2018 HHEW Leaders Conference & Retreat Schedule
Theme: "We are World Leaders. Do you have your passport?"
Plaza Hotel & Casino Downtown Las Vegas
1 South Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
*All presenters and presentations will be recorded and Youtube posted as in previous years courtesy of Clint Williams - San Antonio, Texas (HHEW '01)
*If you have a camera, laptop, iPad, tablet or smartphone, please bring it to the conference
Day 1 – Sunday, June 17 (below)
9 a.m. – 11 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration information while in Las Vegas: (209) 662-1076
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. -- Session 148 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own dinner)
Informal networking, HHEW Group mission sharing, submit committee reports
& Public Policy purpose of a think tank
9 p.m. – 11 p.m. -- Session 149 – Very Light Reception (Room TBA)
1) Welcome first-time conference attendees
2) Re-visiting our usage of TheBigTent.com
3) More informal networking and HHEW Group mission sharing
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD (Ife Chukwu) – Facilitators of sessions 148 and 149
Necola Adams (HHEW '11) – Merced, CA
11 p.m. – until – Free time & Las Vegas
Day 2 – Monday, June 18 (below)
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration info while in Las Vegas; (209) 662-1076
9:30 – 10:40 a.m. -- Session 150 – The TALO Leadership Theory (libations, introduction to, and updates)
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD (Ife Chukwu) (HHEW '01) -- Daytona Beach, FL
10 – 10:40 p.m. -- Session 151 – Annual HHEW Jeopardy Game
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
10:50 a.m. -- 12 noon -- Session 152 – Professional & Personal Reasons for a Passport
Melyssa Barrett (HHEW '07) -- Tracy, CA
William A. Delaney (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
Jacki Brown, M.A. (HHEW ‘11) – Las Vegas, NV
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:40 – 2:50 p.m. -- Session 153 – Inside(rs) of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley
2 invited guests from Silicon Valley in California
2 invited guests from Silicon Alley in New York City
3:00 – 4:10 p.m. -- Session 154 – The Active Role of World Leaders within INVR Standards/HHEW
Bruce Cobbs (HHEW ‘01) – Austin, TX
James Ferguson (HHEW '10) -- Los Angeles, CA
Christina Lewis, MBA (HHEW '15) – San Jose, CA
6:00 - 8 p.m. -- Session 155 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
How do HHEW leaders balance being single, married, your careers, African liberation, etc.?
Very informal networking about these and other light and serious topics discussed at different tables
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 3 – Tuesday, June 19 (below)
9:30 –10:40 a.m. -- Session 156 – The Internet as a World Leader's Research Tool:
Star Bailey (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
Patricia Campbell, M.A. (HHEW '11) – Los Angeles, CA
James Thrasher, EdD (HHEW ‘12) – Elk Grove, CA
10:50 – 12 noon -- Session 157 – Building Africa's “Very Best of” Image beyond Social Media:
1 invited panelist from “Very Best of Africa...” Facebook group
1 invited panelist from “CV Drum News / Decision Makers” Facebook group
1 invited panelist from
1 invited guest from "LinkedIn"
12:15 – 2:15 p.m. -- Session 158 – *Annual Founders Luncheon (food & beverages provided)
* This luncheon is tentative and will be decided on in April
2:30 – 3:40 p.m. -- Session 159 – Hands-on & Individual time with HHEW Group Founders
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. -- Session 160 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
Very informal networking about these and other light and serious topics discussed at different tables
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 4 – Wednesday, June 20 (below)
9:30 – 10:40 p.m. -- Session 161 – Mental health, social media and the prison pipeline
Uc Okonmah (HHEW '14) – Abuja, Nigeria
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
10:50 – Noon -- Session 162 – Big Voices Roundtable:
Continuing the Ebony-in-Action Leaders Series (2018 celebrating the memory of Peter Barrett)
This seventh historic annual panel is led by two prominent members of the
Las Vegas African-American Media or 100 Black Men or Sigma Pi Phi and
2 Ebony-in-Action Speakers Bureau Members
12:10 -- 1:30 -- Session 163 –
Working Lunch (brown paper bag lunch) - Board & Committee Reports
