Braven Summit

Put Education to Work

October 17, 2024
New York, NY

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A one-of-a-kind convening

Join 400 professionals from across sectors committed to ensuring that the next generation of leaders emerges from everywhere by championing upward economic mobility, diversity, and inclusion for first-generation college students.

Schedule

Summit Opening Activities

8:30 am
until
9:00 am

Networking Continental Breakfast

 

Gallery Northeast
9:00 am
until
10:20 am

Morning Mainstage

Join the Morning Mainstage for two panel conversations. The first will focus on the importance of social capital and how to help Mighty Middle students manufacture it. The second panel will explore how diversity and inclusion help companies thrive and strategies employers are employing to maximize diverse talent.

Yaa Boakye, Aliyah Saleem. Moderated by Kilsys Payamps-Roure

Portia Blunt, Sam Lalanne, Ken Ohashi. Moderated by Liz Thompson

Gallery Ballroom BC

SESSIONS FROM 10:30 TO 11:20 AM

10:30 am
until
11:20 am

Better Demonstrating the Value of the Bachelor’s Degree

Join this session to hear how higher ed leaders are proving the value of a bachelor’s degree and innovating to deliver on its promise for first-gen, PELL-eligible, and underrepresented students.

John B. King, Jr., Timothy Renick. Moderated by Cammie Erickson

Gallery Northeast
10:30 am
until
11:20 am

How to Solve the Education Crisis for Boys and Men

What is happening with so many of our nation’s boys and men? Learn about how boys’ struggles in school are indicative of larger systemic crises and bold solutions to tackle these challenges to work towards a more equitable future.

Dyllan Brown-Bramble, Sharif El-Mekki, Richard Reeves. Moderated by Jeffrey Robinson

Gallery Ballroom A

SESSIONS FROM 11:30 TO 12:20 PM

11:30 am
until
12:20 pm

The Power of Preparing Students for Internships in Securing Quality Jobs After College

Learn how to equip first-gen and underrepresented students with the skills and networks to secure internships, a key factor in post-grad success.

Mo Ramos, Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, Valerie Valle, Shawn VanDerziel. Moderated by Ruth Watkins

Gallery Ballroom A
11:30 am
until
12:20 pm

The Power of Diverse Institutions as Engines of Economic Mobility

Join this session to learn how diverse institutions are unlocking jobs, internships, and networks, driving economic mobility for underrepresented students.

Tony Allen, Lynn Mahoney, Thomas A. Parham, Zaldwaynaka (“Z”) Scott, J.D. Moderated by Betty Fleurimond

Gallery Northeast

SUMMIT CLOSING CEREMONY

12:30 pm
until
2:00 pm

Luncheon Panel: Manufacturing Social Capital and Fueling Economic Mobility for our Next Generation of Leaders

Raj Chetty
William A. Ackman Professor of Economics, Harvard University Director of Opportunity Insights

Raj Chetty, Tony Allen, Vincent Boudreau, Moderated by Aimée Eubanks Davis

Gallery Ballroom BC

Speakers

Raj Chetty

Keynote
William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the Director of Opportunity Insights

Raj Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the Director of Opportunity Insights, which uses big data to study the science of economic opportunity: how we can give children from all backgrounds better chances of succeeding?  Chetty’s work has been widely cited in academia, media outlets, and policy discussions in the United States and beyond.

Chetty received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2003 and is one of the youngest tenured professors in Harvard’s history. He has received numerous awards for his research, including a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the John Bates Clark medal, given to the economist under 40 whose work is judged to have made the most significant contribution to the field, and Harvard’s George Ledlie prize, awarded for research that made the most valuable contribution to science, or in any way for the benefit of mankind.

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Aimée Eubanks Davis

Keynote
Founder CEO, Braven

Aimée Eubanks Davis is the founder and CEO of Braven, a nonprofit organization focused on helping underrepresented and first-generation college students develop the skills, confidence, and networks they need to secure strong jobs post-graduation. Before founding Braven, Aimée spent over a decade at Teach For America (TFA), where she served in various senior leadership roles, including Chief People Officer. She founded Braven out of a personal passion for ensuring that all young people, regardless of their background, have access to the same opportunities for success, particularly as they transition from college to career.

