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09/03/2026

Want to get hired at PIVOT 2026? Your Conference strategy starts before you arrive in LA. 🎯

Paula Fontana, VP of Engagement at the National Black MBA Association®, shares 5 quick tips to help students and job seekers get recruiter-ready:

1️⃣ Register for Conference
2️⃣ Upload an achievement-based résumé
3️⃣ Apply to roles that match your interests
4️⃣ Watch your email — including your spam folder — for pre-screening opportunities
5️⃣ Perfect your elevator pitch and be ready to nail the interview

The employers are coming. The opportunities are there. Make sure they can find you.

📍 Los Angeles | September 23–25, 2026

🎟️ Final Access pricing is available through September 20:
Members: $549 | Non-Members: $849
Starting September 21, on-site rates increase to $599 / $929.

🔗 https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

Your next career move could begin before you ever step onto the Conference floor. 🚀At PIVOT 2026, employers are not comi...
09/02/2026

Your next career move could begin before you ever step onto the Conference floor. 🚀

At PIVOT 2026, employers are not coming just to be seen they’re coming to connect with the talent shaping what’s next.

Through the Career Expo, Employment Network Interviews, Conference Job Match, and Career Success Network®, you’ll have access to meaningful conversations with organizations looking for professionals ready to make their next move.

But opportunity starts before Conference.
✅ Register early
✅ Upload your résumé
✅ Prepare your story
✅ Arrive ready to be discovered

FINAL ACCESS pricing is available through September 20:
🎟️ NBMBAA® Members: $549
🎟️ Non-Members: $849

Beginning September 21, on-site rates increase to:
🎟️ Members: $599
🎟️ Non-Members: $929

Don’t wait to secure your place in the room where career connections, leadership conversations, and new opportunities happen.

📍 Los Angeles | September 23–25, 2026

🔗 https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

Conference is approaching. Now is the time to get ready!Join us for Ready. Set. PIVOT: The Conference Prep Series, three...
08/31/2026

Conference is approaching. Now is the time to get ready!

Join us for Ready. Set. PIVOT: The Conference Prep Series, three virtual sessions designed to help you arrive at the 2026 NBMBAA® Annual Conference & Exposition prepared, confident, and ready to make the most of every career opportunity.

📆 September 2: Position Yourself
📆 September 9: Ace the Interview
📆 September 16: Build Your Conference Game Plan

Arrive in Los Angeles ready to make your next move! Build the skills and strategy to confidently connect with leading employers like Nike, JPMorganChase, Bank of America, Fidelity, Ford, Intuit, Vanguard, and more - with the potential to hear directly from a recruiter about what it takes to stand out on the Career Expo floor.

Arrive with a plan. Be ready to PIVOT!

Register for The Conference Prep Series now!
🔗 https://loom.ly/zbDoCNs

08/31/2026

Your next opportunity may start before you ever walk into the room.

PIVOT is about showing up prepared with intention, confidence, and a clear sense of what you want to take from the experience.

Paula shares an important reminder as we prepare for Los Angeles: the Conference experience is what you make of it. Come ready to connect, engage, learn, and recognize the opportunities that can move you forward.

Because PIVOT isn't simply about being in the room. It's about being ready for what can happen once you're there.

The NBMBAA® 48th Annual Conference & Exposition is almost here.

📍 Los Angeles
📅 September 23 – 25, 2026

Come prepared. Come intentional. Make your PIVOT count.
🔗 https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

Los Angeles, this is our moment. 💙💛PIVOT 2026 is coming to LA and you can do more than attend. You can help create the e...
08/30/2026

Los Angeles, this is our moment. 💙💛

PIVOT 2026 is coming to LA and you can do more than attend. You can help create the experience.

Join the volunteer community behind the NBMBAA® 48th Annual Conference & Exposition and help welcome thousands of professionals, leaders, employers, and future changemakers to Los Angeles.

From welcoming attendees to helping the Conference come to life, every volunteer plays a role in creating the moments, connections, and experiences people will remember.

📍 Los Angeles
📅 September 23–25, 2026

Don’t just watch PIVOT happen. Help make it happen.

💙 Become a PIVOT 2026 Volunteer.
🔗 Sign up through the link in bio.

You do not need to attend a Volunteer Recruitment Mixer to register as a volunteer.

The companies shaping what’s next will be in the room. Will you?At the NBMBAA® 48th Annual Conference & Exposition (PIVO...
08/30/2026

The companies shaping what’s next will be in the room. Will you?

At the NBMBAA® 48th Annual Conference & Exposition (PIVOT), professionals will have the opportunity to connect with leading organizations across finance, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and more.

