DWEN Powerhouse Summit | October 27, 2022

Live Now Good Business: Finding—And Funding—The Next Diverse Unicorn Lorem Ipsum

Featuring Wole Coaxum, Founder and CEO, Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi); Oliver Libby, Cofounding Managing Partner, H/L Ventures; and Gayle Jennings-O’Bryne, Cofounder and General Partner

Live Now Good Business: Finding—And Funding—The Next Diverse Unicorn Lorem Ipsum

Featuring Wole Coaxum, Founder and CEO, Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi); Oliver Libby, Cofounding Managing Partner, H/L Ventures; and Gayle Jennings-O’Bryne, Cofounder and General Partner

Welcome to the Main Stage of the #DWENPowerhouseSummit

The Main Stage includes virtual talks and panels featuring renowned founders, innovators, and industry leaders offering immediately useful, expert insights on financing, scale, leadership, and technology.


Please find the #DWENPowerhouseSummit agenda below, and be sure to join us for the live breakout sessions for a chance to network with fellow female founders.


Recordings of the Main Stage panels will be available shortly after the event for on-demand viewing.

Kristen Nolte
11:30 AM-11:33 AM ET

Opening Remarks 
Featuring Kristen Nolte, SVP, Global Consumer and Small Business Marketing, Dell Technologies

Tracy Britt Cool
11:30 AM-12:00 PM ET

What Do Investors Want?
Featuring Tracy Britt Cool, Cofounder, Kanbrick
Interviewed by Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Editor-at-Large, Inc. Magazine

Jasmine Crowe-Houston Melinda Emerson Amber Allen Amy Jo Martin
12:00 PM-12:40 PM ET

From Initial Idea to the Breakthrough Moment: The Strategies, Tactics, and Processes Driving Innovation
Featuring Amber Allen, Founder and CEO, Double A Labs; Amy Jo Martin, Founder and CEO, Renegade Global; and Jasmine Crowe-Houston,  Founder and CEO, Goodr
Moderated by Melinda Emerson, the Small Biz Lady; Author, Fix Your Business: A 90-Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business 

Lilian Ajayi-Ore Janice Omadeke K. Shelly Porges
12:40 PM-1:20 PM ET

Breakout Session
The Roller-Coaster Journey to Getting Funding

Featuring Janice Omadeke, Founder and CEO, The Mentor Method, and Shelly Porges, Founder and Managing Partner, Beyond the Billion and  the Billion Dollar Fund for Women
Moderated by Lilian Ajayi-Ore, Chief Learning Officer, Data Scientist, Founder and CEO, Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W)

Ellen Bennett Nicole Cardoza Melinda Emerson
12:40 PM-1:20 PM ET

Breakout Session
Growing Pains: Pivots, People, P&Ls

Featuring Ellen Bennett, Author; Founder and Chief Brand Officer, Hedley & Bennett, and Nicole  Cardoza, Author; Founder and CEO, Reclamation Ventures; Founder, Anti-Racism Daily
Moderated by Melinda Emerson, the Small Biz Lady; Author, Fix Your Business: A 90-Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business

Ellen Bennett Ryan Reynolds Jude Davidson
1:20 PM-2:00 PM ET

The New New Rules of Customer Experience: How Innovation and Ingenuity Are Addressing the Fast-Changing Needs of Customers
Featuring Ellen Bennett, Author; Founder and Chief Brand Officer, Hedley & Bennett, and Rakia Reynolds, Founder and CEO, Skai Blue Media
Moderated by Jude Davidson, Senior Director, Global Customer Development and Loyalty Marketing, Dell Technologies

Katina Kenyon Ryan Reynolds Venus Quates
2:00 PM-2:40 PM ET

Breakout Session
Leveraging Emerging Technology

Featuring Katina Kenyon, CEO, Tree3, and Venus Quates, President and CEO, LaunchTech
Moderated by Rakia Reynolds, Founder and CEO, Skai Blue Media

Amy Jo Martin Mary Spio
2:00 PM-2:40 PM ET

Breakout Session
Leading with Empathy

Featuring Verta Maloney, Cofounder and Chief Innovation Officer, The*gameHers, and Mary Spio, Founder and CEO, Ceek
Moderated by Amy Jo Martin, Founder and CEO, Renegade Global

Kirsten Green
2:40 PM-3:05 PM ET

The Power of Prescience: A Conversation with Forerunner Ventures Founder Kirsten Green
Featuring Kirsten Green, Founder and Managing Partner, Forerunner
Interviewed by 
Amy Farley, Senior Editor, Fast Company

Kristen Nolte
3:05 PM-3:10 PM ET

Closing Remarks 
Featuring Kristen Nolte, SVP, Global Consumer and Small Business Marketing, Dell Technologies