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6:05 PMGuest Speaker

6:15 PMGuest Speaker

6:25 PMKeynote Speaker

6:45 PM - 7:15 PMYouth Conference Panel

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Connie Wright

Apollo Powers

Regina ScottLAPD Deputy Chief

Ramsey Jay, Jr.

Bo NapoleonTenelle LuafalemanaBrandon TroyJeremy BryantUchenna Nwosu

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Program2019 YOUTH CONFERENCE

A pollo Powers is an 8-year old California native who, at a very early age, developed a deep love of learning. His IQ score places him at the top .1% of intelligence and he was inducted into MENSA, the high IQ society, when he was just 4 years old.

Apollo is passionate about caring for our environment and has special interests in reducing our carbon footprint and creating affordable access to solar power. He also has a heart for serving the special needs community of children which was sparked by his love for his very best friend of 6 years, Miles, who has Down Syndrome. Apollo conducts a yearly fundraiser to contribute to Down Syndrome awareness.

Apollo has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and CNN discussing net neutrality and climate change to the president.

His favorite hobbies are playing sports: especially football, basketball and swimming. He loves cooking, music and playing with his dog Zuko. He attends Faithful Central Baptist Church in Inglewood. Apollo also enjoys traveling. His goal is to have visited all 50 states by the time he heads off to college.

Apollo’s long-term goal is to attend MIT or Stanford to become an inventor.

Apollo PowersMotivational Speaker & Future Philanthropist

Guest Speaker

Regina Scott is the first Black woman to reach the rank of deputy chief with the Los Angeles Police Department. Scott is a New Jersey native and a graduate of West Point Leadership School and the 216th Session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. She is also the first Black woman to achieve the rank of commander.

Scott joined the LAPD in July 1987 and was on the force when women were never in the upper echelons. “Deputy Chief Regina Scott represents the bright future of our department and our city,” said Chief Michel Moore.

With her 31 years of her experience on the force, she will oversee Los Angeles’s Central Bureau, which the LAPD describes as one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse areas in the city.

According to ABC 7, her advancement is part of a concerted effort by new Police Chief Michel Moore to diversify the upper ranks of the force. And with her years of experience on the force, it was an easily-earned promotion for Scott.

“This promotion is more than just me; it is for those who paved the road before me, and those who dare to dream.” Regina Scott

Regina ScottLos Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief

Guest Speaker

Ramsey Jay, Jr. is a Wall Street trained finance executive with 15+ years of global investment management experience with an acute focus on alternative assets

(private equity & high yield credit). Additionally, he has created a serial lecture series which includes a few of the following titles:

“21st Century Dynamic Alternative Investment Frameworks & Strategies”, “Humanization of the Time Value of Money Model”, “The Hidden Intricacies of Financial Decision Making”,

“Corporate Governance Frameworks For the Investment Landscape of Tomorrow”, “Pension Regulation & the Trump Administration,” and “Capitalizing on Your Diligence”, which have all been delivered at investor conferences, notably the California State Association of County Retirement Systems (SACRS) & Massachusetts Association for Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRS), private companies and academic institutions. Internationally, Mr. Jay’s global economic perspectives are in demand. Most recently, he traveled to Ghana, Africa and served as a Ghanaian economic advisor opining on their country’s budget and financial sector. While there, he partnered with the Association of African Universities to create seminars for accountant, finance, and budget officers. Domestically, he has been retained as a Strategic Consultant for Fortune 100 Corporate Board Directors; served as Master of Ceremony and featured speaker at the Pomerantz Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation Roundtable; been retained as a Strategic Consultant for a premier investment consultant; led a transformative leadership seminar at one of the world’s largest institutional money managers; served as Master of Ceremony at two of the country’s premier emerging and diverse investment manager summits among other engagements Additionally, Mr. Jay has produced and interviewed CalSTRS

Chief Investment Officer, Christopher Ailman, who oversees the second largest public pension in the United States with assets totaling $225+ billion.

