JPB Foundation Investment Committee, Catalyst Miami Board of Directors (Chair of Finance Committee), Knight Foundation Community Advisory Board and Black Angels Miami Board.

Mr. Maynard holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Amherst College.

Darrell J. Mays

Chairman & CEO Mays//Mock Capital Partners

Board Positions: Nsoro Foundation

Darrell J. Mays is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Mays // Mock Capital Partners. He is a highly respected investments and telecommunications executive and, through an expertise developed over more than three decades and including more than fifteen acquisitions, has emerged as a leading founder and investor in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry.

Mays // Mock Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm focused on the TMT, energy and transportation sectors. The firm targets companies that serve largeSMB to enterprise customers that want an opportunity to work with Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified companies. Mays // Mock also plays an active role in corporate development, where its founders have long-standing relationships.

Darrell previously founded nsoro, LLC, a provider of turnkey telecommunications infrastructure services. He oversaw rapid growth as CEO, with revenues reaching approximately $70M in under five years. In 2008, nsoro was acquired by MasTec, Inc., with Darrell appointed as President. By 2016, his final year with MasTec, revenues increased to over $2.3B.

In 2005, Darrell founded the nsoro Foundation, which provides resources to young adults aged out of the foster care system to pursue a postsecondary education. To date, nsoro has raised more than $4.4M in scholarships for 346 students. In 2019, the foundation was named Foundation of the Year by Rising in Community Excellence (RICE), a group that honors individuals and organizations that work to improve lives throughout Atlanta.

Darrell holds a BA in Business Administration from Georgia State University.

Raymond J. McGuire

President Lazard

Board Positions: Hess Corporation, Vornado Realty Trust, The American Museum of Natural History, The Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, The French American Foundation, Greentree Foundation, The Hotchkiss School, New York Police City Foundation, New York Presbyterian, The New York Public Library, The Regional Plan Association (Chair), The Studio Museum in Harlem (Chair), Whitney Museum of American Art, WNET Group

Raymond J. McGuire was named president of Lazard in April 2023. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. McGuire held a 13-year term as Citigroup’s global head of corporate and investment banking, the longest tenure for this position in the history of Wall Street. Afterwards, he was the vice chairman of Citigroup and chairman of Citi’s banking, capital markets and advisory business. Previously, Mr. McGuire was the global co-head of mergers & acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, a managing director in the mergers & acquisitions group of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc and was one of the original members of Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. He started his career in 1984 in the mergers & acquisitions group of The First Boston Corporation.

Mr. McGuire is currently a member of the corporate boards of the Hess Corporation and Vornado Realty Trust. He was formerly a board member of KKR & Co., Inc. He holds leadership roles on several not-for-profit boards including: the American Museum of Natural History, the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, the Hotchkiss School, the New York Public Library, the Regional Plan Association (Chairman), the Studio Museum in Harlem (Chairman), and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

He received his M.B.A. and J.D. from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Harvard College.

James Mitchell Jr.

Managing Partner

JMJ Advisors, LLC

Board Positions: Fora Financial, Aegion Infrastructure, Choice Financial, Xavier University of LA , Investment Advisory Committee of the NY State Common Retirement System

James is the Founder of JMJ Advisors, an advisory and consulting firm. He is a Qualified Financial Expert and a 25-year GE business leader with domain expertise in corporate finance, institutional investing, cybersecurity and data privacy, internal auditing, leading growth initiatives, digital transformation, global M&A, government affairs and regulatory compliance. He served as domestic equity research analyst and portfolio manager at GE Asset Mgmt where he gained capital markets experience.

James was the Growth Leader and Investment Professional who constructed and managed the portfolio that invested $800MM with women & minority-owned financial services firms, an industry best practice. As CIO of a $5.0B alternative investments portfolio, James developed investment strategies that provided long-term, top decile performance to investors. As a senior lobbyist, he executed advocacy strategies (Dodd Frank) & asset disposition strategies (NBCU sale to Comcast) that drove revenue for GE.

James holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and earned an MBA in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Charley

Moore Founder & CEO Rocket Lawyer

Board Positions: Rocket Lawyer, Matriculate, Teach for America Inc (TFA), US Naval Academy Foundation (USNAF)

Charley is the Founder and CEO of Rocket Lawyer Incorporated. His experience as an attorney representing startups exposed him to both the high cost and high value of great legal advice. So, he started Rocket Lawyer to deliver high value legal services at a price nearly everyone can afford. Today, Rocket Lawyer is one of the most widely used legal services in the world, with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Charley has been engaged in Internet law and business since beginning his career as an attorney at Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, California. He represented Yahoo! (IPO), WebTV Networks (acquired by Microsoft) and Cerent Corporation (acquired by Cisco Systems) at critical early stages and was the founder of Onstation Corporation (acquired by The Cobalt Group).

Charley graduated from the United States Naval Academy (BS) and the University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctorate). He served as a U.S. Naval officer and is a Gulf War veteran. He currently serves on the board of directors at Matriculate.

Alonzo Mourning

Former Basketball Player NBA

Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who has served as vice president of player programs and development for the Miami Heat since June 2009. Mourning played most of his 15-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career for the Heat.

Nicknamed "Zo", Mourning played the center position. Following his college basketball career at Georgetown University, his tenacity on defense twice earned him the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and twice placed him on the NBA All-Defensive Team. Mourning made a comeback after undergoing a kidney transplant and later won the 2006 NBA championship with the Heat. Mourning also played for the Charlotte Hornets and New Jersey Nets.

On March 30, 2009, Mourning became the first Miami Heat player to have his number retired. In 2010, Mourning was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. In August 2014, Mourning was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in August 2019 he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Eric Mullins

Chairman & CEO

Lime Rock Resources

Board Positions: ConocoPhillips, Valero Energy

Eric is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lime Rock Resources. Lime Rock Resources is a private equity fund with approximately $3.0 billion under management. The Lime Rock Resources funds focus on acquiring and developing low-risk oil and gas properties to generate returns for its investors. Eric is one of the founders of Lime Rock Resources, which happened in April 2005.

Prior to starting at Lime Rock Resources, Eric was a Managing Director with Goldman Sachs in the Natural Resources Group in Houston, Texas. Eric was with Goldman Sachs for fifteen years in total. Eric was promoted to Vice President in 1994 and was promoted to Managing Director in 1999. His area of specialization was oil and gas related mergers and acquisitions and oil and gas related equity and debt financings.

Mr. Mullins serves on the board of directors for ConocoPhillips and Valero Energy Company. He is also on the board of trustees of the Baylor College of Medicine, the Greater Houston Partnership and is part of the Trustee Board of the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.

Eric received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 and a B.A. from Stanford University in 1984.

Silas Myers

Co-Founder, CEO

Mar Vista Investment Partners

Board Positions: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles

Silas A. Myers, CFA is a co-founder and CEO of Mar Vista Investment Partners, a $4.2 billion Los Angeles-based registered investment advisor focused on domestic and international, large-cap public company investments. He serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s Focus and Strategic Growth strategies and has 33 years of investment and portfolio management experience. His analytical emphasis is on industrial and basic materials companies that exhibit significant competitive advantages and compound shareholder value. Silas is responsible for the day-to day management of the firm as well as fund raising and client service. Over the 16-year tenure of the firm, Mr. Myers led a successful equity buyout of the preferred shares of Mar Vista from M&T Bank and the minority investment in Mar Vista from 1251 Asset Management.

Before founding Mar Vista in 2007, Silas spent seven years as a portfolio manager and analyst at Roxbury Capital Management. He was also an equity analyst and product specialist at Hotchkis and Wiley, where he performed in-depth industry and company analysis. He began his career as a financial analyst at Merrill Lynch Investment banking in 1990 and as a vice president and portfolio manager at Utendahl Capital Management, a New York-based fixed-income investment management firm, from 1992 - 1995.

Silas has a B.A. in psychology and an M.B.A., both from Harvard University. Mr. Myers received the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1995. He is also a Robert A. Toigo Foundation alumnus and a member of the Board of Directors for the KCRW Foundation and board of trustees for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles where he was the former chairperson of the finance and audit committees. Mr. Myers has prior board experience with North Asset Management, Clarksons Shipping Hedge Fund and Arturus Capital. Mr. Myers was the recipient of the Toigo Leading by Example award and the Council of Urban Professionals Catalyst award.

