Mission Statement
The mission of the Community Briefing is to inspire, inform and equip black businesses, as well as our small and minority businesses, and vested community-based organizations to not only survive but thrive. Our objective is to provide timely, relevant, and insightful information to our target audience, listeners, and attendees on subjects that will have a direct impact on their operations as well as their economic viability of their business enterprises.
Upcoming Speakers / Presenters
May 1, 2025
David A Ford
Southern California Edison
May 8, 2025
Preston R. Harris
VIPsocio
May 15, 2025
Joy + Soul
International Recording Artist, Poet, Songwriter, and Entrepreneur
May 22, 2025
Stan Washington
Stocker Creative
May 29, 2025
Nicaela Chinnaswamy
Goldman Sachs 10k
Past Speakers / Presenters
April 24, 2025
Keldren Joshua
April 17, 2025
Arna Fulcher
President & CEO Alford Consulting Group
April 10, 2025
Dr. Marvetta Bozeman
April 3, 2025
Tiffney T. Laing
Founder @ Award-Winning Bevy & Dave
March 27, 2025
Damien Wilkins
General Manager of Overtime Elite
March 20, 2025
Isaac Hayes III
Founder of Fanbase
March 6, 2025
Gary Polk
President & CEO, Polk Institute
March 6, 2025
Cheryl Shiver
Health and Fitness Expert
February 27, 2025
Jonathan Wheat
CPCU, CRI, Principal @ EPIC Insurance
February 13, 2025
Jane Reese-Wilkins
Future of Senior Healthcare
February 6, 2025
Jewett L. Walker, Jr.
President of 100 Black Men of Los Angeles
January 30, 2025
Paula Watts
CEO of Government Procurement Innovators
January 23, 2025
Felicia Bell
Financial Educator and Coach
January 16, 2025
Karen A Clark
President and Co-Owner of the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center
January 9, 2025
Terri Batch
President & CEO of Global LA
December 19, 2024
Audra Bryant
Certified Professional Coach | TEDx Speaker
December 12, 2024
Careshia Moore
President & CEO at Compete to Succeed
December 5, 2024
Tom Mueller
Senior Fellow @ The New School's Center for Race, Power & Political Economy Project
November 21, 2024
Edwin Lombard
President/CEO of ELM Strategies & Exec. Dir. Californians for Smarter Sustainability
November 14, 2024
Kim Anthony
Publisher of Urban Business Journal
November 7, 2024
Nichelle Henderson
President, Los Angeles Community College Board
October 31, 2024
Samona Caldwell
Director for Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission
October 24, 2024
Darryn Harris
Chief Government Affairs & Community Relations Officer, St. John's Community Health
October 17, 2024
McKenzie Neely-Wright
AT&T Area Manager of External Affairs
October 10, 2024
State of Black LA
Recap of Los Angeles Urban League Report
October 3, 2024
United Against Hate Townhall
In partnership with Suite Life SoCal Magazine
September 26, 2024
Jeff Prang
Assessor of Los Angeles County
September 19, 2024
Fiona Ma, CPA
California State Treasurer
September 12, 2024
Owen Smith
Owner of Inglewood Theater
September 5, 2024
Yolande Beckles
Executive Director, The Knowledge Shop LA
August 29, 2024
Ron Turner
General Sales Manager, KJLH 102.3FM
August 22, 2024
David P Anderson
COO of the Los Angeles Urban League
August 15, 2024
Delmy Martinez
Vice President, First Federal Broadway Bank
August 8, 2024
Sandra Vasquez
SBA Business Opportunity Specialist
july 25, 2024
Fred Jackson
CEO & Executive Director @ Healthy Nation
july 18, 2024
Danette Batiste
CEO & Executive Director @ Healthy Nation
july 11, 2024
Allegra Sennett
Co-Founder @ The New Majority
june 27, 2024
Senator Kevin Murray (ret)
Professor of English at San Bernardino Valley College President & CEO at Weingart Center
june 13, 2024
