Staff

Jerome Love,
President, Texas Black Expo

Jerome Love is the founder and President of Black Expo of Houston, LLC, producers of the nationally-recognized Houston Black Expo, which is the largest African American tradeshow in the state of Texas. He earned a B.S. in corporate communications with a minor in business from The University of Texas at Austin. During his tenure at the University of Texas, Love had a brief stint in corporate America, which motivated his entrepreneurial ambitions.

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Shannon Cormier, Ph.D.,
Executive VP, Texas Black Expo
Vice President & Community Development Manager, Washington Mutual

Dr. Shannon Cormier, a native Houstonian and an entrepreneurial and economic development specialist, earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research concentration focuses upon the development of micro-enterprise in minority communities and the socioeconomic transformation of underprivileged emerging markets through the wealth-creating activity of business enterprise.

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Board of Advisors

  • LaTayne Bruce-Simpson, Community Outreach Director, Nationwide Insurance

  • Shannon Cormier, Ph.D., Executive VP, Texas Black Expo

  • James Harris, Director of Supplier Diversity, H-E-B

  • Mick Lewis, Geographic Market & Community Outreach Manager, Anheuser-Busch

  • Jerome Love, President, Texas Black Expo

  • Sharon Phillips, Vice President & Community Development Manager, Washington Mutual

  • Ron Reynolds, Partner, The Brown & Brown Law Firm