PHOTOS OF THE DAY!
WELCOME & KEYNOTE
Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Video Presentation
Aileen Velazquez, Chief Procurement Officer, DPS with Keynote Speaker,
Nosa Ehimwenman
The Stage is set.
Aileen Velazquez, Chief Procurement Officer, DPS
Nosa Ehimwenman, CEO BOWA
Engaged audience members
Engaged audience members
Engaged audience members
Nosa Ehimwenman, CEO BOWA
Nosa Ehimwenman, CEO BOWA
Engaged audience members
Engaged audience members
Questions??
Questions??
Questions??
Questions??
Engaged Audience
Meet & Greet
with the
Keynote Speaker
Meet & Greet
with the
Keynote Speaker
Meet & Greet
with the
Keynote Speaker
EXHIBIT HALL
EXHIBIT HALL
80 City of Chicago Partners
Introduction
Inquiring
NABWIC
City of Chicago AIS
Listening
Gathering
Reviewing
Information
Resources
Discussions
DPS Table
DPS Table
Engaging
Allies for Community Business
CDA TABLE
CHA TABLE
CHICAGO BULLS
CHICAGO BULLS
EXHIBIT HALL
LEADERS ROUNDTABLES/FIRESIDE CHAT
LEADERS ROUNDTABLE:
RETHINKING AND FINDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Moderator
Laforce Baker, Vice President of Community Impact, World Business Chicago
Brad McConnell, CEO
Allies for Community Business
PANEL DISCUSSION
Pamela Randle, V.P. Sr. Business Consultant, Minority Entrepreneur JP Morgan Chase
Susana Meza, HACIA Board Member and Vice President Wintrust Financials
Robert Esquivel, Supervisory Lender Relations Specialist
U.S. Small Business Administration
LEADERS ROUNDTABLE
DEVELOPING PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES
THAT WILL TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
Meet & Greet
Willette Benford,
Director of Re-Entry
City of Chicago
Office of the Mayor
Manny Rodriguez, Founder & Executive Director
Revolution Workshop
Jayne Vellinga, Executive Director
Chicago Women In Trades
Bob Gallo, Chief Operating Officer
Power Construction
Jackie Umbles, DPS and Kimberly Bratt, Co-Owner CHI-FRESH Kitchen
Austin Winslow, CHICAGO BULLS
Introduction of
CHI-FRESH Kitchen
LEADERS ROUNDTABLE
BUILDING INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVERSITY IN CONSTRUCTION
Jorge L. Escarpita
Founder & President
Escarpita Construction
Stephanie Hickman
President & CEO
Trice Construction Company
Jimmy Akintonde
President & CEO
UJAMMAA
Karen Freeman-Wilson
President
Chicago Urban League
LEADERS FIRESIDE CHAT
REVITALIZING A RESILIENT CITY WITH WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION
Aileen Velazquez, Chief Procurement Officer, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services with panelists
MODERATOR: (Not present)
Guadalupe Vasquez Co-Founder, CEO, US Council of Hispanics in Construction
PANELISTS: (Left to right)
Jaemie Neely, Executive Director
Federation of Women Contractors
Mae C. Whiteside, CEO
CKL Engineers
Brenda Garza Karhoff, President & Principal Founder
Garza Karhoff Engineering LLC
Sandi Llano, President
Sandi Llano & Associates
Ann McNeill, Founder
National Association of Black Women In Construction
CHI FRESH KITCHEN SERVES LUNCH
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MATCHMAKING
