Socio-Economic Disparities, Vulnerable Communities, and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship

Jo-Ann Denise Rolle holds a PhD in Economics from Howard University. Dr. Rolle has served as the Dean of the School of Business at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York (CUNY) for the past 8 years. Dean Rolle has a history of success, she served in the U.S. Government and I.B.M. before her academic career. She served as CEO of a university; as a Chief Academic Officer; and as a Business School Dean at two universities. She launched two entrepreneurial Centers and many entrepreneurship programs. She has been recognized as a Top 25 Influential African American Women in Business. She has delivered Keynote speeches and workshops to include the U.N. She is a Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators fellow, Administrative Fellow, Harvard University, Member of the Economic Club of New York, and Fellow of Centre for Business & Economic Research and President of the HBCU Business Deans Roundtable. Micah Crump holds a PhD in management and entrepreneurship from Morgan State University. He is a professor of business at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He holds an MBA from Morgan State University and a BS degree from Coppin State University. He has taught more than 10,000 MBA, Executive MBA, and undergraduate business and entrepreneurship students at Howard, Morgan State, Coppin State, Jackson State, and Medgar Evers College. He served as entrepreneurship trainer for small business development centers in Washington, DC and Jackson, Mississippi, and as faculty advisor to student entrepreneurship organizations and startup boot camps throughout the U.S. He is a McNair Scholar and member of multiple societies. He served in the U.S. military and the U.S. federal government, and has run several businesses. Dr. Crump has implemented innovative new entrepreneurship activities and curricula at Howard University, Jackson State University, and Medgar Evers College.