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO

Global Infrastructure Partners

Board Positions: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock

Bayo Ogunlesi is a Founding Partner, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GIP. He is based in New York.

Prior to the formation of GIP in 2006, Mr. Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse, where he held several senior positions including Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of the Investment Banking Division. From 2002 to 2004, he was Head of the Global Investment Banking Division and a Member of the Executive Board and Management Committee.

Previously, Mr. Ogunlesi was an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He has been a Lecturer at the Harvard and Yale Law Schools and the Yale School of Management where he taught courses on Transnational Investment Projects.

Mr. Ogunlesi holds a B.A. (First Class Honors) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, a J.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is the Lead Director of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and a member of the Boards of Directors of Callaway Golf Company, Kosmos Energy Holdings, Terminal Investment Limited and Freeport LNG. He is a Member of the Dean’s Advisory Boards of the Harvard Law and Business Schools and the Harvard University Global Advisory Council.

Nedu Ottih

Partner

Apax Partners

Nedu Ottih is a Partner in the Services team. He joined Apax in 2012 and is currently based in New York. Nedu's Apax deal experience includes SavATree, Lexitas, AssuredPartners, Authority Brands, MyCase, Quality Distribution, Tosca Services, and the take-private of Garda World Security Corporation.

Prior to joining Apax, Nedu was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company's Corporate Finance practice in New York, where he advised clients from financial services and other industries.

Nedu holds a BS and MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Brooke Ozaydinli

Founder Naked Beauty

Brooke DeVard Ozaydinli is a iHeartRadio and Webby Award-nominated, multihyphenate business owner, content creator and marketing consultant. Since 2016, she’s hosted the Naked Beauty podcast, where she invites marquee guests – everyone from Alicia Keys, to John Legend, to Pharrell to Danessa Myricks – to share unfiltered talk about self-care and wellness, as well as information about current beauty trends, tips, and the products they love.

Originally from NYC, Brooke attended Stanford University before beginning her career as a marketing and social media executive in London. She’s led impactful marketing and digital work at global brands including: Ralph Lauren, Viacom and most recently Instagram where she led creator marketing for video products. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

Joshua Packwood

Co-Founder, President & COO Kingston Capital

Joshua Packwood is Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Kingston Infrastructure Partners, LP, a global infrastructure investment firm.

Prior to co-founding Kingston with Darren Dixon (retired Goldman Sachs partner), Joshua was a portfolio manager and analyst at Citadel, Point72 (formerly SAC Capital Advisors), and Balyasny. He also co-founded Lucus Advisors (formerly Red Alder), an SEC-registered investment adviser that managed several funds investing across public and private markets including quantamental, activist, fund-of-funds, and venture capital strategies. In addition to overseeing many operational aspects at Lucus, Joshua was the Chief Investment Officer of its Kernel funds and generated annualized returns over 20% per year.

Joshua began his career in the Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group.

He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, as a Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Finalist and Valedictorian. He’s completed some graduate coursework in statistics and data science as a masters student at Columbia University in New York City.

Joshua is a Kansas City Chiefs fan born and raised in Kansas City, MO, and has two children – Hudson (age 12) and Eden (age 9) – to whom his co-founder, Darren, is the godfather.

Ahmad Rashad

Sportscaster

Former Football Player NFL

Ahmad Rashad (born Robert Earl Moore; November 19, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver. He was the fourth overall selection of the 1972 NFL Draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals. He was known as Bobby Moore before changing his name in 1973.

Recruited after high school as a wide receiver by the University of Oregon, he played for the Oregon Webfoots. He moved to the running back position and was named to the 1971 College Football All-America Team at that position.

He became professional after being drafted by the Cardinals. Rashad returned to playing as wide receiver, and played for the Cardinals for two seasons. After being traded to the Buffalo Bills in 1974, and sitting out the 1975 season with a knee injury, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks before the 1976 season. They traded him shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Vikings (1976–1982), where he earned four Pro Bowl selections from 1978 to 1981.

Following his retirement from football, Rashad transitioned to television. He worked as a studio analyst, game reporter, and anchor for several sports. Rashad was a panellist on the NFL Live pregame show for NBC, and also notably hosted the National Basketball Association weekly digest shows NBA Inside Stuff (1990–2004) and NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad (2005–2011). He has appeared as a fictionalized version of himself as a television sports personality in several films and television shows. In addition, he has hosted several non-sports related game shows and reality television shows. As of 2021, he was a member of the digital content team for the New York Knicks, filming videos for their YouTube channel as well as emceeing events for the team in Madison Square Garden.

David Rawlinson

President & CEO

Qurate Retail, Inc.

Board Positions: Discover Financial Services, Qurate Retail, QVC, Nielsen Consumer Business Roundtable (BRT), Executive Leadership Council (ELC), National Retail Federation (NRF)

David Rawlinson II became President and CEO of Qurate Retail, Inc., on October 1, 2021. In this position, David leads a select group of seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – which together form Qurate Retail GroupSM.

Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video commerce (""vCommerce""), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms. In 2022, Qurate Retail delivered approximately $12 billion in revenue, served more than 18 million customers across seven countries, and had thousands of team members worldwide. The retailer reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide via 14 television channels, which are widely available on cable/satellite TV, free overthe-air TV, and digital livestreaming TV. The retailer also reaches millions of customers via its QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience, websites, mobile apps, social pages, print catalogs and in-store destinations. Qurate Retail, Inc. (NASDAQ: QRTEA, QRTEB, QRTEP), ranks as number 265 on the 2022 Fortune 500.

David served as President and CEO-Elect of Qurate Retail, Inc., from August 1 to September 30, 2021. He joined Qurate Retail from NielsenIQ, where he served as CEO and led the company through a transition to new ownership. Prior to that, he was President of Grainger Global Online, where he led the fastest growth, stand-alone division of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW). Under David’s direction, Grainger Global Online grew double digits every year and won multiple national awards for workplace culture. Previously, David held executive roles with ITT Exelis, formerly ITT Corp. David also served as a White House Fellow and held various appointed positions under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. In the Obama Administration, David was a Senior Advisor for Economic Policy with the White House National Economic Council.

Nadia Rawlinson

Co-Owner & League Governor WNBA Chicago Sky

Board Positions: Vail Resorts, J. Crew Group, Stanford University Board of Trustees, Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors, Save the Children Board of Trustees

Nadia Rawlinson is the Co-owner, Chairman & League Governor of the WNBA championship-winning team Chicago Sky. In the capacity of chairman, Nadia leads the ownership group & oversees all business operations, strategy, and government relations. Additionally, Nadia is an Advisor for GV (Google Ventures), a venture capital firm with $8 billion under management funding founders in enterprise, consumer and frontier technology. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for J. Crew Group, Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) and Save the Children, one of the world’s largest humanitarian NGOs. Nadia is also a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees and the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors.

Over the past 20+ years, Nadia built a career of exceptional experience across all facets of human resources strategy and development on a global scale. Most recently, Nadia was the Chief People Officer for Slack Technologies (formerly NYSE: WORK) the industry leader in collaboration software – “Slack is your new digital HQ.” In July 2021, Slack was acquired by Salesforce for $27.7 billon in one of the most significant public-to-public deals in Silicon Valley history. In that capacity, Nadia was responsible for Slack’s employee and workplace operations, including designing the Future of Work both in thought leadership and in practice. Prior to Slack, Nadia served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Live Nation Entertainment, the Fortune 500 global leader in the live events industry. As CHRO, Nadia oversaw Human Resources strategy and development for Live Nation’s 35,000 employees.

In her down time, Nadia has lectured at Harvard Business School as part of the Inclusive Leadership seminar. Nadia lives in Chicago with her husband David and their two jazz-inspired pups, Miles and Herbie. Nadia received her BA from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

James

Reynolds

Chairman & CEO Loop Capital

Board Positions: Chicago Community Trust, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, World Business Chicago, Intersect Illinois, Chicago Urban League and Hope Chicago

James Reynolds, Jr. is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loop Capital. Mr. Reynolds founded Loop Capital in 1997 with a simple motto as a guide: ""To provide client service beyond expectations."" The motto still serves as the foundational driving force of the firm. Mr. Reynolds currently oversees all aspects of Loop Capital, including investment banking, brokerage, project finance, financial advisory services and asset management.

