2021 Speakers
DR. DARREL EZELL
Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion @ Hudson Alpha Institute for Bio Technology
Opening Plenary
ALANA HENRY
Ministerial Engagement Officer @ Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy - British Embassy
Opening Plenary
DR. CHARLES NASH
African Diaspora Consortium
Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Global Leaders
HON. JASON HUGHES
U.S. Congress - Louisiana
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Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Global Leaders
STACY WHITE
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges @ U.S. Department of State
Opening Plenary
ALLEN DUBOSE
Diplomat in Residence - South @ U.S. Department of State
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Opening Plenary
H.E. AMBASSADOR SIDNEY S. COLLIE
Ambassador to the United States from The Bahamas
Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Global Leaders
DR. KASSIE FREEMAN
President/CEO @
African Diaspora Consortium
Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Global Leaders
AMBASSADOR RICHARD LEBARON
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Global Entrepreneurship
DR. SAM SUBBEY
Norway and Ghana, Fulbright Alumnus
Advice from Caribbean & African Diaspora Global Leaders
DR. DEL SMITH
CEO @ Acclinate
Global Entrepreneurship
RAHAMA WRIGHT
CEO @ Shea Yeleen
& Peace Corps Alumna
Global Entrepreneurship
REGGIE MITCHELL
Fulbright Alumnus
"its Okay to "Fail": Lessons from those who took a less planned path
CORLETTE STEWART BURNS
Executive Director @ Birmingham Sister Cities
Global Entrepreneurship
TAKAUNIA CARSTARPHEN
FOUNDER @
TKOWunderlust
"It's Okay to "Fail": Lessons from those who took a less planned path
DEB ADELSPERGER
Peace Corps Alumna
Global Careers: Unique careers most people have never heard of!
JABARI SMITH
Program Manager @
World Chicago
Global Careers: Unique careers most people have never heard of!
DR. CARLTON MCLELLAN
Senior Fellow, Association of Black Ambassadors
Insights of an Ambassador
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DR. EDITH FRASER
Fulbright Alumna
Funding Study Abroad
VEETO BROWN
Founder @ Cookhouse Studios LLC & 4Keys Production
"It's Okay to "Fail": Lessons from those who took a less planned path
FONTA GILLIAM
CEO @ Invest Sou Sou
Global Careers: Unique careers most people have never heard of!
LAMAR SHAMBLEY
Executive Director @ Teens of Color Abroad
The Grass Is Greener on Your Side
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AMBASSADOR GINA ABERCROMBIE-WINSTANLEY
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Insights of an Ambassador
AYANNA DAWKINS
Co-Founder @ Diplomatic Perpsective
Funding Study Abroad
DR. MELISSA SINCLAIR
Professor @
School of International Service, American University
Diplomacy: The Importance of Peaceful Politics & Negotiation
MICAH WELLS, ESQ.
International Mergers and Aquistions
Diplomacy: The Importance of Peaceful Politics & Negotiation
DR. SUZZANE GHAIS
Principal @ Ghais Mediation & Facilitation
Conflict Resolution: Resolving conflict within yourself, your community, and our world
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AMELIA VANDERLAAN
USA Study Abroad Outreach Officer @ U.S. Department of State
Funding Study Abroad
Markell Kelly
Intern @ U.S. Department of State
Funding Study Abroad
HON. DEVYN KEITH
Council Member @ City of Huntsville
Diplomacy: The Importance of Peaceful Politics & Negotiation
REV. MARQUITA PIERRE
Center for Spiritutal Living
Conflict Resolution: Resolving conflict within yourself, your community, and our world
ACQUANIA ESCARNE
Foreign Service Officer @ U.S. Department of State & Wealth Strategist
Money Power Hour
KEZIA DANIEL
2014 Central American Youth Ambassador, Oakwood University
Wrap Up/Roundtable
DR. JANICE WATSON
Professor @ Oakwood University
Conflict Resolution: Resolving conflict within yourself, your community, and our world
BRANNDON JACKSON
Economist @ Excelon
Money Power Hour
CELINE SLYVESTER
Oakwood University, Tuskeegee University
Wrap -Up/Roundtable