Summit Speakers*
Executive Director - California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls
Darcy J. Totten
Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at HomeServices of America
Teresa Palacios Smith
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Vice Chair Investment Banking Audit Committee City of Laguna Niguel, CA & Former Vice President of Corporate Inside Sales, UPS (Retired)
Kellie Aamodt
Director of the C. Larry Hoag Center for Real Estate and Finance
Director of the Janes Financial Center
Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate
Fadel N. Lawandy, MBA, CCIA
CEO THEKarenA: Confidence Coach
Formerly CNB Inclusion Strategy & Business Development Manager
Karen A. Clark
President of 2020vet and Zulu Time,
Vice Chair & Commissioner for the
CA Commission on the Status
of Women and Girls
Erica Courtney
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Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Ethics and Associate Professor at Chapman University
Cynthia K. West, Ph.D.
President Onoo Po Strategies & CA Commissioner for the Native American Heritage Commission
Bennae Calac
Former CEO & President of National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC)
Rebecca Steele
Principal Attorney & Chief Investigations Counsel
Cameron | Jones LLP
Indira J. Cameron-Banks, ESQ.
Assistant Dean for Library
DEI Initiatives & Development
Leatherby Libraries
Essraa Nawar MBA,MA,MLIS
Past NAWRB Conference Speakers
Marcia Davies, Chief Operating Officer of Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and founder of mPower
Christina K. Boyle, Chief of Officer, Single-Family Business, Freddie Mac
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, CEO, 2020 Women on Boards, CEO, Berkhemer Clayton Retained Executive Search
Brett Danaher, Assistant Professor of Economics and Management Science at Chapman University
Vanessa Dawson, Founder & CEO of The Vinetta Project
Connie St. John, President & CEO of No Weapon Productions (NWP)
Nicole Cober, Principal Managing Partner of Cober Johnson and Romney (CJR), Legal Analyst, DC Fox News, Board Member, National Women's Business Council (NWBC)
Rachel Beam-Jares, Field Manager - Valuation Department, Fannie Mae
Saul Schwartz, Director, Office of Minority & Women Inclusion, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Scharrell Jackson, Partner, Chief Operating Financial Officer at Squar Milner LLP, CEO & Founder, Leadership in Heels
Jonah Blake, Chief Gaming Officer, Game Fund Parters Group
Jade Garrett, CEO, Positive Deviancy
Helene Schnieder, Regional Coordinator U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
Quinn Palomino, Co-Founder and Principal at Virtua Partners
Teresa Bryce Bazemore, CEO Bazemore Consulting LLC
Hope Atuel, Executive Director, Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA)
Terry Bayer, Director of California Water Service Group
John Figueroa, CEO & Managing Partner of Bailey Cavan Capital LLC, former CEO & Board member Geona Healthcare, former CEO & remains Chairman of Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
Anne Miskey, Chief Executive Officer of Union Station Homeless Services, serving Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley
Kamal Latham, Chief Executive Officer U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (USVIEDA)
Debbie Hoffman, CEO & Founder, Symmerty Blockchain Advisor, Inc.
Jean Bradley, VP, Strategic Business Development Essent Guaranty, Inc.
Terri Billups, Los Angeles District Office SBA Assistant District Director, Economic Development
Cynthia Blanchard, President of Anthem Vault, Inc., Anthem Gold, Inc., & Hercules,SEZC
Veronica Miracle, Reporter, ABC7 Eyewitness News
Zeeda M. Daniele, President & Owner Centeral Park Promotions Inc.
Cindy D.Brittain, Partner Katten Muchin Roseman LLP
Debra Cherry, Executive VP of Alzheimer's Los Angeles & clinical psychologist
Noel Massie, Author, Retired Vice President US Delivery Operations UPS
Christy Alexander, Founder, Med Health Network
Teresa Grobecker, Growth Executive, BOSSCAT Home Services & Technologies