Announcing Christyn S. Henson of The Chicago Urban League for Glappitnova
Christyn S. Henson is currently the Business Development Program Manager for the Chicago Urban League. She is transitioning to run her small business full time, as Chief Solutionist for Project Forward, an economic development consultancy. Throughout her 10+ year careers in microenterprise development, she has been responsible for small business retention and attraction efforts, which include management and operations support; assistance navigating municipal services and incentives; loan preparation and packaging; as well as place making initiatives. She has leveraged more than $1 M in financing for small businesses and corridor programs.
ACCESS FOR ALL: AMERICA’S LAST MILE PROBLEM BLURB:
The world is becoming more connected. Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect everyone through Facebook, and companies are using technology to impact remote areas. What does this mean for humanity, bridging the digital divide gap, and America’s last mile problem? More panelists will be announced, and the location is Google Chicago in River North.
Moderator
Seth Kravtiz (CEO, Technori)
Panelists
Daniel X O’Neil (CEO, Smart Chicago)
Alaina Harkness (Program Officer, MacArthur Foundation)
John Bracken (VP/Media Innovations at Knight Foundation)
Christyn Henson (Small Business Development Manager at the Chicago Urban League)
Tuesday July 14th, 2015
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Starts: 8:00pm
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