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Mark Johnson is the co-founder and managing partner of Astra Capital Management, a leveraged buyout firm with $300 million in assets under management focused on acquisitions of growth companies in the communications and technology services industries.

Ladee Hubbard received a doctorate in folklore and mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s in fine arts in fiction from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After teaching in the

Amina Yamusah is a civic technologist with a background in political data analytics, software development and data engineering. As the chief technical officer and co-founder of Bloc, Amina develops data management software and data

Trevor Wilkins is a principal at Quake Capital, where he helps manage cohort operations, assist in sourcing potential portfolio investments and in expanding Quake’s presence on the West Coast. Trevor has experience in developing

Dale G. Caldwell is the executive director of the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He leads the institute’s efforts to support, promote and

Heather Butts is an Integration of Science and Practice (ISP) instructor and faculty adviser of the part-time Health Policy and Management students at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where she teaches bioethics

Kneeland Youngblood is a founding partner of Pharos Capital Group, a private equity firm that focuses on providing growth and expansion capital/buyouts in the health care service sector. He is a director of Mallinckrodt

Sonja McGill is a labor and employment partner for Bell Nunnally & Martin, a full-service firm in Dallas, Texas, where she represents companies in the areas of employment law, labor law, business-based immigration and

Marilyn Agbeko Narh began her career in healthcare technology after obtaining her master’s in business administration from Washington University in St Louis. She has extensive experience building and scaling technology products from a product

Fadzi Makanda currently serves as director of digital strategy and investments at Sony Music, where she focuses on investments in music, media, and technology. Previously she was a member of the iHeartMedia ventures team,