The 45th annual
national bdpa conference 2023 recap
OUR SPONSORS
Earl A. Pace, Jr.
Entrepreneurial Excellence in Technology Award
Award Winner
FEARLESS SOLUTIONS
(accepted by LaToya Staten, Director of Impact, Fearless Solutions)
PACESetter Awards Winners
Ken Reaves
Career Achievement Award Recipient
Raven Stevenson
Community Service Award Recipient
BDPA MILWAUKEE Chapter
Chapter of the Year Award Recipient
BDPA DETROIT Chapter
Chapter of the Year Membership Award
Esports Winners
BDPA Inaugural Robotics Competition Awards
1st Place
Pradeep Yadlapalli
2nd Place
Israel Bullips
3rd Place
Fatuma Abdi
High School Coding Competition (HSCC) Winners
1st Place
BDPA Southern Minnesota:
Lucy Evans
Gautam Sudarshan Anand Viruthagiri
Isha Jayakumar
Samuel Kaspar
King-Diorr Willsun
2nd Place
BDPA Atlanta:
Suhas Devarapalli
Suchit Vemula
3rd Place
BDPA Northern Virginia :
Isaiah Isaiah Isler
George Abdallah
Kyle Kampen
Information Technology Showcase Winners
High School
1st Place
Sai Sarva (Atlanta Chapter)
2nd Place
Dai Delatte (Atlanta Chapter)
3rd Place
Nailah Montgomery (Atlanta Chapter)
Collegiate
1st Place
Thailan Turner
Fisk University (St. Louis Chapter)
2nd Place
Calvin Dery
Bowie State University (Washington, D.C. Chapter)
3rd Place
Majesty Whitaker-Hicks
Chattahoochee Technical College (Atlanta Chapter)
BDPA/NSBE
“Entrepreneurship: From Idea To Launch” Pitch Competition
1st Place
Nycholas Partee, EVOLVE With, Inc.
2nd Place
Nekeisha Carter, Carter Equitable Solutions
BETF Corporate Sponsors
Nia Berry • Florida A&M University
Arisa Chuel • Standford University