A 30-year veteran of the financial services industry, Mr. Reynolds held senior-level positions at several global Wall Street firms prior to founding Loop Capital—then a municipal bond firm. Since, Loop Capital has grown into one of the most dynamic and diversified investment banking firms in the country, expanding into corporate finance, global equity trading, taxable fixed income trading, tax-exempt fixed income trading, mergers and acquisitions, public finance, infrastructure investment and financial consulting. Additionally, Loop Capital is partner in multiple business enterprises including, LoopWealth platform, Asset Management and JLC Infrastructure, an investor and asset management firm formed in 2015 with Magic Johnson Enterprises.

A passionate advocate of giving back to the community, Mr. Reynolds currently serves as Chairman of Boards for the Chicago Community Trust and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Additionally, Mr. Reynolds serves as a Board Member of Kellogg Global Advisory Board, Hope Chicago Executive Leadership Advisory Board, World Business Chicago, Intersect Illinois and the Chicago Urban League, as well as a member of the CFA Institute.

Mr. Reynolds holds a Masters of Management in Finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the AIMR in 1991 and holds 7, 24, 52, 53, 63 and 79 licenses.

Graham Robinson

Senior Vice President Stanley Industrials

Board Positions: Northrop Grumman, Connection Business, Industry Association, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation

Graham is the Senior Vice President and President, Industrial at Stanley Black & Decker. He joined the company in 2020 to lead the $2.5 billion global industrial business segment, including STANLEY Engineered Fastening, STANLEY Infrastructure, Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing and CribMaster.

Prior to joining Stanley Black & Decker, Graham served as an executive with Honeywell for seven years, most recently as president of Honeywell Industrial Safety, a $2.2 billion global business. Prior to that, he was president of Honeywell Sensing and IoT, and previously served as the chief marketing officer of the company’s $15 billion Automation and Controls Solution division. He also held leadership roles at other technology and industrial companies earlier in his career, including Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Motorola.

Graham lends his support externally by serving on the board of directors for Northrop Grumman, a global aerospace, defense and security company, on the board of directors for the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, as well as on the board of trustees for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.

Graham earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, a master’s in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration in Strategy and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Robbie Robinson

Co-Founder, Managing Partner & CEO Pendulum Holdings

Board Positions: Oscar Health, Acrisure, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Royal Academy Trust in London

Robbie Robinson is a Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and the CEO of Pendulum Holdings, LLC. Founded in 2019, Pendulum is a strategic growth investing and advisory platform that seeks to accelerate opportunity and value creation for founders and leaders of color. Pendulum’s mission is to create a system that reimagines how great companies are built and redefines who gets to build them.

Prior to co-founding Pendulum, Robbie was a Partner at BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank that invests in and advises family and founder-led companies. Robbie played an integral role helping launch the firm in 2009 and led investments and advisory relationships in the Consumer, Real Estate, Hospitality, and Industrial sectors. Additionally, he managed several of the firm’s priority limited partner and client relationships. In 2017, Robbie worked with President and First Lady Obama on strategic matters related to their post-presidential business endeavors. Robbie began his career with Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he spent many years working in various investment, advisory and financing capacities.

Robbie is a trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts and a trustee of the Royal Academy Trust in London, England. Additionally, Robbie is a board member of Acrisure, LLC, a global fintech leader that provides customers with intelligence-driven financial services solutions for insurance, reinsurance, and cyber services, as well as Oscar Health, Inc., a publicly traded health insurer.

Randy Russell

President & COO Boca Impact Partners

Board Positions: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Dean's Advisory Counsel

After completing Officer Candidate School and graduating from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Randy Russell was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He completed the Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas and in 1995 became a Naval Aviator. Randy chose to become a KC-130 transport and refueling pilot and flew global missions in support of various military training and forward deployed operations.

After the Marines, Randy attended Johns Hopkins University and earned an MBA with a concentration in Finance. He found a path to Wall Street, and in the summer of 2001, started as a first year Associate in investment banking at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown. Randy covered clients across the Technology, Media, and Telecom and Private Equity sectors for nearly two decades, and he participated in more than $230 billion of completed transactions.

In 2019, Randy became the CEO of Pendrell Financial Services, where he made earlystage investments, completed two IPOs on NASDAQ, and executed a range of strategic transactions. Randy then went on to serve as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Mobile X Global, a U.S. based startup that provides global wireless services using advanced application-based technologies.

Currently, Randy is the co-Founder, President and COO of Boca Impact Partners, a private equity partnership he is building with his mentor, Mr. John O. Utendahl. Boca Impact is focused on impact investing in diverse owned businesses. Randy has served on numerous boards including Hello Alice, Mobile X Global, Pendrell Corporation, RVH Solutions, the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School's Dean's Alumni Advisory Board and the Dean’s Advisory Counsel.

Randy is married to Lisa Russell, and together they have two daughters, Elle and Katie. Their family resides in Manhasset, New York.

Merline Saintil

Board Director

Black Women on Boards (BWOB)

Board Positions: TD Synnex, Symbotic, Gitlab, Rocket Lab, Evolve Technology

Merline Saintil – a software engineer turned Silicon Valley COO and investor who has taken six companies through their IPOs – is an active investor in dozens of companies that are shaping enterprise technology, healthcare tech, and the future of work.

She is a Fortune 100 board director and is the Lead Independent Director of Rocket Lab (RKLB), a space exploration company. Her role as lead director of this public company is a distinction that only a small number of Black women hold in the world. In addition to her business interests, she is the co-founder of Black Women on Boards and also the coexecutive producer and producer of OnBoard.

Her Carnegie Mellon master’s degree serves her well as an advisor and public board director of several leading technology companies such as GitLab (GTLB), Symbotic (SYM), Evolv Technology (EVLV), and TD Synnex (SNX).

Prior to her board roles, she was an executive with a proven track record in awardwinning products in Fortune 500 and privately held companies, including Intuit, Yahoo, PayPal, Adobe, Joyent, and Sun Microsystems. Recognitions, certifications, and contributions include: CNBC Changemaker Advisory Board, 2022 Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100, 2022 LinkedIn Top Voices in Leadership: The 10 creators to follow in the U.S., 2022 NACD Directorship 100™, 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Director by Savoy Magazine, 2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by Women’s Inc., Women of Influence 2017 by Silicon Valley Business Journal, Business Insider: #6 of the 22 Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World, Lifetime Achievement Award by Girls in Tech, Board Cybersecurity Oversight by NACD and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.

Outside of her business interests, Merline is passionate about supporting the next generation! She is also a fan of the Stanford Women's Soccer team, which conveniently plays near her home and includes her daughter, an equally ardent computer science student.

Rodney Slater

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

Board Positions: Squire Patton Boggs Foundation

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater helps clients integrate their interests in the overall vision for the transportation system of the 21st Century —a vision he set as Transportation Secretary to promote a safer, more efficient, environmentally sound and sustainable worldwide transportation infrastructure.

Secretary Slater also helps state and local government clients address the vexing challenge of closing the gap between transportation demand and capacity by employing public/private strategies and innovative financing solutions. Secretary Slater’s practice focuses on many of the policy and transportation objectives that were set under his leadership, including automobile use and development, aviation competition and congestion mitigation, maritime initiatives, high-speed rail corridor development, and overall transportation safety and funding.

As U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton, Secretary Slater passed several historic legislative initiatives over his tenure, including the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), which guaranteed a record US $200 billion in surface transportation investment though 2003, and the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21), which provides a record US $46 billion to improve the safety and security of the nation’s aviation system.

Marva Smalls

EVP

Global Head of Inclusion

Paramount

EVP Public Affairs

Nickelodeon

Board Positions: Heisman Trophy Trust; Synovous Bank South Carolina; James Beard Foundation; Board of Visitors, University of SC; American Theatre Wing (ATM); Black Economic Alliance (BEA); International African American Museum

Marva Smalls stands out as a visionary leader whose strategic acumen and commitment to diversity and inclusion have made a profound impact in global entertainment. At Paramount, where she serves as the EVP, Global Head of Inclusion, Marva is at the forefront of implementing strategic initiatives that foster a culture of belonging, even in the face of growing ‘anti-woke’ efforts. She is instrumental in driving innovation and business results that resonate across the company's vast footprint, which includes the iconic brands Paramount, BET, CBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime, MTV, Comedy Central, Smithsonian, and more enjoyed by over one billion people in 180 countries.

