Chamber Events

Date: July 23rd • Location: Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS

1:00 p.m. Registration Opens

1:30 p.m. Welcome Dr. Greg Mosier, President, KCK Community College

1:35 p.m. Opening Prayer Pastor Tony Carter, Salem Missionary Baptist Church

1:40 p.m. Purpose Jim Echols, CEO, Renaissance Management and Training Solutions, LLP

1:45 p.m. Greetings Commissioner Harold Johnson, District 4, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS

1:50 p.m. Kansas State Overview Patty Clark, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department of Commerce

1:55 p.m. Remarks Senator David Haley, District 4, State of Kansas

2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker Alan Cobb, President & CEO, Kansas Chamber

2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion #1 Jim Echols, Moderator

3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion #2 Rhonda Harris, Director, Office of Minority & Women Businesses, Kansas Department of Commerce

4:35 p.m. Call to Action Vercie Lark, Chairman Author, Philanthropist & Angel Investor

4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks Dr. Alicia Hooks, Director Entrepreneurship Services, KCK Community College

4:55 p.m. Summit Wrap-Up Jim Echols

Resources for Your Business

MODERATOR: Jim Echols, CEO, Renaissance Management and Training Solutions, LLP

Vercie Lark, Chairman, Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce
Carlos Gomez, President and CEO, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City
Joseph Melookaran, Co-Founder/Treasurer, Asian American Chamber of Commerce Kansas City
John O’Brien, Executive Director, American Indian Enterprise and Business Council

How the Free Market can Grow Your Business

MODERATOR: Rhonda Harris, Director, Office of Minority and Women Businesses, Kansas Department of Commerce

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