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Anitra Walker, 2024-2025 Alumna
Empowering small business owners and entrepreneurs to build better lives and stronger communities across Truist’s national footprint.
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The Fellowship Offers
The Truist Foundation Fellowship, powered by the Watson Institute, is a fully-funded venture and leadership development program for the most promising small business owners, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit founders who are building solutions for underbanked or underserved communities. The Fellowship includes technical assistance, mentorship, access to capital, a vast network of resources, and long-term alumni support.
Experts You Will Learn From
We recruit experts and entrepreneurs with the specific expertise needed to best serve you. They are brought on to share their insights, facilitate our workshops and provide 1-on-1 guidance. Preceptors from the 2024-2025 Truist Foundation Fellowship included:
Jason Jacobsohn
Advocate | Advisor | Resource, and Connector for Entrepreneurs
Terrance Range
Founder and Head of Product @ Myndful I Cultivating Growth through User-Centric Product Development
Vanessa Zamy
Global Keynote Speaker | CEO, LiberationX Contracts | Facilitator and Trainer Improving Employee Engagement, Transforming Employee Wellbeing
Don’t take our word for it
Meet The Alumni
Jessica is the Founder and CEO of MOBU Enterprises, a green construction company that builds residential and commercial structures out of shipping containers in vulnerable communities to provide healthier, more affordable, and innovative alternatives to traditionally built housing. The venture positively impacts disenfranchised communities and constituents, and frequently hires from these groups. To date, MOBU Enterprises has created more than 200 jobs, and proudly hires from immigrant, previously incarcerated, and veteran communities. Additionally, MOBU Enterprises has generated more than $3M in gross sales and is a debt-free company.
Patrick is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison (GACHEP), an organization that provides high-quality educational pathways from pre-college coursework to accredited degree completion for incarcerated individuals across Georgia to ensure they are able to pursue meaningful careers upon release. GACHEP has impacted more than 450 fair chance individuals across the state of Georgia and, to date, Patrick has raised $2 million to support GACHEP’s work.
Kiesha is the Founder and CEO of K. Cooper Consulting, which specializes in assisting growth-stage and mid-size businesses, particularly those led by women and minorities, in optimizing their operational development. Since finishing the Truist Foundation Fellowship, Kiesha was accepted into Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in Business Cohort 6, which was developed in partnership with the NYU Stern School of Business. To date, the venture has supported over 20 companies, provided over 4,200 hours of technical training to other small businesses, and impacted 200 individuals
Truist’s purpose is to inspire and build better lives and communities. By partnering with nonprofit organizations across our markets, we’re helping them innovate and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those they serve. The Foundation, an endowed private foundation established in 2020 whose operating budget is independent of Truist Financial Corporation, makes strategic investments in a wide variety of nonprofit organizations centered around three focus areas: building career pathways to economic mobility, strengthening small businessees, and disaster preparation, relief, and recovery. For more information about Truist Foundation, visit Truist.com/Foundation
This program is fully-funded through the generous support of the Truist Foundation.
