Special Guests:

Danielle St. Luce is BBIF Florida’s Regional Director for the South Florida market. As head of the South Florida office, she works with small businesses to provide loan capital and business development training. Danielle knows that business owners not only need passion for what they do, but they also need support to expand their capacity, network and access capital—all keys to building a strong business. Danielle holds a Bachelor’s in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Caleena Shirley is BBIF Florida’s Regional Director for the North Florida market.  She has years of experience working with local governments, providing guidance in the areas of specialized affordable housing program initiatives, residential construction project management and housing development funding. She has served as the housing property administrator and, prior to that, as operations manager for the City of Jacksonville’s Housing and Community Development Division. Shirley also worked as a planner for the City of Winter Park and was principal of Catalyst Planning and Development, LLC.  She graduated cum laude from Rollins College with a bachelor of arts in environmental studies and civic urbanism.

NABWIC TALKS WITH SHANIA FAIR,CEO OF BUSY BIZ BRANDING

Branding Images, Social Media and Web Design for Coaches, Speakers and Experts.

contact: [email protected]

Phone: 305.910.7458

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NABWIC's Mission:

NABWIC was founded to increase the national awareness of Black Women in the construction industry.  Our charge is to:

     * Advocate for Black women-owned construction businesses for contract

       opportunities.

     * Create strategic environments that support educational,

        entrepreneurial, professional and social network connections.

     * Train the next generation of Black women and minorities in the

        construction industry

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With your host Jada Williams

Stacy Blakley is a professional licensed civil engineer and is the founder and owner of Douglas Consulting Group.

With 22 plus years of experience in civil site design and transportation engineering,  her experience includes building client relationships, managing and designing residential, commercial, airport, and government projects.

In April 2020, Stacy launched her own small business as owner and founder of Douglas Consulting Group in Atlanta, Georgia.

A mother of four, Stacy is involved with several boards and active in her local community as well as the NABWIC organization.  She was appointed by Fulton County Commissioners to serve South Fulton as a Marta Board of Director.    She also serves as President of the Atlanta NABWIC Chapter and can be reached at [email protected] 

Stacy Blakley, PE | Douglas Consulting Group, Civil Engineering Solutions  | www.douglasconsultinggroup.net  |404-626-1650 (c)  "404-654-3633 (o)

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Pepsico/FritoLay:  https://www.pepsico.com/

NABWIC brings back a popular show with LaShun Clark, CEO, InDigo Strategic Management, Inc.

NABWIC Talks with LaShun Clark, CEO, InDigo Strategic Management, Inc. 

A Texas transplant, LaShun Clark has called Memphis, Tennessee home for the past 20+ years.  Ms. Clark is an entrepreneur who is a Certified Administrative Professional, Leader, Teacher & Consultant.

With over 20 years of experience in Legal, Sales, Marketing and Management, LaShun Clark's career began in 1996, wherein she worked for some prestigious law firms, such as The Cochran Firm, Nahon, Saharvoich & Trotz & the United States Attorney's Office, etc. She has an extensive 10+ years background in real estate which was the catalyst to her entrepreneurial career. 

 As the founder of InDigo Strategic Management, Inc. Ms. Clark's vision & mission is to evolve the way small minority companies do business by providing innovative ideas and strategies that will help Develop & Grow Emerging Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses through our business, marketing, digital, and contract management services.

Email: [email protected]

Phone:  (901)471-1555

In this episode of NABWIC Talks, Hosts Jada Williams and Ersula Odom will take our listeners to the Global Black Women's Chamber of Commerce's "State of Black Women's Summit.  During the Summit, our President and Founder Ann McNeil, and NABWIC President Kimle Nailer were included  in a panel discussion of New and Emerging Markets for Women. 

The Summit also included panelists Brenda Campbell and Natalie Jenkins as they explored where black women are present and absent in new and emerging markets.

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Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook Game and World Changer - Founder and CEO/Chair of the First GLOBAL BLACK WOMEN’S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (GBWCC), Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook is a Third Generation woman business owner.

