Allyn Shaw
Chief Operations Officer
Truist
Tim Youngblood
Chief Strategy Officer
Onyx Security
Ather Williams III
Head of Global Payments
Wells Fargo
Jim Dunn
Chief Executive Officer
LD Human Capital Consulting
Jeffrey Weaver
Managing Director
KeyBanc Capital Markets
Kevin A. Henry
Chief People Officer
PulteGroup
Garry Capers
Division President
Deluxe
Rashaan Josey
President
Bose Automotive
200+members across industries
From a Member
Patrick Felder | SVP, Employee Success, Salesforce
Why leaders stay
A shared commitment to Black men
winning together.
Insight
First-hand intelligence from executives across the global network.
Counsel
Access to peers committed to pressure-testing one another's decisions.
Partnerships
Customers, partners and talent move between members.
BEM Executive Research
The Four Gaps
Black men in enterprise leadership often have strong networks, yet a trusted network of Black peers at their own level is harder to build. The four structural gaps that explain it, and how they close.
Six exhibits · Twenty-seven sources
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The network
is here.
Connect with members in person, online, and wherever business takes you.
Executive Cadence
Year-round access to peers
at your level.
Forums
One day each
In person and off the record, on the enterprise issues that matter.
Executive Circles
90 minutes each
The same eight executives all year, with a facilitator.
Monthly Matches
30 minutes each
Curated introductions, based on your current decisions.
What BEM does for you
The structure is ours.
The conversation is yours.
A named concierge
A BEM staff member assigned to you, who knows your goals and checks in each quarter.
An expert facilitator
Keeps every circle focused and every voice heard, so your time goes to decisions.
Members where you travel
A new city or a major conference, and we tell you which members are already there.
A brief before events
Before each forum, a note on who is attending and who is worth finding.
Fireside chats with leaders
Online conversations with senior leaders across industries, open to every member.
Off the record by design
Forums, circles, and matches are off the record so you can speak plainly.
Company sponsorship
Your company can cover it
Many members join with company support. The one-page case is written for your approver: what the company gains, the fee and the terms. After admission, we handle the invoice and vendor paperwork.
Make the case to your company →SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS
By Request and Interview
REQUEST
Submit your request. We confirm title and scope.
INTERVIEW
A private conversation about your priorities, our standards, and what you would bring to the network.
ADMISSIONS
Admitted members set their connection priorities and begin their first 90 days.