In this episode Bevon has the pleasure of speaking with two dynamic women who are each making their own unique impact in the world of entrepreneurship and social justice.
Britney Robbins - Founder and CEO, The Gray Matter Experience
Britney is a serial social entrepreneur that loves innovation, forward thinking and is constantly identifying problems that can be solved through business creation. She's worked within Chicago's entrepreneurship and tech community for the past eight years working within some of Chicago's top venture capital firms and incubators including Cleveland Avenue, Sandbox Industries, Lightbank and 1871.
In 2016, she founded The Gray Matter Experience - a nonprofit dedicated to unlocking the self-determining power of Black youth and strengthening their ties to community through real world experience in entrepreneurship and has since served over 600 Black teens in this mission. She has been recognized as one of Ariel Investment, BMO Harris and WVON's 40 Under 40 Gamechangers, Essence Magazine's Woke 100, a finalist for Ebony Magazine's Power 100 People's Choice Award, featured on Fox32, Chicago Inno, BlackEntrepreneur.com, DNAInfo Chicago, Chicago Tribune, and Essence Magazine for her work through Gray Matter. Most recently, she's been named as one of the 26 Most Influential, 20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans and one of 2021's Women of the Year.
In June of 2020, Britney became the Relationship Manager for CAST US, an initiative of Cleveland Avenue - to help fund and support Black, Brown and women entrepreneurs in the Chicagoland area. Britney is passionate about improving the well-being of Black communities and is focused on providing quality resources, more direct access and education to see that vision made reality.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/britneyrobbins/
https://www.graymatterexperience.com/
https://www.instagram.com/graymatterexp/
https://twitter.com/graymatterexp
https://www.facebook.com/GrayMatterExp/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-gray-matter-experience/
Halleemah Nash - Founder, Rosecrans Ventures
Halleemah is a social entrepreneur operating as Founder of Rosecrans Ventures, an underrepresented talent solutions firm that provides coaching and career courses for marginalized talent populations in the workforce.
Backed by 12+ years driving business initiatives that attract, retain, and develop diverse talent, Halleemah has a proven track record of innovating and executing people strategies that achieve a profound impact.
Halleemah's executive career includes social impact and education based projects at iMentor, iF Charities, and The Chicago Bulls. She has led workforce projects for teams across industries including Chicago Public Schools, City of Compton, Duke University Athletics, H&M, McDonald’s, Morgan Stanley, the NBA, Reprise Media Brands, Publicis Groupe, PUMA, and Savage x Fenty, and community based projects for celebrity brands Nipsey Hussle and Kendrick Lamar.
She was recently awarded the Surge Institute National Movement Award for leading transformational work and was featured in the inaugural Forbes The Culture 50 Champions list for uplifting Black and Brown communities through the Rosecrans Ventures business model.
Halleemah Nash is a graduate of Howard University and a proud product of Compton, California – a city that has greatly shaped her ambition, values, and interest in reaching back as she climbs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/halleemahnash/
https://www.rosecransventures.com/
https://www.instagram.com/rosecransmade/
https://twitter.com/RosecransMADE
https://www.linkedin.com/company/rosecrans-ventures/
