2 PM – 5 :45 PM

Opening Plenary including Keynote & Round Table Discussion

Welcome

• Conference City Host

  Chanda Smith Baker, President and CEO
  Pillsbury United Communities, Minneapolis, MN

• Conference Hosts

  Susan Dreyfus, President and CEO
  Alliance for Children and Families, Milwaukee, WI

  Rudolph Johnson, III, President and CEO
  Neighborhood House Association, San Diego, CA

Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

• Conference Host Facilitators

  Dr. Sheryl Gee, Vice President, Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions, Neighborhood House Association
  San Diego, CA

• Undraye Howard, Vice President, Intellectual Capital
  Alliance for Children and Families, Milwaukee, WI

Keynote Address, Panel and All Participants Round Table Discussion: Success! What’s Identity Got to Do with It? Part I

Examine challenges, impacts and solutions to serving and working successfully across race, ethnicity, gender, age and sexual orientation differences.

• Keynote Speaker

  Dr. Tony Byers, Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Starbucks

• Panelists

  Susan Dreyfus, President/CEO, Alliance for Children & Families

  Keesha Gaskins, Senior Counsel Brennan Center for Justice

  Rudolph Johnson, III, President/CEO, Neighborhood House Association

  Laura McCarten, Regional Vice President, Northern States Power, Minnesota

  Deeper Dive: All Attendees’ Round Table Discussion

6 PM – 8 PM

Reception and Networking

• Featuring Jazz and Blues Vocalist
  Ms. Jamela Pettiford

8 AM – 9 AM

Networking and Continental Breakfast

9 AM – 10:45 AM

Plenary Session: Success! What’s Identity Got to Do with It? Part II

Threaded dialogue from Opening Plenary with added consideration to the nexus between identity, personality, relations intelligence, cultural competence, inclusion and serving with excellence.

• Host Facilitators and All Attendees’ Deeper Dive Dialogue
  Undraye Howard, Vice President of Intellectual Capital
  Alliance for Children & Families

  Dr. Sheryl Gee, Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions, Neighborhood House Association

10:45 AM – 11 AM

Break

11 AM – 12:30

Concurrent Workshops

• Thru the Eyes: The African American Male Perspective
  Undraye Howard, Vice President, Alliance for Children & Families

• Changing Demographics: The Latino Factor
  Ian Bautista, President of United Neighborhood Centers of America

• Leading Women: Exploring Gender Inequalities
  Laura Pinosoleault

• The Color of Philanthropy Panel Discussion
  Moderator
  Tawanna Black, President, Innovations by Design

12:30 – 2:30

Lunch/Panel Discussion

Cracking the Code: Lessons from the Journey

Accomplished diverse panelists share organizational structures/ experiences that helped or hindered their progress and how they navigated to achieve success.

• Moderator
  Keesha Gaskins, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center

2:30 – 2:45

Break

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM

Concurrent Workshops

• Effectively Leading Culture Transformation
  Dr. Sheryl Gee, Vice President, Training and Organization Development, Neighborhood House Association

• Linking Generations XYZ
  Chris Stewart, Director of the African American Leadership Forum

• Unpacking White Privilege
  Paula Purcell, Alliance for Children and Families

• Developing Leadership Within
  Antonio Cardona

  Chanda Smith Baker, President and CEO, Pillsbury United Communities

6 PM – 10 PM

Dinner On Own: Dining Options with Networking & Group Dinner Topic Discussions Available

8 AM – 9 AM

Continental Breakfast

9 AM – 11 AM

Call to Action: Hope. Heal. Help.

• General Plenary Keynote Address
  Cindy Kent, VP & General Manager, Gastro/Urology Therapies
  Medtronic, Inc.

• Host Facilitators and All Attendees’ Deeper Dive Dialogue
  Undraye Howard, Vice President of Intellectual Capital
  Alliance for Children & Families

  Dr. Sheryl Gee, Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions, Neighborhood House Association

11 AM – 1 PM

Lunch/Closing Plenary

• Stedman Graham, Best Selling Author, Educator, Entrepreneur
  CEO, S. Graham & Associates