In her dual role as EVP, Public Affairs, Nickelodeon, Marva also shapes the corporate responsibility initiatives at Nickelodeon. Her strategic vision for Nickelodeon and its parent company, Paramount, reflects a deep understanding of media’s power to influence societal norms and values. Marva has honed her leadership skills and strategic insight through more than three decades of experience in both the public and private sectors. With her deep roots in South Carolina and as a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Marva initially carved out a path in public service, notably as the first African American Chief of Staff for a white Southern Member of Congress and contributing to South Carolina Governor Richard Riley’s administration. This early period in her career laid the groundwork for her philosophy on the power of a purpose-driven career.

Her passion for community engagement and philanthropy is evident through her founding role in the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) and her strategic engagement on the boards of the American Theatre Wing, the International African American Museum, the James Beard Foundation, the Heisman Trophy Trust, and Synovus Bank/South Carolina. Notably, she has awarded more than $3 million to programs benefiting youth and families through the Marva Smalls Endowment as well as a $1 million endowment helping to create the Ronald E. McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research. Marva’s journey is a testament to her unwavering commitment to making a difference in the world – whether through public service, industry or philanthropy.

Robert F. Smith

Founder, Chairman, & CEO Vista Equity Partners

Board Positions: Business Roundtable, Columbia Business School, Cornell Engineering College Council, Carnegie Hall

Robert F. Smith is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. Vista currently has more than $100 billion in assets under management and oversees a portfolio of over 85 enterprise software companies.

Smith serves on the Board of Directors for the Business Roundtable, the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School and the Cornell Engineering College Council. He is a Founding Member of the World Economic Forum EDISON Alliance, Chairman of Carnegie Hall, the former Chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights and a Founding Partner of the REFORM Alliance.

Smith is the Founding Director and President of the Fund II Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving the African American experience, human rights, environmental conservation and a broad range of initiatives. He also founded the Student Freedom Initiative to help relieve student debt for STEM students at all HBCUs, and he helps lead the Southern Communities Initiative to advance racial equity in southern U.S. communities.

Smith was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, was named one of Forbes’ 100 Greatest Living Business Minds and was recognized as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2020.

Russell Stokes

President & CEO

Commercial Engines & Services GE Aerospace

Board Positions: UPS, 3DE, Morehouse School of Medicine

As President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Commercial Engines & Services, Russell Stokes leads our ~$24 billion Commercial Engines & Services business, a team of ~12,000 employees responsible for an industry-leading portfolio of engines and services.

Previously, Russell was President and CEO of GE Aviation Services, a role in which he led a team of 7,000 employees responsible for on-wing support, repair, used materials and overhaul of global airline fleets.

In October 2020, Russell was named Chairman of GE Power Portfolio, a collection of businesses that include GE Power Conversion, GE Hitachi Nuclear and GE Steam Power, a grouping created to better align to customer and market segments. He also served as CEO of GE Power Portfolio prior to his role as Chairman.

In 2017, Russell was named President & CEO of GE Power during a critical transformation of the business. Before leading GE Power, Russell was President & CEO of GE Energy Connections, an electrification, grid and controls business. He previously served as President & CEO of GE Transportation, a global leader in rail, mining and marine industries.

Russell has more than 25 years of GE experience, including more than 10 years at GE Aerospace where he served as the Sourcing General Manager, Services Chief Risk Officer and Customized Service Agreements Finance Leader. He began his career in GE Lighting where held roles of increasing responsibility.

Russell is a member of the Board of Directors for UPS. He also is a member of Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Russell graduated from Cleveland State University with a degree in finance and is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program.

Steve Stoute

Founder & CEO UnitedMasters Inc

Board Positions: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Robin Hood Foundation

Steve Stoute is an advertising and music industry entrepreneur. Stoute serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of UnitedMasters and Translation. With funding from Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz and 21st Century Fox, the companies are converging music, technology and storytelling in a way that has never been done before.

UnitedMasters is a technology and data-driven artist services company that provides creators tools to maximize their potential while remaining independent from traditional record labels. Translation Agency is a creative agency that connects the world’s most famous brands to culture through sports and entertainment.

Prior to founding Translation in 2004, Stoute was a music industry executive at Sony Music and Interscope Geffen A&M. He produced albums for Mariah Carey and Nas, led the production efforts for Gwen Stefani and Enrique Iglesias, and executive produced the Academy Award–winning “8 Mile” film and soundtrack.

In 2009, the American Advertising Federation inducted Steve into the Advertising Hall of Achievement. Steve was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2014 and named Executive of the Year by Advertising Age in 2013. In 2011, Stoute added author to his list of accomplishments with the release of his critically acclaimed book, The Tanning of America. In this NY Times Best Seller, Steve builds on his philosophy of a global shift towards a “shared mental complexion,” by teaching corporate America how to understand and engage with today’s young adult market. Since its publication, the book has been made into a four-part VH1 documentary, “The Tanning of America” and an audiobook narrated by Kerry Washington.

Steve has been the keynote or featured speaker at many noted conferences including the NBA All-Star Tech Summit, Cannes Lions, the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Google Zeitgeist and as a speaker at UC Berkeley’s School of Data Science.

Marcus Stroud

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

TXV Partners

Board Positions: Capital Creek Partners, Faith and Work Initiative at Princeton

Marcus is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TXV. Marcus oversees the firm's Evolution Strategy, overall fundraising efforts, and firm management.

In addition to his role at TXV, Marcus serves on the Advisory board of Capital Creek Partners, and the Faith and Work Initiative at Princeton University. Prior to TXV, Marcus worked at CIG, Obra Capital, and MarketAxess.

He is a current fellow at the Kauffman Fellows Program in Class 28. He’s been featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2022, and named one of the most powerful business leaders as part of the Dallas 500 in 2020 and 2021.

Marcus received his B.A. from Princeton University, where he also played on the varsity football team.

Gaby Sulzberger

Partner

Centerbridge

Board Positions: Mastercard, Eli Lilly, Warby Parker, Cerevel Therapeutics

Gabrielle Sulzberger is a seasoned financial executive with over 30 years of experience assisting public and privately held companies in consumer products, retail, financial services and life sciences. She has helped companies globally navigate disruption and transformation, and brings deep corporate governance through her extensive experience with public and private company boards.

Gaby is a Partner at Centerbridge Partners, where she focuses on both the health care and financial services sectors. Previously, she was a General Partner of Fontis Partners, a private equity fund focused on impact investing. Gaby has served as CFO of several public and private companies, including Gluecode Software, a venture-backed open source software company which was sold to IBM, and Crown Services, a California based consolidation of commercial contractors.

Ms. Sulzberger has extensive public and private company board experience in a broad range of industries. Until August of 2017, Ms. Sulzberger served as Chairman of the board of Whole Foods, where for 13 years she had previously served as Chair of the company’s audit committee. She currently serves on four public company boards: MasterCard, Eli Lilly, Warby Parker where she chairs the governance committee, and Cerevel Therapeutics, where she chairs the Audit Committee. She also serves on several private company boards: Acorns and AUX Money. roperty Group, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Stage Stores, IndyMac Bank, and Bright Horizons, and numerous private company boards.

Gaby is Chairman of the board of Sesame Street Workshop, the Ford Foundation, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Ms. Sulzberger received her B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. She received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and J.D. from Harvard Law School and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Jeff Tate

Chief Financial Officer

Dow, Inc.

Board Positions: Huntington Bancshares, Business Leaders of Michigan

Jeff Tate is Chief Financial Officer for Dow, a global materials science company with 2023 sales of approximately $45 billion. In this role, Jeff is a member of the company’s executive committee that sets strategic direction, defines priorities, establishes corporate policy and manages governance.

He has executive oversight for Finance, Investor Relations, Integrated Supply Chain and Purchasing. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN), serving on the Audit Committee.

As the former Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG), a $5 billion diversified global manufacturer, Jeff led global finance across 15 business units and 135 manufacturing sites.

Tate first joined Dow in 1992 and held several senior-level finance, operating and general management roles, including serving as vice president of finance for Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics. He previously served as chief audit executive, leading Dow's global internal audit and investigation activities and was also director of investor relations. He sits on North Carolina’s A&T College of Business and Economics Executive Advisory Council and the Corporate Advisory Board for the National Association of Black Accountants, where he was recognized as the 2020 Chief Financial Officer of the year. In 2020, Jeff was named by Savoy Magazine as one of its “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America”.

