BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND AWARD-WINNING ACTOR HILL HARPER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT 49TH ANNUAL CHICAGO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FAIR
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND AWARD-WINNING ACTOR HILL HARPER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT 49TH ANNUAL CHICAGO BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY FAIR
CHICAGO - Fortune 500
corporations, government agencies,
minority business enterprises, and
Chicago-area resource organizations
will converge for two days of events,
networking and contract discussions
on April 21-22, 2016 at the 49th
Annual Chicago Business Opportunity
Fair(CBOF49) presented by Allstate.
The Chicago Business
Opportunity Fair (CBOF) is the
nation’s longest running multi-day
conference and trade fair focused
on economic empowerment and
development of minority business
enterprises. This year’s theme
“Roadmap to Success: Building
a Golden Opportunity” prepares
minority businesses to navigate the
dynamic landscape of B2B supplier
sourcing and contracting.
On Friday, April 22, 2016, the
ChicagoMSDC and Nicor Gas will
host the CBOF49 Sponsors Breakfast
featuring Hill Harper, award-winning
actor, philanthropist, and best-selling
author, who will deliver the keynote
address.
Harper starred on the CBS TV
drama CSI: NY followed by two
seasons on USA’sCovert Aairs.
Harper returned to CBS in the fall of
2015 as Agent Spelman Boylein the
drama Limitless. He can also be seen
in Sony Pictures’ film Concussion.
The magna cum laude graduate
of Brown University also holds law
and master of public administration
degrees from Harvard. Harper is the
author of four New York Times bestsellers,
and he has written a series of
educational, self-improvement books,
including The Wealth Cure: Putting
Money in its Place (2011).
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