AL.com Young Professionals Summit

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2017 AL.com YP Summit Speakers

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Alex Banayan was named to Forbes “Top 30 Under 30” and one of the “Most Powerful People in Finance” by Business Insider following his appointment at Alsop Louie Partners venture capital firm at the age of 19. Banayan is the author of the upcoming book titled, “The Third Door.” The book chronicles Banayan’s five-year quest to track down Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Warren Buffett, Steven Spielberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Maya Angelou and a dozen more of the world’s most successful people to uncover how they launched their careers. Banayan is the youngest business author ever signed to Crown/Random House in its eighty-year history.

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In 1999, Isabel Rubio founded the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, where she serves as Executive Director. HICA is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the social, civic, and economic integration of Hispanic families in Alabama. The organization offers four programs: Asset Building and Economic Development, Community Engagement and Education, Immigration and Access to Justice, and Strong Families. Rubio is a Mississippi native and third generation Mexican American. She has degrees in both History and Social Work.

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Michele Kong, M.D. founded KultureCity after her son was diagnosed with autism and she recognized the lack of resources for families of children with autism. KultureCity aims to provide support to families impacted by autism and seeks to alter how public places react to patrons of autism. Kong is a graduate of University of Calgary. Following a residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center, she came to Birmingham in 2005 for a critical care fellowship. In addition to working with KultureCity, she is an associate professor in Pediatric Critical Care in the Department of Pediatrics and at Children’s of Alabama.

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Ryan and Geri-Martha O’Hara are the husband and wife team behind Avondale’s newest business, Big Spoon Creamery. Their business initially began in the driveway of their Bluff Park home, with the couple scooping up original flavors for their neighbors. By 2015, the O’Hara’s quit their jobs to focus on Big Spoon Creamery. “We’ve been able to go from nothing, to a cart, to a truck, to a storefront, all in three years,” Geri-Martha says. “We’re very much grassroots.”
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Nick Goudreau loves Birmingham, and he wants to share that love with others across the country. As a result, he founded Birmingham Box, a gift-giving service that features goods unique to the Birmingham-area. Since its founding in 2014, Birmingham Box has shipping packages across the U.S. and even to overseas military bases. “Birmingham is one of those cities that people have a heart for,” says Goudreau. “If they have to move away, they genuinely miss the one-of-a-kind things here.”

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Will Wright is currently a consultant to companies working on improving healthcare outcomes and to start ups looking to grow. He is formerly the CEO of Pack Health, which he co-founded in 2013. Under his leadership, Pack Health was one of the fastest growing companies in Birmingham and was named one of the best places to work in the city. In 2016, the Birmingham Business Journal referred to Wright as a “Rising Star in Healthcare”. He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Harvard University and his Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley where he received the Haas Public Service and Leadership award.

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Deon Gordon, a Birmingham native and graduate of Auburn University, aspired to have a career in architecture before discovering his enthusiasm for entrepreneurship. In 2015, Gordon joined RevBirmingham as Director of Business Growth, which he describes as a way to “help build better neighborhoods by helping neighbors build better businesses.” Gordon views RevBirmingham as the perfect marriage of his two passions: Birmingham and entrepreneurship.

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Devon Laney serves as president and CEO of Innovation Depot, an epicenter for technology, startups and entrepreneurs in the Birmingham region. Innovation Depot is described as “a business incubation facility and program that focuses on the development of emerging biotechnology/life science, information technology and service businesses, operating in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.” Laney has been part of the Innovation Depot team since 2005. In 2009, he was selected as one of The Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40.”

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Meghan McCollum currently serves as Executive Director of Blank Space Bham, an organization making the city of Birmingham a little more colorful. McCollum, an avid art advocate, aims to recover public spaces from the grasp of homogenous and mundane development. Blank Space Bham seeks to reclaim public space, strengthen communities, foster creativity, and advocate for the (re)development of inclusive urban environments through the transformative power of public art.

