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WMY Conference
BACKGROUND
The WMY Conference will deliver an expanded scope of dynamic content to conference attendees, strategically curated to highlight the robustness of knowledge, experiences, and opportunities housed within the Black community.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING
The conference will have four keynote sessions and seven industry breakouts focused on a variety of thematic areas that are top-of-mind in today's business environment, tentatively including:
Morning Keynote| Founders' Roundtable
Lunch Keynote | Improving Board Performance through Diversity
Fireside Chat | Building your Brand Strategy
Afternoon Keynote | Corporate Mergers to Achieve Growth for Tomorrow
Industry Breakouts:
- Making Plays: Deal-Making Through the Pandemic and Beyond
- Heart of the City: Advancing Black Equity through Homeownership and Investing in the Urban Core
- Sports Beyond TV: How Social and Digital Media are Changing the Sports Consumer Experience
- Legendary Style: A Conversation with Image Architect, Law Roach
- The Power of Influencer Marketing
- Trailblazers in Tech: Can You See Us Now?
- For The Culture: Deconstructing How The Rapidly Evolving Media Landscape Impacts Black Communities, Businesses, and Culture
Dr. Iman Abuzeid
Founder & CEO
Incredible Health
Billy Dexter
Partner
Heidrick & Struggles
Dan Getelman
Founder & CTO
Remix
John Rogers
Chairman, Co-CEO, & CIO
Ariel Investments
Cara Sabin
CEO
Sundial Brands
Tristan Walker
Founder & CEO
Walker & Company Brands
Suzanne Shank
President & CEO
Siebert Williams Shank & Co.
Dmitri Stockton
Board Director
Deere & Company, Target Corporation, Stanley Black & Decker, and Ryder Systems
Robin Washington
Board Director
Alphabet, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., & Salesforce.com
Christopher Williams
Chairman
Siebert Williams Shank & Co.