Her work has earned her numerous accolades, including being named a 2019 Obama Foundation Fellow and a 2020 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow. Aimée is also a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. Throughout her career, she has been driven by her belief in the power of proximity and diversity in creating opportunities and solving social challenges​(American Academy)(New Profit).

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Aliyah Saleem

Keynote
Founder & President, Hope for Health & Hygiene

Aliyah Saleem is the Founder of Hope for Health & Hygiene. She’s inspired to build a future where no one has to choose between food and basic hygiene necessities. H4HH directly tackles the intersecting issues of poverty and health. By providing essential hygiene products and promoting hygiene education, the organization contributes to improving the quality of life for individuals facing hygiene poverty. Additionally, by advocating for systemic change and challenging the perception of hygiene products as “luxury items,” H4HH aims to create a more equitable society where everyone has access to the resources necessary for good health and well-being. Through this experience, she has come to understand the importance of public service and its power to create positive change. Aliyah recently graduated from Rutgers University Newark, majoring in Public and Nonprofit Administration and minoring in Health and Society. Previously, she has interned at the U.S. House of Representatives in the office of Representative Nydia Velázquez, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and TE Connectivity. She is a 2023 Rutgers University – Newark SPAA Service Awardee, 2022 Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service Recipient, Johnson & Johnson Pathway to Success participant, Former New Jersey Orator (Plainfield Chapter), Vital Voices: Grassroots Voices Fellow, and Johnson & Johnson Bridge to Employment Alumna. She resides in Plainfield, New Jersey, and has a history of volunteering for several organizations. Ms. Saleem has dedicated well over 300 hours of community service. She is inspired to lead, educate, and empower others, take on new challenges, and make a lasting impact in communities worldwide.

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Betty Fleurimond

Keynote
Principal, Deloitte

Betty Fleurimond is a principal owner of Deloitte Consulting LLP, the largest professional services network in the world. A first-generation college graduate, she is one of two co-founders of Deloitte’s US Higher Education practice that currently serves over 300 accredited colleges and universities. Betty leads Deloitte’s Higher Education Cloud Technology and Student Systems Portfolio with responsibility for bringing together an integrated discipline around strategy, analytics, technology, cyber security, organizational change management and enterprise transformation capabilities across the portfolio.

Betty also Chairs the Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence, a dedicated research center and leadership institute that provides groundbreaking thought leadership and leadership development for college and university leaders.

With over 27 years of experience, Betty has a strong and proven track record of success, having led some of the most complex transformations in higher education. Betty also serves as a member of the prestigious Board of Trustees at Northeastern Illinois University. Prior to Deloitte, Betty served as an engineer for Intel Corp., designing motherboards and microprocessors. She is a proud McNair Scholar, an Intel Leadership Award recipient, and an Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneur.

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Cammie Erickson

Keynote
Senior Director, Social Impact, LinkedIn

Cammie is a Senior Director, Social Impact at LinkedIn. In this role she leads strategic partnerships, grantmaking, and employee volunteering and giving programs focused on driving a more equitable and sustainable world of work. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Cammie worked in the social sector– first at Ashoka, supporting the work of innovative social entrepreneurs, and then at BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) where she built cross-sector partnerships on climate justice, women’s empowerment in global supply chains and more. Cammie holds a BA in Public Policy from Duke University and an MBA at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business where she was a Forte Fellow and 2014 Public Service Scholarship Recipient. She was awarded Emerging CSR Practitioner of the Year in 2016 by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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Dyllan Brown-Bramble

Keynote
Counsel, Technology & Contracts, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Dyllan Brown-Bramble is a NY-based technology transactional attorney at a financial institution. Prior to his current role, Dyllan was an associate at a global law firm where he focused on issues of privacy and cybersecurity. Dyllan maintains an active pro bono practice advising early-stage entrepreneurs and small businesses. He also serves on the VOLS Pro Bono Advocates Council and the junior board for the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. While in law school, he was a Tech Law & Policy Scholar, represented clients in the Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic, was a research assistant at the Center on Privacy & Technology, and was a teaching assistant for Computer Programming for Lawyers and Legal Communication Design. Before law school, Dyllan attended Rutgers University where he was a Braven Fellow and a part of the Honors College.

