Diversitech @ The Wealth Weekend

​Wednesday, June 18, 2025

​Location: Amazon - Hank Building, 

​Theme: “Diversitech @ The Wealth Weekend: Juneteenth NYC”

​9:00 AM Doors open: (Amazon 12 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018 13th floor)

• ​Registration and Networking

• ​Name badge collection

• ​Conference materials distribution

​9:30 AM  Welcome:  

​                Host: Dr. Jo-Ann Rolle, Past President, National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable

​            Opening Remarks: Amazon AWS & LaMar Wright, Founder, BWE, Shannon Morales,              

​9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Breakfast: “Building an Inclusive Future: Tech, Education, Investment & Global Partnerships" fireside chat

• ​Moderator: Shannon Morales, Founder of Tribaja & Curator of Diversitech

• ​Speakers:

• ​Dave Levy, Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• ​Michael Sudakasa, Chairman of Africa Business Group (ABG), 

• ​Speaker TBD: Guttman Community College, CUNY

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• ​Chuck West, Morgan Stanley, Associate Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor,Senior Institutional 

• ​Ticki Favaroth, President, BOW Enterprises

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​10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Q&A Session

• ​Moderated discussion

• ​Audience engagement

​10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

• ​Fireside chat “ Tech as the Great Equalizer”

  • ​Moderator: LaMar Wright

  • ​Guest speakers: Borough President offices of Manhattan & Deputy Queens Borough President,(Ebony Young)

  • ​Tentative: J. Ofori Agboka is the Vice President of People eXperience and Technology (PXT) 

​11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

• ​Q&A Session

  • ​Moderated discussion

  • ​Audience engagement

​11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• ​Panel 1: Diversitech “ Innovation in Emerging Tech”

​12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

• ​Lunch

​1:15 PM - 2:15 PM 

• ​Panel 2 “Empowering Entrepreneurs Through Community-Based Infrastructure & AWS Cloud Solutions”: Leveraging Local Networks and Scalable Technology to Drive Inclusive Innovation

• ​Student Moderated discussion (Per Scholas/ Rays of Hope)

• ​Guest speaker: Dr. Brandy Alfred, Head of Business Development at Amazon

• ​Dr. Erin Lynch, President, QEM Network

• ​Dr. Jonathan Quash,  Director, CUNY BMI

​2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

​Workshop Topics Created by : Diversitech, Bronx Tech Hub, Greater Nexus, Manhattan Borough President’s Office 

• ​Pathways into Cloud Engineer (AWS) 

• ​Integrating Tech into Your Business: Nicole Wardlaw CEO of The Brazen Club

• ​Low Code Workflows for Leaders: Afua Laast (Sr. Trainer at Airtable) Digital Tools for Adult Learners

• ​AI for Beginners : (Bronx Tech Hub )

​3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

​Closing Remarks