About the Event
Culture Shifting Weekend Silicon Valley is the largest gathering of Black leaders in technology, innovation and social impact to solve for the inequity in entrepreneurship, on corporate boards, in tech and in the c-suite. These are the only events of their kind in the United States that unite over 400 accomplished Black & Latinx tech executives, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and social impact leaders to enable collaborations and consummate deals.
Culture Shifting Weekend is an annual signature event of Culture Shift Labs; a diversity & innovation management consultancy.
This year's events will be VIRTUAL
presented by:
Agenda
Diverse Talent Pipeline Development Day
If you would like more information about our
Talent Database, please email
A max of 10 companies will be chosen. HR and Talent Acquisition leaders will meet with mid to senior level Black and Latinx candidates to develop a pipeline of talent they can build relationships with as well as hire for current and future roles. Culture Shift Labs will curate the candidates based on a criteria we are given from the sponsoring company.
Tuesday, June 30
Think Tank-Action Lab
Precision Medicine for the People
Sponsored by:
Calling all investors, corporate and influential door openers in healthcare!
Precision Medicine for the People will showcase Black and Latinx precision and personalized medicine healthcare disruptors and founders with the goal of enabling investments and collaborations for them. If you are a healthcare venture fund, we'd love to hear from and potential showcase you as well.
CO-PRODUCED & CURATED BY:
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Dr. Asha S. Collins
U.S. Head, Country Clinical Operations;
Genentech
Michael L. Penn, Jr., MD, PhD
Founder and Managing Director,
Health Equity Ventures
SPEAKERS:
Ted W. Love, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President;
Global Blood Therapeutics
Robin L. Washington
Member, Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc. and Salesforce.com
Thursday, September 3
Friday, September 11
Tech Entrepreneurs of Color Event
Sponsored by:
Investors and potential customers will hear from 20 Black and Latinx founders with traction on how companies can work with them, learn from them, collaborate with them, invest in them and generally, how to think about the future.
Co-Producers & Curators:
Terell Sterling
CEO;
Go Paladin
Randoph Frazier Wiggins
VP, Growth Partnerships & Operations
Reading Tree China
Fireside Chat Conversation with:
Ben Horowitz
Co-founder & General Partner;
Andreessen Horowitz
Interviewed by:
Ken Coleman
Chairman;
EIS Group, Ltd.
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS:
Wole Coaxum
Co-Founder & CEO
MoCaFi
Anthony Hill
Founder & CEO
Adapdix
Lisa Skeete Tatum
Co-Founder & CEO
Landit
Star Cunningham
Founder & CEO
4DHealthware
Travis Holoway
Co-Founder & CEO
Solo Funds
Mark Fleming
Co-Founder
Nomi
Hakeem James
Founder & CEO
CustomerX.i
Kareem Cook & Claude Tellis
Owners
Natureade
Riana Lynn
Founder & CEO
Journey Foods
Tanya Menendez
Founder & CEO
Snowball Wealth
Kevin Dedner
Founder & CEO
Hurdle
Michel Gelobter
Chairman
Cooler
Erica Plybeah
Founder
MedHaul
Darrel Thompson & Austin Webster
Co-Founders
Deepr
Elijah Sharpe
CEO
Smart Dxs
Shawn Springs
CEO
Windpact
Alex Villanueva
CEO
Eclo, Inc.
Earl Watson
CEO
Zelot, Inc.
Friday, September 11
Fireside Chat & Networking Reception
Time: 5:30-7:30PM PDT
Ticket Price: $150
Bundle ticket pricing available!
Sponsored by:
He is not white. He’s not even light-skinned. Make no mistake about it; he is Black. Yet, Klan-
Destine Relationships author Daryl Davis has come in closer contact with members of the Ku Klux Klan than most White non-members and certainly most Blacks — short of being on the wrong end of a rope. What’s more? He continues to do so, making him one of the most unique race relations experts and activists today.
Interviewed by:
Saturday, September 12
Time: 5:30-7:30PM PDT
Ticket Price: $125
Bundle ticket pricing available!
WAYNE BRADY AS
SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER!
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Ecosystem Networking Reception & Performance by Wayne Brady
6-time Emmy award-winning and Grammy nominated actor, singer, dancer, improviser, songwriter and television personality!
Sunday, September 13
6th Annual Culture Shifting Awards
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM PDT
Ticket Price: $395
Bundle ticket pricing available!
Recognizing diverse leaders, pioneers and allies who care about growth and innovation through diversity and inclusion. This event was launched in the summer of 2010 in the Hamptons and expanded to Silicon Valley in 2015. Approximately 200 guests from tech, fortune 500s, healthcare, biotech, finance, private equity, venture capital attend.
Back for his 3rd year, Actor/Comedian/Producer/Writer/Director
Chris Spencer as
Master of Ceremonies
Awards Honorees
NICOLE TAYLOR
President & CEO;
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
KAHINA VAN DYKE
Global Head, Digital Channels and Client Data Analytics;
Standard Chartered
Board of Directors;
MoneyGram International and Progressive Insurance
GREG JOHNSON
EVP and General Manager, Consumer Group;
Intuit
Friday, September 25
Fireside Chat with
Rose Kirk, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at Verizon, and Byron Auguste, CEO &
Co-Founder at Opportunity@Work
Time: 11:00-11:45AM EDT
FREE event!
From the “Lost Generation” to “Generation Forward”
Covid threatens to make today’s kids and young adults a “lost generation” due to the impact of remote learning, recession, lack of jobs and support systems, and more. How do we turn the “lost generation” into “generation forward”—a cohort of young people with the tech skills to change the world and their own destinies?
ABOUT
CULTURE SHIFTING WEEKENDS
Culture Shifting Weekends is an annual invite-only bi-coastal event that takes place in Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley. These are the only events of their kind in the United States that unite over 400 accomplished Black & Latinx tech executives, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and social impact leaders in order to enable collaborations and consummate deals.
Each coast has a different format; Silicon Valley is the largest gathering of Black leaders in tech, innovation and social impact to solve for the inequity 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 solve for the inequality in this sector.
Culture Shifting Weekend is an annual signature event of Culture Shift Labs; a diversity & innovation management consultancy.
DID YOU KNOW?
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Sponsors
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Team
Founder &
Executive Producer
ANDREA HOFFMAN // Founder & CEO,
Culture Shift Labs
Partner
DENMARK WEST //
General Partner,
Connectivity Ventures
Chair
REGINALD VAN LEE //
Chief Transformation Officer,
The Carlyle Group
Special Advisor
CARETHA COLEMAN //
Planning Committee
Vice President, Tech Diversity & Inclusion // SAP Labs LLC.
Danny Allen
Anddria Clack-Rogers Varnado
Vice President, Head of Strategy & Business Development // Williams- Sonoma, Inc.
Dr. Asha Collins
U.S. Head, Country Clinical Operations // Genentech
Michelle Domingo Molotsi
Nicole Felix
Chief Connecting Officer // LIFE Courses, Inc.
Principal // True Alpha Partners, LLC.
Managing Director // Black Angel Tech Fund
Ken Grimes
Joy Harper
Finance Systems, Integration & Transformation // Google
Michael L. Penn, Jr., MD, PhD
Founder & CEO // Penn Consulting Partners
Marc Spencer, Ed.D
CEO // Summer Search
CEO // Go Paladin
Terell Sterling
Fred Thompson
President // FT Global Executive Search
Randolph Frazier Wiggins
Manager, Tech & Society // Omidyar Network
Rachel Williams
Head of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity Talent Acquisition // X-the moonshot factory
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