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2019 Kansas Minority Business Summit

Agenda and Panels

 

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

 

3:15 p.m. Networking Break

 

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

 

PANEL DISCUSSION #1

Resources for Your Business

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

 

PANELISTS:

  • 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

 

PANEL DISCUSSION #2

How the Free Market can Grow Your Business

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

 

PANELISTS:

  • Daniel Felder, CEO, Axiom Construction Group, LLC
  • Delbert Selectman, President, Dello Eco Industrial
  • Neelima Parasker, President & CEO, SnapIT Solutions, LLC
  • Kim Randolph, President, Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce

 

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