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Theresa is committed to designing community responsive small business programming through an equitable and inclusive economic development lens that prioritizes the needs of historically marginalized and low-income communities.

Prior to her current role, Theresa was responsible for identifying, developing and implementing activities that promote economic development and financial well-being for Capital One Bank’s market in New York, New Jersey and South Florida. She specialized in small business initiatives and has helped launch innovative partnerships with local community based organizations.

Theresa has always been committed to community and economic development, and previously worked as Director of Programs at the Business Outreach Center Network, a community-based non-profit dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs through small business training, one-on-one counseling and small business financing. In her role at BOC, she led a federally funded Refugee Microenterprise program, and developed an innovative partnership with a NYC workforce program to recognize self-employment as a viable means of employment.

Previously, Theresa was a Program Associate for the Trickle Up program where she managed a national network of small business technical assistance providers dedicated to supporting very-low income entrepreneurs to launch and grow small businesses. Theresa has an undergraduate degree in Sociology from Cornell University; a Master’s degree in Non-Profit Management and International Finance from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. She grew up in the South Bronx and currently resides in Brooklyn.

Certifying more than 1500 businesses in Metro NY and nine hundred in the Greater DMV each year as 51% woman owned, operated, managed, and independently run. These operations generate more than $26 & $7 billion dollars in revenue respectively and employ more than 80,000 in NY, NJ & CT and 46,000 in the DC, MD, and VA.

Sandra joined WBEC Greater DMV in 2011 and had been operating as the Executive Director. Under her leadership this territory saw more than 157% growth of certified businesses. Through her innovative leadership and relationship building style, the team delivered Tools, Resources, Information and Connections (TRICs) to a diverse network of women owned businesses for high growth and high Impact. Corporate support and engagement increased by 25% bringing new sources of opportunities for the WBEs and closer alignment with the WBEC Greater DMV organization.
Prior to joining the organization Sandra worked in Corporate America. As the Asset Manager for a major healthcare’s northeast region, she managed all seventeen leased/owned facilities and administrative sales shared service operations in the Northeast. She approved and arranged for financing of capital spending plans consistent with financial objectives as well as developing programs for efficiency gains and delivering them nationwide. She received the Chairman’s Award for excellence in performance during the 9/11 crisis.
As a Director of Customer Service for a regional Healthcare company, Sandra directed the activities over one hundred employees responsible for servicing over 200,000 insured lives and over 10,000 providers and hospitals. While directing a management team who developed policies and procedures to ensure the department’s workflow complied with New York State regulations, she was also instrumental in the restructuring of the Customer Service department which received MCI Service Achievement Award in 1997.

As an advocate for women’s issues, she was a member of the New York Women’s Agenda, a coalition of women’s organizations, affiliated with over one hundred organizations in New York City, dedicated to improving the lives of women and their families. A member since 1998, she served as President 2006-2008 as an active advocate for women’s economic empowerment. Other social commitments include acting in the capacity as an advocate for survivors of violent crimes against women. As a trained Crisis Intervention Counselor, she participated with Mt. Sinai’s Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention, SAVI, Program and has been a member of the New York Junior League since 2003.

Sandra’s formal education includes a BA from SUNY Potsdam as a licensed a Math Teacher; Project Manager Certification from Boston University Corporate training program; Quality Improvement and six sigma training and specialist in HR.

Previously, Clint served as Vice President of Global Sourcing at WarnerMedia, where he was responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive sourcing strategies across the company’s three operating divisions – Turner Broadcasting, HBO, and Warner Bros. For 14 years he also led the company’s Supplier Diversity efforts, identifying and contracting with qualified diverse business enterprises.

His Board service includes membership on the Boards for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and the Board of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).

Clint holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

She was awarded her Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law, where she graduated with honors.

Marnie began her career at Capital One in Supply Chain leading teams supporting Operations, Brand and Technology.

Since 2019, Marnie has been a member of our US Card Organization. She has served as Head of our Customer Resiliency Operations, Risk and Governance function and currently leads a major component of our Risk Organization supporting US Card Operations and our International businesses.

Her passion is people leadership and helping others achieve their full potential.

Marnie currently resides in a small town in Virginia, Urbanna Virginia – Home of the Oyster Festival, where she enjoys gardening, reading and spending time with her son playing video games (among other things).

In this capacity, Francesca led the Partnership’s $4.7 billion commitment to support Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and underserved communities in the region through supplier diversity, access to capital, and racial equity investments. This collective effort was unveiled alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Guzman, with Vice President Harris touting the effort as a national model. Francesca also led the first-of-its-kind private sector Regional Blueprint for Inclusive Growth, an integrated 10-year roadmap to make the Capital Region the most inclusive and competitive in the country and launched the Inclusive Growth Dashboard to track the region’s progress in achieving this vision.

Francesca also oversees the Capital CoLAB – the Collaborative of Leaders in Academia and Business – an-action oriented partnership of business and academic institutions to scale solutions that address the Capital Region’s most pressing talent needs, particularly equipping residents with the digital skillsets needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow. Since 2018, the CoLAB has engaged 12,000 students and adult learners in digital tech pathways through partnerships with 22 universities and 5 K-12 jurisdictions.

