

SEPTEMBER 7-8, 2022
About the Event
Culture Shifting is an annual invite-only series of deal making Summits that takes place in Silicon Valley, New York, Miami and London. These are the only Summits of their kind in the United States that unite over 200 accomplished Black & Latinx tech executives, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and social impact leaders in order to enable deals, collaborations and wealth creation (our mission). While we've been hosting these events for 13 years, over the last 8 that we've been measuring outcomes, we have calculated that we've enabled over $1B to get into the hands of entrepreneurs, executives, fund managers and non profit leaders that attend Our goal is to increase that to $2B by 2025 catalyzed by our expansion to new markets.
Each coast has a different format; Silicon Valley is the largest gathering of Black leaders in tech, innovation and social impact to narrow the inequality gap in entrepreneurship, on corporate boards, in tech and in the c-suite. Silicon Alley is the largest gathering of Black and Latinx Venture Capitalists to narrow the inequality gap in this sector. Miami and London are hybrids of the two.
Culture Shifting Weekend is an annual signature event of Culture Shift Labs; a diversity and innovation management consultancy established in 2006.
Agenda
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Wednesday, September 7
Kick-Off Party
8:00-11:00PM EST (drinks & light snack)
Location: Lincoln Restaurant at Lincoln Center, 142 West 65th St. New York, NY
Enjoy drinks, light snacks, and networking with fellow #CultureShifters as we kick off Culture Shifting Weekend NYC! This event is for all registered for the Sept 7-8 Culture Shifting Weekend event only.
HOSTED BY:

Reginald Van Lee
Chief Transformation Officer, The Carlyle Group

Charles Phillips
Managing Partner/Co-Founder, Recognize
Thursday, September 8
GP:LP Meetings, Networking Breakfast, Keynote & Panels
8:00AM - 9:00PM EST
Location: Accenture, 395 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (Manhattan West Building)
More panel speakers to be announced.
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8:00AM - 9:30AM GP:LP Meetings
Sponsored by:


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8:00AM - 9:00AM Networking Breakfast
Sponsored by:

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9:00AM - 10:30AM Summit Opening & Sovereign Wealth Funds Panel
Sponsored by:


Reginald Van Lee
Chief Transformation Officer, The Carlyle Group

Nicole Flowers
Managing Director, Accenture

David Parker
Chief Growth Officer, Culture Shift Labs

SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS MODERATOR
Joseph Spence
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs;
Founder, We Are Makers; IconIQ Talks
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10:30AM - 11:00AM Fireside Chat
Sponsored by:


The Honorable
Shawn Wooden
Treasurer, State of Connecticut

INTERVIEWED BY
James Earl Brown, III
Managing Director,
CenterGate Capital
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11:00AM - 11:30AM Angel Capital Deployment in Current Economy

MODERATOR
Lorine Pendleton
Angel Investor; Public Speaker; Advisor to Startups & Businesses

Helen Ogbara Reeves
Partner, Gunderson Dettmer

Janelle Benjamin
Co-Founder/COO,
Aldora.io
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11:30AM - 11:45PM Coffee Break
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11:45AM - 12:15PM I am a VC
Sponsored by:


OPENING REMARKS
David Parker
Chief Growth Officer, Culture Shift Labs
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12:15PM - 12:45PM Diverse Fund Managers Fundraising, Driving Returns and
LatAm Markets

MODERATOR
Sarah Kunst
Managing Director,
Cleo Capital

Consuelo Valverde
Founder & Managing Partner, SV LATAM Capital
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Shauntel Garvey
Partner, Reach Capital
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12:45PM - 1:15PM Family Offices: Setting the Stage for Investing in Next Generation Founders and Fund Managers

MODERATOR
Claude Grunitzky
CEO, The Equity Alliance. Chairman, TRUE Africa

Julia Paliare
Managing Director, RSL Investments

Howard Morgan
Chair & General Partner, B Capital Group
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1:15PM - 2:15PM Networking Lunch
Sponsored by:


REMARKS
Stuart Henderson
Senior Managing Director, Accenture
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1:15PM - 2:15PM GP:LP Meetings
Sponsored by:


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2:15PM - 3:00PM Fireside Chat

