Velocity Networking: 5 Star Connections

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Save the dateOctober 13, 20235:00 PM - 8:00 PM (EDT) Add to Calendar

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Black BRAND

520 E. Main St., Suite 4
Norfolk, VA 23510

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Organizer

Organizer: Black BRAND

Phone: +1 7572887400

Contact Person: Blair Durham

Email: blair@blackbrand.biz

Event Details

Join us for Velocity Networking: 5 Star Connections every 2nd Friday of the month.

This month, we're hosting a special Veterans edition Velocity that will be open for registration to the public. We encourage you to invite a Veteran you know in Hampton Roads who could benefit from receiving resources about Mental Health, Job Opportunities, networking, and life after the military.

Connect with Black BRAND members and Veterans, and enjoy refreshments, wine, and beer.

FREE for Black BRAND Members and Veterans

Prospective Members $20

Speakers

Pamala Brown (CEO of Henry IV Helping Hands of Hope (H4))

Pamala Brown

CEO of Henry IV Helping Hands of Hope (H4)

Sultan Camp

Director of Veterans Employment Centers at Hampton Roads Workforce Council

Sultan Camp

Director of Veterans Employment Centers at Hampton Roads Workforce Council

https://www.theworkforcecouncil.org

Sultan Camp is a recovering Military Headhunter, proud ex-Shipbuilder and currently serves as the Director of the Hampton Roads Workforce Council’s (HRWC) Veterans Employment Centers, the Co-Chair of the Military and Veterans Executive Committee for Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Blueprint 2030 and a Board Member for the Fort Eustis Civic Leaders Association (ECLA).
Sultan is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in military and military spouse employment, career management and education. He is described as one of the most forward thinkers in the Military and Talent Acquisition Community – he acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how these shifts impact markets and career options after leaving the military or as a military spouse. Whether its emerging industries, social media platforms, hiring trends or military community talent acquisition strategies, Sultan understands how to bring employer brand relevance to the forefront. He is a prolific military talent and career strategist with numerous recommendations from Flag level officers, Military Magazine articles and one of his articles “Thank you for Your Military Service…Now Here Are 9 Reasons I Won’t Hire You.” Landing 1Million+ views and was featured on Business Insider Magazine.
Sultan is a Talent Acquisition strategist at heart — he builds business talent focused on the Military Community. Today, he helps the fastest growing Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Certified companies in the Hampton Roads region leverage their military talent pipeline through the HRWC’s Hampton Roads Veterans Employment Centers, which has offices in Norfolk and Newport News, VA.
In addition to running multiple HRVEC’s, Sultan hosts quarterly Employer Consortiums which CHRO’s, VP’s and Senior Human Resource Managers gain access to exclusive strategies on how to access, attract and retain military talent. He has over 25000 LinkedIn connections and 3000 Twitter followers. He is a top LinkedIn influencer and one of the most highly sought-after public speakers.

Sultan is a graduate of The George Washington and Norfolk State Universities.

Antione Hines

Senior Black Equity Activist & Black Eco-System Builder at Black Systemic Equity Inc.

Antione Hines

Senior Black Equity Activist & Black Eco-System Builder at Black Systemic Equity Inc.

Antione’s new mission is to streamline and develop cooperation between faith-based networks, veteran organizations and Black businesses and nonprofits. His vision is to provide a foundation of faith and community service relationships to foster community transformation. He volunteers 60-80 hours a week , 7 days a week with numerous organizations and as well as his own nonprofit, Veterans’s Homefront and his consulting agency, Triple S Consulting LLC and his S-corp Black Systemic Equity System Project, Inc. Antione is recognized as a strategic advisor on the issues of homelessness, community engagement, and black community wealth building. He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Virginia Housing and Community Development Corporation, a member of the Urban League, President of United Ways of South Hampton Roads Project Inclusion Alumni Association and recently named the Virginia State Director for Minorities for MMedical Marijuana Inc.

As a young man, Antione could have brought into the gang life and drug culture, instead he has chosen to be a civic leader, an advocate and man of values built on knowledge, fatherhood and faith with his daughter by his side regardless of distance. He is a true trailblazer, a results driven leader who is dedicated to restructuring and rebuilding of the communities in which he lives and those that surround him.

Dr. Kurtis Hooks, Ph.D., LPC-S, MPH

CEO of Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center

Dr. Kurtis Hooks, Ph.D., LPC-S, MPH

CEO of Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center

https://vbpcweb.com/

Dynamic Behavioral Health Leadership: Proven record of effective Clinical and Administrative Leadership, Innovation, Cross systems collaboration to affect population health outcomes and related integrated implementations, especially pertaining to Behavioral Health. Extensive experience in advocacy, political engagement, media affairs, program development and evaluation/optimization, market analysis, Executive hospital operations, person and team-centric, patient centered outcomes, research, provision of clinical services and clinical supervision.
Currently chief operator of the largest capacity, adult, acute care (plus continuum) free-standing/private BH facility in the Commonwealth.
Always engaged in professional growth to impact large scale change in healthcare with primary expertise in Behavioral Health

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