Entrepreneur, investor, and two-time NBA All-Star and record-holder, over a thirteen-year career, Baron Davis played for the Charlotte Hornets, the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the New York Knicks.  As a businessman, Baron was one of the original investors for Vitaminwater and helped launch Thrive Market.

Baron is also the founder of several companies, including Business Inside the Game (B.I.G.).  B.I.G. strives to spark ideas, collaborations and opportunities that create connections between sports, media, technology, business and culture.  His vision is to create a disruptive, traveling power summit that brings together experts, visionaries and entrepreneurs across multiple platforms in sports, media, technology and finance.

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Brian is Director of Next Play Ventures and Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman of LinkedIn. For over six years, Brian was VP and chief of staff to the CEO of LinkedIn, Jeff Weiner. During that time he managed strategic initiatives and the operational rhythm of the business, launched and scaled new cross-functional programs, and developed leadership communications and company narratives. Brian also managed the overall joint integration program following Microsoft’s $26B acquisition of LinkedIn in June 2016. Brian serves on the board of directors for the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula and is a First Mover Fellow of the Aspen Institute.

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Chloë Cheyenne is a social impact tech entrepreneur who is passionate about uniting change-makersaround shared causes and movements. Chloe founded her company, COMMUNITYx (Cx), in light of herdad’s tragic experience with police discrimination and misconduct that left him permanently handicapped.Since launching in September 2019, Chloë and COMMUNITYx have earned major accolades such asbeing recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 as the #1 Startup of The Year and being named one of StartupGrind’s Top 100 Global Startups. Additionally, the company has received press coverage from outletssuch as Forbes, MSNBC, Black Enterprise, The Root, ZORA by Medium, and The Grio. You can followChloë on the COMMUNITYx App and on other platforms @chloecommunityx.

My tenure with Docklight began when I jumped at the chance to capture the unprecedented opportunities that lay before us. I am humbled to lead this extraordinary team. As CEO, I bring more than a decade of progressive experience at The Coca-Cola Company where I managed national customer teams and drove innovative strategies to bring growth and share gains in a mature industry. Before my time at Coca-Cola, I worked for several start-ups in several different roles including strategic planning, marketing and operations. I hold a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Francisco School of Law, an MBA in Finance and Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor's degree in Japanese Language and Literature from the University of Georgia.

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Deborah is the Managing Partner of GSV Ventures, a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion sector. In addition, she is Co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit. Now in its 12th year, the ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and talent landscape and attracts over 5,500 attendees.‍

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‍Deborah currently serves on the boards of Aakash Educational Services Ltd (a leading tutoring and test preparation company in India), Ascend Learning (a portfolio company of Blackstone and CCCP), ClassEDU, Create and Learn, Degreed, The Educational Testing Service (ETS), Intellispark, Mighty, PhotoMath, QuillBot, Remind, Stride, Turnitin (an Advance Communications company) and Valenture Institute. She is a member of the boards of The Common Ground Foundation, The Falling Walls Digital Education Jury Board, The Khan Academy Thought Leadership Council, The New Profit Prophets Education Advisory Group, Oriental Education Institute (OEI), Steppenwolf Theatre Company and The Strada Institute for the Future of Work Advisory Committee. She previously served on the board of a number of education organizations including The Chicago Board of Education (CPS) and KIPP: Chicago. ‍

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‍Deborah graduated cum laude with a BA in history from Princeton University in 1982 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1987.

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Prior to her establishment of the GUBA Enterprise, Dentaa was involved in a number of successful personal projects. She was first introduced to the viewing public in 2006 with her hit

TV show ‘The Dentaa Show’. The Dentaa Show which still airs today on Fox Life Africa is an entertainment program filled with exclusive interviews from celebrities in Ghana and the UK.

The Dentaa Show has drawn in large numbers of viewers and solidified her status within the African community. Subsequently, she set up the Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards in 2010 and is the diligent entrepreneur and visionary behind the brand. Working fervently to improve the image of Ghana and to strengthen its economy, the GUBA brand is recognised as an organisation for African Empowerment. As the CEO of a non-profit organisation, Dentaa works tirelessly to ensure that the vision and aims of GUBA are attained and exceeded. As such, the GUBA Enterprise has demonstrated its dedication to promoting excellence in the African community within its years of operation.

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Effie T. Brown is the CEO of Gamechanger Films, which launched in 2013 as the first film fund for women filmmakers and now under Brown’s leadership includes projects by and about people of color, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities as well as its expansion into television and digital content. Brown is also an award-winning film, television, and digital producer known for her highly acclaimed, multi-platform repertoire as well as championing inclusion and diversity in Hollywood, both behind and in front of the camera. Brown has produced several critically acclaimed films and award-winning projects including Real Women Have Curves (directed by Patricia Cardosa), Dear White People​ (2015 Independent Spirit Awards Best First Screenplay), HBO’s Project Greenlight (Executive Produced by Matt Damon & Ben Affleck), among several others. Brown also served as an executive producer on Lee Daniels’ ​STAR ​on FOX and Disney Channel’s ​Zombies. Prior to Gamechanger, Brown founded Duly Noted Inc., a company dedicated to ground-breaking narratives that use genre to challenge and advance our culture in a disruptive way. Brown’s dream is to change the world through film and TV – celebrating our differences while bringing us all closer together.

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Kori Hale is the CEO and Co-Founder of CultureBanx, a digital news platform redefining business and tech news for minorities through music. Her online platform delivers high quality content focused on market-driven stories, innovative products and services that culture leads the way in transforming. Prior to starting CultureBanx, Kori was part of the launch team for digital media millennial news company Cheddar.  She has the distinct privilege of being the first black woman to anchor a daily news show from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Kori is also a leading Forbes contributor, covering the intersection of business and culture. Previously she was a TV Producer for CNBC’s top-rated shows Squawk on the Street and Squawk Alley. Before joining CNBC, Kori was an international producer for Bloomberg TV and a financial correspondent for TheStreet.com.