Francesca has over twelve years of experience working across the private and public sectors to foster economic competitiveness, promote diversity and inclusion, and develop innovation ecosystems. She previously worked at Deloitte Consulting, where she served as Chief of Staff for the U.S. Smart Cities Practice, ran national DEI talent initiatives, and led client engagements on regional growth strategies, organizational transformations, and public-private partnerships. She has previously served as a policy fellow for former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as a research Fulbright Fellow in Bogota, Colombia, and as Davis Project for Peace Fellow in Paraguay.

Francesca is a Washington area native and product of a multicultural household and Spanish immersion public schools. She is recognized as a Washington Business Journal 40 under 40 (2022), a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a graduate and board member of Leadership Greater Washington. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPP from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Zuckerman Fellow, a George Leadership Fellow, and a Forte Foundation Fellow. Francesca has a BA in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College.

In his capacity as Chief of Staff to the CEO, Mr. LaPrade is a senior advisor to the CEO and performs a wide variety of operational, change management, and communications duties across the enterprise. Prior to his current role, Mr. LaPrade served as the company’s Deputy General Counsel responsible for managing the company’s litigation, employment, intellectual property and transactional practice areas.

Mr. LaPrade joined Capital One in January of 1996, approximately one year after Capital One became a public company, from McGuireWoods, a national law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, where he was a commercial and IP litigator.
During his tenure at Capital One, Mr. LaPrade has been engaged in numerous philanthropic and community activities on behalf of the company. He is Chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners+Raise DC, a leading DC-based non-profit that invests in the future of the youth of the Greater Washington region. He is a founding board member of Halcyon, an innovative non-profit that enables entrepreneurs and creatives to make a social impact. Mr. LaPrade has also represented Capital One on the Greater Washington Partnership, on behalf of Capital One’s CEO, where he is focused on making the Capital Region one of the best places to live, work, and build businesses.

Mr. LaPrade received his J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review, and a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Mr. LaPrade is married to Tamara Clarke. They have five children and reside in the District of Columbia.

Corey joined Capital One in 2011 and has held various strategy and operations leadership roles for both Consumer Bank and Small Business. Prior to leading Customer Channels, he led Bank Channel Experience for Capital One Retail Bank. In this role, he was accountable for core financial operations including: Retail Contact Center Operations, Contact Center Servicing, Transaction Services, Back Office Operations, Cash Vaults, ATM Operations, Collections & Recoveries, and Debit Operations.

Outside of his leadership role, Corey is the Accountable Executive for Capital One’s VOICES Black Business Resource Group and Capital One’s Customer-Facing Associate Mobility (CFAM) program.

Before Capital One, Corey worked at Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina where he had a variety of roles in the Retail Bank and Credit Card divisions. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where he focused exclusively on large-scale change and technology initiatives within financial services.

Corey is a proud native of North Carolina where he graduated from North Carolina A&T State University. He and his wife Shannon live in Vienna, Virginia with their two children, Corey Jr. (19) and Sanaya (14). In his spare time, he enjoys walking his dog Marvel, reading, fishing, and spending time with his family.

For eleven consecutive years she has been recognized as a top Asian American owned business by USPAACC and for over twelve consecutive years honored as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Women Owned and Women Led Business in the CONUS by the Women Presidents Organization. Under Ann’s leadership, Ampcus has made the Inc. 500/5000 list and has been recognized as a Top Diversity Business. Ann was also awarded Women in Technology Entrepreneur of the Year by WIT and most recently was inducted into the Women’s Business Enterprise Hall of Fame. Ann has also received the Chairman’s Award for Inspirational Leadership from CRMSDC and the President’s Award from WPEO, the Global Growth Award from Astra Women’s Business Alliance, Supplier of the Year Award from GMSDC, Top Asian American Business Award from USPAACC-SE and USPAACC-SW, CRMSDC Supplier of the Year, NMSDC Supplier of the Year and NMSDC MBE of the Year, MBDA Minority Business Enterprise of the Year. In 2019, Ampcus became part of the NMSDC’S elite Corporate Plus Program.

Ann serves on the Board of WBENC, CRMSDC Board, WBEC DMV/NY Board ,CWE Board , USPAACC Scholarship Committee. She has been a speaker at numerous National and Local Procurement and Diversity and Technology Conferences. In addition, Ann has mentored several women and minority start up’s in an effort to help them grow their business. Ann holds her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business and Commercial Management from India and has completed Executive Management from the Robins School of Business, University of Richmond Virginia and an Advance Management from the Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University Illinois.

Theresita brings over 20 years of experience in diversity & inclusion, organizational effectiveness, operations leadership and human resources. She is committed to unlocking potential to be bold, think big and inspire innovation. She is passionate about creating meaningful experiences that shift the dynamic, enabling individuals, teams, and organizations to thrive and deliver amazing results. As a collaborative and transformational leader, Theresita considers herself a disruptor and a catalyst for change, approaching problems with curiosity, creating sustainable solutions for the future and challenging the status quo to solve needs in new and relevant ways.

Theresita has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. It was there that she discovered her passion for creating experiences around people and went on to pursue her M.A. in Human Resource Development from George Washington University. Over the years, she has worked with various Fortune 500 companies in a mixture of operations and HR roles including Procter & Gamble, Target, Home Depot and Starbucks. Prior to joining Capital One in November 2020, Theresita led the Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Workforce Innovation functions for Nordstrom.