Dr. Robert Brown
Professor of English at San Bernardino Valley College
june 6, 2024
Jewel Love
CEO of Black Executive Men
may 30, 2024
Natacha Andrews
Esq., Founder & Advocate for Cannabis Equity and Reform
may 23, 2024
Michael A
President at Anderson Barker Architects
may 16, 2024
Chrishon Lampley
Founder and Owner of Love Cork Screw and Tedx Speaker
may 9, 2024
Michelle Cauley
Founder & President of Wade and Associates
may 2, 2024
Ryan Wilson
Founder & CEO, The Gathering Spot
april 25, 2024
Gregory J Sneed
LifeSaver Financial Services
april 18, 2024
Violeta Aguilar-Wyrick
Principal Consultant @ Xara Public Affairs
april 11, 2024
Mark Henderson
Gardena City Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem
april 4, 2024
Violeta Aguilar-Wyrick
Principal Consultant @ Xara Public Affairs
march 28, 2024
Yolande Beckes
Executive Director and Co-Founder, The Knowledge Shop LA
march 21, 2024
Margo LeDrew
Founder & President of Wade and Associates
march 14, 2024
Jackie Broxton
President/CEO of Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation
march 21, 2024
Margo LeDrew
Founder & President of Wade and Associates
march 14, 2024
Jackie Broxton
President/CEO of Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation
march 7, 2024
Owen Smith
Executive Director at Anchor of Hope International Ministries
february 29, 2024
Your Vote Matters
Chair Dept. of Food and Nutrition Science at Tuskegee University
february 22, 2024
Jean Franklin
Executive Director at Anchor of Hope International Ministries
february 15, 2024
Dr. Norma Dawkins
Chair Dept. of Food and Nutrition Science at Tuskegee University
february 8, 2024
Violeta Aguilar-Wyrick
Founder/CEO Xarea Public Affairs
february 1, 2024
Crystel Coleman
Director of Secretary of State of Missouri
January 24, 2024
Ethel Byndom
Director of Secretary of State of Missouri
January 18, 2024
Dr. George Fraser
January 11, 2024
Shenell Glover
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
January 4, 2024
Michael E. Washington
CEO of Hospitality Group
december 14, 2023
Denise Pines
december 7, 2023
JC Lacey
november 20, 2023
Andrea Lewis
Television Producer/Actor
november 16, 2023
Larry Keener
Founder & Executive Director, Urban Excellence Organization
october 19, 2023
Sharon Padua
october 12, 2023
Gregory Dulan
Food & Health Equity Consultant
october 5, 2023
Bryce Fluellen
Food & Health Equity Consultant
september 28, 2023
Dr. Vanessa Montanez
Community Lending at City National Bank
september 21, 2023
Sharon Evans
President of Business Resource Group
september 14, 2023
Lori Gay
september 7, 2023
Quenton Strode
august 24, 2023
Meloni Boatswain
President, Blacks in Technology
August 17, 2023
Kitty Perkins
Black Barbie
august 10, 2023
Addison Peterson
Policy Specialist, CAMEO
August 3, 2023
Dr. Karen Beard
Health and Wellness Consultant
july 27, 2023
Matthew Gates
Founder & CEO of In The Building LA
july 20, 2023
Lara Okunubi
Executive Director, Ideal Program Services
july 13, 2023
Dr. Michele’ Turner
Associate Vice President, Business Diversity & Economic Opportunity at University of Southern California (USC)
july 6, 2023
Jessica McConico
Founder of Jai Got Soul Studio
june 29, 2023
Jonathan Wilson
CEO, Dubb Value Creation, LLC
june 15, 2023
Marcus Farrow
Co-Founder & Chairman of The Menformation Project
june 8, 2023
Jason Pu
Regional Administrator of HUD
june 1, 2023
April Showers
CEO Afro Unicorn
may 25, 2023
Tara Lyn Gray
Director of California Office of the Small Business Advocate
may 18, 2023
Crenshaw Corridor Symposium
Michael Anderson
Sarah Harris
Danny Bakewell ,Jr.
Daryl J Carter
Jason Foster
Sherri Franklin.