Mr. Jay is also a highly sought after Strategic Consultant as the Founding Principal of Ramsey Jay Jr And Associates. The

‘strategic consultancy’ specializes in institutional sales strategies, corporate communication & presentation solutions (verbal / written), professional managerial staff trainings, board development, diversity & inclusion programming, executive leadership development & executive coaching. Specific to the firm’s strategic institutional sales services, Mr. Jay is an authorized Challenger Advisor, by which he is certified to deliver salesforce effectiveness training for sales teams and sales leaders via the Challenger Selling Model™. Ramsey Jay Jr And Associates’ clients include investment firms, government entities, notably the United State Naval Surface Warfare Center (NAVSEA), academic institutions, and C-Suite executives. Mr. Jay is also a highly sought after and revered subject matter keynote speaker, international motivational speaker, and bestselling author of the book entitled “Empowering Dreamers To Become Achievers”. The book distills his 3P’s empowerment methodology, (Possible, Probable, Predictable) which provides the pragmatic framework enabling others to achieve professional, academic, and civic-centered success and was featured in Africa in this Association of African University broadcast. Mr. Jay’s messaging is all the more unique by way of its emphasis on ‘process mastery’ which was thoroughly detailed in this podcast. Since 2016, a few of Mr. Jay’s select highlights include making opening remarks at the White House where President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama hosted an event honoring Ray Charles; traveling to Ghana on a humanitarian visit as an empowerment consultant for the education sector which included delivering remarks at Wisconsin International University College, Ghana’s commencement ceremony; visiting Dublin, Ireland to present research as a featured speaker at the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education; delivering the keynote address at Ascend’s gala (largest non-profit Pan-Asian organization for North American business professionals), Ganpat & Manju Patel Distinguished Lecture Series at Cal Poly Pomona’s School of Engineering, California Association of Student Councils conference, California Park & Recreation Society conference & expo, Center for Leadership Equity and Research (CLEAR) Mentoring Summit, City of Houston and City of Carson employee’s Talent & Development Training Programs; creating a “Game of Life” student-athlete workshop; launching two landmark pilot empowerment training programs with the Los Angeles Police Department’s LAPD Cadet Program, and Crenshaw High School’s Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (BET) Magnet. Mr. Jay earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno, where he was a five-time all-conference track and field athlete. At the Craig School, he was Chief Portfolio Manager of the Student Investment Fund and elected President of the Financial Management Association which garnered national recognition as a “Distinguished Chapter” under his presidency. Mr. Jay earned a Master’s in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he was the recipient of the ‘Jack Welch Award for Excellence in Management Communications’, and voted ‘Speaker’ of the 105th graduating class. Mr. Jay has been a keynote speaker and featured leadership workshop presenter at the Tuck School’s Diversity Conference for the past 13 years. Mr. Jay is a native of Ventura County where his academic, civic, and athletic exploits earned him a place and honor in the Ventura High School Hall of Fame.

Ramsey Jay, Jr.Motivational Speaker & Leadership Coach

KeynoteSpeaker

Tenelle grew up in Carson, California where she was originally a softball player. At the age of 12, she started

taking singing lessons with vocal coach Tim Carter, best known for his work with artists such as Beyoncé and Willow Smith. After graduating from Gardena High School in 2006, Tenelle joined three of her uncles in a band called Chord Brown.

Tenelle started her solo career as a popular regional performer on the West Coast of the United States and in Oceania. She became internationally recognized after the release of her single “Flava” by Grammy nominated artist Meghan Trainor in 2013. The song quickly rose on the iTunes singles chart, even reaching the number 1 spot.

Tenelle’s 2014 single “Get Some” was the most requested song on Honolulu’s contemporary hits station, KCCN-FM. Her debut album “For the Lovers” was released on 10 March 2017 and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.

Tenelle has been described by many as “a breath of fresh air.” Her natural beauty and wholesome smile permeates on stage as she captivates listeners with her soulful sultry sound. Tenelle isn’t exactly sure of when her love for singing first started, but suggests that “growing up in Carson, California, with a big family, where talent shows are more competitive than the X-Factor itself, may have well did it!”

