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Friday, October 10, 2014

5:30 PM * Tours of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research

Meet Executive Director Abby Wolf and tour this new powerful institutional home of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Visit the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art, the largest gallery space devoted exclusively to black diasporic art in North America. Also tour the research center, which includes the Rudenstine Gallery, the McGee Family film poster collection, the headquarters of Image of the Black in Western Art project, and the Hip-Hop Archive

104 Mt Auburn St

7:00 PM * Opening Reception * Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

Saturday, October 11, 2014

8:00 AM * HBAW2014 Breakfast with Awards
Harvard Science Center Plaza Tent

10:45 AM * Breakout Session I

Harvard at 378: An Examination of the State of Affairs at Harvard University

Memorial Church, Harvard Yard

Noon * HBAW2014 Luncheon with Awards
Harvard Science Center Plaza Tent

2:15 PM*Breakout Session II
The New Africa: A Fresh Look Through a New Prism

Memorial Church, Harvard Yard

Activism Through the Ages: A Special Joint Forum

Hosted by HBAW2014 and the I, Too, Am Harvard Conference

Milstein West Ballroom, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

The Education Crisis: Bridging the Gap

Room 2004, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

Health and Healthcare in the Black Community

Presented by HBAS and The Stephen C. Rose Legacy Fund

Room 2012, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

Blacks in Technology: The Disparity and the Opportunity

Room 2009, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

3:45 PM*Breakout Session III
Lean In or Lean Black: What Does "Lean In" Mean for Women of Color?

Room 2012, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

Letters to an Entrepreneur

Room 2009, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

Our New Narrative: Black Content and Media for the 21^st Century

Milstein West Ballroom, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School

6:30 PM*Cocktail Reception
Ballroom, The Charles Hotel

7:45 PM * HBAW2014 Evening Gala and Alumni Awards Ceremony

Ballroom, The Charles Hotel

Sunday, October 12, 2014

10:00 AM * Farewell Brunch featuring The Kuumba Singers

The Dining Room, Dudley House, Harvard Yard

Frank Cooper III, JD '90

Chief Marketing Officer, Global Consumer Engagement, PepsiCo

Antonio 'L.A.' Reid, AMP '98

Chairman and CEO, Epic Records Group

Head Coach Tommy Amaker
and the Harvard Crimson Men's Basketball Team

Student Creators of the "I, Too, Am Harvard" Campaign

Pastor Delman Coates, MDV '98

Senior Pastor, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church and Maryland Lt. Governor Candidate

Michael Gary, EdM '95

Director of Admissions, Phillips Exeter Academy

Valentino D. Carlotti MBA '92

Senior Partner and Head of Institutional Client Group, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Dr. Luther T. Clark AB '71, MD '75

Global Director for Scientific Affairs (GDSA) for Cardiovascular & Atherosclerosis, Merck & Co.

Brian P. Mathis JD '92, MPA '92

Founding Partner, Pine Street Alternative Asset Management LP

Dr. D. Mercedes Franklin DMD '74

Chairman/CEO, Franklin-DeLoach Group

Harvard at 378: An Examination of the State of Affairs at Harvard University

A discussion on the evolution of Diversity, Teaching and Admissions at Harvard University. A Harvard University Professors and Administration panel.

Confirmed Panelists:

Professor Henry "Skip" Gates, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., University Professor; Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University

Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

Jesse Climenko Professor of Law; Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School

David L. Evans

Senior Admissions Officer, Harvard College

Dr. Karen Jackson-Weaver M.Ed '95

Senior Associate Dean of Degree Programs & Student Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

Abigail Mariam '15

Harvard College Student and Publicity Liaison for the I, Too, Am Harvard Campaign

Jacqueline Adams MBA '78

President, J Adams: Strategic Communications, LLC

(Moderator)

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The New Africa: A Fresh Look Through a New Prism

A landmark discussion of modern day Africa from a business, social, political and philanthropic perspective

Confirmed Panelists:

Patrice Motsepe

Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals, Ltd.

Ozwald Boateng, OBE

Fashion Designer, Ozwald Boateng, Founder and Trustee, Made in Africa Foundation

Funke Opeke

Chief Executive Officer, MainOne Cable

Teresa Clarke, BA '84, MBA '88

Chairman and Executive Editor, Africa.com

(Moderator)

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The Education Crisis: Bridging the Gap

Confirmed Panelists:

Dr. Karen L. Mapp Ed.D '99
Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard School of Education

Kwame Owusu-Kesse AB '06, MPP, MBA '12
COO, Harlem Children's Zone

Tracy "Ty" Moore II AB '06

Co-Founder, MindBlown Labs

Jessie Woolley-Wilson MBA '90

Chair, President & CEO of Dreambox Learning

Enoch Woodhouse AB '07

VP, External Affairs, Students First

(Moderator)

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Lean in or Lean Black: What Does "Lean In" Mean for Women of Color?

