Speakers

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  Decker Ngongang

  Decker Ngongang is the Senior Associate of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green. Decker provides day-to-day management of our search, selection, and support processes for the Black Male Achievement Fellowship Program. Prior to joining us he was VP of Programs at Mobilize.org where he focused on millennial driven solutions to funding and resource management to effect change on pressing social issues.

  @Ngongang
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  Rodney Foxworth

  Rodney Foxworth is a social justice advocate, community builder, and grassroots grantmaker. Rodney is Community Manager of BMe, a nonprofit social venture organization developed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in partnership with Open Society Foundations that celebrates black men as societal assets and funds, promotes and networks enterprising black male leaders across a growing number of U.S. cities. He is also co-founder and co-organizer of SocEnt Breakfast, a monthly meetup that convenes Baltimore-area social entrepreneurs.

  @RDFoxworth
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  Edward Papenfuse

  Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse recently retired as the Maryland State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents, positions he has held since 1975. He helped design the Archives building, co-created the Maryland State Archives website, and teaches courses at the University of Maryland College Park, the University of Maryland Law School, and the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of ''In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis Merchants in the Era of the American Revolution'' (1975), with Joseph M. Coale, ''The Hammond- Harwood House Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908'' (1982) and ''The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland 1608-1908'' (2003). He was named a Digital Preservation Pioneer by the National Archives in 2011.

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  Win Smith

  Co-founder @alchemylearning, a web-based platform for bridging cultural institutions and modern learners through digital education. Previously web-based software and tech enabled services investing with @ABSCapital.

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  Henry Blue

  A co-founder of Alchemy Learning, Henry Blue, works with cultural institutions and organizations to help them reach modern learners thought digital education programming. Prior to Alchemy Learning, Henry taught at the Boys' Latin School of Maryland and Xinyu College in Jiangxi, China. Henry holds a B.A. from Davidson College, an M.A. from University of Virginia, and a graduate certificate in instructional technology from UMBC.

  @hbluejr