Emerge 2019 Speakers

Speakers

Calvin Wells
Venture Capitalist featured in Netflix & Hulu Fyre Festival Documentaries

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Goldie Chan
LinkedIn Top Voice, Forbes Contributor and Keynote Speaker

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Big Freedia
Artist, TV Personality, Queen of Bounce

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Reid Martin
Co-Founder of MidCitizen Entertainment

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Jacob Landry
Founder and President at Urban South Brewery

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Jennifer Weishaupt
Founder & Co-CEO, The Ruby Slipper Restaurant Group

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Kim Carver
SVP of Government Relations at Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company

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Dr. Lana Joseph-Ford
CEO at High Level Speech and Hearing Center

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Lindsey Navarro
Executive Director at El Centro

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Nellie Catzen
Program Director at Friends of Lafitte Greenway

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PJ Morton
Morton Records, Maroon 5, Grammy Winning Artist

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Caitlin Berni
Co-Founder at Berni Consulting

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Rocio Mora
RisasRizos

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Cleveland Spears
President and CEO at Spears Group

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Royce Duplessis
LA State Representative

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Julie Grzeda
Early Career Talent Development at GE

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Stephanie Hilferty
LA State Representative

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Bivian “Sonny” Lee III
Founder & CEO at Son of a Saint

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Chase Mullin
President at Mullin

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Anna Palmer
Executive Director at Crossroads NOLA

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Shelby Russ
President and CEO at aos

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Austin Sherman
CEO and Co-Founder of Big Easy Bucha

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Craig Cordes
Co-Founder and CFO at Big Easy Blends

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Happy Johnson
Author & Humanitarian

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Anitra Blue-Francis
Financial Advisor Northwestern Mutual

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Ayame Dinkler
Chief of Staff at LCMC Health

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Crista Rock
Crista Rock Productions

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John Deveney
President at Deveney

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Leah W. Brown
Corporate Affairs Manager at Chevron Gulf of Mexico Business Unit

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Perry Sholes
President at Progressive HR Strategies Inc

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Terrance Osborne
Terrance Osborne Gallery

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Michael Hecht
President & CEO at Greater New Orleans, Inc.

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Kate McCreary
Interim Director at Loyola Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development

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Christine Selph
Global Communications Leader at Deloitte Global

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Mike Hill
Department of Surgical Specialties at Ochsner Medical Center

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Terrell Boynton
Director & General Mgr at DXC Technology-N.O. Digital Transformation Center

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Heidi Schmalbach
Executive Director at Arts Council New Orleans

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