Speakers: 56th NAMC Annual National Conference

Aaron D. Ford
State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General

The Honorable Justin M. Bibb
City of Cleveland, Mayor

Wendell R. Stemley, CMAA
National Association of Minority Contractors, President

Ariane Kirkpatrick
The AKA Team, CEO

Remi Murrey
WEWS News, News Reporter

Arlene Anderson
The MetroHealth System, Director of Supplier Diversity & Strategic Partnerships

Alaina Battle
ACE Mentor Program of Cleveland, Youth Career Coach

John Bentley
Infrasource Inc, Vice President, Operations - Great Lakes

James Bicak
The MetroHealth System, SVP Facilities Management / Construction / Campus Transformation

Demetria Bivens
DLB Consultants LLC, Managing Member

Patrice L. Blakemore
Greater Cleveland Partnership, Senior Vice President, Equity & Inclusion

Tim Brooks
AMI Companies, President/CEO

Frechic Burton
CoCreative, Owner and CEO

John Butler
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Project Manager

Elizabeth Campbell
Ryan Companies US Inc, National Director Emerging Business Inclusion

Terence Cassidy
Paslay Group, Principal, Executive Program Manager

Lisa Colon
Saul Ewing, LLP, Partner

Ernest Ellis
FS 360, LLC, President, CEO & Founder

Bryant Francis
Cleveland Airport System, Director of Port Control

Tony Gladney
MGM Resorts International, Vice President, Purpose, Engagement & Respect

Cedric Goodman
NiSource, Director - Category Management

Todd Gray
Kaiser Permanente, National Director, Supplier Diversity FDC

Blaine A. Griffin
Cleveland City Council, President

Scott Haber
NDH Capital Corporation, President

Scott Heasley
Brennan Manna & Diamond, Litigation Attorney

Christopher Howse
Howse Solutions, LLC, President

Aria Johnson
Greater Cleveland Partnership, Director of Construction

Felicia Johnson
Slalom, Executive Sales Director

Tiffany Jordan
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Contract Compliance Manager

Spencer Krebs
Tucker Ellis LLP, Counsel

Ludgy LaRochelle
Tucker Ellis LLP, Counsel

Jazmin Long
Birthing Beautiful Communities, President and Chief Executive Officer

Ramona Lowery-Ferrell
City of Shaker Heights, Public Works Director

Markys Mackey
Verity Construction Company, Founder/CEO

Paul Malie
Tucker Ellis LLP, Attorney

Sandra Marks
Clayco, Senior Vice President

Ken McCraley
KMS Construction, President

Ryan McCrary
Mortenson, Project Manager

Brooke Menschel
Democracy Forward, Senior Counsel

Ruben Mercado Jr.
Ipsum General Contractors, LLC, President

Tyson Mitchell
The City of Cleveland, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity

Dan Moncrief, III
McDaniel's Construction Corp, Inc., Chairman/CEO

Christopher Nalls
Nalls Davis Attorneys at Law, Attorney

Ugo Nwagbaraocha
Diamond Discs International Construction Management, President

Dominic L. Ozanne
Ozanne Construction Company, Inc, President & CEO

Dominic Ozanne, II
Ozanne Construction Company, Inc., Project Manager

Arthur Milton Porter III
Clayco

Marlon A. Primes
Brennan Manna and Diamond, Member

LaRese Purnell
CLE Consulting Firm, Managing Partner

Kelsi Queen-Robinson
EGM Services, Inc., Chief Executive Officer

R.J. Reed
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Vice President, Project Delivery Innovation

Dr. Michele Scott Taylor
College Now of Greater Cleveland

Nadia Sesay
Bedrock, Chief Community Growth and Development Officer

Meltrice Sharp
CLE Consulting Firm, Managing Partner

Glen Shumate
Construction Employers Association, Executive Vice President

Lewis R. Smoot III, Esq.
The Smoot Corporation, Board Secretary

LaTrese Steplight
JP Morgan Chase, Business Consultant

Glenda Stinson
S.E.A.T. Business Development Group, President & CEO

Rodney Strong
Griffin & Strong, PC, Founder & CEO

William Strong
Process Control and Instrumentation, LLC, General Manager, Cleveland Office

Rhoni Thompson
R.L. Cole Enterprise, Inc., Owner

Katie Veasey Gillette
City Architecture, Partner / Architect

Seth Wamelink
Tucker Ellis LLP, Partner

Fatima Ware
WTD Mechanical LLC, CEO

Traci Watson
NAMC SoCal, President

Neil Weiss
Cleveland Guardians, Executive Vice President/CIO

Ian Yassa
Prairie View A&M University, Student

Monique Young
One Accord Services LLC, Managing Member

Arlyn Zuniga
Suffolk Construction, Director of Trade Partner Diversity