Jeff is a graduate of Harvard University’s CFO Leadership Program, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive Education Program for Prospective CFOs, Dartmouth College Strategic Finance Leadership Executive Education Program, and Thunderbird Executive Education Program. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Alabama and is a Certified Public Accountant.

José Tavarez

New York City President & Vice Chair, Head of Wealth Management Advisory Bank of America

Board Positions: New York City Police Foundation, Partnership for New York City, NY CEO Jobs Council, Board of Trustees of the Spence School, Children's Aid Society, The University of Pennsylvania Athletics and James Brister Society Partnership

As Bank of America’s New York City President, José is responsible for delivering the unified capabilities of the Bank of America Corporation enterprise across its eight lines of business, and to enhance the well-being of the people and institutions in New York City. In addition to his role as New York City President, José also serves as vice chair, Head of Wealth Management Advisory where he leads the strategic partnership across the Wealth Management, Global Markets and Investment Banking Businesses.

José joined Bank of America in 1995 and has held senior management positions within Bank of America Fixed Income Global Markets, and Bank of America Private Bank. José serves as the National Co-Executive Sponsor of Bank of America’s Hispanic/ Latino Organization for Leadership and Advancement (HOLA), a group committed to helping attract, engage, develop and retain Hispanic/Latino talent. Prior to this role, he served on the Bank of America Global Diversity and Inclusion Council.

José serves on the Board of Directors for the Partnership for New York City, the Board of the NY CEO Jobs Council, the Board of Trustees of the Spence School, and the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Aid Society. He is also a member of the University of Pennsylvania Athletics and James Brister Society Partnership.

José earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He and his wife, Dr. Holly Phillips, reside in New York City with their daugh-ters, Olivia and Pascale.

Everette Taylor CEO Kickstarter

Board Positions: 1stDIBS (NASDAQ: DIBS)

Everette Taylor is CEO of Kickstarter, the world’s premier crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Under Everette’s leadership, Kickstarter was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies for trailblazing the future of work and for the company’s global impact in the creator economy. Taylor also currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for 1stDibs (NASDAQ: DIBS), the leading online marketplace for extraordinary design.

Prior to joining Kickstarter, Everette most recently served as the CMO of Artsy, the largest online marketplace for buying and selling fine art. During his time at Artsy he was recognized by Business Insider as one of the World's Most Innovative CMOs and by Forbes as one of the World's Most Influential CMOs due to the business seeing all-time record revenue growth and brand awareness.

As a marketing executive and CMO, he helped lead Skurt, an on-demand rental car company, and Qualaroo, a B2B software company, to successful acquisitions. He also cofounded and led growth of GrowthHackers, the largest community for growth marketers, which established Taylor as one of the most sought-after marketers in the tech industry. Everette’s other marketing achievements include becoming the youngest CMO for Sticker Mule, a popular e-commerce company, and overseeing growth strategy for new social products for Microsoft.

As a founder, Everette started his first company, EZ Events, at age 19, and it was successfully acquired in 2011. In 2013 he established ET Enterprises, a diverse portfolio of companies including PopSocial, MilliSense, ArtX, and GrowthHackers. As CEO of PopSocial, he was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018 for his innovation in the social media marketing space.

Most recently Everette was named Ad Age 40 under 40 for revamping Kickstarter’s brand identity as its CEO and was recognized on the Time 100 Next list as an emerging leader who’s shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership.

Jordan Taylor

CEO & Co-Founder Medley

Board Positions: Advisory Board of Factor Fellowship

Jordan’s purpose is to create teams and groups where people can be their true selves. She co-founded Medley with her mother, Edith Cooper, because throughout her life she’s felt the power that comes from being part of a team and felt a void when it was missing.

Medley connects and empowers emerging leaders at the world's most iconic companies, and delivers best-in-class group coaching that is high-impact, scalable, and humandriven. Companies that are serious about their employees' leadership and performance, and want to foster collaboration amongst their key-to-retain talent, choose Medley.

Prior to founding Medley, Jordan worked in media as Chief of Staff at Mic and was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. She received her AB from Harvard College and her MBA from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker Scholar.

Martin Taylor

Sr. Managing Director & Co-Head Foundation Fund

Vista Equity Partners

Board Positions: AlertMedia, ARCOS, Bonterra, Critical Start, Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS), NAVEX, StarRez., TigerConnect, TRG Screen, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT)

Martin Taylor joined Vista Equity Partners in 2006. Mr. Taylor is Co-Head of the Foundation Funds and sits on its Investment Committee. Additionally, Mr. Taylor serves as a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for the overall management of Vista’s private equity platform. Mr. Taylor currently sits on the boards of AlertMedia, ARCOS, Bonterra, Critical Start, Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS), NAVEX, StarRez., TigerConnect, TRG Screen and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) and has served on numerous other boards during his tenure. Previously at Vista, Mr. Taylor was a Managing Director and drove a variety of cross-fund and crossportfolio initiatives. He was the initial President of Vista Consulting Group, where he was instrumental in building and scaling the Firm’s value creation infrastructure, formalizing Vista’s portfolio engagement model and developing many of Vista’s best practices.

Prior to Vista, Mr. Taylor had most recently served as a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, where he spent over 13 years and managed corporate strategy, sales, product marketing and various segment-focused teams in North America and Latin America during that time. Mr. Taylor also served as Chief of Staff and Director of Business Strategy, working directly for Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, whom he assisted with strategic projects and long-term planning for the corporation. Outside of Vista, Mr. Taylor is passionate about advancing access and creating opportunities for those who have traditionally been underrepresented across the business community. He sits on Milken Institute’s Executive Council for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Asset Management and The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board that supports efforts to unlock student potential through experiential learning and strong college-to-career programming. In February 2022, Mr. Taylor made a gift donation to support UT’s Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males and help the organization expand its programs, events and scholarships.

Garrett Temple

Professional Basketball Player Toronto Raptors

Board Positions: NBPA Vice President, Baton Rouge Youth Coalition (BRYC)

Garrett, concluding his 15th year as a professional basketball player, including 14 seasons in the NBA, most recently played for the Toronto Raptors. Additionally, he embarks on his 7th year as the Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), playing a pivotal role in negotiating the latest (2023) Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NBA and the NBPA.

As he approaches the twilight of his on-court career, Garrett is contemplating his next steps, considering various opportunities such as an NBA Front Office role, coaching position, or pursuing law school, having already completed his LSAT.

Beyond basketball, Garrett finds passion in real estate investment, both commercial and residential, along with angel investing in startup ventures. Recently, he has ventured into film investment through his new production company.

Garrett is happily married to Kára McCullough Temple, and they are proud parents to two children, Garrett II and Verity.

Frederick O. Terrell

Vice Chairman of Investment Banking Wells Fargo & Company

Board Positions: Paramount Global, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), Partnership Fund for New York City, Planet Word Museum, Fore Youth Golf Foundation

Frederick O. Terrell is vice chairman of Investment Banking for Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB). He serves as a member of CIB’s senior leadership team, delivering strategic and transactional advice to clients across the platform. Fred joined Wells Fargo in January 2024, and has more than 40 years of experience in banking, private investment, and corporate governance. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Fred served as a senior advisor at Centerbridge Partners, L.P. since 2020, focused on the financial services and technology sectors. He spent eight years at Credit Suisse where he ultimately served as executive vice chairman of Investment Banking and Capital Markets. From 1997 to 2009, he was founder and managing partner of Provender Capital Group, LLC, which made private equity investments in emerging and growth-oriented companies. Fred began his investment banking career in 1983 at The First Boston Corporation where he was a member of the Financial Institutions Group before heading the bank’s preeminent Mortgage Finance Department from 1992 to 1997.

Fred is currently a director on the board of Paramount Global. He previously served on the boards of directors of BNY Mellon Corporation; Carver Bancorp Inc.; CBS Corporation; Computer Services, Inc. (CSI); Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi), an early-stage company focused on the expansion of financial inclusion for underserved communities; The New York Life Insurance Company; Vroom, Inc.; and WellChoice, Inc.

In addition, Fred’s non-profit activities include currently serving on the boards of the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), the Partnership Fund for New York City where he helped establish the Fund’s acclaimed Fintech Innovation Lab, the Planet Word Museum, and the Fore Youth Golf Foundation founded to expand youth golf in South Los Angeles. He also serves on the Rockefeller Foundation Investment Committee and the advisory boards of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) for which he was a founding board member. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Economic Club of New York. Fred received his B.A. from La Verne College, his M.A. from Occidental College, and his M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management.

