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OUR MISSION

The mission of the Avant-Garde Network is to advocate for diversity and inclusion for professionals of color. The Avant-Garde Network also encourages the development of personal and professional relationships while promoting community service, civic engagement and wealth creation through career advancement, education sessions and entrepreneurship.

 

OUR PILLARS

Diversity and Inclusion - We seek to promote professionals of color by advocating for representation and access to opportunities for promotion and advancement. We also teach, consult and advise organizations with diversity and inclusion training. 

Civic Engagement - We seek to create positive change within our neighborhoods and community by engaging in individual and collective action with the intention of identifying and addressing issues of public concern.

Community Service - As role models to the next generation, we seek to encourage the involvement professionals within our communities in order to inspire and encourage the next generation of leaders.

Economic Empowerment - We seek to assist professionals in career development, as well as supporting the businesses of others within the network.

VISION

 

The vision of the Avant-Garde Network is to empower and support the next generation of well-rounded professionals in order to create positive change within our communities. The Avant-Garde Network focuses on creating opportunities for professionals to engage with one another to create business opportunities by investing in each other's professional development.

 

 

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION | LAW TECH AND INNOVATION | AFRICA 2030 | ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT | ENTREPRENEURSHIP | CAREER ADVANCEMENT

FOUNDER

Adeola Adejobi, Esq.
Founder, Avant-Garde Network

Adeola Adejobi is the Founder and CEO of the Avant-Garde Network (AGN), her firm is a leading social impact company which creates social and economic impact through a collaborative ecosystem of industry professionals, business leaders and entrepreneurs. 

Through AGN she created, the Women of Color and Capital Conference, the only conference of its kind where diverse women entrepreneurs & professionals come together to learn about money, finance, capital and investing from a 360 degree lens and the Diversity in Commercial Real Estate Conference, the largest conference in the nation that specifically focuses on diversity in the commercial real estate industry. 

In addition, Adeola is working to create and build more sustainable and safe communities though ESG focused real estate development and acquisitions.

Over the course of nine years, Adeola organically grew the company to engage over 25,000+ professionals annually hosting events, conferences and forums in the U.S. and internationally, including New York City, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, Austin Texas, Lagos, Nigeria, Johannesburg, South Africa and more. AGN also advocates for professionals of color and diversity and inclusion through business education, recruiting, career development, thought leadership and partnerships. 

Adeola was the co-host of Raising the Bar with the MBBA (Metropolitan Black Bar Association) a TV show where legal experts discuss issues such as criminal justice, immigration, and affordable housing and provide legal commentary, and offer solutions on issues affecting everyday citizens. 

Adeola is the recipient of several awards, including the National Bar Association’s 40 under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates Award, the New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce Women of Excellence Award, TOP 35 Millennial Influencers Award, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke’s Shining Star Award and the New York State Bar Association’s Empire State Counsel Award. She is a 2017 Council of Urban Professionals Fellow, a member of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, Council of Urban Real Estate, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Adeola received her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Comparative Women’s Studies from Spelman College. She obtained her law degree from Cornell Law School with a specialization in International Legal Affairs.