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Meet The Team

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Joy Briscoe

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Managing Partner Top RANK Talent Solutions and Executive Director 24/7 Black Leadership Advancement Consortium

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Lori Dale

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Recruiter Advisor

University of Northern Iowa Center for Urban Education (UNI-CUE) & SHIPHT Co-Chair.

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Kristin Kruse

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Chief Operations Manager

Infiniti Enterprises, Cedar Valley Fashion Art & Culture Expo and SHIPHT

Task Force

Britni Perkins

Beauty Fitts

Annette Lynch

Jasmine Briscoe

Gina Weekley

Purvis Williams

Speakers

Jabu Drayton - Formerly the founding HR leader at Airbnb, TaskRabbit, Shyp, and Abstract 

Sabrina Madison - Executive Director Progress Center for Black Women

Matthew Gilbert - Esq. President, Iowa C.O.R.E. Inc.

Kimberly Wayne - Founder & Executive Director Jewels Academy/regional manager of Quality and Continuous Improvement at the Siegwerk Company

Nicole Sallis - Founder of Design+Her+Life/Global Concept (Color + Trend) Expert at Hanesbrands Inc.

Keyaira Phillips - Vendor Manager at Amazon Fashion

Eboni Dale  - Associate Designer at True Religion Brand Jeans

Landon Newman - Enterprise Vendor Manager at Bank of America: Chief Administrative Officer Group

Cierra Newman - Attorney, Founder the Waterlove Iowa Project

Akwi Nji - Director of Communications Cedar Rapids Community School District / Executive Director The Hook

Ras Smith - Representative House District 62

Tarik Sykes - Videographer at Billet Video Studios/Former XXL Magazine Online Video Director

Maurice Davis - Empower by Go Daddy

Jasmine Briscoe - NYU Leadership Initiative and MLK Scholar

Keesha Burke-Henderson - Director of Diversity and International Student Success Mount Mercy University

Floyd Montgomery - IT Director Core Infrastructure services at Children’s Mercy Hospital and former CISCO Director of Global Program Management office (GPMO) Americas

Michael Muhummad – CEO Community Educational Outreach

Cornesha Olius – Licensed Vocational Nurse United Health Group

Tanya Warren - UNI Head Coach UNI Women’s Basketball

MYKE DARROUGH - Director of Partnerships and Promotions Cedar Rapids River Kings

Brandon Jackson - Dream Sports’ founder and CEO

Rhonda McRina - Director Hawkeye Community College

Shantila Caston - Mental Health Therapist UNI Counseling Center

Juana Hollingsworth - Assistant Director Diversity Recruitment UNI

Keyah Levy - Assistant Director Center for Multicultural Education UNI

Kenny Young - CEO Young and Fresh Fashion

Sharina Sallis - Community Relations Manager CUNA Mutual Group

Ryan Stevenson - Government Affairs Specialist

Quentin Hart - Mayor Waterloo Iowa

JaTera Wiley

Black Phoenix Investment Group

Past Partners & Organizations

UNI John PapaJohn Entrepreneurial Center

Multicultural Small Business Institute

C.O.R.E.

Hawkeye

John Deere

CUNA Mutual Group

R.J. McElroy Trust

VGM

Experience Waterloo

Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa

Veridian Credit Union

Lost Island Waterpark

Greenstate Credit Union

Tyson Foods

Otto Schoitz Foundation

Go Daddy

LifeLabs Waterloo Schools

Future Ready Summer Internship

Waterloo Career Center

University of Northern Iowa NLA

TNTP (The New Teacher Project)

Georgetown 

MIT

NYU Medical Langone

University of Northern Iowa

Community Educational Outreach

The Textile and Apparel Program at the University of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa Center for Urban Education (UNI-CUE )

Infiniti Enterprises

Waterloo Community School District

Boys and Girls Club of the Cedar Valley

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