Black-Equity.us
Founders Bio
Bruce Mayberry
Bruce is a 59 year old African American who leads Black-Equity.us and is the current Chairperson of the Board of the San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce and CEO of JBM Energy Solutions. For many years he has, and he continues to play, an active role in the Black business community. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, he worked in diversity at SDG&E with a focus on supplier diversity and participation. His combination of operational industry experience, corporate engagement and his clarity of vision is fitting for the role in empowering DE&I shareholding transformation.
Black Chamber Of Commerce | Black-Equity.us and Linkedin
Paul Robinson
Paul is a 43 year old African American and CEO of Ensunet which provides M&A integration services. His deep community involvement includes Board roles for housing in philanthropy-led revitalization in San Diego. His expertise in balancing the needs of many stakeholders and of managing a deep team of professionals in servicing demanding M&A clients over a long period, makes him ideal in maintaining balance and professionalism throughout the transaction lifecycle.
Kevin Potter
Kevin is a 54 year old immigrant from South Africa of mixed Indian descent, now resident in San Diego as the CEO of KPFB and a USA citizen. He trained as a Chartered Accountant (Deloitte & Touche) and has two MBA’s (Risk Management and Strategy). He has a world view (had offices in South Africa, London, Australia and India); was profiled in CEO magazine for Enterprise Risk Management including being a contributor to the United Nations trade division on risk tools. After corporate CFO and CEO roles, his subsequent founder led company won him the regional Microsoft ISV award for Enterprise Risk Management software, distributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he had banking clients that developed and funded innovative structures for DE&I empowerment in South Africa.
A brief note on South Africa Kevin lived through the transition from apartheid to democracy under Nelson Mandela. Government corruption aside, the private sector empowerment initiatives were incredibly successful. Read more on case studies here. Two key facilitators were innovative financial structures and combining entrepreneurs with vision, energy and expertise with Broad Based inclusion value sharing.