Speakers
Conference Speakers
Learn about our speakers scheduled for the NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange.
Mainstage
Mike Bruce
Chairman and CEO
Sirius Talent
Julian Canete
President and Chief Executive Officer
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC)
Carmen Castillo
Founder & Sr. Advisor
SDI International Corp.
Don Cravins, Jr.
President & CEO
NMSDC
Yvonne Fry
CEO and Founder
Workforce Development Partners
The Honorable Isabel Guzman
Former Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Founder, Avenida Advisors
Maria Ilcheva
Associate Director and Research Professor
Jorge M. Pérez Metropolitan Center and Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
Ann Ramakumaran
Founder and CEO
Ampcus Inc.
Neeraj Shah
Founder and CEO
Supplier.io
Michal Sroka
Chief Procurement Officer
Truist
Susanna Webber
Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Merck
Adam Wexelbaum
Responsible Procurement Lead
Lenovo
Robin McBride
Co-Founder
McBride Sisters Wine Company
Nicole Elam
President and CEO
National Bankers Association
Jabari Young
Senior Writer and Editor
Forbes
Paul Williams
Chief Procurement Officer
University of California, Office of the President
Speakers
Dr. Jeremy Agler
Director II, Enterprise Programs, Procurement
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Nada Allie
Sr. Business Development Specialist
Export Import Bank of the United States
Alexander Andrews
Director, Global Production & Post-Production Sourcing
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Collin Bailey
VP Global Procurement
Bally’s Corporation
Karmin Bailey
Southwest Gas
Scott Beach
Head of Strategic Sourcing
Amazon MGM Studios
Colleen Bell
Director
CA Film Commission
Becca Brubaker
Director Production Incentives
AMC Global Media
JOHN CARTER
Chairman
CB Management Services a Carter Brothers Company LLC
Valarie Cofield
President
CARR & DUFF
Tonda Collier
Sr. Manager Supplier Engagement
Target
Valencia Cooper
Supplier Diversity Lead
Cargill
Jeremy Crowther
Sr. Manager Supplier Engagement
Target
Tracy Dennis
Vice President, Business Development, Global Supplier Diversity
JP MorganChase
Wande Diakite Leintu
Global Head of Strategic Engagement and Partnership | Amazon Global Procurement Sustainability
Amazon
Lance Dorsey
Executive Director, Global Responsibility
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Jennifer Garcia
Chief Operating Officer
Latino Business Action Network (LBAN)
Mr. Claudell Germain
President & CEO
Walker SCM
Jerilyn Gleaves
PGE
Stephanie Green
CPUC External Affairs Division
California Public Utilities Commission
Allen Gutierrez
Director
U.S. Department of Transportation
Tammy Halevy
Executive Director
Reimagine Main Street, a project of the Public Private Strategies Institute
Aaliyah Haqq
Chief Operating Officer
Academy for Advancing Excellence
Marcus Harley
Vice President, VMS Solutions
Pinnacle SI
Stephen Harrington
Chief Supply Chain Officer
MGM Resorts International
I. Javette Hines
Attorney/Global Supply Chain and Human Rights Exec.
Heartwork & Hines LLC
Keith Hines
Sonya Hopson
CEO
Sage Services Group LLC
Kishore Khandavalli
CEO
RiseIT Solutions, Inc.
Kamran Khan
President
Natively Fluent, Inc.
Vaughn Lucas
Executive Director
JP Morgan Chase
Mark Madrid
CEO & Founder
Breakthrough Mavens
Hussain Manjee
Chief Success Officer
DHD Films
Will Norwood
Program Manager
Live Nation Entertainment
Lily Otieno
So Cal Gas
Rick Pina
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer
Inspired Solutions, Inc.
Sebastian Pincetti
Partner & Technology Strategist
SRP Communication & Brand Design | SRP AI Solutions
Marisol Ramirez
Sr. Manager, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability
Omnicom
Dr. Ken Reaves
Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth
Conflux Systems
Mr Tarrus Richardson
CEO
IMB Partners
Silvina Rodriguez Picaro
CEO
SRP Communication & Brand Design
Anna Sauceda
President
Associated Construction Service (ACS) Group
Darrel Sauceda
Chairman
Los Angeles Latino Chamber of Commerce
Sheri Shafir
Director, Business Inclusion
AMC Global Media
Ryan Smith
Managing Partner
Northview Company
Karen Tobler
Director, Supplier Engagement
Target
Mellissa Tong
Founder | Chief Storytelling Officer
DuckPunk
Richard Tracchio
Vice President - Customer Development
Walker SCM
Tammy Tran
SCE
Jason Trimiew
Founder and Principal
Trimiew Strategy Group
Scott Vowels
Chief Development Officer
NMSDC
Le’Spencer Walker
Director Target Accelerators
Target
Brittany Walker
Vice President - Strategic Planning
Walker SCM
Max Canella
Sustainability Lead | Global Corporate Procurement
Amazon
Lynn Garrison
Sr. Manager, Supplier Advancement
MillerKnoll
Paige Adams
Sodexo
Lili Hall
Knock Inc
Shannon Jackson
Executive Director, Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Steven Snow
Nicole Tate
Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business Development and Client Enablement
World Wide Technology (WWT)
Dr. Jen Blum
Principal Defense Security AI Scientist
World Wide Technology (WWT)
Samona Caldwell
Director, Business Connect
Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC)
Ali Tarzi
West Region Executive
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Chike Agbai
Founder and CEO
Azumo
Ricardo Roberts
Co-Founder and Executive Producer
Bien
Elian Savodivker
Senior Director of Programs
Latino Business Action Network (LBAN)
Rick Cabigas
Chief Marketing Officer
Brickell Capital Finance-Fireside Panelist
Sequoia Houston
CEO and Founder
Sur-Ryl Marketing
Sharon Senko
Business Development Officer
Inclusive Action for the City
An Phan
Chief Programs Officer
Business Consortium Fund
Terri Batch
Founder and President
Global LA
Andrew Newsome
Managing Partner
Inkwell Capital
Bryon Whitmore
Principal
Macys Opportunity Fund
Rita Skinner
Sr. Business Development Manager
AZHCC
Danielle Davis
Inclusive Banking Business Development Executive
Southwest J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking
Daryle Johnson
CEO and Founder
Ideation to Valuation
Elaine Lou Cartas
CEO and Founder
Conscious Conversation
Jason Orossco
COO
Pink Summit
Kaaren Lyn-Graves
Executive Director
AZHCC
Maleeka Catron
Programs Director, Capital Readiness NMSDC®
NMSDC®
Oscar Frazier
Founder and CEO
NDemand Consulting Services Inc.
Pratik Patel
Founder Co- Founder
The Advantage Community and former Mastercard IT Category Buyer
Amit Nath
CEO and Founder
Vettable
Alejandra Corona Fennell
Vice President, Senior Business Consultant
J.P. Morgan Commercial and Business Banking
Opportunity Accelerator