2025 Awards

$1,000 Special Recognition was Awarded to Four Oklahoma City-based Minority Business Enterprises, or MBEs

2025 OKC Minority Enterprise Development Champion presented to:

Joanne Davis

Born in Macon, Georgia, this military brat finished high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, college at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico and received her MA in Management from Webster University in St. Louis, MO.

A resident of Oklahoma for many years, she retired from Tinker AFB as the Strategic Services Program Manager for the Sustainment Center. Her career included 35 years as a contracts manager, which included an almost eight year tenure as the Director of Small Business for Tinker AFB, Robins AFB and Hill AFB.

Mrs. Davis is a fifty year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, having served as a past president of the Beta Sigma Omega Chapter and former. Mid-Western Representative to the National Nominating Committee of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She currently serves as the Ivy Leaf Reporter for her chapter.

Joanne also lends her services in this community by currently serving on the boards of NewView Oklahoma and Guiding Right, Inc. Please note that her first Board appointment was with the Urban League and prescribes to the motto, once an Urban Leaguer, always and Urban Leaguer.

She belongs and worships at Prospect Baptist Church. Mrs. Davis is married to Carvel D. Davis for almost 50 years and is the mother of two adult children, Chivonne Davis and Cara Davis and grandmother of two granddaughters, Czerny and Camryn Scott.

Mrs. Davis’ goal, particularly during her tenure with the Black Chamber has been and is to forge relationships that will ensure an avenue to increase business development within our community, help sustain the viability of current businesses and to ensure that they are aware of opportunities available, as this city continues to grow and expand. Small Businesses are the true engines of our economy and unfortunately Black businesses have not been given the credit they so richly deserve. Our businesses hire our teenagers, employ more single mothers, feed and have been feeding our homeless and have consistently stabilized our neighborhoods while raising their own families. Our Black, Brown and minority businesses have for too long have flown under the radar. They are the real stars.

2025 OKC Minority Enterprise Development Distinguished Ecosystem Leader Award presented to:

Krystal Yoseph | Konjo Concepts

Krystal Yoseph is an avid connector and supporter of community, culture, and progress in Oklahoma City. In 2018, she created Konjo Concepts as a media/public relations, marketing, and events agency: focused on celebrating community-based and lifestyle-oriented partners in Oklahoma City and beyond. Konjo Concepts was established to amplify and bolster small businesses and local organizations, and is known for offering hands-on services and a great deal of heart to each project, with clients predominantly in the hospitality, nonprofit, and entertainment sectors. Konjo’s portfolio includes Bethany Children’s Health Center, the City of Oklahoma City, 84 Hospitality, The Social Order, deadCenter Film, and, most recently, a successful project promoting Cirque du Soleil’s OVO. After eight years of dynamic career opportunities in Washington, D.C., Krystal returned home to OKC a decade ago, and is excited to personally and professionally contribute to this era of the city’s history.

2025 OKC Minority Enterprise Development Innovation in Action Award presented to:

Hamid Pezeshkian | Interna Development

Hamid brings together his passions for sustainable development, human connection, and entrepreneurship to create unique community projects. As an immigrant minority entrepreneur himself, he understands the challenges that other fellow entrepreneurs -- especially minority and immigrant individuals -- face on a daily basis. With this understanding, Hamid leads from the heart with his deep desire to help others grow and fulfill on their entrepreneurial dream. On his free time Hamid enjoys organic and regenerative farming, as well as traveling to learn about new cultures and places, while mentoring others through his work in the community as well as part-time professorship in order to help others become self-made, financially independent individuals who wish to leave a positive impact in their respective communities.

2024 OKC Minority Enterprise Development Heart of the Ecosystem Award presented to:

​Kendra Wilson-Clements | We The People and Culture Hub Collective

Kendra Wilson-Clements, a Two-Spirit citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is a community justice advocate and the Owner/CEO of We The People, a consulting firm serving Tribal nations, Indigenous communities, and Native-owned small businesses. She founded Culture Hub Collective, a nonprofit advancing cultural preservation, intergenerational healing, and social justice for urban Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, undocumented, and Hispanic communities.

Rooted in mutual aid and care work, Kendra supports unsheltered community members and their animal companions with essential resources and dignity. She co-founded Matriarch, an organization that uplifts Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, and non-binary people, and Cousins, a youth-centered organization for 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous kin. She was also instrumental in the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Oklahoma City.

Deeply connected to land-based healing, Kendra recharges through solo hiking, backcountry camping, and medicine harvesting.

She earned a Political Science degree with a Pre-Law minor from Oklahoma City University.

2025 OKC Minority Enterprise Development Magnetic Leadership Award presented to:

Andrea "Anj" Schultz | HQ Coffee + Matcha

Andrea (or “Anj) Schultz is a creative strategist, entrepreneur, and community leader dedicated to building brands and communities with purpose. She is the founder and owner of HQ Coffee + Matcha, a community-driven café blending hospitality and culture in the heart of the Asian District. Anj also is a part of the award-winning, Tulsa-based chef collective Et Al., with their first brick-and-mortar restaurant called Natsukashii coming this fall to downtown Tulsa.

Passionate about amplifying underrepresented perspectives, Andrea’s work lies at the intersection of culture, creativity, and business. As the first Executive Director of the Asian District Cultural Association, she has led initiatives that focused on uplifting marginalized voices while advocating for local placemaking and development efforts that align with the community’s cultural identity.

She continues to amplify local stories as a freelance writer and social media strategist for Luxiere (pronounced “luxury”) Magazine and Marketing Manager for the Asian District–  With a background spanning fashion, retail, and media, Andrea has led creative teams for both global brands and local organizations, bridging content and editorial strategy, influencer marketing, and brand storytelling.