❤️🖤💚💛ERIN (Ear-in) HORNE MCKINNEY, M.A. ❤️🖤💚💛

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Erin Horne McKinney is an accomplished and award-winning entrepreneur, dedicated to…

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  • Howard University

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Volunteer Experience

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Graphic
  • Black Innovation Alliance Graphic

    Board of Directors - Governance Committee

    Black Innovation Alliance

    - Present 4 years

  • DC Government Graphic

    Chair, Mayor of Washington DC's Innovation and Technology Inclusion Council

    DC Government

    - Present 3 months

  • DC Government Graphic

    Vice Chair, Mayor of Washington DC's Innovation and Technology Inclusion Council

    DC Government

    - 1 year 6 months

  • Greater Twin Cities United Way Graphic

    Board of Directors - Governance Committee

    Greater Twin Cities United Way

    - Present 7 months

  • Greater Twin Cities United Way Graphic

    Board of Directors - Advancement Committee

    Greater Twin Cities United Way

    - 2 years

  • Tubman Graphic

    Board of Directors - Capital Campaign Committee

    Tubman

    - Present 3 years

    Tubman helps people of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds who have experienced relationship violence, elder abuse, addiction, sexual exploitation or other forms of trauma. Throughout the Twin Cities, Tubman provides safe shelter, legal services, mental and chemical health counseling, youth programming and community education, including public information campaigns to provide community members the information and support they need to get help or give help.

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    Member, Howard University Alumni Club of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest

    Howard University

    - Present 4 years 7 months

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    Inclusion Open Advisory Board

    Collider

    - Present 4 years

    Collider is a recipient of the Kauffman Inclusion Open grant to create a pilot Ecosystem Navigator program. Navigators act as community connectors and have conversations with and listen to Rochester, MN entrepreneurs to understand where these entrepreneurs are on a personal and professional level. Navigators connect those entrepreneurs to the resources needed to move the entrepreneur’s business forward. These resources are individuals, organizations, educational courses, or anything else that…

    Collider is a recipient of the Kauffman Inclusion Open grant to create a pilot Ecosystem Navigator program. Navigators act as community connectors and have conversations with and listen to Rochester, MN entrepreneurs to understand where these entrepreneurs are on a personal and professional level. Navigators connect those entrepreneurs to the resources needed to move the entrepreneur’s business forward. These resources are individuals, organizations, educational courses, or anything else that meets the personalized need of that entrepreneur.

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    COVID-19 Vaccine Study Advisory Committee

    HealthPartners

    - Present 4 years

  • African American Leadership Forum Graphic

    Economic Development Workstream Member

    African American Leadership Forum

    - less than a year

  • Selection Committee

    Halcyon Incubator

    - Present 10 years

  • Volunteer

    Safe Shores -- The DC Children's Advocacy Center

    - 2 years

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    Howard University Alumni Association — Region II Representative

    Howard University

    - 3 years

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    President, Howard University Alumni Club of Greater Washington, DC

    Howard University

    - 1 year

  • Volunteer

    Project GiveBack

    - 5 years

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    Life Member, Howard University Alumni Club of Greater Washington, DC

    Howard University

    - Present 14 years

  • Mentor

    AccelerateDC Venture Mentoring Service

    - 4 years

  • FISHstep IP Program Review Committee

    Fish & Richardson P.C.

    - 3 years

  • Advisory Board Member

    DiversiTech: Diversity. In. Technology.

    - 3 years

  • Inaugural 5K Run/2K Walk Co-Director

    DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance

    - 1 year

  • Byte Back, Inc. Graphic

    Board Member

    Byte Back, Inc.

    - 2 years

  • DC Government Graphic

    Council Member, Mayor of Washington DC's Innovation and Technology Inclusion Council

    DC Government

    - 2 years

  • Member

    The Society Incorporated — DC Chapter

  • Office Hours Mentor

    1776

    - 4 years

  • Project 500 Graphic

    Mentor

    Project 500

    - 2 years

  • KMOJ-FM RADIO Graphic

    Board of Directors

    KMOJ-FM RADIO

    - 2 years

  • Minneapolis Urban League Graphic

    Board of Directors

    Minneapolis Urban League

    - 2 years

Honors & Awards

  • The Closers

    TIME Magazine

  • Torchbearer Award

    Black Innovation Alliance

  • Fearless Commerce - 2022 Honoree

    Fearless Commerce

  • #BlackTechMatters Award

    Black Tech Matters

  • Female Founder Fellowship

    Founder Institute

  • Black Innovator Award, MVMT50 (a division of SXSW)

    SXSW

  • Tech Titan

    Washingtonian Magazine

  • Student Entrepreneur of the Year

    Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

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