CUP will explore the intersectionality between technology, finance, and marketing that can help diverse entrepreneurs and founders attract investors to scale their businesses. This power forum will also explore the value proposition of embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion into the framework of a successful enterprise.

Thank you to our corporate partners for their support of this event!

Host Corporate Partner: NASDAQ

Champion Corporate Partner: Barclays

Catalyst Corporate Partner: Bloomberg LP & Morgan Stanley

Ally Corporate Partners: CAPCO, Goldman Sachs, and S&P Global

Welcome Remarks from Barclays

Azura Mason, Global Head of Race Work, Barclays

Azura joined Barclays in 2014 and is now the Global Head of Race at Work. She is responsible for the strategic execution of the Race at Work agenda across the colleague, community, and client pillars. In her previous role as Head of Business Management for BBPLC Legal, she provided operational support and guidance to Mark Shelton, BBPLC General Counsel, and his leadership team.

Prior to joining Barclays, Azura worked for Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in African-American Studies and received her law degree from Howard University School of Law. Azura was a member of the Barclays Black Professional Forum’s Americas Research Team and winner of the Barclays Citizenship & Diversity Award for Network Excellence.

The team provided the research and framework for the current Race at Work agenda, as well as supported the creation of the Race at the Work task force. Azura sits on the Board of Directors for the Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy Public Charter School, serving students in under-resourced communities of Washington, DC.

Moderated by:

Melissa Fenton, Executive Director, CUP

Panelists:

Nigel Caldon, Co-Founder, BALLSTAR

Nigel was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. After studying Economics at New York University, he embarked on a career in the hedge fund industry that started at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. After this, he went on to co-found The Street Academy for Financial Literacy, which serves over 1000 NYC youth annually. Today, he is a co-founder at Ball star, the operating system for amateur sports in the age of NIL. They are democratizing data for amateur sports so players and orgs can own, analyze and monetize with brands.

Alicia Cepeda Maule, Co-Founder and CEO, givepact

Alicia is the CEO and co-founder of giving past, a Web 3 technology company building a crypto fundraising platform for nonprofits. She has over 10 years of award-winning digital leadership, is driven to end the death penalty by 2040, and helps humanitarian causes make a splash in Web 3. She cut her teeth as a digital organizer on President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and an editor at msnbc.com. Alicia is the Innocence Project’s first Digital Engagement Director and since 2015 has led the organization in exponential audience growth, revenue, and advocacy including campaigns that helped stop the executions of Melissa Lucio, Pervis Payne, and Rodney Reed.

Closing Remarks

Frank Dix, CTO Strategy, Wells Fargo

Time: 9:30 am — 2:00 pm

Free!

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