12. Shontay Lundy is Most Likely Too...
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Shontay Lundy is the CEO, Creator, and Founder of Black Girl Sunscreen (BGS). In 2016, when Shontay became tired of using sunscreen that left a white residue, she decided to leverage her MBA and knack for business to develop a melanin friendly option for women who look like her. The groundbreaking product has not only provided women with darker skin tones a healthy option to protect their skin, but the brand has cultivated a strong reputation for empowering black women. While working to build awareness for BGS, Shontay has continued to fuel her passion by traveling the world educating women of...
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11. Ruth Pegeron & Denise Hyater are Most Likely To...
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Learn more about how our two guests Ruth Pegeron CEO of Lay To Rest Services LLC, and Denise Hyater, Founder of But Before I Go Death Doula Services, became business partners in the end of life services industry. Ruth’s professional and personal experiences with caregiving and death propelled her to become a death expert and start Lay to Rest Services, LLC. The mission of Lay to Rest is to encourage more planning and conversation around the most uncommon topic to discuss but a topic we ALL have in common – death. Denise Hyater is the Founder of But Before I Go, Creating Your Best...
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Ms. Galli joined RBC Wealth Management in 2009 and has 32 years of portfolio management experience. She works with corporations, high net worth individuals, and foundations. She cam e to RBC after working for ten years at Credit Suisse, where she was consistently a member of the Chairman's Club, she joined RBC Wealth Management. Prior to that she was with Chase and MD Sass Partners (CMDSP) as a Portfolio Manager. Before CMDSP she was at Deutsche Bank for several years managing portfolios for corporations and high net worth individuals. She was the Head Trader at...
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Chanda Gibson spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs building their global operational Environmental, Social, and Governance practice. During that time she spent six years managing their Employee Resource Group for Black professionals, which ignited her passion for this work and led her to the nonprofit sector where she served as the Executive Director for the Council of Urban Professionals, an organization supporting the advancement of professionals of color in corporate America. During her tenure, Chanda developed custom DEI programming that engaged a range of corporate partners that included...
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8. Melissa Bradley is Most Likely To...
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Melissa L. Bradley is the founder and Managing Partner of 1863 Ventures, a business development program that accelerates New Majority entrepreneurs from high potential to high growth. She is a co-founder of venture backed Ureeka, a community where small businesses gain unprecedented access to the expertise needed to grow their business. Melissa is also a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sidecar Social Finance, a social impact agency that provides impact investing advisory and capital services to individuals, institutions, and social enterprises. Melissa serves as an advisor to the New...
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Dana W. White is the Chief Communications Officer of Hyundai Motor North America and is responsible for leading all regional communications and public relations strategy for Hyundai Motor North America, Hyundai Motor America, Genesis Motor America and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama as well as the office of Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity and General Affairs in coordination with other affiliates including Hyundai Capital, Glovis and the Hyundai Washington D.C. office. Dana is the first African American woman to hold a leadership role in communications for a global automotive...
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Dr. Colette M. Magnant is a board certified breast surgeon at Sibley Memorial Hospital. She is the chair of the Sibley Cancer Committee and the director of the Sullivan Breast Center, of which she is also the founding physician. Dr. Magnant talks about her interest in pursuing a medical career, her observations on developments in the treatment of breast cancer and her dedication to starting a Women’s Health Center at Sibley, the only resource of its kind in the country, that would offer all aspects of women’s health services in one facility on the Sibley Memorial campus.
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Margot Machol Bisnow is a writer, wife, and mom from Washington, DC. She spent twenty years in government, including as an FTC Commissioner and Chief of Staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and eight years writing a popular daily online social newsletter. Margot’s many accomplishments include that of writing “Raising an Entrepreneur 10 Rules for Nurturing Risk Takers, Problem Solvers, and Change Makers”. In this book, a political powerhouse and mother of two thriving entrepreneurs interviews the moms of over fifty of today’s most successful innovators...
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Too busy running your own business to devote the time to utilizing social media? Concerned that your LinkedIn profile is less than stellar? Want to increase your reach in the market with a well-crafter personal brand? Judith Schramm is just the person you want to go to. She believes that social media is the perfect place to meet people, impress them, educate them, stay in touch, and start building rewarding relationships. Judith will tell you that social media can seem loud and confusing – and it can be. But when you approach social networking strategically, you will find it a powerful tool....
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It seems that everywhere you look on the road, there is a Reston Limousine bus in the lane next to you! Kristina Bouweiri is the owner of the Washington DC metropolitan area’s largest luxury transportation provider, Reston Limousine. Thanks to Kristina’s innovative business strategies over the last two decades, Reston Limousine and Travel Service, Inc. has enjoyed continued growth despite regional and national economic downturns. Starting with the diversification into wedding transportation in 1990, Kristina has expanded the business into new market segments such as government contracts...
info_outlineMelissa L. Bradley is the founder and Managing Partner of 1863 Ventures, a business development program that accelerates New Majority entrepreneurs from high potential to high growth. She is a co-founder of venture backed Ureeka, a community where small businesses gain unprecedented access to the expertise needed to grow their business. Melissa is also a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sidecar Social Finance, a social impact agency that provides impact investing advisory and capital services to individuals, institutions, and social enterprises.
Melissa serves as an advisor to the New Voices Foundation and New Voices Fund, as well as the Halcyon Fund. Melissa is the former Co-Chair, National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and was named one of The Most Entrepreneurial Women Investors in 2018. She currently serves as board chair for My Way to Credit. She is a Founding Advisor to the Dell Center for Entrepreneurs as well as a Senator with the Board of Governors at Georgetown University.
Melissa is a professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where she teaches impact investing, social entrepreneurship, P2P economies and innovation. She received The Ideas Worth Teaching Award which celebrates exceptional courses that are preparing future business leaders to tackle society’s largest challenges and create a more inclusive, just, and sustainable version of capitalism