Speakers
SCN Summit: Richmond, VA
Adam Sledd
Executive Director, Dominion Energy Innovation Center
Adrienne Cole Johnson
Co-Founder, Richmond Night Market
Anika Horn
Ecosystem Builder, Social Venturers
Antwon Brinson
Founder & CEO, Culinary Concepts AB
Arnold Kim
Founder, MacRumors
Ashley Hawkins
Executive Director, Studio Two Three
Ashley Ray
Communications Lead, Startup Champions Network
Ashley Wenger
Program Manager, VCU da Vinci Center / SHIFT Retail Lab
Ashley Williams Hillman
Executive Director, The Well Collective
Ayanna McMullen
Founder, The Network Incubator
Ben Bartolome
Vice President, Startup Banking, JPMorgan Chase
Casey Bell
Coalition Director, VA CDFI Coalition
Catherine Read
Senior Director, Field & Campaign Strategy, Right to Start
CeJae Vtipilson
Director of Market Expansion and CDFI Initiatives, Peoples Advantage FCU
Chelsi Bennett
Director, State & Local Government Affairs, Right to Start
Crystal Harvey
Senior Account Manager, Endurance IT
Danny Avula
Mayor, City of Richmond
Darlisa Diltz
Chief Entrepreneurship Strategist, Foundations Entrepreneur Development Company
Debbie Irwin
Executive Director, Lighthouse Network
Dr. Garret Westlake
Vice Provost for Innovation and Strategic Design, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Kajal Kapur
Principal / Founder, Kapur Energy Environment Economics (KEEE)
Edwin Huertas
CEO / Founder, Shockoe
Elgin Cahill
Director | Producer, For Such a Time as This
Faith Wilkerson
Owner, UnlockingRVA
Floyd Miller
President & CEO, Metropolitan Business League
Gary Flowers
Founder / Guide, Walking The Ward
Hamilton Glass
Creator / Founder, Mending Walls
Heather Lyne
Director of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, 1717 Collective
Heather McDougall
Strategy & Innovation Officer, City of Raleigh
Ida Pierce
Owner / Founder & CEO, Pierce Creative & Consulting
James Warren
Founder and CEO, Share More Stories
Jimmy Budd
Executive Producer, RVA Fashion Week
Karla Almendarez-Ramos
Kevin Smith
Founder, Kindness Worldwide
Kip Hart
Director of Engagement, Startup Virginia
Larkin Garbee
Co-founder, Lighthouse Network
Liz Kincaid
President/CEO, Arts District Business Alliance
Mark Lawrence
Founder / Managing Partner, Inncuvate
Martha Shickle
Executive Director, Plan RVA
Michael Binko
SCN Co-Founder | Policy+Advocacy Chair | Founder, Startup Maryland
Michael R. Perez
Manager of Government Affairs, Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Nicolai Shuman
Sr. Director, Entrepreneurship & Ecosystem Development, Activation Capital
Nicole Jones
Council Office, City of Richmond, 9th District
Odean Maye
Advisor, Spectus / AWS Startups
Odie Donald II
Chief Administrative Officer, City of Richmond
Paulo Gregory
President, Cohado Consulting
Phil Ray
COO, Peoples Advantage FCU
Rasheeda Creighton
Executive Director, BLCK Street
Ryan Evans
Founder / Lead Consultant, Nickel Bridge Company
Sarah Brooks
Director, Business and Financial Services, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Stuart Chambers
VP - AI HPC Strategy, MCIM
Tati Pena
Executive Director, Capital Region SBDC
Todd Nuckols
Co-founder, Lighthouse Network
Vernon Foster
Founder, Growth Dinners
Vrinda Shah
EDGE
Will Willis
Executive Director, AI Ready RVA
Yoti Jabri
Director of Economic Development, Prince George County
Zoe Tishaev
City Policy Assistant, Institute for Justice