Years later she would find herself on that stage performing her #1 hit singles “Flava” and “Get Some” in front of hundreds and thousands of people all over the world including Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands, and the U.S.

Tenelle has performed and collaborated with fellow Pacific Islander artists such as George ‘Fiji’ Veikoso, Drew Deezy, Adeaze, Anuhea, and Kimie. She has toured in the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, American Samoa, and Samoa.

Tenelle LuafalemanaIsland Reggae Singer

Guest Panelist

Brandon Tory is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, software engineer and entrepreneur.

Brandon was born In the Boston area and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst to study electrical engineering. As a kid, Tory dreamed of becoming a hacker and taught himself to code at age 14.

Brandon worked as a senior software architect at Apple in Cupertino, but later transitioned to Google to work on artificial intelligence in Los Angeles. Before moving to California to work on his debut mixtape

“SHINE,” Tory spent several years living in Atlanta where he wrote songs that would later earn him the recognition and mentorship of producer Timbaland.

He won first place in the Microsoft and

Lenovo Team Up With Timbaland national music competition in 2014, beating out over 6000 contestants. In 2018, after revealing his secret life as both a musician and senior Google engineer in a music video titled

“Seriously,” The Wall Street Journal featured Brandon on the cover of their Business section in an article titled “When Your Day Job Isn’t Enough; A Computer Nerd Who Raps.” CNBC featured Brandon in their Young Success section with an article titled “From growing up homeless to coding at Apple and Google — all while rapping for Timbaland.” Forbes featured Brandon in an article titled “Google A.I. Engineer/Rapper Wants Kids To Know It’s Cool To Be A Genius.”

Brandon Tory has received acclaim for opening up publicly about his dichotomy story of balancing music and technology, and overcoming his related self-doubt.

Brandon TroyGoogle A.I. Engineer & Musical Artist

Guest Panelist

Jeremy grew up in the City of L.A. until the age of 10 years old when his family settled in the City of Carson. Jeremy grew up playing sports and excelled as an outstanding athlete and was very talented in every sport. He found his niche while playing flag

football at Veterans Park in Carson. He credits his two mentors and “father” figures, Robert Tagudar and Jose “M” Tingson for guiding him throughout his athletic career.

Jeremey continued his football career at Carson High School, where his team won the 2001 City Championship. After graduating from Carson High School, he continued his football career at Harbor Junior College where he excelled and received a full athletic football scholarship to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Jeremy received top accolades while at UH. He graduated from University of Hawaii in 2010 with a BS degree in Criminal Justice.

In 2011 Jeremy graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy and has been a Police Officer for the past 8 years. Jeremy resides in Carson with his wife Keshauna and their 4 children.

Jeremy continues to give back to his local community through volunteering and coaching kids at various parks in Carson.

Jeremy BryantLos Angeles Police Department Training Officer

Guest Panelist

Uchenna Nwosu is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football

League (NFL). He played college football at USC. Uchenna grew up in Carson (Del Amo Park area). Born in the United States, Nwosu is of Nigerian decent. His proper name is Anon Uchenna Nwosu Jr., passed down from his grandfather. The meaning of Uchenna is

“God’s will.”

A product of Narbonne High just outside Carson in Harbor City, Nwosu said his family placed a high priority on education and he went to nearby USC where he graduated in four years with a degree in political science.

Nwosu attended and played college football at USC under head coaches Steve Sarkisian and Clay Helton. After playing in 12 games during his freshman season, Nwosu was not able to participate in the 2014 Holiday Bowl due to unspecified team rules violations. It was

later reported that Nwosu did not enroll in the following spring semester. Despite speculation that he may leave the team, Nwosu was able to take summer classes and rejoin the team for the 2015 season. After his senior season at USC, Nwosu was named a co-MVP of USC along with quarterback Sam Darnold. He was also on the watchlist for the Butkus Award. Following his senior season, he participated in the 2018 Senior Bowl.

