Ali Simeto, of Geb-ra Organics, won first place and $35,000 in grant funding, through the American Heart Association’s EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator™ – Maryland Black Farmers, supported by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
Pictured, from left to right, are: Lester Davis, CareFirst VP and Chief of Staff; Larry L. Johnson, chairman, American Heart Association Baltimore & Greater Maryland Division Board of Directors; Ali Simeto, Tracy Brazelton, executive director, American Heart Association Baltimore & Greater Maryland Division; Janet Currie, President of Bank of America Greater Maryland and the Market Executive for the Local Markets Organization; and Dekonti Mends-Cole, Head of DE&I for Corporate Responsibility at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Johnson, Currie and Mends-Cole served as judges for the event.
copyright Jennifer Smutek