may 11, 2023
Tia Delaney-Stewart
MSN-Ed, RN, PHN, CCM Director of DEI Alzheimer’s Association of California Southland
may 4, 2023
Allen Perry
Real Estate Finance Expert
april 27, 2023
Debra A. Hunter
Project Management and Information Design Consultant
april 20, 2023
Joseph Duncan
Managing Director at Assured Consultants
april 13, 2023
Delphine Pruitt
Vice President Business Access Advisor
april 6, 2023
Angela J Reddock-Wright, Esq
Employment/Workplace Mediator
MARCH 30, 2023
Sharon Coleman
Coleman Construction
MARCH 23, 2023
Mahyar Ghassemian Esq
Real Estate and Contracts Attorney
MARCH 16, 2023
Scott Wu
Executive Director of California IBank
Schenae’ Rourk
Redwood Resources Consultancy
Dr. Giovanna Brasfield
EO & Principal Consultant at Brasfield & Associates
February 9, 2023
Daniel Tabor
Adjunct Faculty Member at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Hyepin Im
President/CEO & Founder at Faith and Community Empowerment
February 9, 2023
Edward Simon
Director Business Performance and Inclusion & Diversity Officer at California American Water
February 2, 2023
Pastor William D. Smart Jr.
President and CEO at Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California
january 26, 2023
Betty Rudolph
Director of FDIC Office of Minority and Community Development Banking
january 19, 2023
Darrell Brown
Community Visionist and Retired Banking Executive
january 12, 2023
Illya Dailey
Brand Manager at 1580 Talk Radio
January 5, 2023
Mary A Peralta
Program Director, USC Ross Real Estate Program
december 15, 2022
Arnetta Mack
Owner, Mack Enterprises Unlimited
Director of Communications, L.A. South Chamber of Commerce
december 8, 2022
Michael Anderson
AIA0-NOMA, President at Anderson Barker Architects
december 1, 2022
Telabah Woods
Senior Vice President, Neighborhood Lending Relationships, Bank of America
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Vera Moore
Senior Vice President, Community Relations Leader, Citi Bank
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Marco Torres
Founder & CEO, Neu-Self Awakening, Improving Mental Health
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Frank Robinson
Director, Supply Chain & Diversity, SoCal Gas Company
october 27, 2022
Lily Otieno
Director, Supply Chain & Diversity, SoCal Gas Company
Michael Banner
President & CEO of Los Angeles LDC
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Jimar WIlson
VP & Market Leader, Enterprise Community Partners
september 29, 2022
Kevin Caliup
Financial Advisor and Business Strategist
september 22, 2022
Ramon Hervey
Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
september 15, 2022
Kimberly Brown
Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
september 8, 2022
Moaz Hamid
Founding Partner of mvmt Ventures
september 8, 2022
Sharon Padau
Director of Major Gifts, MLK Community Health Foundation
september 1, 2022
Victoria Franklin
Victoria Franklin’s title is: Adjunct Professor at Los Angeles Trade Tech College
august 25, 2022
Larry Keener
President & CEO of International Product Safety Consultants - The Food Safety Professionals
august 18, 2022
Wendell Brown
Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
august 11, 2022
Tensie J Taylor
M.Ed, Executive Recruiter and Nonprofit Consultant, Lindauer
august 4, 2022
Patricia V Click
Principal, Ventress Click Ventures LLC
july 21, 2022
Alex Lawrence
Assistant Dean UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management
july 21, 2022
Sarah R. Harris
Publisher-in-Chief, Suite Life SoCal and President/CEO, Black Business Association
David Ford
Senior Government Relations Manager at Southern California Edison
Tracy Lawrence
CEO; Board Member; Leadership Consultant
Gilbert Buchanan
Owner, Buchanan & Associates
june 23, 2022
Beverly Kuykendall
CEO; Board Member; Leadership Consultant
june 16, 2022
Selina Thomas
Candidate for City Council of Santa Clarita
june 2, 2022
Curren Price
Curren Price, Los Angeles City Councilmember, 9th District
may 26, 2022
Tina McKinnor
Director of Civic Engagement at LA Voice and Candidate for California State Assembly
may 19, 2022
Carol D Anderson
Managing Principal of the Anderson Financial Consulting
may 12, 2022
Butch Grimes
Business Executive and Board Member
, The Ross Dulan Group
may 5, 2022
Alan Frelix
CEO of The Closing Exchange and CX Choice
april 28, 2022
Cheryl Turner,Esq
Principal Broker of Nix Consulting LA
april 21, 2022
Brenda Ross-Dulan
Business Executive and Board Member
, The Ross Dulan Group
april 14, 2022
Kunya Nix
Principal Broker of Nix Consulting LA
april 7, 2022
Christopher Jackson