Discuss how sessions will now fit with Journal of Unabridged Genius (JUG)
& via op-ed, public policy papers and public opinion pieces
HHEW Annual Conference & Retreat Committee Wrap-up Report
Joe Basnight (HHEW '11) – San Jose, CA
Bruce Cobbs (HHEW ‘01) – Austin,TX
Linda Kelly, M.P.A. (HHEW '01) – Denver, CO
Helene McBride, MPA (HHEW '11) – Baltimore, MD
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
Previous 14 Confab Themes:
2017 - * Western Caribbean Cruise/Retreat replaced our annual leaders conference in Las Vegas
2016 - "Our Think Tank, the Social Media, and the Greater Society" - Circus-Circus Hotel & Casino - LV
2015 - "Face Black; Face Forward: Using Social Media as a Leadership Tool" – Part 1 ”
2014 - "Great internal committees meet, so that external organizations can become greater”
2013 Conference/Retreat - “My...professional commitment to our think tank” - The DLas Vegas
2012 Confab/Retreat - “Developing heuristic career, cultural and personal life plans” - The D
2011 Conference/Retreat - “In the DuBois Tradition: Are we the Talented 10th or the Guiding 100th?”
2010 Confab/Retreat - “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of African-American Leadership” - Las Vegas
2009 Conference/Retreat – “HHEW Group Leaders & Pres Barack Obama” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2008 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership and the Politics of our Future” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2007 Conference/Retreat – “The Pursuit of Liberation and Acculturation” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2006 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership by Association(s)” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2005 Conference/Retreat – “Say it Loud: Leaders and Proud” Lady Luck – Las Vegas
2004 Confab/Retreat – “Acknowledged African Leadership & the Real World” Lady Luck – Vegas
End of 15th Annual HHEW Conference & Retreat
Theme: "We are World Leaders. Do you have your passport?"
Plaza Hotel & Casino Downtown Las Vegas
1 South Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
*All presenters and presentations will be recorded and Youtube posted as in previous years courtesy of Clint Williams - San Antonio, Texas (HHEW '01)
*If you have a camera, laptop, iPad, tablet or smartphone, please bring it to the conference
Day 1 – Sunday, June 17 (below)
9 a.m. – 11 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration information while in Las Vegas: (209) 662-1076
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. -- Session 148 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own dinner)
Informal networking, HHEW Group mission sharing, submit committee reports
& Public Policy purpose of a think tank
9 p.m. – 11 p.m. -- Session 149 – Very Light Reception (Room TBA)
1) Welcome first-time conference attendees
2) Re-visiting our usage of TheBigTent.com
3) More informal networking and HHEW Group mission sharing
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD (Ife Chukwu) – Facilitators of sessions 148 and 149
Necola Adams (HHEW '11) – Merced, CA
11 p.m. – until – Free time & Las Vegas
Day 2 – Monday, June 18 (below)
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration info while in Las Vegas; (209) 662-1076
9:30 – 10:40 a.m. -- Session 150 – The TALO Leadership Theory (libations, introduction to, and updates)
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD (Ife Chukwu) (HHEW '01) -- Daytona Beach, FL
10 – 10:40 p.m. -- Session 151 – Annual HHEW Jeopardy Game
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
10:50 a.m. -- 12 noon -- Session 152 – Professional & Personal Reasons for a Passport
Melyssa Barrett (HHEW '07) -- Tracy, CA
William A. Delaney (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
Jacki Brown, M.A. (HHEW ‘11) – Las Vegas, NV
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:40 – 2:50 p.m. -- Session 153 – Inside(rs) of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley
2 invited guests from Silicon Valley in California
2 invited guests from Silicon Alley in New York City
3:00 – 4:10 p.m. -- Session 154 – The Active Role of World Leaders within INVR Standards/HHEW
Bruce Cobbs (HHEW ‘01) – Austin, TX
James Ferguson (HHEW '10) -- Los Angeles, CA
Christina Lewis, MBA (HHEW '15) – San Jose, CA
6:00 - 8 p.m. -- Session 155 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
How do HHEW leaders balance being single, married, your careers, African liberation, etc.?
