#HBCYou with Dee Brown CEO: Recent Episodes
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Learn and take inspiration from the success stories and experiences of men and women who have attended America’s historically black colleges and universities. Host Dee Brown shares inspiring stories and conversations with alumni who are using their education to impact the lives of others. #HBCYou helps others see and understand all of the great things these leaders in business, entertainment, sports, the arts and more are doing to make their mark on the world.
Dee Brown is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist and CEO of the P3 Group, the largest minority-owned real estate development company focusing exclusively on public-private partnerships. He hosts the international podcast, The Sky’s the Limit: Beyond the Deal from ForbesBooksRadio, and Self Made with Dee Brown CEO on WTVP. He is a member of the Forbes Business Council and the founder, president and CEO of the Self Made Dee Brown CEO custom men’s clothing line, which is sold exclusively aboard his 100 ft. luxury yacht in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His Brown Foundation Community Development Corporation has granted thousands of dollars to HBCUs and other organizations for economic development, affordable housing, food insecurity and educational access.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Omarosa Manigault Newman, VP of Diversity, Equaity and Inclusin and John Smith Jr, SVP, Strategic Partnerhips, both from the P3 Group, Inc.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Kyler Franklin, Pastor / CEO of Empowered Faith LA.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Brian Adams, owner of Brian Adams Basketball Academy.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Kris Hicks, CEO / Executive Producer for Rhythm and Views Productions.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Donyea Hargrove, assistant director of annual giving at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Dr. Malcolm Jones II, Ed.D, principal at Forrest City High School in Forrest City, Arkansas.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Cleve Mesidor, owner, of The Tanning Effect and Omar McGee, CEO of Posh Luxury Imports.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Cleve Mesidor, executive director of the Blockchain Foundation, a nonprofit organization leading the industry-wide blockchain and cryptocurrency education movement.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Akilih Haley, Career Serivce and College Transfer Services coordinator at Lawson State Community College.
Dee Brown CEO talks with with Tangela Parker, Community Affairs and Marketing for Aetna/CVS Health.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Dr. Terence Lynch, director of the Office of Science Support for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Rebecca Doyin Doherty , owner of Vous Parlez Consulting.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Dr. Mark Griffin, pastor and CEO for Wayman Ministries.
Dee Brown CEO talks with Marla Dickerson, vice chancellor for innovations and strategic partnerships and initiatives at Southern University Law Center.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Justin McCray, National News Center photographer for E.W. Scripps, a news, information and entertainment company whose vision is to create a better-informed world.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Braque Talley, vice president for student affairs at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Aisha McClendon, senior director of global partnerships for Moth + Flame VR, developer of training solutions for public and private employers.
Dee Brown CEO talks with Kim Wells, executive director of Executive Education at Howard University.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Reverend Dr. Lester A. McCorn, 13th president of Clinton College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Clinton College was founded in 1894. President McCorn was named one of the Ten Most Dominant HBCU Leaders in 2019 by the HBCU Campaign Fund.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Devyn Bakewell, author of two popular coming-of-age romance novels — Greater Love and Greater Life — inspired by her time at Howard University.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Michael Bland, general manager of A1 Rapid Response Restoration.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Dr. Victor Sutton, the chief of Community Health and Clinical Services with the Mississippi State Department of Health.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Kenecha Brooks-Smith, educator and early childhood consultant and Roy K. Smith, CEO, Emergency Restoration Services.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Dr. Lowren Long, Director of the Eric Holder Public Policy Program, Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with Socrates Garrett, president of Socrates Garrett Enterprises ( SGE), a diversified construction management, disaster recovery, environmental management and utilities company based in Jackson, Mississippi.
Dee Brown CEO has a conversation with LaToya Williams, Jackson State University Football Operations Concierge and Executive Consultant at the 4th Quarter Agency.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Larry Goodin, United Nations Campus Liaison, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Dee Brown has a conversation with husband and wife Floyd Luster, Owner/Founder at the Luster Group, and Kourtni Atkins-Luster of Healthcare First Medical Clinic.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Michael Jenkins, a graduate of Florida A & M University.
Join Dee Brown CEO for an insightful and enlightening conversation with reality show participant, writer and former political aide to former U. S. President Donald Trump, Omarosa Newman, and her husband, Rev. Dr. John Allen Newman.
Dee Brown has an insightful conversation with Richard C. Campbell, the founder of Geological Agriculture (GeoAg), about the science of growing plants in rocks without soils or fertilizers.
Dee Brown has a conversation with John Smith Jr., the Chief Higher Education Officer for the P3 Group.
Dee Brown has a conversation with a pair of guests who are Florida A&M University alums: Kiaira Nixon, the Community Crimes Strategies Coordinator with the Office of the State Attorney, 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, and Chris Gees, the Chief Executive Officer for Chris Gees, Inc.