Confirmed Panelists:

Rozlyn L. Anderson AB '77, JD '80
Philanthropic Advisor for Gift Planning, Princeton University

Tiffany Burns, MPP, JD '09 MBA '10
Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company

Sarah Curtis Henry MBA '06
VP, Head of Marketing, PR & Education at Guerlain U.S.(LVMH)

Heather Johnston, AB '86
Senior Manager of Communications + Alumni Affairs, International Culinary Center

Adrienne Kelly Lumpkin MBA '83

Alternate Access, Inc.

Morgan Kelly Radford AB '09

Anchor, Al Jazeera America
(Moderator)

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Letters to An Entrepreneur

Confirmed Panelists:

Chris-Tia Donaldson AB '00, JD '03

Founder & CEO, Thank God It's Natural

Kofi N. Kankam AB '97, M. Ed '98

CEO & Co-Founder, Admit Advantage, Inc.

James H. Lowry, PMD 25, '73

President, James H. Lowry & Associates and Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group

Nnamdi Okike, AB '02, JD, MBA '09

Founder, 645 Ventures

Claire Sulmers AB '03
Founder, The Fashion Bomb

Nicole Sanchez AB '06, MBA '10

Founder @VIXXENN

(Moderator)

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Health and Healthcare in the Black Community
Presented by HBAS & The Stephen C. Rose Legacy Fund

Confirmed Panelists:

Dr. JudyAnn Bigby MD '78

Former Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (MA) & Director of Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women's Health

Dr. Felton Earls

Research Professor of Human Behavior and Development, HSPH,
& Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, HMS

Dr. Cara James AB '97, PhD '06

Director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Hakeem Rahim AB '02

Youth Mental Health Advocate

Candice T. Player AB '02, JD '09, PhD '13

Stephanie and Michael Naidoff Fellow in Health Policy, Law and Medicine University of Pennsylvania Law School & The Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
(Moderator)

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Blacks in Technology: The Disparity and the Opportunity

Confirmed Panelists:

Kobie Fuller AB '02

Partner, Accel Partners

Lisa Jones Johnson AB '79, JD '82

President & CEO, SafeTCOMM, Inc

Emily Anadu, MBA '05

Head of Product and Partner Marketing (Jawbone)

Kimberly Marshall, AB '03

North American Stakeholder Engagement, Uber

Andrew Lindsay, JD, MBA '06

Advisory Chair, TechSF & VP, Head of Corporate Development (Jawbone)

Baratunde Thurston, AB '99

Author of How to Be Black & CEO/Co-Founder of Cultivated Wit

(Moderator)

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Our New Narrative: Black Content & Media for the 21st Century

Confirmed Panelists:

Kimberly N. Foster AB '11

Founder & Editor in Chief, For Harriet

Thomas Allen Harris AB '84

Founder & President, Chimpanzee Productions

Alan Jenkins AB '85, JD '89

Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda

Franklin Leonard AB '00

Founder & CEO, The Black List

Zola Mashariki JD '97

Senior Vice President - Production, Fox Searchlight

Danice Woodley AB '00, JD '05

Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs, Miramax

(Moderator)

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Activism Through the Ages

Special Joint Forum Hosted by HBAW2014 and I, Too, Am Harvard Conference

Confirmed Panelists:

Zaheer Ali AB '94

PhD Candidate Columbia University

James E. Johnson AB '83, JD '86

Partner, Debevoise & Pimpton LLP

Toussaint Losier AB '04

Assistant Professor in African Americans and the Law at the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence AB '16

Founder and Creator, I, Too, Am Harvard Campaign

Patricia Williams, JD '75

James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University

Tom Williamson, AB '68

Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP

Brandon M. Terry AB '05

Prize Fellow in Economics, History and Politics & Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies, Harvard University

(Moderator)

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We Look Forward to Seeing You This Weekend!

Derrick Ashong AB '97 (hon)

A'Lelia Bundles AB '74

Natalya Davis AB '03 (hon)

Avarita L. Hanson AB '75

Ethel "Ellie" Hylton AB '13

Sharon E. Jones AB '77, JD '82

Lisa Jones Johnson AB '79, JD '82

Nicole (Laws) Sanchez AB '06, MBA '10

John Mathews JD '07

Henry W. McGee III AB '74, MBA '79

Mary Johnson Osirim AB '76, PhD '90

Kwame Owusu-Kesse AB '06, MPP, MBA '12

Dr. Sean Pierce AB '89, MD '94

Kenneth A. Powell, MBA '74

Patience Singleton MPP, JD. '96

R. John Smith AB '80

Brandon M. Terry AB '05

Allysunn Walker Williams AB '86

Timothy A. Wilkins AB '86, MBA '91, JD '93

George Yeadon AB '75

We gratefully acknowledge our sponsors for HBAW2014:

PLATINUM

Valentino D. Carlotti, MBA '92

Senior Partner and Head of Institutional Client Group, Goldman Sachs & Co.

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