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Deidre Clark is the founder and president of Kuumba Community Arts, an Ensley-based graphic design academy for high school students. Kuumba, which means “creativity” in Swahili, gives students the opportunity to be introduced to a non-traditional career field and gives young artists a safe space to be themselves and create. Students of the academy have created work throughout the city, including The Junction Stories, Tedx Birmingham, The Rotaract Club of Birmingham and Alabama Media Group.
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Elizabeth Hoekenga-Whitmire is the Director of Social Media at AL.com and Alabama Media Group, where she develops growth, engagement and audience development strategies. Elizabeth oversees management of more than 25 social accounts and a team of two managers, 12 reporters and four social producers.

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Jared Boyd is the Life & Culture reporter at AL.com. He produces digital and print content focused on arts & entertainment in Southwest Alabama and throughout the Southern United States. You’ll regularly find him on Snapchat at local events and festivals.

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Justin Yurkanin is the Director of Alabama Media Group’s video enterprise and leads the This is Alabama video content. He has more than 13-years experience as a photojournalist, videographer, producer and editor. Yurkanin won an Emmy for his investigative journalism and has been nominated for three other Emmy awards.

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Adam Schwartz manages Alabama Media Group’s commercial video division. He is he producer of the viral sketch comedy series “It’s A Southern Thing” on This is Alabama. After graduating from The University of Alabama in 2005, he pursued a film production degree at the University of New Orleans.

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Kristina Scott is the executive director of Alabama Possible, a statewide nonprofit organization that works to remove barriers to prosperity through advocacy, education, and collaboration. Before joining AP in August 2008, Kristina served as the Managing Attorney for External Affairs at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. In addition to her work in the legal field, Kristina has designed communications and voter contact strategies for candidates and ballot initiative campaigns across the country.
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Kim West is a partner at the law firm Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, and teaches Shakespeare and Trial Advocacy at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. She practices primarily in the areas of pharmaceutical and mass tort litigation, ERISA and state law subrogation, federal appellate litigation, and constitutional law. Kim has served and serves as lead counsel to Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in national multi-district cases involving drug injury and overpricing.
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Steve Rygiel is the Director of the Aiding Alabama Legal Program at Birmingham AIDS Outreach (BAO), whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS. As the Director, Steve has provided pro bono legal services to over 600 individuals living with HIV-AIDS in Alabama in a five-year period. He has written and awarded grants and conducted over 20 trainings on ‘HIV/AIDS and Law.’
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A former television journalist, Susan is now the managing partner of Marsh, Rickard, & Bryan, P.C., a civil litigation firm. Her ability to tell a quick, concise and accurate story has served clients well at Marsh, Rickard & Bryan, P.C. For several years now, she has focused on telling clients’ stories through video, capturing a client’s struggles in his or her own words
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Michael Bridier is a Business Services Representative at the Jasper Career Center. He has worked for the Alabama Career Center System since 2015. Mr. Bridier has more than 20 years’ experience working in the private sector ranging from technical work to management. He is A+ and i-NET+ certified. He has a degree in Business Management from Athens State University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Delta Mu Delta Honor Society. Mr. Bridier lives in Jasper, AL.
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Tina Geckles is the Manager of the Jasper Career Center and is a Certified Public Manager. Prior to becoming the Manager of the Career Center, she served as the Assistant Area Manager from December 2008 to September 2016. During her career with the Alabama Career Center System, Ms. Geckles has developed and implemented Professional Development training for ACCS employees. She has a degree in Business Management with a minor in Human Resources from Athens State University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Delta Mu Delta Honor Society. Ms. Geckles lives in Guntersville, AL.
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Fitzgerald Washington has served as Secretary of the Alabama Department of Labor since 2014. During his tenure, the Department has launched a statewide marketing campaign, initiated a new job fair initiative that brings available jobs to Alabamians, and has participated in a new alignment of workforce regions that allows for better distribution of state workforce resources.

Washington currently serves on the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Board as the Region IV Alternate and is a member of the National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO).

Washington is a member of the Alabama Workforce Council, the Alabama Small Business Commission, the State Workforce Development Board and the Alabama Bicentennial 200 Commission.
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Lisa is the pro bono shareholder for the law firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., where she focuses on representation of indigent death row inmates in post-conviction proceedings, seeking to end abusive practices related to court fines and fees, and representation of the homeless.
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