Melinda Weekes-Laidlow is the President of Weekes In Advance Enterprises, an organizational development firm offering consulting, facilitation, coaching and professional development services in arts and culture, social innovation, racial equity and collaborative leadership spaces. Recently, Melinda served as the Managing Director for Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation, publisher of the news website Colorlines, and presenter of Facing Race, the nation’s largest multi-racial, multi-disciplinary, inter-generational gathering on racial justice. Melinda is now forging her path in the fields of filmmaking and social impact investing. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship and has recently been named Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Echoing Green.