Featured Guests
The Big Dipper Innovation Summit will spotlight the foremost thought leaders and talents in tech, innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship, music, and culture.
Keep an eye on this space, there is even more to come!*
*Guests subject to change
2024 Guest Innovators
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Jewel Burks Solomon
Google Exec turned Founder & Investor
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Ronald Blaylock
Founder, Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners
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Uyo Okebie-Eichelberger
Maternity Fashion Mogul
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H. Jerome Russell, Jr.
President, H. J. Russell & Company
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Bakari Sellers
Prolific Cultural Voice
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Ed Baine
President, Dominion Energy Virginia
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Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson
Internationally Renowned Spiritual Leader
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Majora Carter
Urban Revitalization Strategist
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Dr. Makola Abdullah
President of Virginia State University
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Jade Agudosi
Co-Founder, Xceleader
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Dr. Chris Brooks
Trailblazing Venture Capitalist
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Monteil Crawley
Principal, Architect, SmithGroup
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Dr. Lydia Johnson
Board-Certified Dermatologist, Lifestyle Medicine Consultant, Trauma-Informed Professional Coach
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Rafiq Kalam Id-Din
Founder, Ember Charter Schools
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Natasha S. Alford
Digital Media Executive
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Robert L. Greene
President & CEO, National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC)
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Taylor Scott
Founder, RVA Community Fridges
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Pastor Vernon Gordon
Lead Pastor of The Life Church
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Dr. Malcolm Muhammad
Entrepreneurship Engagement Strategist
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Lizzie Brown
Educator Turned Artrepreneur
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Dayton Schroeter
Vice President and Design Director, SmithGroup
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Dr. Nashlie H. Sephus
AI/ML Evangelist for Amazon
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Chris Hairston-White
Community Pillar
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James Warren
Vice President of Brand Strategy, JMI
Founder/CEO of Share More Stories
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Nneka Rimmer
Independent Board Director, Constellation Energy Corporation
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Dr. Robert T. Nelson Jr.
Urologic Oncologist, Virginia Urology
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Ashley Williams
Curator, The Well Collective
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Kevin Nicholson
Global Fixed Income CIO, RiverFront Investment Group
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Shakia Gullette Warren
Executive Director, Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
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Luke Cooper
Tech Entrepreneur & Investor
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Taikein M. Cooper
Executive Director, Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation
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Dr. Anthony M. Chandler, Sr.
Senior Pastor of Cedar Street Baptist Church
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Nneka N'namdi
Founder & COO, Fight Blight B’more
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Aaron Montgomery
Managing Partner, The Montgomery Development Group
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Dr. Tomika L. Ferguson
Asst. Dean, Student Affairs And Inclusive Excellence, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Ron Bailey
Owner, Rat Race Management
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Lloyd Eley
Offshore Wind Projects Manager, Dominion Energy
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Matt Talley
Curator/Storyteller, Eaton DC
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Jason Kamras
Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools
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Bill Cooper
Director, Diversity Strategies, Atlantic Constructors, Inc.
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