Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley

ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHOUT LIMITS AGENDA

5 pm – Registration

5:25 pm – Welcome by Dr. Hasshan Batts, Director of Operations, Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley, and Donald Bernhard, DACDI

5:35 pm – Keynote Speech – Gail Boyd, Gail Boyd Artist management

5:45 pm – Networking Presentation – Tyrone Russell, Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley

6:10 pm – Strategic Planning Presentation – Kevin Greene, Community Action Development Corporation of Allentown

6:40 pm – Panel Discussion – Moderator: Michelle Zattoni – Women Transforming the Valley

• Cedric Nipper – CJC Insurance and real estate investor
• Billy Mack – Coffee House Without Limits
• Vanessa Guevara – Vanessa Guevara Photography
• Dan Poresky – Dan’s Camera
• Loren Robinson – Millennial Marketing

7:05 pm – Audience Q & A

7:20 pm – Breakout Sessions with Entrepreneurial Business Experts

• Marketing – Kevin Greene
• Balancing the Budget – DJ Kormanick
• Where’s the Money 1 -Chris Hudack, Director of Rising Tide Loan Fund, CACLV
• Where’s the Money 2 – David Dunn, AEDC – Minority Business Loan Program
• Know the Laws 1
  • Gail Boyd
  • Loren Robinson
• Know the Laws 2
  • Mark Aurand, nonprofit attorney
  • Valerie Barrow – tax attorney
• Doing Well by Doing Good (nonprofit development) – Stefanie Sawyer, Executive Director, Nehemiah Collaborative
• Disadvantaged Business Certification (minority business opportunities) – Sally Handlon, Handlon Business Resources
• Entrepreneurial Mindset – Tremayne Tatem, Lehigh Carbon Community College Entrepreneur Institute

8 pm – Commencement and next steps – Dr. Hasshan Batts