Hilliard Terry III

Board Member

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

Board Positions: Asbury Automotive Group, Columbia Babking System, Fabletics, Fundbox, Upstart

Hilliard Terry currently serves on the board of directors of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG), one of the largest automotive retailers in the U.S., and Upstart Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPST), a cloud-based artificial intelligence lending platform. Mr. Terry also serves on the board of directors of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB), a financial services company and on the board of its principal subsidiary, Umpqua Bank. He also serves on the boards of directors of two private companies: Fabletics, Inc. and Fundbox, Ltd.

Mr. Terry is an experienced executive leader, board member and advisor to private equity backed portfolio companies. He has served as the interim CEO/Advisor to an early-stage private company and previously as a public-company CFO. Mr. Terry has held executivelevel positions in treasury, marketing, and investor relations.

Matisse Thybulle

Athlete NBA

Matisse has played 5 seasons in the NBA with the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers and the Portland Trailblazers. He was born in Scottsdale Arizona then grew up in Sydney Australia and Seattle Washington, where he attended the University of Washington .

He plans to represent Australia in the 2024 Olympics. He won a bronze metal with them in Tokyo in 2021. He has a passion for filmmaking and storytelling. He created a viral YouTube series during the NBA bubble, played a small role in Adam Sandler’s Netflix movie “Hustle”, and Executive Produced a documentary on the Australian men’s national basketball team.

Chris Tucker

CEO

Chris Tucker Enterprises

Chris Tucker is an internationally recognized, award-winning actor, producer and comedian. He is best known for his role of Detective James Carter in the blockbuster Rush Hour action-comedy film franchise, starring opposite Jackie Chan under the direction of Brett Ratner. He currently can be seen on the big screen staring in Air, directed by Ben Affleck.

Tucker’s career began in the early 1990s when he became a favorite on Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Comedy Jam. He then rose to prominence with his first starring role, in the 1995 cult classic Friday, alongside Ice Cube. In 1997, Tucker executive produced and co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the hit movie Money Talks, directed by Ratner, and also appeared in Luc Besson’s globally successful sci-fi adventure The Fifth Element.

His other film credits include the Hughes brothers’ Dead Presidents, Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, David O’Russell’s award-winning hit Silver Linings Playbook, and Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.

In 2015, Tucker released Chris Tucker Live exclusively on Netflix, marking the first project he starred in and produced through his own company, Chris Tucker Entertainment. He currently tours around the world performing live comedy shows, which have received rave reviews globally.

In addition to entertaining millions of fans on stage and screen, Tucker is a dedicated humanitarian, spending much of his spare time traveling the world, doing charitable work through The Chris Tucker Foundation. By making a difference, he truly believes we are blessed to be a blessing.

Madison Utendahl

CEO Utendahl Creative

Madison Utendahl is a multi-hyphenate. She is the Founder of Utendahl Creative, a writer, public-speaker, Forbes 30U30 and Adweek Creative 100 Recipient, and a two time Webby Award winner. Prior to Utendahl Creative, Madison has been on the founding teams of cultural phenomenons Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Refinery 29's 29Rooms and Museum of Ice Cream.

While the experience of being behind these massive cultural successes led to a specialty and expertise in emotional brand storytelling, it also led to Madison's firsthand experience with burnout. Since then, she not only discovered the power of authenticity and self-worth within the workplace on an individual level but is fundamentally changing the way creatives work via leadership and policy at her agency.

Madison has been invited to speak at Inbound, Vidcon, Yelp’s Women in Business Summit and many more. When Madison is not playing boss at Utendahl Creative, she can be found as an on-camera video host and creator: The Elephant & Her Name Is. Madison lives in NYC and is a proud 3rd Generation New Yorker.

Bobby Wagner

Operation / Founding Partner FUSE

Bobby is an Operation Partner and a Founding Partner of FUSE. At FUSE, Bobby focuses on early-stage investments in intelligent software as well as building a winning, innovative culture. He was heavily involved in evaluating and winning FUSE’s first two deals in highly competitive processes. He has also been critical to the FUSE portfolio with events and team building. Bobby has been an active angel investor since 2013, and has invested companies such as Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ DNLI), Tonal, Theragun, BodyArmor,among others. Bobby also has venture experience working closely with Andressen Horowitz and Ignition Partners prior to joining FUSE. Additionally, Bobby has been recognized by Forbes as a 30 under 30inductee for his remarkable on the field accomplishments, as well as famously self-negotiating his Seahawk contract making him a record setting, highest paid linebacker in the National Football League.

Bobby holds a BS in Business from Utah State University and was drafted in the 2nd round by the Seattle Seahawks upon graduation.Since joining the Hawks, Bobby had been a captain and leader for the Seahawks for nearly a decade, including leading the team to the 2014 Super Bowl Championship victory and also elected to the Pro Bowl six times. Bobby has also been nominated for Walter Peyton Man of the Year which acknowledges his off the field positive impact on the community.

Jacob Walthour

CEO Blueprint Capital Advisors

Board Positions: Blueprint Capital Advisors, Girl Scouts of the United States of America

Jacob Walthour, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Blueprint Capital Advisors.

Jacob has over 32 years of experience in capital markets, traditional and alternative asset management. He is active on corporate and non-profit boards of directors and dedicated to philanthropy in the areas of healthcare, youth services and education.

In 2015, Jacob co-founded Blueprint Capital Advisors which became one of the fastest growing Black-owned asset management firms in the nation and today oversees in excess of $1.6 billion on behalf of wealthy individuals and institutional investors. The firm was founded on the premise of “We are different – we care about profits and people.” He oversees the business and investment activities of the firm and is responsible for strategy, business development and execution of the firm’s business plans.

Prior to founding Blueprint, he served as Vice Chairman of Product and Business Development in the investment management division of Cowen & Company. He was responsible for developing the firm’s seeding and acceleration effort for emerging alternative investment organizations. He served on the firm’s management committee.

Jacob was a Partner and Managing Director at Citadel Investment Group where he managed the firm’s North American distribution effort. Before Citadel, he was Head of Advisory Services at Aksia LLC, where he oversaw business development, client consulting and portfolio management for the firm’s discretionary accounts. In addition, Jacob has held senior roles at Moore Capital Management and Morgan Stanley. Prior to rejoining the private sector, he served as Executive Assistant to the Comptroller and sole fiduciary of the then $56 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund. He was involved in the due diligence process for banks, brokerage firms, consultants, traditional and alternative investment firms and started the emerging manager program. Jacob started his career at Lehman Brother.

Kevin Warren

President & CEO Chicago Bears

A spirited agent of change, Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin F. Warren is dedicated to enriching collegiate athletics and creating more cohesive, dynamic, and inclusive communities. Kevin is the first African-American Commissioner of an Autonomous 5 (Power Five) conference in the history of college athletics. As an accomplished bridge-builder, Kevin has a history of cultivating meaningful relationships with individuals of all backgrounds. Kevin’s leadership is predicated on his unquenching thirst to dream the impossible dream and help others tap into their personal potential.

With nearly 30 years of industry experience, Kevin’s impact continues to influence countless individuals and organizations. Prior to his role as Commissioner, Kevin served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Minnesota Vikings, overseeing the dayto-day business operations and all ancillary businesses, including two state-of-the-art facilities— U.S. Bank Stadium and the Twin City Orthopedics Performance Center. His influence has inspired others to harness their ability to achieve their goals.

Warren is a trailblazer in the truest sense of the word—an individual who leads by example and who charts new trails for others to follow with dignity and grace. Above all, Kevin’s love and commitment to his wife, Greta, and their children, Peri and Powers, is the true joy of his life.

Robin Washington

Chair, Leadership Development, Inclusion, & Compensation Committee

Alphabet

Lead Independent Director Salesforce

Board Positions: Alphabet, Honeywell, Salesforce, Eikon, Mastercard

Robin L. Washington is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Honeywell International, and Salesforce. She currently serves as chair of the leadership development, inclusion, and compensation committee for Alphabet and Lead Independent Director for Salesforce. She is also a Catalyst Advisor with venture firm, General Catalyst, focused on their Health Assurance thesis to create meaningful outcomes for GC’s healthcare portfolio companies and communities they serve.

She is also a member of the President’s Council & Ross Business School Advisory Board, University of Michigan; a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, and a member of the Board of Directors of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and the Mastercard Foundation.

