2023 Professional Development Symposium

Featured Panelists
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Sulaiman W. Rahman - DiverseForce
resident & CEO

Sulaiman W. Rahman is a visionary leader and CEO at DiverseForce, a human capital solutions firm that specializes in helping organizations to recruit, retain, engage, and develop of top diverse talent. With decades of community building experience, Rahman founded UPPN in 2007, now known as BBEx Network and has gain over 20,000 subscribers representing diverse talent pipelines from early career to C-suite.

Michael A. Webb - Lincoln Financial Group
Vice President, Software Engineering

​Michael Webb is vice president, Software Engineering at Lincoln Financial Group. He has over 20 years of experience and has dedicated his career to creating and executing major initiatives that consistently produce multimillion-dollar cost savings and technology transformation while impacting operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Brandy N. Smith - Lincoln Financial Group
Vice President and Chief of Staff

​Brandy is vice president, chief of staff for the Office of the CEO. In this role, she partners to drive priority initiatives from the CEO office, including strategic initiatives that require cross-functional collaboration and coordination, CEO-sponsored strategic consulting engagements, and other CEO-related operational responsibilities.