Appointed by the President of United States of America, Barack Obama, and nominated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook was the first African-American female  and faith leader to hold the position of the U.S. Ambassador At-Large for International Religious Freedom.

Ambassador Johnson Cook was the lead for Religious Freedom for more than 100 diplomatic engagements where global faith leaders and women were brought to the table. She served as the Faith Advisor to two U.S. Presidents, three Cabinet members, political and celebrity leaders.  President Bill Clinton appointed her as the only faith advisor to the historic “President’s Initiative on Race”.

She became famous for the standing room only Lunch Hour of Power, and Wonderful Wall Street Wednesdays, televised mid week services and seminars for the business community.  The New York Times described her as “Oprah and Billy Graham rolled up into one.”

Author of 14 books, TV host and commentator, she recently won first prize with her short film “A Different Way”, in the “Religious Freedom and Business Foundation’s Dare to Overcome film competition”.  A featured film and book series are on the horizon in the works based on her true-life story

NABWIC TALKS WITH DAVID J. CLARK, SVP OPERATIONS, BROWARD HEALTH

WITH HOSTS JADA WILLIAMS AND ERSULA ODOM

David is an experienced healthcare operations manager with extensive experience in successfully managing portfolios, programs, corporate non-clinical service departments and projects in both the public and private sector. David leverages his business and technical skills in developing strategic projects by building successfully cohesive teams that deliver results. He ensures strategies, process improvements, departmental integration, and projects meet their objectives and deliverables and are met with appropriate communication and stakeholder management.

Experience spanning over 18 years spearheads the daily operations of multiple construction projects with a capital budget from various funding sources totaling an excess of $3B dollars. The scopes of work span the 48 divisions of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) code. Accountable for managing the multiple phases of the construction projects to their final closeout by collaboration during design phases, constructability reviews, preparation of bid advertisements, project management and final closeout of projects.

David J. Clark, MBA, LEED AP, CGC, SL

Broward Health

SVP, Operations

1800 N.W 49th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

t- 954.473.7024

NABWIC Talks with LaShun Clark, CEO, InDigo Strategic Management, Inc. 

A Texas transplant, LaShun Clark has called Memphis, Tennessee home for the past 20+ years.  Ms. Clark is an entrepreneur who is a Certified Administrative Professional, Leader, Teacher & Consultant.

With over 20 years of experience in Legal, Sales, Marketing and Management, LaShun Clark's career began in 1996, wherein she worked for some prestigious law firms, such as The Cochran Firm, Nahon, Saharvoich & Trotz & the United States Attorney's Office, etc. She has an extensive 10+ years background in real estate which was the catalyst to her entrepreneurial career. 

 As the founder of InDigo Strategic Management, Inc. Ms. Clark's vision & mission is to evolve the way small minority companies do business by providing innovative ideas and strategies that will help Develop & Grow Emerging Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses through our business, marketing, digital, and contract management services.

Email: [email protected]

Phone:  9010471-1555

Join us on NABWIC Talks Radio as NABWIC Talks with Arnice Lamb

Manager, Supplier Diversity, The Walt Disney Company

Sponsored by:  PepsiCo, Ann McNeill and Jperry and Associates

Today's show features NABWIC member Jennifer Todd as she introduces NABWIC's Billion Dollar Luncheon in Entertainment Centers' "Woman in the Spotlight."

This will be followed by a pre-recorded session of an interview with Disney's Supplier Diversity Manager and Woman in the Spotlight, Ms. Arnice Lamb.

 

Mrs. Arnice Lamb is a manager of Supplier Diversity and supports the enterprise construction and professional services categories, as well as the Walt Disney Parks Resorts segment. She has been with the Company since February of 1991. Prior to joining Disney, Mrs. Lamb held a number of managerial positions with organizations such as Shiley, Inc., a division of Pfizer Inc.; Medtronic Cardiopulmonary, a division of Medtronic, Inc.; and Bard Cardiopulmonary, a division of C.R. Bard, Inc.

 

For several years, Mrs. Lamb has been instrumental in the development, implementation and compliance of minority and women business enterprise (MWBE) programs.

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