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Kori’s passion for business news started with her role at UBS Investment Bank in London and continued when she returned to the states to work as an Investment Banker for Goldman Sachs.  

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She is an active public speaker and has presented at the SXSW Conference, Cannes Lions Festival, Forbes 30 Under 30 Conference, United Nations General Assembly, Mosaic Genius Gathering, Barclays Bank, Facebook, Bloomberg, Anheuser-Busch, Social Innovation Summit, UBS Investment Bank, Syracuse University and New York University.  

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Kori received her undergraduate degree in Finance from Hampton University and a Masters degree in Broadcast Digital Journalism from Syracuse University. She is passionate about the importance of the arts and community involvement. As a board member for Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Kori is part of a generation of emerging arts supporters.

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In 2016, Kui Murage graduated with degrees in environmental science and French. 4 years later, Kui became the 9th person to join Cann: the world’s first micro dosed cannabis beverage.

Her love for startups grew out of stints in fintech in New York City and percussive therapy in Santa Monica, experiences that thankfully led her to Cann.

After working in mid to large size startups, Kui was eager to be a part of something from the beginning. She found herself sitting in Cann’s pop up shop falling in love with the product, the team and the belief that cannabis will change how people socialize.

Kui’s mission is to change how people socialize and fight for equity, inclusion and diversity in and outside of cannabis. Afterall, we want to get highly social in a society that promotes and supports Black excellence, love and creativity.

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Kui’s known for her love for the cann family, cann as an alcohol replacement and iconic memes.

Kya Johnson is the founder and CEO of RainbowMe Incorporated, an entertainment company for kids changing the face of children’s entertainment. She has created RainbowMe Kids, which is a multi-media  platform for kids ages 2-12 with content that features culturally diverse main characters. Kya knows that the images children see in their everyday lives, especially in their entertainment, can shape their imaginations. She enjoys creating entertaining environments that make sure those imaginations are influenced positively. When children see images that reflect who they are, they believe they can be whoever they set their minds to.

RainbowMe Kids has landed media coverage in print and broadcast outlets from around the world including USA Today, Essence Magazine, Tech Crunch, Business Insider and many more.  Through RainbowMe Kids, she has worked with major brands like Nascar, Ford Motor Company and Essence Magazine. RainbowMe Kids has also received numerous awards including Tech Startup of the Year, for 2018, 2020, and 2021, and most recently a recipient the BeyGOOD Foundation’s Black Business Fund. Kya has founded other businesses in the past, including a company that was featured in the MTV Movie Awards gifting suite, as well as the Daytime Emmy’s. In addition to being a serial entrepreneur, she is also a licensed attorney in the state of North Carolina.

Kya holds a BA in Economics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also holds a JD from the North Carolina Central University-School of Law.

She enjoys traveling, and eating out always excited to find a local foodie spot where she travels. She has served on the boards of The Historic Magnolia House, as well as The Partnership Project of the Triad.

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In 2011, Luke Anderson was a math teacher at a public high school, and having yet to step foot in a dispensary in his life, he never imagined a future where he would be the Co-Founder of a cannabis brand, disrupting the industry with the first sessionable thc drink. Fast forward eight years however, and in 2019, Luke joined his good friend and former Bain & Company colleague - Jake Bullock - to co-found

Cann Social Tonics, a sessionable cannabis-infused beverage line that does just that!

While attending Stanford University where he received his B.S., Luke’s true passion for the beverage space started to shine through; in between classes, Luke crafted smoothies as manager of the campus Jamba Juice. Luke would routinely create off-menu drinks pairing juices and frozen fruit that he found to be even more delicious than those consumers could order, making this side job something Luke constantly looked forward to. After graduating he spent two years teaching math as a part of the Teach For America program, he was thirsty for a change - and joined Bain & Company as an Associate Consultant. During those two years he became obsessed with data, consumer trends, and how to spot winners in different retail categories.

His ongoing desire to be involved in the beverage industry space continued to grow, so much so that after receiving his M.B.A. at Harvard, Luke returned to the consumer packaged goods practice at Bain & Company, specializing in helping large and complex organizations behave more like startups, rapidly innovating their products and services.

Although Luke had great interest in the beverage space, Cannabis had never been his thing - until this year! Luke co-created Cann to be showcased as the first cannabis product for someone new to the cannabis category, like Luke was, that is delicious and easy to digest, both physically and mentally.

Residing in Venice, CA, Luke is making it his mission to share how Cann is the perfect option for a new wave of cannabis consumers looking for a guilt-free social buzz. Luke focuses on highlighting how Cann

is not just for those exploring cannabis, but to anyone who is looking to moderate or reduce their alcohol consumption.

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Mario Ruiz is a FinTech investor at PayPal Ventures, focusing on investments in the U.S. and internationally. Previously, Mario was an investor at Napier Park in New York, where he was responsible for the evaluation, diligence, and execution of growth equity and real asset investments. Mario started his career as an investment banking Analyst and Associate at Barclays in New York.

Mario is the former co-chair of the Junior Leadership Board for the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), which helps further the mission of the SEO Scholars educational program while also developing professionals into future non-profit board leaders. He is an alumnus of SEO’s Career and Alternative Investments Fellowship Programs.

Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, Mario received his BBA from Baruch College and his MBA from the Yale School of Management. At Yale, he a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s Dorm Room Fund (NYC Chapter).

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