Dee Brown has a conversation with a pair of twins: Ericka D. Brownlee-Keller, head of diversity, equity and inclusion for a biomedical company and entrepreneur/educator Erin Brownlee-Sulk; and pharmacists Dr. Keegan Rayford and Dr. Keithan Rayford.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Joshua Gunn, President/CEO of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce and Reginald Thompson, COO at The Evans Agency.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Anthony Norris, Executive Vice President / Chief Development Officer at YMCA and LaShasa Griffin, Executive Assistant to FCC at Delta Regional Authority.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Janice Haith, Strategic Client Director – Oracle and Robert Hall, President CEO – Proguard Protection.
Dee Brown has a conversation with David Mosley, President and CEO, and Denver Williams, Director of Business Development of 413 Solutions.
Dee Brown CEO engages Tambra Cherie, midday personality on 97.7 in Jackson, Mississippi, and a graduate of Jackson State University, and C. Lynn Thomas, author, motivator, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and graduate of Florida A&M University, in a wide-ranging and inspiring conversation.
Dee Brown CEO and guest host, Venai Brown, have a conversation with Chris Blair, wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and Liz Reimonenq, owner of Magic Hands Salon.
Dee Brown has a conversation with Alexandria M. Cummings, Marlon I. Cumming, Ph.D., and John Grant.
Dee Brown has a conversation with William Wade, Director of Educational Outreach at Coahoma Community College.
This week on #HBCYou, Dee Brown, CEO and special guest co-host Ben Baltimore Jr. Chief of Staff forThe P3 Group, Inc., talk with Julian D. Miller, Program Director for the Reuben V Anderson for Center for Justice at Tougaloo College.
Dee Brown CEO welcomes actor, producer and comedian, Flex Alexander to HBCU. Flex grew up amid drugs and violence in the Bronx but eventually attended St. Augustine University and stared in shows and movies such as Flex and Shanice, Snakes on a Plane and The Hills Have Eyes 2. He talks about the comradery of the close-knit community of HBCUs and the benefits of membership in Phi Beta Sigma.
Follow the journey of Nathaniel Glover, who grew up in the ghettos of Jacksonville, Florida, then attended the nation’s oldest HBCU, Edward Walters University. Through natural leadership and determination rose to become the first sheriff of Jacksonville since Reconstruction, returning to Edward Walters in 2010 to serve as its 29th president.
In the second part of this two-part program, Clarksdale, Mississippi Mayor Chuck Espy and Mississippi State Representative Lataisha Jackson talk with Dee Brown CEO about the individual care and attention they received at their respective HBCUs, the paths that led them to elected office, and the commitment to service instilled in them through fraternities and sororities in college and after.
In the first part of a two-part program, Clarksdale, Mississippi Mayor Chuck Espy and Mississippi State Representative Lataisha Jackson talk with Dee Brown CEO about their HBCU experience, family influences, college rivalries and how they are using their position and influence as elected officials to bring about positive change for their constituents.
Part 2 of 2: Dee Brown CEO and his guests look at the college experience at their respective HBCUs — Spelman College, Alcorn State University and Jackson State University — and the unmatched education, socialization and cultural support that follows them even in their distinguished professional careers. Hear how they chose their school and what it means to them today.
Dee Brown CEO is joined by three distinguished HBCU graduates: Commander Lori Chestang, U. S. Navy, deputy director of the performance to plan team at the Pentagon; Dr. Kristen Broady, senior economist, economic advisor and director of the economic mobility project for the Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago; and Monica Barnes, executive producer of the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Guests on this episode of HBCYou are Jeremy Simpson, president and CEO of System Technologies and graduate of Alcorn State University, and soon-to-retire naval commander Randolph Chestang IV, a graduate of Southern University. They talk to Dee Brown CEO about what led them to choose HBCUs and the advice they would give to young people considering their college options.
Dr. Charles Barron, chief medical officer for Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness and Nathaniel Clark, managing partner with CHASM Architecture, talk with Dee Brown CEO about their educational experiences in HBCUs and how the institutions set students up for success by putting a priority on education and putting the needs of the individual student first.
Gee Johnson, Helen Dowdell and Omarosa continue their conversation about their life-shaping experiences at HCBUs, the loving, nurturing environment and the unique attitudes that make these colleges special. They talk about academics, the Greek community and a powerful “can do” attitude that builds connections that can set
Dee Brown, CEO, is joined by Gee Johnson, who attended Jackson State University and is senior director at S&P Global Ratings; Helen Dowdell, who attended the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff and is the CEO of MUTW and executive officer at the DDA Law Firm; and Omarosa, who attended Howard University and is currently the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for The P3 Group, Inc.
In this episode of HBCYou, Dee Brown CEO continues his conversation with special guests Palmer Williams Jr. and Lodric Collins. The trio discusses Southern University's signature event, the Alpha Sigma Kappa party, Lodric’s time in the military, acting careers, mentors who helped aid in their rise to recognition, and how the pair's college experiences shaped them into who they are now.