A special thank you to Special Assistant to the President Derek Douglass, SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns, Executive Director of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Don Graves, and last but not least, Michael Blake, the Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement, and Outreach to the African-American and Minority Business Community, along with Dr. dt ogilvie of the Rutgers Business School, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, and last but not least Russell Simmons, for making the White House Urban Entrepreneurship Summit possible.
John Hope Bryant is founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, bestselling author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), and a member of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for President Barack Obama