MN Diverse Speaker Directory

Welcome to the MN Diverse Speaker Directory. This page includes a list of subject matter experts in the startup space that are traditionally underrepresented.

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Food and Ag
General Entrepreneurship
Creative Economy
Marketing
Technology
Leadership
Legal
Retail
Supplier Partnerships
Advertising
Website Cybersecurity
Negotiations
Healthcare
Investing
Education & Training
Philanthropy
Capacity-building
Med Device/MedTech
Diversity & Equity
Inclusion

Gabrieline Reece

Preferred speaking topics: Social media, Brand Management, Marketing, Women in business.

Contact: gabrieline@womenwhoinfluence.co

Connect via LinkedIn

General Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Artika Tyner

Preferred speaking topics: The Lawyer as Leader, Teaching key strategies for embarking on a leadership journey of growth, discovery, and transformation, Women Leading Change, Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline, Building an Inclusive Classroom and Workplace

Contact: dr.artikatyner@gmail.com

Connect via LinkedIn

Leadership, Education & Training, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, General Entrepreneurship

Vasiliki Papanikolopoulos

Preferred speaking topics: Circular Economy & Sustainability, Small Business & Local Economis, Entrepreneurship & Social Impact

Contact: vasiliki.papanikolopoulos@gmail.com

Connect via LinkedIn

General Entrepreneurship, Creative Economy, Marketing, Retail, Supplier Partnerships

Jazz Hampton

Preferred speaking topics: Developing a Business While Black, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Legal Guidance, Technology Solutions, Social Enterprises

Contact: jhampton@turnsignl.com

Connect via LinkedIn

General Entrepreneurship, Legal, Technology, Leadership, Negotiations, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Marlaina Love

Preferred speaking topics: EdTech, Startup/Founder Journey, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology

Contact: contact@lovemarlaina.com

Connect via LinkedIn

General Entrepreneurship, Creative Economy, Technology, Leadership, Education & Training, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Philanthropy

Luis Moreno

Preferred speaking topics: Emotional intelligence, empathy, human-centered leadership, talent, diversity, equity and inclusion

Contact: luismoreno@dotbin.net

Connect via Linkedin

Marketing, Leadership, Education & Training, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Monique Maddox

Preferred speaking topics: Angel investing, application security

Contact: monique.t.maddox@gmail.com

Connect via Linkedin

Investing

Sarah Brown

Preferred speaking topics: Creating value, Systemic problem solving, Living and aging well, Human behavior, Curiosity, Knowledge transfer

Contact: admin@gatherwellmn.com

Connect via LinkedIn

Healthcare, Creative Economy

Stephen Moore

Preferred speaking topics: How to increase employee engagement through transforming workplace culture

Contact: stephen@culturebooster.com

Connect via Linkedin

Leadership, General Entrepreneurship, Education & Training, Technology

Stephanie Rich

Preferred speaking topics: Early-stage entrepreneurship, raising and working with venture capital, how to support entrepreneurs as they grow

Contact: stephanie@breadandbutterventures.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Investing, Marketing

Thompson Aderinkomi

Preferred speaking topics: Healthcare and Leadership

Contact: taderinkomi@nice.healthcare

Connect via Linkedin

Healthcare, General Entrepreneurship

Ashley McCray

Preferred speaking topics: Packaging for consumer item, Manufacturing and product development of food/beverages, Consumer testing/learning

Contact: ashley.mccray.speaks@gmail.com

Contact via LinkedIn

Food and Ag

Jenna Redfield

Preferred speaking topics: I can help you with: social media marketing for small business with a focus on Instagram, growing a local community, and how to market your podcast using tools and strategy to grow your followers.

Contact: jenna@twincitiescollective.com

Contact by LinkedIn

General Entrepreneurship, Creative Economy, Marketing

Dalain Williams

Preferred speaking topics: Managing Remote Teams, Innovation Inside Large Organizations, Rapid Application Development, Product Intelligence, Building Data Centric Organizations

Connect via LinkedIn

Technology, Leadership, Legal

Juli Lassow

Preferred speaking topics: Deepening Retail Supplier Relationships

Contact: juli@jhl-solutions.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Retail, Creative Economy, Supplier Partnerships

Michele Krolczyk

Preferred speaking topics: EOS from Ground Zero: How small businesses and start-ups can use the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) to create focus, clarity and success from the get go.

Contact: michele@vivid360.net

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship

Duane Coleman

Preferred speaking topics: Website Cybersecurity

Contact: DUANE@DASHBOARDINTERACTIVE.COM

Connect via Linkedin

Marketing, Advertising, Website Cybersecurity

Megan Trice

Preferred speaking topics: Founders negotiate with suppliers, customers, employees and investors.

Contact: megan@empowerequitypartners.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Retail, Food and Ag, Negotiations

Jote Taddese

Preferred speaking topics: African Diaspora Ingenuity Enabling Quality HealthCare

Contact: jote.taddese@gmail.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Technology

Beth Meyer

Preferred speaking topics: Female founders

Contact: beth@empowerequitypartners.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Investing, Legal

Elaine Tymchak

Preferred speaking topics: How then, can leaders and innovators use their positions of influence to ensure that profits and growth do not perpetuate inequalities and injustices?

Contact: Elaine@cultivateinternational.org

Connect via Linkedin

Education & Training, Philanthropy, Capacity-building

Paula Norbom

Preferred speaking topics: How do you brand yourself and your company to maximize market awareness?

Contact: pnorbom@talencio.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Technology, Healthcare, Med Device/MedTech

Reyna Meinhardt

Preferred speaking topics: Getting Away from Instagram. Learning to prioritize building a community in areas outside of Instagram and then utilizing the unique features of Instagram to lead to the final sale.

Contact: reynameinhardt@gmail.com

Connect via Linkedin

General Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Advertising, Creative Economy