GARVEY-NKRUMAH TRAINING ACADEMY
INSTRUCTORS & SPEAKERS
May 19-23, 2025
International Summit/Instructional Boot Camp
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. Congressman
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Julius Garvey
Head, Marcus Garvey Memorial Foundation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Stacey Plaskett
U.S. Congressman
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Ambassador Wayne McCook
Assistant Secretary General
CARICOM Single Market and Trade
CARICOM Secretariat
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Didacus Jules
Director General
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States – OECS
FOUNDER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
John L. Woods Jr.
Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program
Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution
SOCIAL JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS
Teresa Vasquez Del Pino
UNHCR Protection Officer
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(Dominican Republic)
Ivonne Garza
Senior Associate
O’Neil Institute, Georgetown University
(U.S.)
Ricardo Esquivia
Founder, Director, Legal Representative
Sembrandopaz
(Colombia)
Jasmine Mickens
Pan-African Movement Strategist
Open Society Foundations
(U.S.)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
David Louis Rosenblatt
Regional Principal Economic Adviser, Caribbean Country Department (CCB)
Inter-American Development Bank
(U.S.)
Dr. Joy Kategekwa
Director, Regional Integration Coordination Office
African Development Bank Group
(Uganda)
Raymond Gilpin, Ph.D.
Chief Economist
United Nations Development Programme
(African Region)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Alexandra Whitaker
Trade Staff Director/Chief Trade Counsel
U.S. House of Representatives
(U.S.)
Jan Yves Remy
Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law (UWI)
Trade Law and Policy Expert
(Barbados/St. Lucia)
Kholofelo Kugler
Non-Resident Scholar, Africa Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(South Africa)
Kandis Gibson
President
Women’s Bar Association
(U.S.)
U.S. PUBLIC POLICY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Nicole Elam
CEO
National Bankers Association
(U.S.)
Nichole Francis Reynolds
VP & Global Head of Government Relations
Servicenow
(U.S.)
Brian P. Woolfolk
Principal
Swan Creek Strategies
(U.S.)
INTERNATIONAL LAW & INDUSTRY
Angelique Strong-Marks
Chief Legal Officer
Cars.com
(U.S.)
Clare Akamanzi
CEO
NBA Africa
(Rwanda)
Scott Vesel
Partner
Three Crowns LLP
(U.S.)
Lakeshia Ford
President & CEO
Ford Communications
(Ghana)
Felicia J. Persaud
CEO
Invest Carribean
(U.S./Carribean)
Stephanie Adu–Mudikongo
CEO
Colorbox Cosmetics
(Ghana)
Ralph Taylor
Chairman & CEO
Arcadia Hotel & Resorts
(Barbados)
IT & INNOVATION
Charlie Bingham
Founder of Tech Law Summit
Assistant General Counsel – CrowdStrike, Inc.
(U.S.)
Arnold Kabatsi
Program Associate – Center for Law & Innovation
Certa Foundation
(Rwanda)
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Victor MUGABE
Secretary General
Kigali International Arbitration Centre
(Rwanda)
Shan Greer
President & CEO
BVI International Arbitration Centre
(St. Lucia)
Serena K. Lee
President & CEO
CPR Dispute Resolution Serices
(U.S.)
Jeanne Charles
Arbitrator & Mediator
(U.S.)
Arthur Matthews
Mediator & Professor
Penn State University
(U.S.)
ETHICS
Kwaku Agyeman-Budu
Dean
African Centre on Law & Ethics
Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration Law School (Ghana)
Dr. Antonius R. Hippolyte
Dean
Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus
(Barbados/St. Lucia)
Howard Law Meets With U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and African Leaders to Examine New African Trade Agreement
Howard Law Professor and Students Discuss Denationalization of Black Dominicans of Haitian Descent with Dominican Republic President and Officials
Howard Law Professor on Denationalization of Black Dominicans of Haitian Descent
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