Speakers
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
Justina Mann
Chair, AMAC Chapters Development Committee; President & Managing Principal, Blue Ink Group
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
Cate Benedetti
Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Small Business, Democratic Staff
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
Lauren Dudley
Democratic Staff Director, House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation
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
Irene Marion
President, IBM Consulting
Amber Meshack
Director, Business, Jobs & Social Responsibility, Los Angeles World Airports
Nia Newton
Deputy Chief, Business Development & Management, Maryland Aviation Administration
Tia Perry
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Membership, AMAC
Huy Pham
Founder & CEO, Phamtastic Concessions
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.
Bernie Williams
Chief Strategy Officer, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation