Learn and be inspired by leaders from across the Purpose Built Network and field

The conference assembles a diverse array of speakers, panelists, and facilitators, each hand-selected for their deep knowledge and forward-thinking.

Check back frequently for ongoing additions to the speaker roster.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Bakari Sellers
CNN Analyst & Former Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Carol Naughton
Purpose Built Communities
President and CEO
Janelle Williams
Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
Co-founder and CEO
Pinky Cole Hayes
Bar Vegan, Slutty Vegan
CEO/Founder & Visionary

SESSION SPEAKERS

Anna Kinchens
LIFT Orlando
Early Childhood Education Specialist
Anne Whitlock
Connect Community
Executive Director
April Callen
Purpose Built Communities
Vice President, Racial Equity Programs and Narrative Strategy
Caleb Kurowski
Connect Community
Director of Community Engagement
Cesar Garcia
Canopy South
Executive Director
Chaniqua Major
LIFT Orlando
Corporate Communications Manager
Christian Rhodes
William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children's Zone
Deputy Executive Director
David Garfunkel
LIFT JAX
CEO
Dominic Williams
McKinsey and Company
Dreama Gentry
Partners for Rural Impact
President and CEO
Dr. Meghan Venable-Thomas
City of Birmingham
Director of Community Development for the City of Birmingham
Edward Moratin
Lift Orlando
President
Elliot Witney
Echo Learning
Founder and CEO
Emma Gonzalez Roberts
Chicago Trend
COO
Erika Van Buren
Line of Sight Consulting, LLC
Principal Consultant
Gavin McGuire
Grove Park Foundation
CEO
Ilham Askia
East Lake Foundation
CEO
Jack Shonkoff
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
James Brooks
Purpose Built Communities
Vice President, Housing and Community Development
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