Spotlight on Centurions – Jabbar Wesley
Jabbar Wesley is a government affairs specialist for Spire and is a member of Centurions, class of 2020. He also is the founder of the Novel City Chamber of Innovation, which is a community economic development organization, focusing on maximizing the value of unified diversity through community events, education resource development services and business incubation and consulting. Jabbar led the organization in national collaborative efforts such as New York based Student Dream, the 2016 White House I Have A Dream Innovation Summit and the 2017-18 Global Entrepreneurship Week. Recently, Jabbar and other Spire employees spent an entire day, completing a list of projects at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City.
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Jabbar Wesley (third row on the far left) with the Spire Team at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City |
Also featured in the August 18, 2018 issue of The Independent
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