From the Career Expo and Employment Network interviews to professional development, networking, and conversations with organizations actively looking for talent, PIVOT brings opportunity into one place.

Whether you’re exploring your next career move, building relationships across industries, or positioning yourself for what comes next, this is your opportunity to be in the room.

📍 Los Angeles Convention Center
📅 September 23 – 25, 2026

Final Access pricing is now in effect. Don’t wait until on-site rates to make your move.
🔗 https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

You don’t find discipline under pressure. You bring it.For Levoyd Robinson, CFA, leadership is grounded in disciplined d...
08/29/2026

You don’t find discipline under pressure. You bring it.

For Levoyd Robinson, CFA, leadership is grounded in disciplined decision-making, fiduciary responsibility, and the trust built one investment decision at a time.

As Co-Founder, CEO, and CIO of CFI Partners, his leadership reflects a broader commitment: protecting client capital while helping expand access and develop the next generation of asset management leaders.

This September, hear his perspective alongside Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Don Thompson during:

Black Excellence at the Intersection of Innovation and Culture
📅 Thursday, September 24
⏰ 4:30 PM–6:00 PM

A PIVOT plenary exploring how Black leaders are leveraging leadership, innovation, investment, entrepreneurship, and cultural influence to build businesses and create opportunities that extend beyond themselves.

Trust is built over time. The opportunity to hear this conversation happens once.

FINAL ACCESS pricing is available through September 20:
🎟️ NBMBAA® Members: $549
🎟️ Non-Members: $849

Beginning September 21, on-site rates increase to $599 for Members and $929 for Non-Members.

Be in the room for the conversation.

📍 Los Angeles Convention Center
📅 September 23–25, 2026

REGISTER FOR PIVOT TODAY.
🔗https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

Leadership doesn’t end with the title. It evolves into what you build next.Don Thompson has taken decades of executive l...
08/28/2026

Leadership doesn’t end with the title. It evolves into what you build next.

Don Thompson has taken decades of executive leadership and transformed that experience into entrepreneurship, investment, and opportunity. As Founder & CEO of Cleveland Avenue and former President & CEO of McDonald’s Corporation his journey demonstrates what can happen when experience becomes a platform for building businesses, developing talent, and opening new pathways.

This September, hear that perspective as Don joins Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Levoyd Robinson for:

Black Excellence at the Intersection of Innovation and Culture
📅 Thursday, September 24
⏰ 4:30 PM–6:00 PM

Together, they’ll explore how leadership, cultural insight, innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment can create lasting business and community impact.

This conversation happens once. Be in the room for it.

FINAL ACCESS pricing is available through September 20:
🎟️ NBMBAA® Members: $549
🎟️ Non-Members: $849

Beginning September 21, on-site rates increase to $599 for Members and $929 for Non-Members.

Don’t wait until PIVOT begins to decide you should have been there.

📍 Los Angeles Convention Center
📅 September 23–25, 2026

REGISTER FOR PIVOT TODAY.
🔗https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

Success can open doors. Ownership changes what you’re able to build.Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s journey from NBA legend to ...
08/27/2026

Success can open doors. Ownership changes what you’re able to build.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s journey from NBA legend to Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises represents a powerful evolution of leadership from achievement to enterprise, strategic investment, and long-term community impact. And this September, the conversation goes further.

Join Earvin “Magic” Johnson alongside Don Thompson and Levoyd Robinson for:

Black Excellence at the Intersection of Innovation and Culture
📅 Thursday, September 24
⏰ 4:30 PM–6:00 PM

A PIVOT plenary exploring how leaders are turning cultural insight, innovation, entrepreneurship and financial empowerment into businesses and opportunities that move communities forward.

This is more than a story of success. It’s a conversation about what leaders build with it. And it’s one you’ll want to experience in the room.

FINAL ACCESS pricing is available through September 20:
🎟️ NBMBAA® Members: $549
🎟️ Non-Members: $849

Beginning September 21, on-site rates increase to $599 for Members and $929 for Non-Members.

Don’t wait until the conversation has already happened.

Secure your place at PIVOT today.

📍 Los Angeles Convention Center
📅 September 23–25, 2026
🔗https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

08/26/2026

When the stakes are high, what does leadership look like?

For Levoyd Robinson, CFA, Co-Founder, CEO and CIO of CFI Partners, the standard starts with performing for clients as a fiduciary and extends to developing talent, strengthening trust, and opening doors across the industry.

Experience the leadership conversation at PIVOT 2026.

📍 Los Angeles | Sept. 23–25

Don’t just watch leadership. Be in the room with it.
🔗 https://nbmbaa.org/conference/registration/

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