2025 Speakers
Multidisciplinary Creative for Play By Celine LLC, Senior Digital Designer at ITHAKA/JSTOR
Founder & CEO
CEO/President/Owner/GM/Partner, Equimundo
Artist
Tina Bloom
Associate Professor & Frances K. Pitts ‘96 Endowed Chair for Leadership in Women’s and Children’s Health, NDMU
Executive Director, UMB: Center for Violence Prevention
Urban Ecologist, Consultant
Three-Time Olympian and Hall of Fame Gymnast
Founder & Creative Director,
Tola’s Room
Founder & CEO, Leadership for Execs
Lawyer, Gatewood & Associates, LLC
Founder & CEO of Dialysis to the Docks
Marketing and Engagement Manager, Discover Charm City
Consultant
Founder of The WOW Foundation
News Anchor, WJZ CBS News Baltimore
Founder/Co-Owner,
Hue Cafe & Apothecary
Vanessa Milio
CEO/President/Owner/GM/Partner
Chef, Our Time Kitchen
Editor-in-Chief, Baltimore Beat
Co-host, “On The Record”, WYPR
Owner/Operator, Mel ‘n Nem Farms
Master Barber
Associate Principal, Ayers Saint Gross
Speakers 2025
Bakari Jones
Consultant
Delshan Baker
Founder & CEO, Endeavor TBD LLC
Alfie Chambers
Urban Ecologist, Consultant
Mel Thomas
Owner/Operator, Mel ‘n Nem Farms
Ejama Mcneill
Founder/Co-Owner, Hue Cafe & Apothecary
Lisa Snowden
Editor-in-Chief, Baltimore Beat
Nadine Finigan-Carr, Ph.D.
Executive Director, UMB: Center for Violence Prevention
Natalia Celine Arias
Multidisciplinary Creative for Play By Celine LLC, Senior Digital Designer at ITHAKA/JSTOR
Christina Delgado
Founder & Creative Director, Tola’s Room
Amber Wendland, AIA, AICP
Associate Principal, Ayers Saint Gross
Catina Smith
Chef, Our Time Kitchen
Nichole’ C. Gatewood, Esq.
Lawyer, Gatewood & Associates, LLC
Tina Bloom
Associate Professor & Frances K. Pitts ‘96 Endowed Chair for Leadership in Women’s and Children’s Health, NDMU
Vanessa Milio
CEO/President/Owner/GM/Partner
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Jude kelly
Founder of The WOW Foundation
Ashley Sterner
Co-host, "On The Record", WYPR
Denise Koch
News Anchor, WJZ CBS News Baltimore
Gary Barker
CEO, President, Owner, GM, Partner,
Equimundo