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Tsavo Knott

CEO & Technical Co-Founder @ Pieces for Developers

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Shawnyka Howard

Founder @ Her Hr Glow

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Sharufa Walker

CEO & Co-Founder @ Welcome Home International Realty Group

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Cleint Relationship Manager @ HUMAN

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Seema Alexander

Co-Founder & President @ Virgent AI

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Robert Gordon

Chief Growth Officer @ SBG Technology Solns

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Rob Richardson

CEO, Founder & Chief Curator @ Disruption Now/MidwestCon

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Rachel DesRochers

CEO & Founder @ Power to Pursue

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Pamela Fehring

Chief AI Counsel & Chair, Artificial Intelligence Legal Practice Group @ US Bank

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Odai Amar

CEO & Founder @ Elmnts

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Nomiki Petrolla

Founder @ Theanna

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Noelle Russel

CEO & Founder @ AI Leadership Institute

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Nicole Dunbar

Founder/CEO @ Congruency International, LLC

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Milen Mahadivan

President @ 8451

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Latoya Rogers

Founder/CEO @ CHAVIL Marketing & PR Agency

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Khalil El-Amin

Co-Founder @ NicheFire

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Kerel Cooper

Chief Marketing Officer @ GumGum

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Kelly Cohen

Brian H. Rowe Endowed Chair & Director @ AI Bio Lab, Digital Futures, UC

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Kaila Love

CEO & Founder @ GoalGetters.ai

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Justice Collier

Founder @ Techpreneurship Academy

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John Johnson

Principal & Identity Architect @ Small Studio

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John Cavanaugh

Executive Director @ Plunk Foundation

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Jason Hauer

CEO @ HauerX Holdings

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Jarrett Albritton

VP of Strategy @ WriteSea

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Helen Todd

Founder @ Sociality Squared

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Evan Karnoupakis

Blockchain Author @

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Erin Reddick

CEO & Founder @ ChatBlackGPT

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Don Daniel

Founder @ PILL Method International

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Devin Dakers

Sr Technical Program Manager @ Google

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David Lopez-Kurtz

Partner @ Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres

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Cyrus Harbin

Founder @ Tech Is The New Black

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Christine Bryant

Technical Project Manager @ QTS

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Christian Baker

Program Manager @ AWS

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Chantel George

Founder/CEO @ Sistas In Sales

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Camille Smith

Founder/CEO @ STEM So(ul)cial

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Brittany Roberts

Founder/Principal @ KaleidoShift Group

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Brandon Knight

Global Head of ZCX Channel & Ecosystem @ Zoom Video Communications

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Bharath Prabhakaran has been named UC’s new vice president and chief digital officer.

Bharath Prabhakaran

Vice President & Chief Digital Officer @ University of Cincinnati

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Ben Ko

CEO @ Kaleidoscope

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Andrew Burchwell

Executive Director @ Ohio Blockchain Council

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Aftab Pureval

Mayor @ City of Cincinnati

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Abdie Mohamed

Lead Cloud Governance Engineer @ Lockheed Martin

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