The Los Angeles Chargers selected Nwosu in the second round (48th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. Nwosu was the sixth linebacker drafted in 2018. He will be playing in his hometown of Carson at the temporary home of the Chargers at the StubHub Center. On May 13, 2018, the Los Angeles Chargers signed Nwosu to a four-year contract deal. Nwosu entered training camp slated as a backup outside linebacker. Head coach Anthony Lynn named Nwosu the backup strongside linebacker to start the regular season, behind veteran Kyle Emanuel.

He made his professional regular season debut in the Los Angeles Chargers’ season-opening 38-28 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. On September 16, 2018, Nwosu recorded three combined tackles and made his first career sack during a 31–20 victory at the Buffalo Bills in Week 2. Nwosu made his first career sack on Bills’ quarterback Josh Allenfor a three-yard loss in the first quarter.

As the Chargers made the playoffs, they faced off against the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card round. Nwosu made a critical play at the end of the game, forcing Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson to fumble on what would have otherwise been a potential game winning drive for the Ravens. The Chargers recovered the fumble, sealing a 23–17 win to advance to the Divisional round.

Uchenna NwosuNFL Linebacker, LA Chargers

Guest Panelist

Singer, songwriter Bo Napoleon has devoted more than half of his life to music. Born in 1987 in Carson, Ca his

strong family roots in the Hawaiian Islands had him picking up a ukulele and playing music at the early age of 9 years old. By the time he was 11 years old, he was already playing guitar and writing his own original songs, which would continue throughout his teenage years.

A Carson high school graduate, Bo played football and baseball throughout high school and received a full athletic scholarship to IUP in Pennsylvania, majoring in communications. None the less, music and songwriting was always a staple in his life and pulling him in different directions. In the fall of 2010 he made the decision to leave college in pursuit of a full time music career; in the same year he wrote “Alcoholic” and “Wade In Your Water” which became hit songs for the group Common Kings. The success of his song writing led to the release of his first single “Born and Raised” in 2011, the single became a popular song and was strongly supported on Hawaii radio and within the

Hawaiian community and birthed the artist Bo Napoleon.

2015 brought another major stepping stone in Bo’s music career with the Release of “If That’s OK,” released in Hawaii, the song has gained amazing commercial support and has been quoted by Jamie Hyatt - KDDN-FM iheartmedia’s flagship reggae station as

“the song transcends format boundaries; #1 test all media research, #1 single sales, #1 Shazam“ and is in Power rotation at Hawaii’s KPHW Power 104 as Wayne Marie has championed the record in the market place and proven the record in CHR Rhythmic format. With influences like Bob Marley, Max Martin, Kanye West, Craig David, Ne-Yo, Bruno Mars, Fiji, and his father Nappy, who is Bo’s idol and well known Hawaiian singer and Hula dancer.

It is easy to recognize how Bo’s wide pallet of music and unique writing ability has molded him into one of the special singer

- songwriters that can resonate with the masses.

Bo NapoleonIsland Reggae Singer & Songwriter

Guest Panelist

PLANNING COMMITTEE

ADMINISTRATION Priscilla Palma

ANDERSON PARK Isaac Gardner

CALAS PARK Larry Failla / Tianna Moore

VETERANS SPORTSCOMPLEX Jose “M” Tingson

DEL AMO PARK Howard Johnson

DOMINGUEZ PARK Gary Murillo

DOLPHIN PARK Pat Camacho

FOISIA PARK Salomon Lopez

STEVENSON PARK Alexis Moton

VETERANS PARK Nick Reyes/Jose Pina

HEMINGWAY PARKMonserrat “Monse” Aguinage

SPECIAL THANKS

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIAJennifer L. Tellers – Naples Branch

AFRICAN COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTHK.O.L.S – Keep Our Lungs Safe Ms. Nicole Turkson

MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY (MSA3)Ops Manager – Mr. Bao Nguyen

STEPHEN WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOLPrincipal – Dr. Adaina Brown

RANCHO DOMINGUEZ PREP Principal – Ms. Keri Lew

Acknowledgment