Raymone Jackson is the global head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He champions progressive diversity and inclusion strategies and programs that advance firm priorities, business outcomes, and a culture of inclusion and belonging. Raymone is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Raymone has been with T. Rowe Price since 2020, beginning in Human Resources. Prior to this, he was employed by Morgan Stanley as the national diversity officer. Before that, Raymone had a 20-year career with Northwestern Mutual where he held leadership roles in Technology, Corporate Strategy, Field Distribution, and Human Resources, leading enterprise diversity and inclusion and campus development. Raymone earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a master of business administration from the University of Phoenix. Raymone also has earned a certificate in commercial real estate via the Associates in Commercial Real Estate Program at Marquette University, a Chartered Life Underwriter designation from The American College, and the Associates Client Service and Fellow, Life Management Institute designations from Life Office Management Association. He also is a Certified Master Coach. Raymone has been recognized for his passion, leadership, and commitment to diversity and inclusion, and for that he has received the Patriot Award from the Department of Defense and was a Milwaukee Times Black Excellence Award nominee. He also was recognized as a Black Enterprise magazine “Top Black Executive in Corporate Diversity” for several years. Raymone serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of African American Financial Advisors, an organization committed to advancing the footprint and reach of Black advisors and financial professionals, and is a trustee of the T. Rowe Price Foundation.

Brian Allan Jackson (AJ) heads social impact investing for JBG SMITH where he serves as an Executive Vice President. AJ leads the Washington Housing Initiative, an innovative, market-driven approach to preserve and create affordable workforce housing. He led the formation of the Impact Pool, JBG SMITH’s affordable housing investment platform that provides mezzanine financing for the preservation and creation of workforce housing in the metropolitan Washington area. Under his leadership the Impact Pool has provided financing to preserve and create more than 1,100 units of affordable workforce housing. Prior to joining JBG SMITH, Mr. Jackson was a partner with EYA, a Washington, DC-based urban infill development company. At EYA, he led EYA’s participation in more than $1B of double and triple bottom line social impact projects. Mr. Jackson has extensive experience in the creation of programs and policies supporting mixed-income housing. He played a key role in the creation of a nationally recognized workforce housing program and has advised local governments, public institutions, and the National Association of Homebuilders on mixed-income housing policy. In 2021 he was appointed to the Saving DC’s Rental Housing Market Strike Force by Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. AJ serves on the Affordable Housing Advisory Council for Fannie Mae, is a Trustee of the Federal City Council and is a member of the Advisory Council at the Center for Washington Area Studies at the George Washington University. He is also a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, where he serves on the Diversity & Inclusion Council and the Public Private Partnerships Council, as well as on the Advisory Boards of ULI Washington and the ULI Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance. Mr. Jackson earned a B.A. with honors from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Christopher Mill is an Asset & Wealth Management Trust Solutions Partner focused primarily on real estate, private equity, and venture capital audit clients based in Washington, DC. Christopher has 19 years of experience and specializes in working with public and private REITs (both equity and mortgage), investment partnerships, real estate owners and developers, investment managers and residential and commercial property managers. Christopher leads the Washington, DC office People Council which serves to provide connectivity and well-being opportunities for all staff levels and lines of service.

Shelynda Burney Brown, M.B.A. is the Vice President Real Estate Development at Enterprise Community Development (formerly CPDC), and she is responsible for business development as well as all aspects of acquisitions and redevelopment projects undertaken by ECD. Mrs. Brown has worked in the affordable housing finance industry for over 20 years and has managed projects comprising over 4000 units totaling over $425 million in development costs. She has particular expertise and familiarity with Low Income Housing Tax Credits, HUD affordable housing programs, tax-exempt bond financing, the Arlington Housing Initiative Fund, DC Housing Production Trust Fund, Maryland CDA Rental Housing Production Programs and the Montgomery County Housing Initiative Fund. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Georgia. She also holds a Certificate in Project Management from Georgetown University Continuing Education; and was awarded a certificate of completion for the NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence Program, August 2016 - September 2017, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education.