Tonya Rapley

Creator

My Fab Finance

Tonya Rapley is an award-winning millennial money expert and creator of My Fab Finance. Its mission is to help 100,000 people make at least one financial decision they’re proud of. As an internationally recognized speaker and sought-after media personality, Tonya helps educate and empower other people to break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck – so they can live life on their terms and do what they enjoy. She is co-host of the Ashton Kutcher-produced show Going From Broke and is the author of the Amazon best-seller, The Money Manual.

Tonya has worked with countless Fortune 50 brands and built a million-dollar financial education business that has impacted the lives of thousands across the world. She has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Essence, and the Washington Post; and has been seen on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Headline News, and countless local media outlets.

Mandy Bowman

Founder & CEO

Official Black Wall Street

Mandy Bowman is the Founder and CEO of Official Black Wall Street, the largest app and digital platform helping consumers discover, review, and shop Black-owned businesses. After studying Entrepreneurship and Global Business Management at Babson College, she set out to empower the Black community through economics and ownership. The Brooklyn native felt called to launch the Official Black Wall Street platform in 2015, and the app in 2017, after witnessing the many challenges Black-owned businesses endured in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York, from lack of funding to being priced out due to gentrification.

Since then, Mandy has been at the forefront of the #BuyBlack movement, helping Black businesses around the world gain the exposure and resources they deserve. In 2017 Mandy was invited to TEDx Dover, the first TED event held at an HBCU, to give a talk on ownership and long-term wealth in the Black community. In 2019, she made her return to the TEDx stage at TEDx Babson. In the past year alone, Mandy was honored for her work with a citation from the Brooklyn Borough President, named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Powerful Women in Business, and became a Forbes Magazine Next 1000 Honoree.

In 2021, Mandy solidified a $10Million partnership with global law firm Baker Botts to provide Black entrepreneurs on the Official Black Wall Street platform with free, unlimited legal services to protect their IP. Just one year later, she relaunched the Official Black Wall Street app and platform, creating the premier, tech-forward discovery app helping consumers around the country discover Black-owned products, services, and brick & mortar businesses.  Today she is a fierce advocate for economics and ownership within the Black community.