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Dr. Roshawnna Novellus Njai

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***If you send a connection request, please leave a note on how we know each other.*** Dr. Roshawnna Novellus is the Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a proven and trusted FinTech lending platform that makes it easy for retail and institutional funders to deploy capital to pre-qualified revenue-generating businesses led by women and people of color. A nationally recognized financial inclusion advocate and champion of mindfulness, Dr. Novellus is dedicated to deploying working capital to women and people of color to help them grow their businesses. She holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering with a Minor in Finance, a Masters of Science in Information Technology emphasizing Information System Engineering, a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Economics, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering – achieving Summa Cum Laude in each. A native of San Diego, Roshawnna is one of the few Black women ever to have raised over $1M in venture capital. She is a Roddenberry Foundation Fellow and served on the Commission on Women for the City of Atlanta from 2016 to 2018. Additional honors include the "Excellence in Sister-Nomic$ Award" from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women; Atlanta Business Chronicle's "2016 Women Who Mean Business;" Georgia Trend's 2017 "40 Under 40;" Washington Life's "25 Innovators & Disruptors in Tech;" a LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology; and winner of the FinTech South Innovation Challenge. Dr. Novellus has appeared in Bloomberg, Fortune, Fox Business, Yahoo! Finance, and Black Enterprise and has been featured in national television campaigns for her advocacy work in partnership with Logitech, Mastercard, and Hennessy. Media Inquiries: press@ienrichher.com Pick my Brain: https://calendly.com/roshawnna

Linda Hammel Tatlow, CFA

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I am an accomplished financial analyst, project manager and investor with a passion for advancing the sustainability transformation and social entrepreneurship. I believe that the solutions to our most pressing challenges are within our grasp if we are intentional about our target and swing for the fences. With over fifteen years experience at major players in the financial and non-profit sectors and extensive studies (CFA and Masters in Real Estate Development), I have strong financial and business acumen and the ability to relay the story to a wide range of audiences. In my ten years at Fitch Ratings, I covered three distinct asset classes, quickly developing subject matter expertise in sectors as diverse as Latin American Banks and Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities. I'm a seasoned project manager and have expertly managed teams to deliver projects as varied as rating billion-dollar structured debt deals, sustainably restoring historic properties and leading community fundraisers. At the core of every project has been relationship management, a skill that comes naturally to me given a strong sense of empathy and love of meeting new people. I bring a global perspective and working Spanish proficiency stemming from significant experience living and working abroad.

Lorine Pendleton

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A seasoned angel & VC investor, global public speaker, Board Member, former attorney and biz dev executive. Extensive experience in the technology, sports, media and entertainment industries. Named by Worth as one of the “16 Financial Powerhouses,” Marie Claire as one of the “Most 50 Connected Women in America,” Business Insider as one of the “22 Female Angel Investors Every Startup Founder Should Know,” Crunchbase as “39 Black Women Investors Inspiring a New Generation of Investors,” Medium as one of the “200 Women of Color to Follow on Twitter,” and Black Enterprise as one of the “20 Angel Investors You Should Know." Former Guest judge on BET/Centric TV pitch show "Queen Boss." Investments: Rhode Island FC/Tidewater Landing Stadium (only professional sports team in RI & new stadium opening in 2025), Madison Reed, Canela Media, Maven Clinic, Oura Ring, MoCaFi, Goalsetter, ShearShare, Hire and Esquire (acquired by Major, Lindsey & Africa) and Kanarys. Select Media: • Yahoo! Finance “On the Move” on-air appearance and follow-up article “Angel Investor: Protests Shed Light on Why 'Black Founders Matter' in Startups, Business” • Mergers & Acquisition “Led by 5 women of color, Portfolia Rising America Fund backs mobile banking and women's telemedicine startups” • Black Enterprise – “Behind the Hype” show with Editor and Chief Alfred Edmond Jr. appearance discussing the importance of investing in diverse entrepreneurs • BlackRock 60 Second Docs “Wealth to Me” Marketing Campaign • Fox Soul – The Book of Sean show appearance discussing the importance of investing in black entrepreneurs • Motley Fool Online show appearance discussing the importance of investing in diverse entrepreneurs • Savoy Magazine – “Silicon Valley’s Portfolia Launches 8th Fund to Focus on African-America, Latino, LGBTQ Markets and Entrepreneurs”

Natalia Oberti Noguera

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Founder & CEO, Pipeline Angels

Karen Sheffield, MBA

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Advisor | Board Member | Investor | Public Speaker

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I am my ancestors #goals. My great grandfather worked on the railroads to connect the south to the West. Here my family settled in the city of dreams, Los Angeles, from domestic helpers and cooks to entrepreneurs. In this city I became the first in my family to attend college at the University of Southern California and my life changed. Exposed to the innovation of the .com movement, I moved to the San Francisco Bay area to start my career in tech. I built the earliest digital financial products like online banking, bill pay, digital wallets. From large fortune 100 companies to small startups, I’ve led global teams, built new products from the ground up, and innovated on existing capabilities. After 20 years in tech, I have found my exact purpose. Connecting, building, liberating marginalized communities from financial oppression. I do this by building and investing in products that serve community needs. I value humanity and culture and work to elevate any ideas that power people. I use my super powers to bridge the capital divide. Most importantly, I live to build a better world for my daughter.

