Key Invited Officials
 Hon. Congressman Al Green |
 Hon. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee |
 Hon. State Senator Rodney Ellis |
 Ambassador Andrew Young |
 H.E. Ambassador Mohamoud Dirir Minister of Culture and Tourism Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
 Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Jr. Vice Provost for International Affairs Texas Tech University |
 Susan Page Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs |
 Ambassador Johnnie Carson Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of African Affairs |
 Ambassador Cynthia Perry Hon. Consul General of Rwanda in Houston |
 Dr. Kase Lawal President & CEO, CAMAC International |
Jeff Moseley President and CEO Greater Houston Partnership |
 Ali Moshiri President of the Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company |
Geoffrey S. Connor Former Texas Secretary of State Principal and Founder CACH Capital |
 Cynthia Kalinda-Kaminsky OPIC EDN Loan Originator President, Process & Strategy Solutions, PLLC |
 Aaron Demerson Executive Director, Texas Governor's Office Economic Development & Tourism Division |
 Jew Don Boney, Jr. Associate Director, Mickey Leeland Center Texas Southern University |
 Milton Scott Chairman and CEO The Tagos Group |
 Rob Scharar President and CEO FCA Corp. |
Reginal W. Spiller COO, Allied Energy |
 Duaine A. Priestley Director, US Commercial Service Houston |
Mortada Mohamed Regional Director - Europe/Middle East/Africa Office of the Governor |
 Joseph Ringer Business Development Director EXIM Bank, SW Regional Office |
 Dr. Doudou Faye Founder, Africabound Corporation and Senegal Neem Foundation |
 Ron Rod Chief Strategy Officer The Tagos Group |
Dr. Kgosi Letlape Chairman South African Medical Association |
 Paul Cohen President Partner Concepts |
Michael F. Harness President & CEO Osyka Corporation |
 Burke W. Mathes Professor, Jesse H. Jones School of Business Texas Southern University |
Dr. Elias Bongmba Professor of Religious Studies Rice University |
 Sean Ferguson Assistant Dean of Degree Programs Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business |
| James W. Austin President & CEO, Houston International Festival |
| Ravin Mehra Regional Sales Manager, Kenya Airways |
| Kagnew Fasseha Regional Director, USA, Canada & the Americas, Ethiopian Airlines |
Hon. Fatou N. Sall - Consul General of Senegal (C)
Hon. Simao Pedro - Consul General of Angola in Houston ( C)
H. E. Ambassador El Husseini Abdelwahab - Consul General of Egypt (C)
Hon. Inocencio Esono Olo - Consul General of Equatorial Guinea (I)
Hon. Jack M. Webb - Honorary Consul General of Ghana ( C)
Hon. Gezahgen Kebede - Honorary Consul General of Ethiopia (C )
Ambassador Cynthia Perry - Honorary Consul General of Rwanda (C)
Hon. Jean-Michel Malek - Honorary Consul of Namibia (I)
Hon. Stephen V. Vallone - Honorary Consul of Botswana (I)
Hon. Charles R. Green - Honorary Consul of Cameroon (I)
Hon. Marlene McClinton - Honorary Consul General of Cote d’Ivoire (I)
Hon. Alfred J. Boulos - Honorary Consul of Tunisia (I)
Summit Organizers
Mr. Wea Lee Chairman International Trade Center |
 Hon. Gezahgen Kebede Hon. Consul General of Ethiopia President, International Trade Center |
Ms. Debra Bann Summit Coordinator, ITC President, Digi Marketing International |
 Ms. Jennifer Lopez Office Manager International Trade Center |