Ms. Washington served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gilead Sciences, Inc., from May 2008 – November 2019 where she oversaw Global Finance, Facilities and Operations, Investor Relations and the Information Technology organizations. Prior to Gilead, Ms. Washington was the Chief Financial Officer of Hyperion Solutions, that was acquired by Oracle Corporation. She also served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of PeopleSoft, along with several other senior financial roles in the US and Europe from 1996 – 2005. Prior to PeopleSoft, Ms. Washington was Director of Finance for Tandem Computers, an Accounting Analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and a Senior Auditor for Deloitte & Touche.

Ms. Washington is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and Executive Leadership Council. She is co-founder of Black Women on Boards and is passionately involved in several initiatives focused on the ascension of women and underrepresented minorities to the C-suite and boardroom. Ms. Washington is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Joseph Watkins

Host

State of Independence

Former

President & CEO Community Council Health Systems

Board Positions: Brandywine River Museum, Lankenau Medical Center

Joseph “Joe” Watkins is the host of State of Independence on Lighthouse TV, and has served as a political commentator for MSNBC, CNBC, CBS News, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera. He is a former White House aide to United States President George H. W. Bush. From March 2021 until December 2023, he served as president and CEO of Community Council Health Systems in Philadelphia. He was also previously court appointed Receiver (chief executive) for the Chester Upland School District during the Governor Corbett’s administration. Watkins served as a top aide to United States Senator Dan Quayle in the early 1980s before joining University of Pennsylvania President Sheldon Hackney’s staff as an assistant to the president. He joined President Bush’s staff at the White House in January 1989. After leaving the White House, Watkins became an equity partner and managing director in an asset management firm with $3.2B AUM. Beginning in 2004 he served as a political analyst for CNN’s Paula Zahn Now and American Morning as well as a co-host for CNN’s Crossfire before moving to MSNBC as a regular political analyst and contributor. He has served as a co-host of Squawk Box on CNBC and has appeared on CNBC’ and Bloomberg.. He has also analyzed major political news for Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic.

Watkins is a graduate of the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, the University of Pennsylvania and the Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served as pastor of a church in Philadelphia, serves on several boards and has received numerous honors and awards. He and his wife Stephanie are the parents of three married children and have

Forest Whitaker

Founder & CEO Whitaker Peace & Development

Forest Whitaker is the founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI), through which he provides skills and opportunities to youths and women in regions affected by violence and armed conflict in Mexico, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, the United States as well as Cameroon, Chad and Gabon. Forest Whitaker is also co-founder and chair of the International Institute for Peace, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, and a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocacy Group. For his dedication to cultivating children and youths' artistic talents he had been a member of President Obama's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, working closely with elementary schools to demon-strate the limitless power of the arts to unlock the creative potential of pupils and students.

In addition to his social activism, Whitaker is one of Hollywood's most accomplished and versatile figures. Through his production company, Significant Productions, he aims to support young, talented filmmakers. He believes that film can enlighten people across the globe and can start meaningful dialogues about important subjects. He has produced several award-winning documentaries that touch on a wide range of social issues. He has also received many distinctions for his acting, including the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, a performance for which he also received a BAFTA Award, SAG Award, and Golden Globe. He also received the Palme d'Or for Best Actor for Bird at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

Forest Whitaker's artistic and humanitarian contributions have been widely recognized at home and abroad. In 2007, he received the Cinema for Peace Award. Forest Whitaker's commitment to peace and social justice has led him to work ever more closely with the United Nations and its diverse agencies. He has addressed such bodies as the Security Council, in 2014 and 2021, and the Human Rights Council, in 2019. His dual career as an artist and activist led him to closely associate with UNESCO, the UN branch for education, science and culture, through which he strives, as UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, to champion values of tolerance, openness and mutual understanding.six grandchildren. He is the author of “The New PC: Practical Consideration” which is available on Amazon.

Mark Wilkins

Managing Director

Board Positions: New Leaders

Mark Wilkins joined UBS Private Wealth Management in 2015, following 21 years at Merrill Lynch. Prior to becoming a Private Wealth Advisor, he served as an officer in the United States Army. Mark is very active in several educational and military causes. Mark currently serves on the board of New Leaders, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop transformational, equity-minded school leaders and advance policies and practices that ensure high academic achievement for all children— especially students of color and students from communities with lower incomes. He is a co-founder of the Second Ranger Battalion Assistance Foundation. In 2005, he founded the Mark and Patrick Wilkins Army ROTC Fund at the University of Missouri—his alma mater. In 2007, he delivered the commencement address to the graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences at MU. Mark currently serves on the Strategic Development Board for the College of Arts and Science.

In 2017, Mark was asked by senior management to serve as the Senior Executive Sponsor of MOSAIC– the employee organization at UBS that promotes cultural diversity and inclusion within the firm. In addition to civic causes, Mark is very involved with his two children – his daughter graduated from Dartmouth and Harvard Business School; his son graduated from Culver Academy and attends Marquette University. Mark is also an avid mountain climber, having undertaken many domestic and international expeditions, including summits of Mt. Everest–Nepal, Mt. Vinson–Antarctica, and Mt. McKinley–Alaska. Impact Wealth Consultants helps families navigate the complexities that often accompany significant wealth – operating at the intersection of private markets, sustainability, and diversity.

Rayford Wilkins

Former CEO, Diversified Businesses AT&T

Board Positions: Caterpillar, Morgan Stanley, Valero Energy Corporation

Rayford Wilkins, Jr. was Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Businesses for AT&T. In this role, Wilkins was responsible for serving the company’s 12,000 largest business customers and overseeing sales, customer care, data solutions engineering, consulting and operations of the company’s advanced data and Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Previously, Wilkins served as President and CEO of SBC Pacific Bell, where he was responsible for all business and consumer market sales, customer service, network services and external affairs in California and Nevada. Wilkins held several other leadership positions at AT&T and its predecessor companies.

Wilkins is a member of the Advisory Council of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and the Executive Leadership Council.

Wilkins holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and also attended the University of Pittsburgh’s Management Program for Executives.

Anré Williams

CEO

American Express National Bank

Group President Enterprise Services

Board Positions: MACRO, the Wharton School, the USA Track & Field Foundation

Anré Williams is CEO of American Express National Bank and Group President, Enterprise Services, a role he assumed in April 2021. AS CEO of AENB, Anré oversees all aspects of American Express' U.S. Bank operation, which is responsible for over 60% of the company's total revenues. In addition, as Group President of Enterprise Services he oversees Technology, Digital Capabilities, Servicing for Cardmembers and Travel customers, Real Estate and procurement.

Anré is a member of the boards of MACRO, the Wharton School, and the USA Track & Field Foundation. He has a BA from Stanford, an MBA from Wharton and resides in South Orange, NJ.

Ather Williams III

SEVP, Head of Strategy, Digital Platforms, Innovation and Enterprise Payments (SDI &EP)

Wells Fargo

Board Positions: Blue Shield California

Three decades as a change agent focused on transforming the financial services industry has led Ather Williams III to his role today as Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy, Digital, Innovation & Enterprise Payments and a member of Wells Fargo’s Operating Committee. He oversees Global Treasury Management (GTM), which provides a comprehensive suite of payment and liquidity services, primarily to Wells Fargo’s Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking clients.

From Harvard Business School to jobs as a consultant, a financial analyst for Walt Disney Co., a Silicon Valley executive, and a series of executive roles with large U.S. banks, intellectual curiosity and the opportunity to build something from the ground up drives Ather’s career.Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Ather spent nearly a decade at Bank of America, first as Head of Global Transaction Services. Most recently, he was President of Business Banking, which provides strategic advice and solutions to U.S. companies. Before that, Ather spent eight years in leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase where he was responsible for business strategies, products, and technology solutions in Treasury & Securities Services.

Recognition: 2023 Forbes CIO Next List, a list of the 50 top tech leaders who are leveraging innovation to transform their companies, 2022 Forbes CEO Next List, a list of 50 contenders who are poised to be the next leaders of America’s largest companies, Featured in the first-ever 2022 Crain’s New York Business’ Diverse Leaders in Banking and Finance list, Named to EMpower’s 2019 Top Ethnic Minority Executive Role Models and Diversity MBA Magazine’s “Top 100 Executive Leaders under 50.”