Very informal networking about these and other light and serious topics discussed at different tables
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 3 – Tuesday, June 19 (below)
9:30 –10:40 a.m. -- Session 156 – The Internet as a World Leader's Research Tool:
Star Bailey (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
Patricia Campbell, M.A. (HHEW '11) – Los Angeles, CA
James Thrasher, EdD (HHEW ‘12) – Elk Grove, CA
10:50 – 12 noon -- Session 157 – Building Africa's “Very Best of” Image beyond Social Media:
1 invited panelist from “Very Best of Africa...” Facebook group
1 invited panelist from “CV Drum News / Decision Makers” Facebook group
1 invited panelist from
1 invited guest from "LinkedIn"
12:15 – 2:15 p.m. -- Session 158 – *Annual Founders Luncheon (food & beverages provided)
* This luncheon is tentative and will be decided on in April
2:30 – 3:40 p.m. -- Session 159 – Hands-on & Individual time with HHEW Group Founders
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. -- Session 160 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
Very informal networking about these and other light and serious topics discussed at different tables
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 4 – Wednesday, June 20 (below)
9:30 – 10:40 p.m. -- Session 161 – Mental health, social media and the prison pipeline
Uc Okonmah (HHEW '14) – Abuja, Nigeria
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
10:50 – Noon -- Session 162 – Big Voices Roundtable:
Continuing the Ebony-in-Action Leaders Series (2018 celebrating the memory of Peter Barrett)
This seventh historic annual panel is led by two prominent members of the
Las Vegas African-American Media or 100 Black Men or Sigma Pi Phi and
2 Ebony-in-Action Speakers Bureau Members
12:10 -- 1:30 -- Session 163 –
Working Lunch (brown paper bag lunch) - Board & Committee Reports
Discuss how sessions will now fit with Journal of Unabridged Genius (JUG)
& via op-ed, public policy papers and public opinion pieces
HHEW Annual Conference & Retreat Committee Wrap-up Report
Joe Basnight (HHEW '11) – San Jose, CA
Bruce Cobbs (HHEW ‘01) – Austin,TX
Linda Kelly, M.P.A. (HHEW '01) – Denver, CO
Helene McBride, MPA (HHEW '11) – Baltimore, MD
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
Previous 14 Confab Themes:
2017 - * Western Caribbean Cruise/Retreat replaced our annual leaders conference in Las Vegas
2016 - "Our Think Tank, the Social Media, and the Greater Society" - Circus-Circus Hotel & Casino - LV
2015 - "Face Black; Face Forward: Using Social Media as a Leadership Tool" – Part 1 ”
2014 - "Great internal committees meet, so that external organizations can become greater”
2013 Conference/Retreat - “My...professional commitment to our think tank” - The DLas Vegas
2012 Confab/Retreat - “Developing heuristic career, cultural and personal life plans” - The D
2011 Conference/Retreat - “In the DuBois Tradition: Are we the Talented 10th or the Guiding 100th?”
2010 Confab/Retreat - “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of African-American Leadership” - Las Vegas
2009 Conference/Retreat – “HHEW Group Leaders & Pres Barack Obama” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2008 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership and the Politics of our Future” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2007 Conference/Retreat – “The Pursuit of Liberation and Acculturation” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2006 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership by Association(s)” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2005 Conference/Retreat – “Say it Loud: Leaders and Proud” Lady Luck – Las Vegas
2004 Confab/Retreat – “Acknowledged African Leadership & the Real World” Lady Luck – Vegas
End of 15th Annual HHEW Conference & Retreat