Venture For Women & Diversity Summit

The country's most focused summit on supporting women and minority-run businesses by facilitating connections to investment

capital and opportunity.

#focusfwd

The purpose of Venture FWD (For Women and Diversity) is shining a spotlight on the incredible work being done everyday by women and

minority entrepreneurs. We are creating a platform for discussion around seeking capital and effectively growing your business. Our goal today is to shift the paradigm, to make seeing a diversified group of people onstage

at every event the norm, and to have some fun.

What to Expect

Speakers

Time Topic Speakers8:00am - 8:45am Event Opening & Registration

8:45am - 9:00am Opening Remarks Ric Gruber, Michael Donnelly, & Micae Brown

9:00am - 9:20am 6 Principles of Winning Desmond Clark

9:30am - 9:50amOpportunity Through Education: Mentorship & Cooperation BetweenNGO’s & GO’s

Sandee Kastrul, JuliusGivens, Stella Ashaolu, Fabian Elliot*

10:00am - 10:20am Fireside Kelli Dragovich

10:30am - 10:50amScaling a Business & Building a Brand Ali Smith, Terri Brax, Roshan Parikh, Alven Diaz

Dina Fenili*

11:00am - 11:20amTraditional Needs With SoftwareSolutions & Getting the Right Customers

Mike Anguiano, Mindi Knebel, Liz Peterson, Laura Welsh*

11:30am - 11:50am Fireside Chat Between Genevieve Theirs & Pam Buchanan

Genevieve Thiers & Pam Buchanan

12:00pm - 12:20pm BREAK Camp Campbell Session

12:30pm - 12:50pm Entrepreneurs After Hours Ishan Daya, Rachel Portell,Phil Castro, Jennifer Guzman*

1:00pm - 1:20pm Personal Story, Sheltered Markets & ADME

Evelyn Sanguinetti, Lieutenant Governor of IL

1:30pm - 1:50pm Raising Capital for Mobile App Techonology

Vivek Mehra, Justin Romano, Rebecca Lima,Jimmy Odom*

2:00pm - 2:20pm The Journey, Fund & Disruptive Technologies

Nin Desai

2:30pm - 2:50pm Tech & Entrepreneurship in non-traditional mediums: Art, Design, Style & Fashion

Rosemary Krieger, Lakesha Rose, Allie LeFevere, Laurie Underwood,Cameka Smith*

3:00pm - 3:20pm State of Investing in Chicago Aaron Gillum, Ann Marie, William Robinson, Esther Joy King*

3:30pm - 3:50pm Presentation by Cayla Chambers Cayla Chambers

4:00pm - 4:20pmNavigating the Legal Aspects of Owning and Operating aBusiness

Jamal Jackson, Nancy Fallon-Houle, Samantha Bonamassa, Ric Gruber*

4:20pm - 4:40pm Closing Remarks Micae Brown

Schedule

* Moderator

Afterhours

4:30pm -6:00pm Happy Hour @ The Kimpton Gray Hotel

6:30pm -8:30pm VentureFWD Official After Party @ The Kensington Roof Garden & Lounge, 324 W Chicago Ave

Sponsors & Partners

Thank You