Clubs & Associations

Angela F. Williams, President and CEO, Easterseals

Angela F. Williams is president and CEO of Easterseals, the nation’s leading nonprofit provider of life-changing services and powerful advocacy for people with disabilities of all ages, including veterans and seniors. She is the first Black woman to hold this post and was hired in 2018 as a change agent in anticipation of Easterseals’ 100th anniversary in 2020. With more than 30 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and corporate sectors, Williams brings a long history of purpose-driven work to her role at Easterseals. A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in American government from the University of Virginia, a juris doctor from the University of Texas School of Law and a master’s of divinity, cum laude, from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology of Virginia Union University.

Ro$$ Mac, creator/host "Maconomics"

After graduating from the Wharton School of Business, Ro$$ Mac moved to New York to begin his career on Wall Street, where he worked for Morgan Stanley. After spending three years on a highly regarded sales and trading desk, he took a job at a prestigious hedge fund in his hometown of Chicago.

Moving back to Chicago helped Mac get back in touch with his community and led him down a path of service. In an attempt to change the narrative and mindset of inner-city youth, he started a YouTube series called "Maconomics." It gave his audience a fundamental understanding of financial literacy from an urban perspective. The series performed so well that Mac developed a partnership deal with REVOLT TV.

Today, "Maconomics" is a perfect fusion between hip-hop culture and Wall Street knowledge. Mac is dedicated to increasing people's financial literacy by merging education and entertainment. He has become a champion of financial literacy for his community so that everyone can "Get to Dat Bag."

Angela F. Williams is president and CEO of Easterseals, the nation’s leading nonprofit provider of life-changing services and powerful advocacy for people with disabilities of all ages, including veterans and seniors. She is the first Black woman to hold this post and was hired in 2018 as a change agent in anticipation of Easterseals’ 100th anniversary in 2020. With more than 30 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and corporate sectors, Williams brings a long history of purpose-driven work to her role at Easterseals. A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in American government from the University of Virginia, a juris doctor from the University of Texas School of Law and a master’s of divinity cum laude from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University. "

Keenya Kelly, CEO, If You Brand It

As an accomplished business executive, teacher and inspirational speaker, Keenya Kelly captures her audiences by conveying powerful lessons of overcoming fear and self-doubt to create successful six-figure businesses utilizing her gifts and corporate background.

Kelly is the CEO of If You Brand It, a branding and consulting firm in Redding, Calif., where she helps business owners go from the formulation stage to million-dollar brands.

Kelly believes that branding is what people say about you when you are not around, so we need to tell them what to say.

PANELISTS:

Michael Banner
President and CEO, Los Angeles LDC
Michael Banner is president and CEO of the Los Angeles LDC Inc., a mission-driven community development finance advisor that provides capital and advisory services to foster positive community development impacts in distressed neighborhood. The LDC is an expert at aligning the needs of both borrowers and investors, and has delivered $400 million of capital into transactions located in low-income and distressed communities.

Christopher Webley
Chairman, NEW RULES® Benefit Corporation
Chris Webley serves as chairman of NEW RULES® Benefit Corporation; a "turnkey" real estate development collective anchored on the northside of Minneapolis. NEW RULES independently owns and manages nearly $11 million in assets, including commercial and residential buildings throughout the midwest and southern regions.

Mark R. Jones II
Founder, Livin' Rent Free Academy (HouseHacking in LA); and UCLA Anderson FEMBA, 2022 Candidate
Mark Jones II is currently an MBA student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Los Angeles native. When he isn't reading case studies, Jones is running his online business, the Livin’ Rent Free Academy, where he teaches others how to eliminate their housing expense by purchasing a two- to four-unit property, living in one unit and renting out the others.

Courtney Pettway
Co-Owner, Pettway Estates
Courtney Pettway is an entrepreneur, landlord, investor, and licensed developer. She is privileged to serve alongside her husband as half of the Pettway Estates® brand, a professional, full service real estate solutions company that buys & sells properties throughout Louisville, Kentucky.

MODERATOR

Enanuvie ("Nuvie”) Ewharekuko
UCLA Anderson MBA, 2022 Candidate; and UCLA Anderson AREA VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Nuvie Ewharekuko is a student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management specializing in real estate, with interests in both multi-family development and asset management. Ewharekuko currently serves on the board of AREA as a co-director of DE&I and as a section president for her class.