Video Recordings
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SPECIAL INTRODUCTION
WELCOME ADDRESS
OPENING REMARKS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
PRESENTATIONS
Connecting Communities Through the Funding of Capital
US Bank| Micae Brown, Asst. VP, Business Access Advisor
Charting a Roadmap with the Small Business Administration
U.S. Small Business Administrationor | Mark Ferguson, Deputy District Director, Illinois District Office
Interactive Leaders Roundtable Panel
featuring
Ellen Rozelle Turner | Founder & CEO of The William Everett Group
Teena Lorie Harris | Executive Director of the Office of Business Diversity at CPS
Jackie Gomez | Executive Director of HACIA
Sherman"Dilla" Thomas | Co-Founder of Chicago Mahogany Foundation
Cornelius Griggs | President & CEO of GMA Construction
Claude Robinson | CEO of Onyx Strategic Partners
John Wober | Principal of Airbrands, Inc
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Building Joint Ventures Through the Mentor-Protege Program
Alicia Garcia-Abner | President, Trinal, Inc.
& Joseph Cohen | Partner at Fox Rothschild, LLC
Toolbox Resources: Navigating Capital Access for Business Growth
featuring
Dr. Pamela Randle | V.P. Sr. Business Consultant, Minority Entrepreneur Initiative at JP Morgan Chase
Tracy Kelly | Vice President Relationship Manager, Community Banking at Wintrust
Kimberly Brisky | Managing Director of Communications & Engagement at SomerCor
Chris Johnson | Senior Small Business Lender at Allies for Community Business
Ronald Milsap | Director, U.S. Zero Barriers to Business | Business Banking at BMO Bank N.A.
BACK TO BASICS | DPS WORKSHOPS
Doing Business with the City of Chicago
Jana Williams | Assistant Procurement Officer at DPS
How to Become Certified
Cordell McGary | Senior Certification & Compliance Officer at DPS
Understanding the JOC Program with Gordian - Midlakes Region
Michael Judd | Regional Director, Operations
& Cristiane (Cris) Jobes | Account Manager
What Is Compliance?
Charles Coleman | Compliance Manager at DPS