Health and Wellness Coach/Consultant
march 31, 2022
Jackie Broxton
Executive Director, Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation
MARCH 24, 2022
Roz Pennington
CEO of Red River Enterprises, LLC
march 17, 2022
Shannon Hoppes
President and CEO of The Rewirement Project,
LLC, and Retired SVP & Regional Manager at U.S. Ban
Bianca Vobecky
President & Founder of Vobecky Enterprise
Omone’ Livingston
President & CEO at O2EPCM
Theodora Oyie
CEO, Mindful Integration of Construction Services
Colette B. Moore
Director, Small Business Development Center
MARCH 3, 2022
Dr. Karen Beard
Health and Wellness Coach/Consultant
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Darrell Brown
President and CEO of The Rewirement Project,
LLC, and Retired SVP & Regional Manager at U.S. Ban
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Greg Duan
Owner of Dulan's on Crenshaw Soul Food Restaurant
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Wendy Gladney
Life Strategist, Consultant, Author and Speaker
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Somjita Mitra
CFAChief Economist at California Department of Finance
JANUARY 27, 2022
Mark Wilson
CFA
President and Co-Founder, Coalition for Responsible Community Development
JANUARY 20, 2022
Melvin Lindsey
CFA
Managing Partner of Nile Capital Group
JANUARY 13, 2022
Donna Gambrell
CEO of Appalachian Community Capital and Former Director of the CDFI Fund
December 30, 2021
Najah Roberts
President of The Center by Lendistry
December 16, 2021
Felecia Fisher-Shamu
Principal of Vitality Furniture
December 9, 2021
Adam Gower
PhD, Real Estate Syndication and Crowdfunding
December 2, 2021
Constance Anderson
President of The Center by Lendistry
November 18, 2021
Ashley Garner
Community Outreach Coordinator, State of California
November 11, 2021
Lance Triggs
President, Office of Program Operations, Operation HOPE
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Daniel K Tabor
Adjunct Faculty Member, Los Angeles Community College
October 28, 2021
Mike Feurer
President at AmPac Business Capital
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Bryce Fluellen
Executive Director, EveryTable
October 14, 2021
Hilda Kennedy
President at AmPac Business Capital
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Everett Sands
CEO of Lendistry
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Marcelo Bermundez
CEO, Shōkunin –
Access to Capital
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Angela Amirkhanian
Alumni Manager at
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Danny Bakwell, Jr.
Executive Vice President,
Bakewell Company
Michael Anderson
Alumni Manager at
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Commissioner Mike Davis
Los Angeles Department
of Public Works
Dr. Sharon Peterson
Alumni Manager at
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Kaine L Nichols, MBA
Executive Director,
Black Cooperative Investment Fund
August 12, 2021
Dwayne Gather
President & CEO Gather Strategies
August 5, 2021
Michael Miller
Founder & CEO, Bold Communities
July 29, 2021
Dr. Glenna Tolbert
Rehabilitation and Wellness
July 22, 2021
Lerae Funderburg
Trademark and Entertainment Attorney
July 15, 2021
Richard Benbow
Educator, Futurist
Governmental Expert
July 8, 2021
Carla Palmer
Foster Child Advocate,
Health & Wellness Nutritionist
July 1, 2021
David G Brown
Award winning artist,
educator and publisher
June 24, 2021
Karen A Clark
Artist, Banker,
Philanthropist
June 17, 2021
Marie Y Lemelle
CEO and Founder of Platinum
Star Public Relations
June 10, 2021
Kevin Nash
KJLH Radio & Founder/CEO Accelerated
Radio Network & School of Broadcasting
June 3, 2021
Nwaka Onwusa
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
.
Chamberlain Duru
Business Affairs Manager at
Los Angeles World Airports
May 27, 2021
May 20, 2021
Denise Peoples
Founder & CEO of
STEMulate Learning
May 13, 2021
Ronda Jackson
President & Owner
of Designs by Decor
May 6, 2021
Sam Hughes
President & CEO
Economic Resource Corporation
April 29, 2021
Kevin Ramey, Esq
President & Owner
Alameda Construction
April 22, 2021
Attorney Capri Maddox
GM/Executive Director, LA Civil and
Human Rights Dept. at City of Los Angeles
April 15, 2021
Lisa Baxter
Director of Major Gifts at MLK
Community Health Foundation
Founder’s Message
"A business professional with nearly three decades of operating a small business specializing in providing services to small and minority businesses, I created the Community Business Briefing to needs of our minority businesses, but also our vested community partners."
Crystal Mitchell