Speakers – Yoba Development Present: From the Ground Up Flipping the Hood

Our Speakers

** Subject to Change

Valerie White

Senior Director
LISC NY

Kirk Goodrich

President of
Monadnock Development

MG The Mortgage Guy

Earn Your Leisure

Tammy Jones

Founder of
Basis Investment Group

Donald Cravins Jr

Under secretary of commerce for minority business development agency

Karine Apollon

Chief Diversity Officer of New York City Department of Education

Chancellor
David Banks

Dept of Education

Bruce Jackson

associate general counsel and managing director for strategic partnerships out of the office of the president at Microsoft

Julien Gordon

Multi Family Movement

Janice Haughton

Turner Construction, Director, Community & Citizenship

David Adefeso

CEO of The Pacific Group

Mikiyon Alexander

Head of Coverage at
Momentus Securities

Alexis Hammerle

Vice President, Community Banking at BNY Mellon

Clarence Burleigh

BNY Mellon's Real Estate and Mortgage Banking Division

Jerome Thomas

Head of Community Banking
at BNY Mellon

Bonni Hendrix

BNYMellon – Director, Organizational Strategy & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Errol Pierre

healthcare executive, public speaker, professor, and author

Gary Bates

Principal at Make Make

John Crossman

Founder of
Crossman Career Builders

Martha Underwood

Founder and CEO of Prismm

Leyden Lewis

Leyden Lewis Design Studio

Mehdi Bousaidi

Co-Founder of
HORUS Technology Solutions, Inc.

Micah Hunter

Project Manager at
The NHP Foundation

Venus Quates

President & CEO of
LaunchTech

Ian Arias

Principle La Cite Development

Angela Tharpe

Collier Companies Chief of Staff

LaMean Koroma

Senior Vice President at Cresa Washington DC

Judy Cazeau

LLC Commercial
Real Estate Broker

Pay Wu

Founder of
MWBE Unite

Kenneth M. Morrison

Principal
Lemor Development Group LLC

Dan Bythewood

Principle La Cite Development

Jaye Watts

Founder and CEO of
Coexist Gaming

Keenan D. Williams

Co-Founder of REZI

Pascale Sablan

Adjaye Associates

Malene Barnett

Artist Black Artist and Designers Guild

Trinette Chandler

Chandler Law

Paula K. Watts

Government Procurement Innovators (GPI)

Stacey Mollison

Libra Management Group

James Gardner

Urban Farmer

Michelle Walker Davis

Imperial Management Group

Roberta Hoskie

Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood Founder/Real Estate Investor

Krystal Rosa

Founder Mindful Me

Storm Leroy

The Employed Millionaire

Disney Foote

Real Estate Entrepreneur and CEO of FORREAL Coffeehouse

Malcolm A. Punter

President & CEO of
Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement

Jude Bernard

Brooklyn Bank
Real Estate Entrepreneur

Krysta Pate

CEO of The Ownership Initiative

Schelton Assoumou

Brownstone NYC

Craig Livingston

Principle
Exact Capital

April de Simone

Architect

Keita Turner

Keita Turner Design

Phil Taitt

News12

Tyrona Heath

LinkedIN

Dr. Helen M Dowdell

Wheeldestrian