PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Continental Breakfast and Registration Check-In

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9:00 AM: Welcome and City Proclamation  

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9:30 AM: Keynote Warren Thompson, Founder, Thompson Hospitality Group

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10:00 AM: Break

 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM: Concurrent Panel Topics (45 mins)

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Concurrent Panel #1

Intergenerational Wealth - Financing and Corporate Structure

​Moderator: Thomas G. Bolen, III, Leasing and Brokerage, Rappaport

• Harold B. Pettigrew, Jr., Executive Director, Wacif

• Vicki Davis, CEO, Davis & Davis Advisors

• Constance Craig-Mason, CEO, Concierge Financial Group

• Vida Ali, Boardmember, Ben’s Chili Bowl Foundation

 

Concurrent Panel #2 - Click picture for panel video                    

Importance of Government in Doing Business

Moderator: Angele Doyne, Founder,  Ampersand

• Kristi Whitfield, Director, DSLBD

• Shawn Townsend, Director, DC Nightlife and Culture

• Donna Grigsby, VP & Community Development Manager, TD Bank Foundation Resources

 

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11:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Break

 

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Panel Topic (45 mins)

 

Concurrent Panel #3

Legacy and Future of Blacks in Beer Industry

Moderator: Andra Johnson, Co-Founder, DMV Black Restaurant Week

• Teo Hunter, Co-Owner, Crown and Hops

• Benyvette Robinson, Co-Owner, Crown and Hops

• Kevin Blodger, Union Craft Brewing Company

• Kofi Meroe, Sankofa Beer 

• Davie Feaster, Co-owner, Patuxent Brewing Company 

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Concurrent Panel #4

Power of Ownership and Collaboration

Moderator: Dr. Erinn Tucker, Co-Founder, DMV Black Restaurant Week​

• Melvin Hines, Owner, DCity Smokehouse, Wicked Bloom, Revive Catering 

• Nikki Thompson Howard, Furlough Cheesecake 

• Jaqi Thompson Wright, Furlough Cheesecake 

 

​12:00 PM - 12:15 PM:  Break

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12:15 PM - 1:15 PM .           THE TALK - The Power of the Brand

Moderator: Furard Tate, Co-Founder, DMV Black Restaurant Week

• Michelle Billingy, SVP Marketing, Yelp DC  

• Kathy Holinger, President & CEO, RAMW                           

• Chinyere Hubbard, Vice President, Communications and Marketing, Events DC

• Frank Lewis, Sr. Sales Manager, Pepsico

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1:15 PM - 1:30 PM  Closing

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1:30 PM: The Tasting Room and Networking

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