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Félix V. Matos Rodríguez

Keynote
Chancellor, The City University of New York

Félix V. Matos Rodríguez is the eighth chancellor of The City University of New York (CUNY), the first educator of color and first Latino to lead the nation’s largest urban public university which serves 233,000 degree-seeking students across 25 New York City campuses with an operating budget of $4.1 billion. To build on CUNY’s unrivaled role as an engine of economic mobility, Matos Rodríguez has focused on removing barriers to students’ success and redoubled CUNY’s emphasis on the career outcomes of its graduates, developing a series of public-private partnerships with some of New York’s largest employers and new pipelines for students to enter the workforce. An accomplished and award-winning historian who worked at three CUNY campuses before his appointment as chancellor in 2019, Matos Rodríguez is driven by CUNY’s mission of providing a first-rate public education to all students regardless of means or background and the interconnected role the University plays in lifting New York. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a doctorate in history from Columbia University.

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Other speakers for the 2024 Braven Summit will be announced soon.

Our Sponsors

Venue

Conrad New York Downtown
102 North End Ave
New York, NY 10282

The 2024 Braven Summit will take place at Conrad New York Downtown. Located in the heart of Lower Manhattan, Conrad New York is a contemporary all-suite luxury hotel providing magnificent views of the Hudson River.

For those who need hotel accommodations, we have secured a block of rooms at the group rate of $619 per night. Experience separate sleeping and living areas with stylish interiors and thoughtful amenities. From views of the Hudson River to in-room water filtration systems, Conrad New York’s suites offer sustainable, residence-style comforts.

The hotel is easily accessible by public transportation and valet parking is also available.

A spacious modern hotel lobby with blue lighting, abstract wall designs, and various seating areas. A reception desk is visible on the far right.

FAQs

GENERAL QUESTIONS

The Braven Summit will provide a variety of educational offerings for professionals interested in building their knowledge on the latest trends impacting the intersection of higher education and employment. The Braven Summit is great for corporate executives and professionals thinking about ways to increase employee engagement or to better recruit and retain young diverse talent. The Summit is also directly relevant to education practitioners thinking about ways to support students as they transition from college to career.

Yes, once you register for the event you are able to select the breakout session of your choice.

Attire is business casual. Meeting room temperatures can be cool, and the climate may vary, so it is recommended that you wear layered clothing for comfort.

Sponsorship opportunities are limited, so act today. To become a sponsor and for more information, please contact summit@bebraven.org.

The Braven community is made up of leaders who are driven, empathetic, and curious. Our volunteers are passionate about expanding opportunity in this nation and eager to work with young leaders from diverse backgrounds. They believe deeply in the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and higher education. They welcome feedback, embracing opportunities to learn, grow, and hone their own leadership skills alongside Braven Fellows.

REGISTRATION QUESTIONS

The 2024 Braven Summit will take place October 17, 2024 at Conrad New York Downtown located in Lower Manhattan.

Participants are able to register online before the event. Please visit the registration page for deadlines, rates, and other registration information.

Summit registrants enjoy access to all keynote speakers, breakout sessions, plus one entry to the official luncheon.

Unfortunately, Braven is unable to provide refunds or credit for registrations.

Braven is committed to providing a Summit experience and environment that is welcoming, inviting, and user-friendly to all attendees. Braven staff recognizes that some individuals require specific accommodation to ensure their full and equal participation. Please contact summit@bebraven.org no later than September 30, 2024 with any requests to ensure those arrangements can be scheduled and confirmed prior to the Summit. If you have dietary preferences, please be sure to mark those on the space provided on the registration form when you register.