| National Black Business Month (NBBM) is an annual initiative to increase the number and scale of African/Caribbean-American owned businesses in the United States and globally. The NBBM focuses on information, visibility and accountability of black businesses. The State of the Black Business Forum features a panel of thought leaders sharing their insight about the impact of black businesses on South Florida’s economy and also the challenges, future outlook, and solutions to creating and growing sustainable black businesses. The Forum is followed by a Networking Reception & Business Expo themed “Celebrating the Creation & Growth of Black Businesses”.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Entrepreneurs/ Owners of Small – Medium Size Businesses
Elected Officials & Community Leaders
Professional & Civic Associations
Students
Corporate & Governments Entities (Supplier Diversity Managers)
INVITED 2011 THOUGHT
LEADERS:
Andy
Ingraham, President/CEO, NABHOOD
Beatrice
Louissaint, President, SFMSDC
Bernadette
Norris-Weeks, Attorney, Law Offices of Bernadette Norris-Weeks
Bill Diggs,
President, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
Bob
Swindell, President & CEO, Broward Alliance
Bradley
Harper, Partner, Olds, Stephens and Harper, P.A. Attorneys at Law
Bryant J.
Salter, Director of African Trade Expansion, Enterprise Florida
Derrick
Berry, CEO Buccaneer Mortgage
Dwight
Stephenson, CEO, D. Stephenson Construction
Jerry
Osteryoung, Jim Moran Institute, College of
Business FSU
John Howard,
President, Black Business Investment Corporation
John
Templeton, Co-Founder, National Black Business Month
Kelly
Smallridge, President & CEO, Business Development Board of PBC
Lia Gaines,
Executive Director, Center for Enterprise Opportunity
Tarra
Pressey, CEO, Tarra Enterprises
The
Honorable Christopher Smith, Florida Senate
The
Honorable Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, US Congress, 17th District
The
Honorable Dale Holness, Broward County Commissioner
Tony
Lesesne, Founder and Co-Publisher, In-Focus Magazine
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