The Team

So many people collaborated to make the first two years of the project successful. Here are the people who worked together to make it happen.

Kirk Barnes
Super-Connector

Co-Founder of TransPharMed

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Tiffany Bussey, DBA
Director, HBCU/MSI Connections

Strategy Consultant, Executive Director Morehouse College Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

Donna Ennis C.P.F.
Project Director

Director, Diversity Engagement and Program Development, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia MBDA Centers, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jonathan Castillo
Facilitator and coach

Program Director, CEO of My Life

Le'Kiesha French
Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Pathways (IEP)

Creator of the PRENEURology Method | Global Disruptor | People Accelerator | Bridging the “Innovation Gap” through education, technology, and investment.

Agatha Fowler
Enterprise Intern
Blanca Catalina García
MBDA@ATDC Catalyst

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Educator

Deirdra Glover
Conserte Consulting

Change & Impact Strategist, Consultant, Executive Coach, People & Concept Connector

Samí Haiman-Marrero
President/CEO URBANDER

Multicultural and Equity Business Strategist

Lavonya Jones
Consultant, Research and Student Programs

Develop Global Entrepreneurial Leaders | Fight Poverty Through Entrepreneurship | Researcher

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Anthony Junior, Ph.D., MBA, PMP
Strategic consultant

CEO at Strategic Consulting Network, Inc.

Kylan Kester
Product Manager
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Doreen Kincaid
Program Coordinator

Program & Operations Manager, Economic Development Lab (EDL)

Richard Lee
Rangr

Principal Designer, CEO and Co-Founder

Cherie Lum
Graduate Student Assistant

Georgia Institute of Technology,
Founder of In The Park

Nakia Melecio, Ph.D.
MBDA@ATDC Startup Catalyst

Deep-Tech & Deep-Science Mentor, Entrepreneur, Technology Commercialization

Johnny McCray
President and CEO of The J24 Group Inc
Kathaleena Monds, Ph.D.
Program Manager
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Brandy Nagel
Program Manager

Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Nylah Oliver
Carmen Perkins, MBA
Equity Product Developer & Operational Leader /PRENEURology Global

Founder of Project Edquity 

Xaulanda Simmonds-Emmanuel
Senior Consultant at URBANDER

Work Passion & Multicultural Business Strategist

Noel Webber
Enterprise 6 Intern, Product Manager
LaTanya White, Ph.D.
Special Advisor

Helping Black families understand how to overcome historic economic oppression through entrepreneurship.

John Avery
Director, ATDC

Director of the Advanced Technology Development Center