2025 Speakers
June 12
Is Bridging the Racial Wealth Gap a possibility?
1st Session (9:15am 10:30am) - Building a Collaborative Financial Team
Aimee Griffin, Esq. (Moderator)
Board President | ABEPP
Tonia Wellons
President & CEO | Greater Washington Community Foundation
Denzel Singletary
Robinhood
Erica Miles
Senior Consultant, SVP | Wells Fargo
Latresa Mclawhorn Ryan, Esq.
Blackbird Strategies
Dr. Latanya White
2x author, TEDx Speaker, and entrepreneurship educator.
June 13
Legacy Awards Luncheon
Tonia Wellons
President & CEO | Greater Washington Community Foundation
Lecount Davis
The first African American to become a Certified Financial Planner professional.
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
American political economist.
Black Community Developers Group
1st Session (9:15am 10:30am) - Building a Collaborative Financial Team
Dana Wilson
(moderator)
CEO & Founder of CHIP (Changing How Individuals Prosper)
Ethel Mitchell
Attorney at Wills and Trusts LLC and Host of the weekly Radio Program, "Law Talk With Ethel Mitchell"
Broderick Young
Founding Partner and Financial Advisor at Reveal Wealth, a wealth management and financial planning firm.
Samantha Hawkins
Samantha founded Hawkins CPA Solutions, LLC in 2020 as a spin-off of a previous CPA firm she founded in 2008 and was the Managing Partner.
Kristina Sicard
Vice President Sr. Banking Consultant focused on Minority Entrepreneurs at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2nd Session (10:45am 11:45am) - Legacy Building on the Foundation of Faith
Hermond Palmer (moderator)
Vice President, Outreach & Inclusion at the National Foundation for Credit Counseling
Rev. Dr. Matthew Watley
Rev. Dr. Matthew Watley is the pastor of Kingdom Fellowship AME Church and the founder of The Black Idea Coalition
Rev. Dr. Bobby Manning
Collective Empowerment Group, First Baptist of District Heights
Imam Talib Shareef
President | The Nation's Mosque
Dee Sanae
Mosaic Visions, Writer and Social Justice Activist
3nd Session (1:45pm 2:45pm) - Collaborative Land Reclamation and Development
Leatrice W. Moore (moderator)
Executive Director at Black Community Developers Group (BCDG) with experience building mission-driven programs and strategic community partnerships
LyTanya Toomer-Brown
Director of Mediation at Federation of Southern Cooperatives. LyTanya Brown received her B.S. degree in Behavioral Science from University of Maryland University College.
Ebonie Alexander
Executive Director at Black Family Land Trust, Inc
Kristopher Smith
Community Development Program Officer. Kristopher has nearly 20 years of experience in community engagement and development, grantmaking and capacity building to the organization.
Lori Gay
Black Community Developers Group, Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles
4th Session (3:00pm 4:00pm) - Collaborative Strategic Charitable Planning
Trinnette Cooper (moderator)
She joined ABFE in June 2022 as the Director of Philanthropic Advising Services.
Tiffanie Purvis, Esq.
General Counsel and Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Greater Washington Community Foundation
Desiree C. Boykin
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation at United Negro College Fund, Inc
Molefi McIntosh
Associate at Lowenstein Sandler LLP
5th Session (4:15pm 5:15pm) - Collaborative Business Financial Planning
Aisha Bond, Esq.
(moderator)
Greater Washington Black Chamber
Philip Reeves
Founding Partner at Apis & Heritage Capital Partners
Jeffery D. Kennerly
Financial Advisor based out of Morgan Stanley’s West Conshohocken, PA office.
Melvin Ashley
Founder at Fluid Strategy. He’s passionate about helping small businesses achieve the vision of their founders.