Ather is a Member of the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California and of the Board of Directors for the Wells Fargo Foundation. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, the preeminent membership organization for the development of global Black leaders.Ather is the Executive Sponsor of the Wells Fargo Patent Executive Group and Co-Executive Sponsor of the Wells Fargo Black & African American Connection (B&AAC)Employee Resource Network.

Christopher Williams

Chairman

Siebert Williams Shank & Co.

Board Positions: Ameriprise, Clorox, Cox Enterprises, Union Pacific

Christopher J. Williams is the Chairman of Siebert, Williams, Shank & Co., LLC. His career, spanning several decades in the financial services industry, began at Lehman Brothers in 1984. There he assumed senior management roles in debt capital markets, derivatives, and fixed income trading. Following Lehman, he went on to form a derivatives division at Jefferies & Company. In 1994, he founded The Williams Capital Group, L.P. (WCG) later expanding it to include the asset management arm, Williams Capital Management, LLC.

Under Chris's leadership as Chairman and CEO of Williams Capital Group from 1994 to 2019, the firm ranked among the top 10 most active Co-managers of equity and investment grade debt underwritings (Thomson Reuters’ rankings) in the US. In October 2019, the merger between The Williams Capital Group and Siebert Cisneros and Shank resulted in the formation of Siebert Williams Shank, & Co., LLC (SWS) becoming the leading minority and woman-owned investment bank in the US across corporate debt, equity, and public finance underwritings.

Currently serving as Chairman of Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC Christopher Williams is also the Principal of SWS's Clear Vision Impact Fund's General Partner. In this role, he provides administrative oversight and actively engages in operations, investment origination, and investor relations. The Clear Vision Impact Fund is an investment vehicle that offers loans to sustainable minority-owned businesses, and those operating in underserved markets and/or fostering inclusive growth.

Beyond his responsibilities at SWS, Mr. Williams serves on the boards of directors for prominent public companies, including Ameriprise Financial, the Clorox Company, and Union Pacific Corporation. He is also a director of privately held Cox Enterprises. Christopher J. Williams holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University and a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Ron Williams

Chairman & CEO RW2 Enterprises, LLC

Board Positions: agilon health, Boeing, Warby Parker

Ronald A. Williams is Chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises, LLC and is the former Chairman and CEO of health insurance giant Aetna Inc. Mr. Williams is the bestselling author of “Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization”.

Mr. Williams focuses his energy on private equity health care value creation, corporate boards, value-based leadership and transformational change. Through his firm, RW2 Enterprises, Mr. Williams counsels C-Suite corporate executives on strategy and transformational leadership. As Operating Advisor to private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice, he oversees portfolio companies including serving as Founding Chairman of agilon health and Chairman of apree health (previously Castlight/ Vera Whole Health). He previously served as Chairman of naviHealth and PharMedium. He is a Director of The Boeing Company, Warby Parker, former Lead Director of American Express and served on the Johnson & Johnson Board. Mr. Williams became president and joined Aetna’s Board in 2002. In 2006, he became chairman and CEO until he retired in 2011.

Mr. Williams is Chairman of The Conference Board, a member of the President’s Circle of the National Academies and a member of the Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development. He served on President Obama’s President’s Management Advisory Board from 2011 to 2017.

He is a graduate of Roosevelt University and holds an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

David Winfield

Senior Advisor to Executive Director

Major League Baseball Players Association

Board Positions: Southport Acquisition Corporation, MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation

Dave Winfield is a former Major League Baseball Player, with broad experience in professional sports, business, media and philanthropy. Currently serving as Advisor to the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, with a focus on Business Development and Acquisitions, Collective Bargaining, Communications, Marketing, Player/Member Education and philanthropy through the Players Trust.

Dave played Major League Baseball for 22 years, reaching the height of success, winning a World Series Championship with the Toronto Blue Jays. After a very successful playing career, appearing in 12 All-Star Games, winning 7 Gold Gloves and 6 Silver Slugger Awards, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame first year of eligibility.

During and after his career in professional baseball, he owned multiple quick service food franchises, worked in television as an on-air analyst for ESPN and FOX Sports, in radio as host to his own sports morning drive time program, in print with his own newspaper column, became a NY Times Best Selling author with five books to his credit, and then became a corporate advocate and speaker. He established Winfield & Winfield, Ltd., a personal services corporation, and for the past 20+ years provides business development, consulting and advocacy for corporate, sports, legal education and government entities.

He created and headed the Winfield Foundation for 22-years, becoming the first of its kind in professional sports. The Winfield Foundation provided health and education services to youth and communities nationwide. Independently and in partnerships, the Foundation designed, executed and participated in successful health and education programs for national campaigns with sports entities, charitable organizations, corporate, government and medical institutions.

Christopher Womack

CEO Southern Company

Board Positions: Edison Electrical Institute, Invesco, Georgia Ports Authority, The First Tee

Chris Womack is the president and CEO-elect of Southern Company, one of the nation’s leading energy providers serving 9 million customers nationwide. Prior to his current role, since 2021 he served as chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power, leading Southern Company’s largest subsidiary.

He assumed leadership of Georgia Power after serving as executive vice president and president of external affairs for Southern Company. A native of Greenville, Alabama, Womack joined Southern Company in 1988 and has held several leadership positions within Southern Company and its subsidiaries. He has served as executive vice president of external affairs at Georgia Power and senior vice president and senior production officer of Southern Company Generation, where he was responsible for coal, gas, and hydro generation for Georgia Power and Savannah Electric. Womack also served as senior vice president of human resources and chief people officer at Southern Company, as well as senior vice president of public relations and corporate services at Alabama Power.

Prior to joining Southern Company, Womack worked on Capitol Hill for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC. He served as a legislative aide for former Congressman Leon E. Panetta and as staff director for the Subcommittee on Personnel and Police for the Committee on House Administration.

Womack is co-chair of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Customer Solutions Policy Committee and a member of the board of directors of Invesco Ltd. and the Georgia Ports Authority. He is past chair of the board of the East Lake Foundation and is on the national board of The First Tee. Womack has chaired the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau board and the Atlanta Sports Council. He has received numerous honors, awards and recognitions.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University and a master’s degree from The American University and completed the Stanford Executive Program in 2001.

Nate Yohannes

Head of ML/AI Product for Creators Instagram (Meta)

Board Positions: Cognovi Labs

Nate Yohannes, currently the Head of AI Product Management for Creators at Instagram, has a rich background in AI product management and strategy. Previously, he was a Group Product Manager at Meta, working on the commercialization of Large Language Models (LLMs) for a user base exceeding 4 billion daily active users.

Before joining Meta, Mr. Yohannes held key roles at Microsoft, including Director of Product & Strategy in the Office of the CTO and AI Director of Corporate Business Development. He played a pivotal role in commercializing AI, IoT, and the Intelligent Cloud.

A Dean's Fellow graduate from the University at Buffalo School of Law, Mr. Yohannes earned several accolades for his contributions. Post law school, he served as the Associate General Counsel at the Money Management Institute during the regulatory overhaul of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Appointed by President Obama, Mr. Yohannes served as the Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment and Innovation Officer at the U.S. Small Business Administration and as a White House Economic Leaders fellow.

Currently, he is pursuing an executive Master of Science at Brown University in Technology Leadership as a Dean's Technology Innovation Scholar. Mr. Yohannes is an active angel investor and sits on the Board of Directors for Cognovi AI Labs.

Chris Young

EVP, Business Development, Strategy & Ventures Microsoft

Board Positions: American Express

Christopher Young is executive vice president of business development, strategy and ventures at Microsoft. He is responsible for driving growth across the company by establishing strategic partnerships, setting corporate strategy and identifying high impact investments through Microsoft’s corporate venture arm.

Young is the former CEO of McAfee, LLC (2014-2020). In 2017 he led the initiative to spin McAfee out of Intel to become a standalone company. Under his leadership, McAfee grew to protect mission-critical systems and data for more than two-thirds of the Global 2000 and more than 500 million consumers.

Earlier in his career, Young led cybersecurity efforts at Cisco, RSA and AOL. He also led end user computing at VMware and cofounded the company Cyveillance.

Young currently serves on the board of directors for American Express and as a member of the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee for the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He was formerly a board member of Snap Inc., cybersecurity data analytics firm Rapid7 and the Cyber Threat Alliance, and has served on the board of trustees of Princeton University.

Young holds an A.B. degree cum laude from Princeton University, and an M.B.A. degree with distinction from the Harvard Business School. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.