Speakers

AMAC LEADERSHIP

Ricky D. Smith

Chair, AMAC Board of Directors; General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Eboni Wimbush

President & CEO,
AMAC

Farad Ali

Chair, AMAC Government Affairs Committee; Executive Chairman, Asociar

Gonzalo de la Melena Jr.

Vice Chair, AMAC Government Affairs Committee; Founder/CEO, Emerging Airport Ventures

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Senator Cory Booker

U.S. Senate (D-NJ)

KEYNOTE

Van Johnson

Savannah, GA

Steven Reed

Montgomery, AL

Director Allen Gutierrez

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), U.S. Department of Transportation

PANELS & PRESENTATIONS

Derek Brown

Vice President, Construction Executive, Mid-Atlantic, Turner Construction

Leticia Caviness

Assistant General Manager, Business Engagement, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Howard Cloy

Chief Risk Officer/Regulatory Compliance, Liberty Bank and Trust Company

Nicole Elam

President & CEO, National Bankers Association

Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins

Co-Director, Communities First Fund

Deatrice Isaac

Vice President, Airport Procurement, Philadelphia International Airport

Subash Iyer

Partner,
Kaplan Kirsch LLP

Brett Kelly

Vice President, Development, HMSHost by Avolta

Michael Jackson II

Senior Vice President, Planning & Construction, Economic Development & Environmental Services, Wayne County Airport Authority

Justina Mann

Chair, AMAC Chapters Development Committee; President & Managing Principal, Blue Ink Group

Irene Marion

President, IBM Consulting

Amber Meshak

Director, Business, Jobs & Social Responsibility, Los Angeles World Airports

Nia Newton

Deputy Chief, Business Development & Management, Maryland Aviation Administration

Tracey Payne

First Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation

Huy Pham

Founder & CEO, Innovative Retail Group

Monica Queen

Acting Deputy Director, Procurement Manager, Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport & Martin State Airport

Nicholas Schaefer

Executive Vice President, SSP America

Shawn Smith

Senior Vice President, Culture & Strategy, Denver International Airport

Nigel Stephens

Founder & Principal,
Phoenix Strategies

Tony Thomas

Managing Director, Harbor Bankshares Capital Corporation

Andre Titus

Senior Manager, Programs & Operations
AMAC

Isela Toledo

Director, Business Opportunities, Ontario International Airport

Sarah von der Lippe

Pro-bono Chief Legal Counsel,
Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.