Reggie Love
Senior Advisor, Apollo Global Management

INTRODUCTION BY
Angela Matheny
Director, Investment Staff & Head, Diverse Manager Equity, Crewcial Partners

Sherrese Clarke-Soares
Founder & CEO, HarbourView Equity
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3:00PM - 3:45PM Impact Investors Fireside Chat & Panel
Sponsored by:

Fireside Chat

Greg Johnson
Managing Director, Economic Practice
Equity & Economic Opportunity (USA), The Rockefeller Foundation

INTERVIEWED BY
Andrea Hoffman
Founder & CEO,
Culture Shift Labs
Panel

MODERATOR
Greg Johnson
Managing Director, Economic Practice
Equity & Economic Opportunity (USA), The Rockefeller Foundation

James Socas
Managing Director,
Blackstone

Dustin Shay
Head of Impact Labs, Sorenson Impact
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3:45PM - 4:15PM Corporate Venture Capital Deployment to Diverse Fund Managers Panel
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MODERATOR
William Crowder
Managing Partner, Aperture VC

Dujon Smith
Co-Lead, Black Founders Development Program, Accenture

Ken Bronfin
Senior Managing Director & Head of International Investments, Hearst Ventures
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4:15PM - 4:45PM Coffee Break
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4:15PM - 4:45PM GP:LP Meetings
Sponsored by:


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4:45PM - 5:30PM Institutional Investors: Capital Allocation to Diverse Asset Managers & ESG Trends

MODERATOR
Gregg Albert
Managing Director - Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions,
Accenture

Stephen Cammock
Executive Director, Private Equity Investments,
GCM Grosvenor
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Patricia Zollar
Managing Director,
Neuberger Berman

Anyori Hernandez
Director, Head of Emerging Managers, NYSCRF, Office of the NYS Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
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5:30PM - 6:00PM Entrepreneurs Pitch
Sponsored by:

Supply Chain Pop Up & Pitch Introduction

Brian Laung Aoaeh
Founder & Managing General Partner,
RefashionD Ventures
Ecosystem Networking Reception & Dinner
6:00 PM - 9:00PM EST
Location: Accenture, 395 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (Manhattan West Building)
Sponsored by:


REMARKS
Elena Pienkowski
Senior Managing Director, Accenture
Music sponsored by:


GUEST DJ
Nasir Qadree
Founder & Managing Partner,
Zeal Capital Partners
Sponsors

Host Committee
REGINALD VAN LEE // Chief Transformation Officer, The Carlyle Group
DAVID PARKER // Chief Growth Officer, Culture Shift Labs
PATRICK COHEN // Chief Executive Officer, Caprock Solutions, Inc.
DUSTIN SHAY // Head of Impact Labs, Sorenson Impact
JOSEPH SPENCE // Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
DAVID TETEN // Managing Partner, Versatile Venture Capital

DID YOU KNOW?
Over $1B of deals and collaborations have been realized over the last 6 years alone from the New York & Silicon Valley Culture Shifting Weekends. Our goal over the next few years is to get that figure to $2B.
Team

Founder &
Executive Producer
ANDREA HOFFMAN // Founder & CEO,
Culture Shift Labs

Chair
REGINALD VAN LEE //
Chief Transformation Officer,
The Carlyle Group

Special Advisor
SHERI MACDONALD //
Founder & CEO, Sheri Mac Enterprises
ABOUT
CULTURE SHIFTING WEEKENDS
Culture Shifting Weekends is an annual invite-only deal making Summit that takes place in Silicon Valley, New York, Miami and London. These are the only Summits of their kind in the United States that unite over 400 accomplished Black & Latino tech executives, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and social impact leaders in order to enable deals, collaborations and wealth creation (our mission). Over the last 8 years that we've been measuring outcomes, we've enabled over $1B to get into the hands of entrepreneurs, executives, fund managers and non profit leaders.
Each coast has a different format; Silicon Valley is the largest gathering of Black leaders in tech, innovation and social impact to narrow the inequality gap in entrepreneurship, on corporate boards, in tech and in the c-suite. Silicon Alley is the largest gathering of Black and Latino Venture Capitalists to narrow the inequality gap in this sector. Miami and London are hybrids of the two.
Culture Shifting Weekend is an annual signature event of Culture Shift Labs; a diversity and innovation management consultancy established in 2006.