Avant-Garde Network
The leading social impact company for emerging executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders!
AVANT-GARDE NETWORK
OUR COMPANY PROVIDES TOP INSIGHTS ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, EMERGING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS AND CONNECTS OUR NETWORK TO INDUSTRY LEADERS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
UPCOMING AGN EVENTS
Women of Color and Capital Conference
November 1-3, 2024
Women of Color and Capital™ is where diverse women entrepreneurs & professionals come together to learn about money, finance, capital and investing from a 360 degree lens.
Diversity in Commercial Real Estate Conference
July 24-27, 2025
Diversity in Commercial Real Estate (DCRE) ™ DCRE is the LARGEST conference in the nation that specifically focuses on supporting and getting people of color into the commercial real estate industry!
ADEOLA ADEJOBI
FOUNDER AND CEO
Adeola Adejobi, Esq. is the Founder and CEO of Avant-Garde Network (AGN), the leading social enterprise company focused on creating black executives and entrepreneurs. She grew the network to encompass over 25,000+ professionals of color.
Adeola understands that meeting the career aspirations of professionals of color requires more than just the standard engagement. She is committed to highlighting industries that need diversity. Knowing this, she created initiatives such as (i) Women of Color and Capital and (ii) Diversity in Commercial Real Estate, the largest conferences of their kind focused on access to capital, community and capacity building.
Adeola is the recipient of several awards, including the Crain's 2022 New York Notable Black Leaders Award, New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce 2019 NY Women of Excellence, National Bar Association's Nation's Best Advocates, 2018 TOP 35 Millennial Influencers Award, the Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke 2017 Shining Star Award, 2017 NV Magazine Mover and Shaker Award, the Spelman College NY-NAASC Shining Star in Entrepreneurship Award, and more.
Adeola received her B.A. in Political Science from Spelman College and her Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School.
Our Work
AGN’s mission is to empower, elevate and educate diverse professionals. Our work includes:
Recruiting
Career Advancement
Business Development and Education
Masterclasses
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Women of Color and Capital
Women of Color and Capital™ is where diverse women entrepreneurs & professionals come together to learn about money, finance, capital and investing from a 360 degree lens.
Click the video to learn more or visit the Women of Color and Capital website.
Diversity in Commercial Real Estate
Diversity in Commercial Real Estate™ is focused on commercial real estate, real estate investing, technology, opportunity zones and more! Our annual conference is the place for attendees to do business, network and learn about issues that affect commercial real estate development around the nation.
Click the video to learn more of visit the DCRE website.
