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HIGHLIGHTS
Malik
Yoba
Summit Co-Host
Actor, Activist & Entrepreneur
Rolonda
Watts
Actress, Producer, Award-winning Journalist & CEO, Watts Works Productions Summit Co-Host
Dashaun
Johnson
-aka- The Guru of Abs Fitness Expert and Coach
Elijah
Westbrook
Emmy Award-winning Journalist CBS2 News New York
Debra
Fraser-Howze
Founder, Choose Healthy Life & BHM "Champion Advocate" Award Recipient
Mark
Gross
Two-Time GRAMMY® Award-Winner Saxophonist
EVENT SPEAKERS
Sheri Prentiss, MD, MPH, CSP
Public Health Expert, Certified Speaking Professional, Author, Chief Medical Officer and Public Health Lead of CIEN+
George Johnson, MD
Urologist, New Jersey Urology LLC
Amy E. Pierre, RN, MSN, ANP-BC
Senior Clinical Director, Flatiron Health Nurse Practitioner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ola Banjo,
PharmD, AAHIVP
Senior Director, Community Engagement and Partnerships The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Grace Allison, RN, BSN, OCN, RC-BC
Patient Navigation Center The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Lucretia Agee
Patient Speaker
Azizi Blissett
Certified Law of Attraction Life Coach & Meditation Healer
Maria Trice Jenkins
Fitness Expert, Actress & Founder, Any Port in a Storm
Marlon Gray, PhD
Founder & Managing Partner Empower U
Stacey A Johnson, MD, PhD
Associate Medical Director in Clinical Development Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Akbar Cook Sr.
Principal, West Side High School, Bestselling Author & The Amazing Race Season 33 Contestant
Joshua Harris, MD
Medical Oncology & Hematology
Icilma Fergus, MD
Director of Cardiovascular Disparities Mount Sinai Medical Center
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
U.S. Representative, Democratic Congressman New Jersey's 10th Congressional District
Ryland J. Gore, MD, MPH, FACS
Breast Surgical Oncologist Board Certified, General Surgery
Sue Laumbach
Patient Education Liaison Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Carlos Wilson
Account Supervisor, Community and Marcomms CIEN+
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Dupré Kelly
Councilman of Newark's West Ward Hip Hop Icon & Summit Advisory Board President
Dr. James Pedersen
Superintendent of Schools Essex County
Mark Beckett
Music Production Instructor Essex County School of Technology Donald M. Payne, Sr. Campus
Khadijah Brown
Entrepreneur & Legislative Aide to Councilman Dupré Kelly
Scott Hlavacek
Director of Information Technology Essex County Schools of Technology
Rev Dr. Carol Lynn Patterson
Chief Evangelism Officer Setting the Captives Free Ministries
Sabur Guy
Chief of Staff Office of West Ward Councilman Dupré L. Kelly, City of Newark, NJ