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The 2024 Momentum Summit Leadership Award

La June Montgomery Tabron and Wenda Weekes Moore
La June Montgomery Tabron and Wenda Weekes Moore

Wenda Weekes Moore (blue and white) and La June Montgonery Tabron.

After a conversation about their long tenures in philanthropy, Wenda Weekes Moore, retired chair of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Board, and La June Montgomery Tabron, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, presented each other with inaugural 2024 Momentum Awards.
Meredith Leigh Moore presents the Momentum Summit Award
Liz Thompson, CEO of CAFE Group presents the Momentum Summit award

Meredith Moore (left) and Liz Thompson (right), co-founder of The CAFE Group, announce the first annual Momentum Awards.

SAY IT LOUD: Centering Conversations on Amplifying Black Women’s Voices in Philanthropy – Video presentation

Chanda Smith Baker, founder and CEO of Smith Baker, LLC, and podcaster (moderator), spoke about the need to be willing to have uncomfortable conversations. Alandra Washington, Chief Transformation and Organizational Effectiveness Officer, and Carla Thompson Payton, Chief Strategy & Impact Officer, both of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, shared the need to press for greater representation in the rooms where important decisions are made.
Chanda Smith Baker, Alandra Washington, Carla Thompson Payton

Chanda Smith Baker, Alandra Washington, and Carla Thompson Payton.

Laysha Ward, Kelly Baker, Remi Kent, Susan Bass Roberts gather with Wenda Weekes Moore after receiving her award
Momentum photo of attendees
Tashion Macon Phd and Meredith Moore

The inaugural Momentum Summit at the historic Strand Theater in Oak Bluffs.

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