Jasmyn Pizzimbono

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Andrea Henderson, SPHR, CIR, RACR

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Greetings! If you are a CEO, CHRO, Chief Diversity Officer. VP/Head of Talent or other C-suite leader, I want to ask how you are helping your organization navigate this challenging climate & prepare for a more inclusive, more prosperous future? As a Talent Strategist & People Architect with DHR Global - a Forbes Best Executive Recruiting Firm – I’ve asked this question of current and future clients. In my conversations with healthcare & life sciences executives, I’ve noticed that their goals & initiatives are to: ✅ Innovate quickly & ethically ✅ Improve quality of care & patient outcomes ✅ Eliminate health disparities ✅ Improve the patient experience ✅ Facilitate an efficient & profitable go to market (GTM) strategy & process (growth hacking) ✅ Hire, engage & retain a diverse workforce ✅ Strengthen governance In my conversations I have discovered internal challenges such as: 👎🏽 No talent acquisition &/or retention KPIs, 👎🏽 Overwhelmed Recruiters with little time to upskill 👎🏽 Non-existent / inconsistent sourcing, recruiting & onboarding processes 👎🏽 Old technology not able to meet current & emerging needs for applicant tracking (ATS/HCM/HRIS) 👎🏽 Insufficient talent market knowledge / data 👎🏽 Little time to focus on sourcing critical top talent to stabilize, scale & transform the organization 👎🏽 Even less time to be proactive & engage talent opportunistically in order to dominate the market 👎🏽 No time to develop a diversity strategy & execute to increase representation, equity & foster belonging My commitment is to minimize your pain, maximize your joy & guide your organization to better outcomes: 👍🏽 No more failed assignments 👍🏽 No more excessively long vacancies 👍🏽 No more homogeneous candidate slates 👍🏽 No more communication breakdowns or lack of transparency 👍🏽 No more resenting placement fees because of low value partnerships or inflexible cost structures My personalized approach to Executive Search and Talent Advisory is different. I help my clients compete in a tight talent market to win the war for talent by leveraging an unparalleled industry network, using insightful market data, compelling positioning & magnetic messaging. ⭐ I also work with mature organizations that: ⚕️ Have an urgent assignment ⚕️ Need a very niche role filled ⚕️ Lack diverse candidate slates ⚕️ Have an overloaded internal TA team If you want a strategic partner who will make your organization smarter, faster & more agile, please email me at ahenderson@dhrglobal.com Reach, Resourcefulness & Relationships - the DHR way.

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Lauren is a respected driving force and thought leader in the music industry where she is the Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development at HFA-Rumblefish (a Blackstone/SESAC Music Group company), serves on the Advisory Board of Women in Music, is a member of The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs), and was honored as a 3x Billboard Magazine Digital Power Player. She operates at the nexus of music and technology and fosters innovation through structuring new license revenue opportunities for music publishers and developing rights administration services for music distributors. Additionally she is a frequent music tech start-up judge and event speaker. Lauren has led start-up and mature business in various industries through transformation, diversification, digital innovation and growth. She has deep operational, strategic, business development, business affairs, product development, and analyst experience. Her career hallmark has been to identify and execute on opportunities arising from technological, financial, or regulatory disruption and leverage her skills across diverse enterprises and cultures. Prior to joining the music industry, Lauren was VP at Citigroup/eCiti where she focused on strategic investments in technology and digital product incubation and execution. She was also with Nikko Securities, where she was an analyst responsible for formulating asset management strategies to capitalize on regulatory changes. For a variety of private asset management companies, she provided operational and management consulting, as well as conceptualized and launched new lines of services and entrepreneurial ventures. Lauren is a mentor and trusted advisor to start-ups and accelerators/incubators, primarily in the tech, social entrepreneur, underrepresented and diverse founder spaces. She also is a Founder, an angel and real estate investor, a change agent with Female Equity (a non-profit entity whose mission is to increase the percentage of funding to women-founded entities) and a diversity & inclusion advocate. She has experience with best practices/programs in the inclusive capital/entrepreneurial arena and has a deeply developed network. Lauren sits on the advisory boards of both profit and non-profit organizations and connects founders to venture capital.

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I am a corporate transactional lawyer primarily focused on representing technology companies and their investors, with a specific emphasis on blockchain and fintech. I have had the opportunity to work as both in-house legal counsel for a public company in the online media/entertainment space and as outside legal counsel for both private and public companies and venture capital and private equity firms. I currently serve as the co-chair of Goodwin's FinTech practice and its Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology practice, and advise fintech, blockchain and digital asset companies, investors and network participants with respect to digital asset transactions and platforms, blockchain technology matters (including establishing new blockchains and nodes), decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and related securities law and regulatory matters, including representing clients in their discussions with the SEC's Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub). While I currently serve as outside legal counsel, my in-house experience has given me the perspective of what it actually means to be a client. I view my role as legal counsel as a business partner working with clients to reach their business and strategic goals while at the same time, managing and minimizing risk. Specialties: Corporate and securities law; public and private securities offerings; SEC reporting; mergers and acquisitions; digital media licensing and technology transactions; technology, life sciences, online media/entertainment companies; blockchain/digital currency; fintech